[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: 43CFR3162.7-3]



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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.  3162.7-3  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 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]