[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 43, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 43CFR3162.4-1]



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                    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.  3162.4-1  Well records and reports.



    (a) The operator shall keep accurate and complete records with 

respect to all lease operations including, but not limited to, 

production facilities and equipment, drilling, producing, redrilling, 

deepening, repairing, plugging back, and abandonment operations, and 

other matters pertaining to operations. With respect to production 

facilities and equipment, the record shall include schematic diagrams as 

required by applicable orders and notices.

    (b) Standard forms for providing basic data are listed in Note 1 at 

the beginning of this title. As noted on Form 3160-4, two copies of all 

electric and other logs run on the well must be submitted to the 

authorized officer. Upon request, the operator shall transmit to the 

authorized officer copies of such other records maintained in compliance 

with paragraph (a) of this section.

    (c) Not later than the 5th business day after any well begins 

production on which royalty is due anywhere on a lease site or allocated 

to a lease site, or resumes production in the case of a well which has 

been off production for more than 90 days, the operator shall notify the 

authorized officer by letter or sundry notice, Form 3160-5, or orally to 

be followed by a letter or sundry notice, of the date on which such 

production has begun or resumed.

    (d) All records and reports required by this section shall be 

maintained for 6 years from the date they were generated. In addition, 

if the Secretary, or his/her designee notifies the recordholder that the 

Department of the Interior has initiated or is participating in an audit 

or investigation involving such records, the records shall be maintained 

until the Secretary, or his/her designee, releases the recordholder from 

the obligation to maintain such records.



[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 5391, Feb. 20, 

1987; 53 FR 17363, May 16, 1988]