NTL 2006-G10 - Interim Guidelines for Moored Drilling Rig Fitness Requirements for the 2006 Hurricane Season - May 19, 2006

This Notice to Lessees and Operators (NTL) is issued pursuant to 30 CFR 250.103 and provides guidance on the information you must submit with your Form MMS-123, Application for Permit to Drill (APD), to demonstrate the fitness of any moored drilling rig you will use to conduct operations in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) OCS during the 2006 hurricane season. As required by 30 CFR 250.417(a), this information must demonstrate that the associated moored drilling rig is capable of performing at the proposed drilling location. The Minerals Management Service (MMS) Gulf of Mexico OCS Region (GOMR) will use the recommendations in the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) newly developed Recommended Practice 95F, Interim Guidance for Gulf of Mexico MODU Mooring Practice – 2006 Hurricane Season (API RP 95F), to guide our review and evaluation of the information and data that demonstrate the moored rig’s capability to perform at the proposed location.