---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 250.815"
title: "30"
number: "250.815"
heading: "Subsurface safety devices in shut-in wells—dry trees."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/250.815"
---

# §250.815. Subsurface safety devices in shut-in wells—dry trees.

- (a) You must equip all new dry tree completions (perforated but not placed on production) and completions that are shut-in for a period of 6 months with one of the following:
  - (1) A pump-through-type tubing plug;
  - (2) A surface-controlled SSSV, provided the surface control has been rendered inoperative; or
  - (3) **An injection valve capable of preventing backflow.**
- (b) When warranted by conditions such as permafrost, unstable bottom conditions, hydrate formation, and paraffin problems, the District Manager must approve the setting depth of the subsurface safety device for a shut-in well on a case-by-case basis.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 81 FR 61918, Sept. 7, 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.