[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR3162.4-3]

[Page 423]
 
                    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]