[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR3162.7-2]

[Page 426]
 
                    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. 3162.7-2  Measurement of oil.

    All oil production shall be measured on the lease by tank gauging, 
positive displacement metering system, or other methods acceptable to 
the authorized officer, pursuant to methods and procedures prescribed in 
applicable orders and notices. Where production cannot be measured due 
to spillage or leakage, the amount of production shall be determined in 
accordance with the methods and procedures approved or prescribed by the 
authorized officer. Off-lease storage or 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]