[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR3162.7-3]

[Page 426-427]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 3160--ONSHORE OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart 3162--Requirements for Operating Rights Owners and Operators
 
Sec. 3162.7-3  Measurement of gas.

    All gas production shall be measured by orifice meters or other 
methods acceptable to the authorized officer on the lease pursuant to 
methods and procedures prescribed in applicable orders and notices. The 
measurement of the volume of all gas produced shall be adjusted by 
computation to the standard pressure and temperature of 14.73 psia and 
60 deg. F unless otherwise prescribed by the authorized officer, 
regardless of the pressure and temperature at which

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the gas is actually measured. Gas lost without measurement by meter 
shall be estimated in accordance with methods prescribed in applicable 
orders and notices. Off-lease measurement or commingling with production 
from other sources prior to measurement may be approved by the 
authorized officer.

[47 FR 47765, Oct. 27, 1982. Redesignated and amended at 48 FR 36583-
36586, Aug. 12, 1983; 49 FR 37364, Sept. 21, 1984; 52 FR 5392, Feb. 20, 
1987]