---
kind: "unit"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands: Interior"
key: "subtB/chII/subchC/part3170/subpart3172"
level: "subpart"
label: "Subpart 3172"
heading: "Drilling Operations on Federal and Indian Oil and Gas Leases"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/subtB-chII-subchC-part3170-subpart3172"
sections_count: 13
---

# Subpart 3172 — Drilling Operations on Federal and Indian Oil and Gas Leases

Title 43 C.F.R. — Public Lands: Interior › Subtitle B — Regulations Relating to Public Lands › Chapter II — Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior › Subchapter C — Minerals Management (3000) › Part 3170 — Onshore Oil and Gas Production

## Sections

- [§3172.1. Authority.](/cfr/43/3172.1.md)
- [§3172.2. Purpose.](/cfr/43/3172.2.md)
- [§3172.3. Scope.](/cfr/43/3172.3.md)
- [§3172.4. General.](/cfr/43/3172.4.md)
- [§3172.5. Definitions.](/cfr/43/3172.5.md)
- [§3172.6. Well control.](/cfr/43/3172.6.md)
- [§3172.7. Casing and cementing.](/cfr/43/3172.7.md)
- [§3172.8. Mud program.](/cfr/43/3172.8.md)
- [§3172.9. Drill stem testing.](/cfr/43/3172.9.md)
- [§3172.10. Special drilling operations.](/cfr/43/3172.10.md)
- [§3172.11. Surface use.](/cfr/43/3172.11.md)
- [§3172.12. Drilling abandonment.](/cfr/43/3172.12.md)
- [§3172.13. Variances from minimum standards.](/cfr/43/3172.13.md)