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NTL No. 20 I 5-G02 Effective Date: Jul y 27, 20 15

NOTICE TO LESSEES AND OPERATORS OF FEDERAL OIL, GAS, AND SULPHUR LEASES AND PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY HOLDERS OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF; GULF OF MEXICO OCS REGION

Hurricane and Tropical Storm Effects Reports

This Notice to Lessees and Operators (NTL) supersedes NTL No. 20 I I-GO I. Jt provides guidance on using either e-mail or the eWell Permitting and Reporting Sy~tem to report hurricane and tropical storm effects information, specifies the information included in the various hurricane and tropical storm reports. and makes minor administrative amendments.

Background

Under 30 CFR 250. I 92(a), you must submit statistics to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Gulf of Mexico OCS Region (GOMR) regarding evacuation of personnel and cunailment of production because of hurricanes and tropical storms. Under 30 CFR 250. I 92(b) and pursuant to 30 CFR 250. I86(a), the BSEE GOMR has established the facility shut-in report, the facility damage report, and the pollution report for you to describe the resulting adverse effects. The BSEE GOMR uses these data and information to work interactively with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) on rescue need and to notify the news media and intere ted public entities that monitor shut-in production and hurricane and tropical storm damage. The BSEE GOMR uses the data from the pollution report to identify environmental and man-made assets at risk, provide background data for natural resource damage assessments, assist the USCG in prioritization and coordination of oil spill response operations. and for status reports to public and private entities.

Definition

Curtailed Production means well production that is metered for BSEE royalties, sales, and other disbursements on your facility that is shut-in either partially or totally because of an impending storm. This includes un-metered production boarding from other facilities and/or shut-in subsea wells that flow to and are metered on your facility. If production i. metered onshore, include that shut-in production in the required reports.

Evacuation means the removal of all personnel (both essential and non-essential) from a platform or drilling rig.

E-mail Submittal

A. Evacuation and production curtailment statistics report. Complete form BSEE-0132. It specifies the information that the BSEE GOMR collects when platformc;; and drilling rigs are evacuated and/or production is curtailed because of a storm. On the form, report those platforms and drilling rigs that are not fully evacuated as "not evacuated." This form is available at the BSEE Internet website at http://\\'''' .h-.,ee . ~o,/uploauedFtle..,/BSEE/About BSEE/Drnng Bu..,1ne..,.., ~ ith BSEE/OCS For rm :\e\\/Formci- 20 UYi- 20e\p<;- 202017 .pdf : however, we c;;uggest that you maintain copies of the form in your office in the event the website is not available.

B. Facility shut-in report. In lieu of Form BSEE-0143, provide the BSEE GOMR with a report regarding each facility that has curtailed production because of a storm. Include the following in the facility shut-in report:

I. Contact information: 2. Platform name; 3. Daily oil production (BPD) before the shut-in: 4. Daily oil production shut-in (barrels): 5. Cumulative oil shut-in (barreb); 6. Daily natural gas production (MMSCFPD) before the shut-in; 7. Daily natural gas production shut-in (MMSCF): 8. Cumulative natural gas shut-in (MMSCF); 9. Anticipated time to return to production (days): and I 0. Reason for shut-in (facility damage or transportation system damage).

When providing production curtailment volumes for the required report. do not prorate the volumes for any oil or natural gas that was produced before the time you file the report for a given day. The production volumes curtailed are to be a snapshot that indicates the status of the facility at the time of the report. If the facility is completely shut-in at the time of the report, indicate that it has 100 percent of its pre-storm production volume shut-in even if the facility had produced earlier that day.

C. Facility damage repo11s. In lieu of Form BSEE-0143, provide the BSEE GOMR with Platform Damage Reports, Rig Damage Reports, and Pipeline Damage Reports, as appropriate, to report those incidents specified in 30 CFR 250. I 88(a) caused by a storm.

I. Include the following in a Platform Damage Report: a. Contact information: b. Storm name: c. Platform name: d. Damage description, including an indication of whether the platform was destroyed, fully submerged, suffered a fire, and/or suffered damage any to process equipment: and e. Description of any action taken to address the damage.

2. Include the following in a Rig Damage Report: a. Contact information: b. Storm name: c. Rig name: d. Current rig location:

e. Damage description, including an indication of whether the rig was destroyed, fully submerged. suffered a fire, still adrift, and/or suffered a mooring line failure; and f. Description of any action taken to address the damage.

3. Include the following in a Pipeline Damage Report: a. Contact information: b. Storm name; c. BSEE-assigned pipeline segment number; d. Damage location (including OCS area and block. and latitude and longitude); e. Damage description. including the component description, and the location, primary cause (impact, mudslide, platform destroyed, etc.): and f. Description of any action taken to address the damage.

D. Pollution report. Provide the BSEE GOMR with a report regarding each platform or pipeline that has discharged or is continuing to discharge oil into the environment to report pollution events specified in 30 CFR 254.46(b) caused by a storm. Include the following in a Pollution Report: l. Contact information; 2. Storm name; 3. Platform name or BSEE-assigned pipeline segment number; 4. Date spill discovered: 5. National Response Center report number: 6. Cause; 7. Spill location, including latitude and longitude and distance to shore: 8. Estimated rate of release and current cumulative volume spilled; 9. Type of hydrocarbon spilled. including API0 gravity; I 0. Spill response status, including total amount recovered: l l. Spill source abatement status; and 12. For spills greater than 50 barrels, the sea state. meteorological conditions, and the size and appearance of the slick.

E. Submittal. I. E-mail Form BSEE-0132 and the facility shut-in report to the BSEE GOMR at e'acstats @bsee.gm· before 11 :00 a.m. daily during the period of evacuation and shut-in. If your daily report is not received by 11 :00 a.m .. you may be subject to receiving an Incident of Noncompliance (INC). 2. E-mail the Pollution Report to the BSEE GOMR at erncstats@bsee.go" before 11 :00 a.m. daily while a spill is ongoing. 3. If you are unable to e-mail the form or reports, telefax them to the BSEE GOMR, COOP Office at (504) 736-5796. If you are unable to transmit the information to the BSEE GOMR either by e-mail or telefax, telefax it to the BSEE headqua11ers office in Sterling, Virginia, at (703) 787-1093. To speak with someone in the BSEE COOP Office, you may call either (504) 736-5793 or (504) 736-5794. 4. E-mail the appropriate facility damage reports (initial and subsequent) to the BSEE GOMR at evacstats @' bsee.go\. as soon as the information becomes available. If you are unable to e-mail the damage reports, use the above telefax numbers in the same order of preference to make this notification.

F. District damage reports. If you are pro\iding daily facility shut-in and damage reports as described in paragraphs B and C above, do not abo report this same information in your damage reports to the BSEE GOMR Di'>trict Manager.

G. Resumption of production. Under 30 CFR 250. I 92(b)(2), you must notify the BSEE GOMR when you resume production. Use the above e-mail address or telefax numbers in the '>ame order of preference to make this notification.

Electronic Submittal

A. General. Under 30 CFR 250. l 86(a)(3 ), you may submit digital data when BSEE is equipped to accept it. The BSEE GOMR developed the Internet-based eWell Permitting and Reporting System (eWell), as described in NTL No. 2007-G 15, effective May 14. 2007, to provide this capability for well information. This system has been very successful and its use has greatly increased the efficiency of the transactions between OCS lessees and lease operators and the BSEE GOMR.

The BSEE GOMR ha<; enhanced eWell to provide you with the capability of electronically submitting the information on Form BSEE-0132 and the facility shut-in report as one report (Platform/Rig Evacuation and Production Curtailment Report), the facility damage reports. and the pollution report. We strongly encourage you to use the eWell enhancements to provide the reports in lieu of <;ubmitting them by e-mail. We believe eWell provides an easier and more reliable repo11ing method, facilitates better business transacrions, and provides for timelier decision making and information dissemination.

These enhancements are in the section in eWell entitled '"Hurricane Reports," and became operational on June 15. 2006. This section is divided into five individual reports. I. Platform/Rig Evacuation and Production Curtailment Report (30 CFR 250. 192 and l 86(a)); 2. Platform Damage Report (30 CFR 250. I 88(a)); 3. Rig Damage Report (30 CFR 250.188(a)); 4. Pipeline Damage Report (30 CFR 250. l 88(a)); and 5. Pollution Report (30 CFR 254.46(b)).

B. Procedures to Establish an eWcll Account. Those lessees and operators and pipeline right-of-way (ROW) holders interested in participating in this online system must apply to the BSEE GOMR in order to designate a company representative to receive administrative entitlements. Attached to NTL No. 2007-G 15 is an "'Application Manual'' that provides information and guidance on obtaining access to eWell. Those companies currently using eWell need not reapply unless they intend to add new user-; specifically responsible for submitting these reports.

C. Procedures for Using eWell for Submitting Storm Effects Reports. The Platform/Rig Evacuation and Production Curtailment Report was designed to allow you to report your facility evacuations and production curtailments together. Once rhe initial report is created, you can easily copy the report to provide the required daily updates. This combined report replaces the Form BSEE-0132 and the facility shut-in report.

Use the platform, rig, and pipeline damage repom to provide information regarding damage to any of your facilities. Provide information regarding any pollution associated with the facility

damage in a pollution report which can be created by navigating from a damage report. Once you create a pollution report, you can then copy the report to provide the required daily updates.

If the "Hurricane Reports·· section in eWell is not functioning or i'> otherwise not avai lable, submit Form BSEE-0132 and the other reports by e-mail or telefax as described above.

Miscellaneous

A. Whether you submit Form BSEE-0132 and the other reports by e-mail or use the ..Hurricane Reports" section in eWell, report only that production that is shut in from hurricanes or tropical storms that occurred during the current hurricane season.

B. During or after a storm, refer to the BSEE website at http://\\'''' .b~ee . gO\ I for further information or instructions.

Guidance Document Statement

The BSEE issues NTL's as guidance documents in accordance with 30 CFR 250. I 03 to clarify, supplement, and provide more detail about certain BSEE regulatory requirements and to outline the information you provide in your various submittals. Under that authority, this NTL sets forth a policy on and an interpretation of a regulatory requirement that provides a clear and consistent approach to complying with that requirement. However, if you wish to use an alternative approach for compliance, you may do so, after you receive approval from the appropriate BSEE office under 30 CFR 250. 141.

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Statement

The information collection referred to in this NTL is intended to provide clarification, description. or interpretation of requirements contained in 30 CFR 250, Subpart A and 30 CFR 254. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the information collection requirements in these regulations under OMB Control Numbers 1014-0022 and 1014­ 0007, respectively. This NTL does not impose any additional information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Contacts

If you have any questions regarding this NTL. please contact the Chief of District Operations Support for District Field Operations by telephone at (504) 736-2400 or by e-mai l at, evacstats@bsee.gov.

Lars Herbst Regional Director