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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: November 8, 2024) |
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Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior |
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Subtitle B - Regulations Relating to Public Lands |
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Chapter II - Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior |
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SubChapter C - Minerals Management (3000) |
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Part 3170 - Onshore Oil and Gas Production |
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Subpart 3179 - Waste Prevention and Resource Conservation |
| § 3179.1 - Purpose. |
| § 3179.2 - Scope. |
| § 3179.3 - Definitions and acronyms. |
| § 3179.4 - Determining when the loss of oil or gas is avoidable or unavoidable. |
| § 3179.5 - When lost production is subject to royalty. |
| § 3179.6 - Venting limitations. |
| § 3179.7 - Gas capture requirement. |
| § 3179.8 - Alternative capture requirement. |
| § 3179.9 - Measuring and reporting volumes of gas vented and flared. |
| § 3179.10 - Definitions and acronyms. |
| § 3179.11 - Severability. |
| § 3179.12 - Coordination with State regulatory authority. |
| § 3179.30 - Incorporation by Reference (IBR). |
| § 3179.40 - Reasonable precautions to prevent waste. |
| § 3179.41 - Determining when the loss of oil or gas is avoidable or unavoidable. |
| § 3179.42 - When lost production is subject to royalty. |
| § 3179.43 - Data submission and notification requirements. |
| § 3179.50 - Safety. |
| § 3179.60 - Gas-well gas. |
| § 3179.70 - Oil-well gas. |
| § 3179.71 - Measurement of flared oil-well gas volume. |
| § 3179.72 - Required reporting and recordkeeping of vented and flared gas volumes. |
| § 3179.73 - Prior determinations regarding royalty-free flaring. |
| Measurement and Reporting Responsibilities |
| § 3179.301 - Measuring and reporting volumes of gas vented and flared. |
| § 3179.302 - Approved instruments and methods. |
| § 3179.303 - Leak detection inspection requirements for natural gas wellhead equipment and other equipment. |
| § 3179.304 - Repairing leaks. |
| § 3179.305 - Leak detection inspection recordkeeping and reporting. |
| State or Tribal Variances |
| Additional Deference to Tribal Regulations |
| § 3179.401 - Deference to tribal regulations. |
| Gas Flared or Vented from Equipment and During Well Maintenance Operations |
| § 3179.90 - Oil storage tank vapors. |
| § 3179.91 - Downhole well maintenance and liquids unloading. |
| § 3179.92 - Size of production equipment. |
| Immediate Assessments |
| § 3179.200 - Immediate assessments |
| Flaring and Venting Gas During Drilling and Production Operations |
| § 3179.80 - Loss of well control while drilling. |
| § 3179.81 - Well completion or recompletion flaring allowance. |
| § 3179.82 - Subsequent well tests for an existing completion. |
| § 3179.83 - Emergencies. |
| § 3170.3170 - Subpt. 3179, Nt. Well drilling. |
| Other Venting or Flaring |
| § 3179.201 - Oil-well gas. |
| § 3179.202 - Requirements for pneumatic diaphragm pumps. |
| § 3179.203 - Storage vessels. |
| § 3179.204 - Downhole well maintenance and liquids unloading. |
| Authorized Flaring and Venting of Gas |
| § 3179.103 - Emergencies. |
| § 3179.104 - Downhole well maintenance and liquids unloading. |
| § 3179.105 - Emergencies. |
| Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) |
| § 3179.100 - Leak detection and repair program. |
| § 3179.101 - Repairing leaks. |
| § 3179.102 - Required recordkeeping for leak detection and repair. |