[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: 43CFR3162.4-3]



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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.  3162.4-3  Monthly report of operations (Form 3160-6).



    The operator shall report production data to BLM in accordance with 

the requirements of this section until required to begin reporting to 

MMS pursuant to 30 CFR 216.50. When reporting production data to BLM in 

accordance with the requirements of this section, the operator shall 

either use Form BLM 3160-6 or Form MMS-3160. A separate report of 

operations for each lease shall be made on Form 3160-6 for each calendar 

month, beginning with the month in which drilling operations are 

initiated, and shall be filed with the authorized officer on or before 

the 10th day of the second month following the operation month, unless 

an extension of time for the filing of such report is granted by the 

authorized officer. The report on this form shall disclose accurately 

all operations conducted on each well during each month, the status of 

operations on the last day of the month, and a general summary of the 

status of operations on the leased lands, and the report shall be 

submitted each month until the lease is terminated or until omission of 

the report is authorized by the authorized officer. It is particularly 

necessary that the report shall show for each calendar month:

    (a) The lease be identified by inserting the name of the United 

States land office and the serial number, or in the case of Indian land, 

the lease number and lessor's name, in the space provided in the upper 

right corner;

    (b) Each well be listed separately by number, its location be given 

by 40-acre subdivision (\1/4\ \1/4\ Sec.   or lot), section number, 

township, range, and meridian;

    (c) The number of days each well produced, whether oil or gas, and 

the number of days each input well was in operation be stated;

    (d) The quantity of oil, gas and water produced, the total amount of 

gasoline, and other lease products recovered, and other required 

information. When oil and gas, or oil, gas and gasoline, or other 

hydrocarbons are concurrently produced from the same lease, separate 

reports on this form should be submitted for oil and for gas and 

gasoline, unless otherwise authorized or directed by the authorized 

officer.

    (e) The depth of each active or suspended well, and the name, 

character, and depth of each formation drilled during the month, the 

date each such depth was reached, the date and reason for every shut-

down, the names and depths of important formation changes and contents 

of formations, the amount and size of any casing run since last report, 

the dates and results of any tests such as production, water shut-off, 

or gasoline content, and any other noteworthy information on operations 

not specifically provided for in the form.

    (f) The footnote shall be completely filled out as required by the 

authorized officer. If no runs or sales were made during the calendar 

month, the report shall so state.



[47 FR 47765, Oct. 27, 1982. Redesignated and amended at 48 FR 36583-

36586, Aug. 12, 1983; 52 FR 5391, Feb. 20, 1987; 53 FR 16413, May 9, 

1988]