What additional information must be included if I am proposing production operations?
36 C.F.R. § 9.90
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01If you are proposing production operations, you must submit the following information:
(a) The dimensions with a to-scale layout of the wellpad, clearly identifying well locations, noting partial reclamation areas; gathering, separation, metering, and storage equipment; electrical lines; fences; spill control equipment or structures including lined areas, artificial lift equipment, tank batteries, treating and separating vessels, secondary or enhanced recovery facilities, water disposal facilities, gas compression and/or injection facilities; metering points; sales point (if on lease); tanker pick-up points; gas compressor, including size and type (if applicable); and any other well site equipment;
(b) The size, grade, weight, and setting depth of all casing and tubing strings; cementing history; type and size of packers and subsurface flow control devices; top and bottom depths of each completed interval; and method of completion;
(c) The well history, including completions, stimulations, servicing, and workovers;
(d) The minimum specifications for pressure-control equipment, function, and pressure-testing frequency;
(e) The methods and means to be used to transport produced oil and gas, including vehicular transport; flowline and gathering line construction; operation; pipe size; operating pressure; cathodic protection methods; surface equipment use; surface equipment location; maintenance procedures; maintenance schedules; pressure detection methods; and shutdown procedures;
(f) Road and wellpad maintenance plan, including equipment and materials to maintain the road surface and control erosion;
(g) Vegetation management plan on well sites, roads, pipeline corridors, and other disturbed surface areas, including control of exotic species;
(h) Storm water management plan on the well site;
(i) Produced water storage and disposal plan; and
(j) The procedures for well plugging, the depths and the types of plugs, and minimum mud weight.
Source: eCFRURL: https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2024-07-01/title-36.xmlFetched: 7/26/2026