Form MMS-123 Application for Permit to Drill (APD)

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Overview

MMS-123
MMS-123 Pg 2

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Sheet 1: MMS-123

U.S. Department of the Interior

Submit original plus THREE copies,

OMB Control No. 1010-0141

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,

with ONE copy marked "Public Information."

OMB Approval Expires 11/30/2011

Regulation and Enforcement

Application for Permit to Drill (APD)

1.

PROPOSAL TO DRILL

2. BOEMRE OPERATOR NO.

3. OPERATOR NAME and ADDRESS

NEW WELL

SIDETRACK

BYPASS

DEEPEN

(Submitting office)

4. WELL NAME (CURRENT)

5. SIDETRACK NO. (CURRENT)

6. BYPASS NO. (CURRENT)

7. PROPOSED START DATE

8. PLAN CONTROL NO. (NEW WELL ONLY)

9. API WELL NO. (CURRENT SIDETRACK / BYPASS) (12 DIGITS)

10.

Revision

11.

If revision, please list changes:

WELL AT TOTAL DEPTH (PROPOSED)

WELL AT SURFACE

12. LEASE NO.

17. LEASE NO.

13. AREA NAME

18. AREA NAME

14. BLOCK NO.

19. BLOCK NO.

15. LATITUDE

16. LONGITUDE

20. LATITUDE

21. LONGITUDE

( NAD 83 / NAD 27)

( NAD 83 / NAD 27)

( NAD 83 / NAD 27)

( NAD 83 / NAD 27)

LIST OF SIGNIFICANT MARKERS ANTICIPATED

22. NAME

23. TOP (MD)

24. TOP (TVD)

22. NAME

23. TOP (MD)

24. TOP (TVD)

25. LIST ALL ATTACHMENTS (Attach all required documentation, throughout the BOEMRE regulations, that must be submitted with your APD ).

26. CONTACT NAME

27. CONTACT TELEPHONE NO.

28. CONTACT E-MAIL ADDRESS

29. AUTHORIZING OFFICIAL (Type or print name)

30. TITLE

31. AUTHORIZING SIGNATURE

32. DATE

THIS SPACE FOR BOEMRE USE ONLY

APPROVED:

BY

TITLE

With Attached Conditions

Without Conditions

DATE

API WELL NO. ASSIGNED TO THIS WELL

BOEMRE Form MMS-123 (September 2010 - Supersedes all previous versions of form MMS-123 that may not be used.) Page 1 of 2

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Sheet 2: MMS-123 Pg 2

Application for Permit to Drill (APD) Information Sheet
33) Question Information Sheet
	Questions			Response		Remarks
A) Will you maintain quantities of mud and mud material (including weight materials and additives) sufficient to raise the entire system mud weight 1/2 ppg or more?				YES
				NO
				N/A
B) If hydrocarbon-based drilling fluids were used, is the drilling rig outfitted for zero discharge and will zero discharge procedures be followed?				YES
				NO
				N/A
C) If drilling the shallow casings strings riserless, will you maintain kill weight mud on the rig and monitor the wellbore with an ROV to ensure that it is not flowing?				YES
				NO
				N/A
D) If requesting a waiver of the conductor casing, have you submitted a log to MMS G&G that is with in 500 feet of the proposed bottom hole location for the proposed surface casing point?				YES
				NO
				N/A
E) Will the proposed operation be covered by an EPA Discharge Permit? (please provide permit number in remarks for this question)				YES
				NO
				N/A
F) Will all wells in the well bay and related production equipment be shut-in when moving on to or off of an offshore platform, or from well to well on the platform? If not, please explain.				YES
				NO
				N/A
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995 (PRA) STATEMENT: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.) requires us to inform you that we collect this information to obtain knowledge of equipment and procedures to be used in drilling operations. The BOEMRE uses the information to evaluate and approve or disapprove the adequacy of the equipment and/or procedures to safely perform the proposed drilling operation. Responses are mandatory (43 U.S.C. 1334). Proprietary data are covered under 30 CFR 250.197. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. Public reporting burden for this form, MMS-123, is estimated to average 6 hours per response, depending on whether it is a paper submittal or electronic submittal. This includes the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this form to the Information Collection Clearance Officer, Mail Stop 5438, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, 1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC 20240.
BOEMRE Form MMS-123 (September 2010-Supersedes all previous versions of form MMS-123 that may not be used.) Page 2 of 2