30 C.F.R. § 250.601

Definitions

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When used in this subpart, the following terms shall have the meanings given below:

Expected surface pressure means the highest pressure predicted to be exerted upon the surface of a well. In calculating expected surface pressure, you must consider reservoir pressure as well as applied surface pressure.

Routine operations mean any of the following operations conducted on a well with the tree installed:

(a) Cutting paraffin;

(b) Removing and setting pump-through-type tubing plugs, gas-lift valves, and subsurface safety valves which can be removed by wireline operations;

(d) Pressure surveys;

(e) Swabbing;

(f) Scale or corrosion treatment;

(g) Caliper and gauge surveys;

(h) Corrosion inhibitor treatment;

(i) Removing or replacing subsurface pumps;

(j) Through-tubing logging (diagnostics);

(k) Wireline fishing; and

(l) Setting and retrieving other subsurface flow-control devices.

(m) Acid treatments.

Workover operations mean the work conducted on wells after the initial completion for the purpose of maintaining or restoring the productivity of a well.

[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 84 FR 21976, May 15, 2019]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2022–2026 · leading case: All. Well Serv., Inc. v. Pratt Cnty., Kansas (Kan. Ct. App. 2022).

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All. Well Serv., Inc. v. Pratt Cnty., Kansas (Kan. Ct. App. 2022). “contain equipment and tools such as a large crane to hoist the pipe and the block, slips to hold the pipe, [e]levators that attach to the pipe, tongs that make up and break it out, rod tools to pull and run rods, tubing handling tools such as backups and 36-inch pipe wrenches";…”

TCP Specialists, LLC v. Sec'y of Labor (D.C. Cir. 2026). “18, aimed at “maintaining or restoring the productivity of [the] well,” 30 C.F.R. § 250.601 . Several contractors are key to the story.”

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