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Title 30: Mineral Resources

PART 250—OIL AND GAS AND SULPHUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF

Subpart O—Well Control and Production Safety Training
Contents
§250.1500   Definitions.
§250.1501   What is the goal of my training program?
§250.1503   What are my general responsibilities for training?
§250.1504   May I use alternative training methods?
§250.1505   Where may I get training for my employees?
§250.1506   How often must I train my employees?
§250.1507   How will BSEE measure training results?
§250.1508   What must I do when BSEE administers written or oral tests?
§250.1509   What must I do when BSEE administers or requires hands-on, simulator, or other types of testing?
§250.1510   What will BSEE do if my training program does not comply with this subpart?
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§250.1500   Definitions.
Terms used in this subpart have the following meaning:
Contractor and contract personnel mean anyone, other than an employee of the lessee, performing well control, deepwater
well control, or production safety duties for the lessee.
Deepwater well control means well control when you are using a subsea BOP system.
Employee means direct employees of the lessees who are assigned well control, deepwater well control, or production
safety duties.
I or you means the lessee engaged in oil, gas, or sulphur operations in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

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Lessee means a person who has entered into a lease with the United States to explore for, develop, and produce the
leased minerals. The term lessee also includes an owner of operating rights for that lease and the BOEM-approved assignee of
that lease.
Periodic means occurring or recurring at regular intervals. Each lessee must specify the intervals for periodic training and
periodic assessment of training needs in their training programs.
Production operations include, but are not limited to, separation, dehydration, compression, sweetening, and metering
operations.
Production safety includes measures, practices, procedures, and equipment to ensure safe, accident-free, and pollutionfree production operations, as well as installation, repair, testing, maintenance, and operation of surface and subsurface safety
equipment.
Well completion/well workover means those operations following the drilling of a well that are intended to establish or
restore production.
Well-control means methods used to minimize the potential for the well to flow or kick and to maintain control of the well in
the event of flow or a kick. Well-control applies to drilling, well-completion, well-workover, abandonment, and well-servicing

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operations. It includes measures, practices, procedures and equipment, such as fluid flow monitoring, to ensure safe and
environmentally protective drilling, completion, abandonment, and workover operations as well as the installation, repair,
maintenance, and operation of surface and subsea well-control equipment.
[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 77 FR 50896, Aug. 22, 2012]

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§250.1501   What is the goal of my training program?
The goal of your training program must be safe and clean OCS operations. To accomplish this, you must ensure that your
employees and contract personnel engaged in well control, deepwater well control, or production safety operations understand
and can properly perform their duties.
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§250.1503   What are my general responsibilities for training?
(a) You must establish and implement a training program so that all of your employees are trained to competently perform
their assigned well control, deepwater well control, and production safety duties. You must verify that your employees
understand and can perform the assigned well control, deepwater well control, or production safety duties.
(b) If you conduct operations with a subsea BOP stack, your employees and contract personnel must be trained in
deepwater well control. The trained employees and contract personnel must have a comprehensive knowledge of deepwater
well control equipment, practices, and theory.
(c) You must have a training plan that specifies the type, method(s), length, frequency, and content of the training for your
employees. Your training plan must specify the method(s) of verifying employee understanding and performance. This plan
must include at least the following information:
(1) Procedures for training employees in well control, deepwater well control, or production safety practices;
(2) Procedures for evaluating the training programs of your contractors;
(3) Procedures for verifying that all employees and contractor personnel engaged in well control, deepwater well control, or
production safety operations can perform their assigned duties;
(4) Procedures for assessing the training needs of your employees on a periodic basis;
(5) Recordkeeping and documentation procedures; and
(6) Internal audit procedures.
(d) Upon request of the District Manager or Regional Supervisor, you must provide:
(1) Copies of training documentation for personnel involved in well control, deepwater well control, or production safety
operations during the past 5 years; and
(2) A copy of your training plan.
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§250.1504   May I use alternative training methods?
You may use alternative training methods. These methods may include computer-based learning, films, or their
equivalents. This training should be reinforced by appropriate demonstrations and “hands-on” training. Alternative training
methods must be conducted according to, and meet the objectives of, your training plan.
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§250.1505   Where may I get training for my employees?
You may get training from any source that meets the requirements of your training plan.
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§250.1506   How often must I train my employees?
You determine the frequency of the training you provide your employees. You must do all of the following:
(a) Provide periodic training to ensure that employees maintain understanding of, and competency in, well control,

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deepwater well control, or production safety practices;
(b) Establish procedures to verify adequate retention of the knowledge and skills that employees need to perform their
assigned well control, deepwater well control, or production safety duties; and
(c) Ensure that your contractors' training programs provide for periodic training and verification of well control, deepwater
well control, or production safety knowledge and skills.
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§250.1507   How will BSEE measure training results?
BSEE may periodically assess your training program, using one or more of the methods in this section.
(a) Training system audit. BSEE or its authorized representative may conduct a training system audit at your office. The
training system audit will compare your training program against this subpart. You must be prepared to explain your overall
training program and produce evidence to support your explanation.
(b) Employee or contract personnel interviews. BSEE or its authorized representative may conduct interviews at either
onshore or offshore locations to inquire about the types of training that were provided, when and where this training was
conducted, and how effective the training was.
(c) Employee or contract personnel testing. BSEE or its authorized representative may conduct testing at either onshore or
offshore locations for the purpose of evaluating an individual's knowledge and skills in perfecting well control, deepwater well
control, and production safety duties.
(d) Hands-on production safety, simulator, or live well testing. BSEE or its authorized representative may conduct tests at
either onshore or offshore locations. Tests will be designed to evaluate the competency of your employees or contract
personnel in performing their assigned well control, deepwater well control, and production safety duties. You are responsible
for the costs associated with this testing, excluding salary and travel costs for BSEE personnel.
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§250.1508   What must I do when BSEE administers written or oral tests?
BSEE or its authorized representative may test your employees or contract personnel at your worksite or at an onshore
location. You and your contractors must:
(a) Allow BSEE or its authorized representative to administer written or oral tests; and
(b) Identify personnel by current position, years of experience in present position, years of total oil field experience, and
employer's name (e.g., operator, contractor, or sub-contractor company name).
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§250.1509   What must I do when BSEE administers or requires hands-on, simulator, or other types of testing?
If BSEE or its authorized representative conducts, or requires you or your contractor to conduct hands-on, simulator, or
other types of testing, you must:
(a) Allow BSEE or its authorized representative to administer or witness the testing;
(b) Identify personnel by current position, years of experience in present position, years of total oil field experience, and
employer's name (e.g., operator, contractor, or sub-contractor company name); and
(c) Pay for all costs associated with the testing, excluding salary and travel costs for BSEE personnel.
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§250.1510   What will BSEE do if my training program does not comply with this subpart?
If BSEE determines that your training program is not in compliance, we may initiate one or more of the following
enforcement actions:
(a) Issue an Incident of Noncompliance (INC);
(b) Require you to revise and submit to BSEE your training plan to address identified deficiencies;
(c) Assess civil/criminal penalties; or
(d) Initiate disqualification procedures.
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