§250.735. What associated systems and related equipment must all BOP systems include?
30 C.F.R. § 250.735
All BOP systems must include the following associated systems and related equipment:
An accumulator system, as specified in API Standard 53 (incorporated by reference, see § 250.198). Your accumulator system must have the fluid volume capacity and appropriate pre-charge pressures in accordance with API Standard 53. If you supply the accumulator regulators by rig air and do not have a secondary source of pneumatic supply, you must equip the regulators with manual overrides or other devices to ensure capability of hydraulic operations if rig air is lost;
An automatic backup to the primary accumulator-charging system. The power source must be independent from the power source for the primary accumulator-charging system. The independent power source must possess sufficient capability to close and hold closed all BOP components under MASP conditions as defined for the operation;
At least two full BOP control stations. One station must be on the rig floor. You must locate the other station in a readily accessible location away from the rig floor;
The choke line(s) installed above the bottom well-control ram;
The kill line must be installed beneath at least one well-control ram, and may be installed below the bottom ram;
A fill-up line above the uppermost BOP;
Locking devices for all BOP sealing rams (i.e., blind shear rams, pipe rams and variable bore rams), as follows:
For subsea BOPs, hydraulic locking devices must be installed on all sealing rams;
For surface BOPs—
Remotely-operated locking devices must be installed on blind shear rams no later than April 29, 2019;
Manual or remotely-operated locking devices must be installed on pipe rams and variable bore rams; and
A wellhead assembly with a RWP that exceeds the maximum anticipated wellhead pressure.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[81 FR 26022, Apr. 29, 2016, as amended at 84 FR 21981, May 15, 2019; 91 FR 35352, June 10, 2026]
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 21981, May 15, 2019; 91 FR 35352, June 10, 2026]