Regulations and Enforcement

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Oil & Gas Inspection & Enforcement
I&E Strategy

Acts, Regulations, Orders, Notice to Lessees

Onshore Oil & Gas Regulations (43 CFR)

• Part 3150 - Onshore Oil and Gas Geophysical Exploration (National link)
• Part 3160 - Onshore Oil and Gas Operations (National link)
• Part 3180 - Onshore Oil and Gas Unit Agreements: Unproven Areas (National  link)
• Draft BLM Manual Section 3180 - Unitization (Exploratory)

• Order No. 1 - Approval of Operations
• Order No. 2 - Drilling  
• Order No. 3 - Site Security 
• Order No. 4 - Measurement of Oil  
• Order No. 5 - Measurement of Gas
• Order No. 6 - H2S Operations
• Order No. 7 - Disposal of  Water 

National Notice-to-Lessee(s) (NTLs)

• NTL 3A - Reporting of Undesirable Events
• NTL 4A - Royalty or Compensation for Oil and Gas Lost

Colorado Notice-to-Lessee(s) (CO-NTLs), and Information Bulletins

• NTL-87-4 - Procedures for Concurrent Processing of Applications for Permit to Drill, Sundry Notices, and Related Rights-of-Way
• NTL-88-1 - Well Abandonment and Bonding Requirement Revisions
• NTL-88-2 - Paying Well Determinations and Venting and Flaring Applications on Jurisdictional Coal Bed Methane Wells
• NTL-89-1 - Changes in Lease Operations Due to the Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reform Act of 1987
• NTL-90-1 - Standards for the Use of Electronic Flow Computers and Electronic Gas Measurement Systems
• IB 1/30/95 - Prevention of potential bird and bat mortalities caused by production equipment design
• Final Electronic Flow Computer (EFC) December 21, 2007, Notice to Lessee CO-2007-01

District and Field Office NTLs

• NTL-MDO-91-1 - Bradenhead Testing in Ignacio-Blanco Field, Southern Colorado
• NTL-MDO-91-1 (Change 1) - Revises earlier NTL to relax bradenhead testing requirements

Surface Operating Standards ( Gold Book )