---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 250.723"
title: "30"
number: "250.723"
heading: "What additional safety measures must I take when I conduct operations on a platform that has producing wells or has other hydrocarbon flow?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/250.723"
---

# §250.723. What additional safety measures must I take when I conduct operations on a platform that has producing wells or has other hydrocarbon flow?


You must take the following safety measures when you conduct operations with a rig unit on or jacked-up over a platform with producing wells or that has other hydrocarbon flow:

- (a) The movement of rig units and related equipment on and off a platform or from well to well on the same platform, including rigging up and rigging down, must be conducted in a safe manner;
- (b) You must install an emergency shutdown station for the production system near the rig operator's console;
- (c) You must shut-in all producible wells located in the affected wellbay below the surface and at the wellhead when:
  - (1) **You move a rig unit or related equipment on and off a platform.** This includes rigging up and rigging down activities within 500 feet of the affected platform;
  - (2) You move or skid a rig unit between wells on a platform; or
  - (3) **A MODU moves within 500 feet of a platform.** You may resume production once the MODU is in place, secured, and ready to begin operations.
- (d) All wells in the same well-bay which are capable of producing hydrocarbons must be shut-in below the surface with a pump-through-type tubing plug and at the surface with a closed master valve prior to moving rig units and related equipment, unless otherwise approved by the District Manager.
  - (1) A closed surface-controlled subsurface safety valve of the pump-through-type may be used in lieu of the pump-through-type tubing plug provided that the surface control has been locked out of operation.
  - (2) The well to which a rig unit or related equipment is to be moved must be equipped with a back-pressure valve prior to removing the tree and installing and testing the BOP system.
  - (3) The well from which a rig unit or related equipment is to be moved must be equipped with a back pressure valve prior to removing the BOP system and installing the production tree.
- (e) Coiled tubing units, snubbing units, or wireline units may be moved onto and off of a platform without shutting in wells.

## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 26022, Apr. 29, 2016, as amended at 84 FR 21977, May 15, 2019]

### Source

Source: 81 FR 26022, Apr. 29, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1751, 31 U.S.C. 9701, 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), 43 U.S.C. 1334.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[81 FR 26022, Apr. 29, 2016, as amended at 84 FR 21977, May 15, 2019]