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Texas Natural Resources Code - Chapter 85 Conservation Of Oil And GasLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Natural Resources Code > Texas Natural Resources Code - Chapter 85 Conservation Of Oil And Gas (a) In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Railroad Commission of Texas. (2) "Pool," "common pool," "field," or "common source of supply" means a common ... (a) The provisions of this chapter that were formerly a part of Chapter 26, Acts of the 42nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1931, as amended, ... The commission shall employ all supervisors, deputy supervisors, and umpires necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and other related laws and rules ... The commission shall employ other assistants and clerical help necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and other related laws and rules and ... A person entrusted with the enforcement of the rules and orders of the commission shall be a regular employee of the state and paid by ... (a) The purchase, acquisition, or sale, or the transporting, refining, processing, or handling in any other way, of oil or gas, produced in whole or ... (a) The commission may promulgate and enforce rules and orders necessary to carry into effect the provisions of Section 85.041 of this code and to ... If the commission requires a showing that refined products were manufactured from oil legally produced, the requirement shall be of uniform application throughout the state; ... The provisions of Sections 85.041 through 85.043 of this code do not apply to the purchase of products of oil if made by the ultimate ... The production, storage, or transportation of oil or gas in a manner, in an amount, or under conditions that constitute waste is unlawful and is ... (a) The term "waste," among other things, specifically includes: (1) operation of any oil well or wells with an inefficient gas-oil ratio and the commission ... The use of gas produced from an oil well within the permitted gas-oil ratio for manufacture of natural gasoline shall not be included in the ... (a) Under the provisions of Subsection (10), Section 85.046 of this code, the commission shall not restrict the production of oil from any new field ... (a) On verified complaint of any person interested in the subject matter that waste of oil or gas is taking place in this state or ... (a) At the hearing, interested parties shall be entitled to be heard and to introduce evidence and require the attendance of witnesses. (b) The production ... If the commission finds at the hearing that waste is taking place or is reasonably imminent, it shall adopt a rule or order in the ... From and after the promulgation of a rule or order of the commission, it is the duty of each person affected by the rule or ... (a) If a rule or order of the commission limits or fixes in a pool or portion of a pool the production of oil, or ... (a) To prevent unreasonable discrimination in favor of one pool as against another, and on written complaint and proof of such discrimination or if the ... (a) If, on written complaint by an affected party or on its own initiative and after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the commission ... In the administration of the provisions of this chapter that were formerly a part of Chapter 2, Acts of the 42nd Legislature, 4th Called Session, ... The provisions of this chapter that were formerly a part of Chapter 2, Acts of the 42nd Legislature, 4th Called Session, 1932, as amended, shall ... From time to time, the commission may inquire into the production, storage, transportation, refining, reclaiming, treating, marketing, and processing of oil and gas, and the ... Each person who produces, stores, transports, refines, reclaims, treats, markets, or processes oil or gas or the products of either shall keep in this state ... The commission may require a person who produces, stores, transports, refines, reclaims, treats, markets, or processes oil or gas or the products of either to ... The commission may require any well, lease, refinery, plant, tank or storage, pipeline, or gathering line that belongs to or is under the control of ... The commission and its agents and the attorney general and his assistants and representatives may examine the books and records of a person who produces, ... (a) The failure of a corporation chartered under the laws of this state to comply with the provisions of Sections 85.059 through 85.062 of this ... (a) If he determines that the public interest requires it, the attorney general shall institute suit or other appropriate action in Travis County for forfeiture ... (a) In this subchapter, "marginal well" means an oil well that is incapable of producing its maximum capacity of oil except by pumping, gas lift, ... Wells that are considered marginal wells include any oil well in this state that is incapable of producing its maximum daily capacity of oil except ... To artificially curtail the production of a marginal well below the marginal limit as set out in Sections 85.121 through 85.122 of this code before ... No rule or order of the commission or of any other constituted legal authority shall be adopted requiring the restriction of the production of a ... None of the provisions of this chapter that were formerly a part of Chapter 26, Acts of the 42nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1931, as ... The owner or operator of any well subject to the jurisdiction of the commission shall secure from the commission a certificate showing compliance with the ... No operator of a pipeline or other carrier shall connect with any oil or gas well until the owner or operator of the well furnishes ... The provisions of this subchapter do not prevent a temporary connection with a well in order to take care of production and prevent waste until ... The commission may cancel any certificate of compliance issued under the provisions of this subchapter if it appears that the owner or operator of a ... (a) On notice from the commission to the operator of a pipeline or other carrier connected to an oil or gas well that the certificate ... On notice from the commission that a certificate of compliance for an oil or gas well has been cancelled, it shall be unlawful for the ... (a) If a certificate of compliance for an oil lease or gas well has been canceled for violation of one or more commission rules, the ... The commission shall make and enforce rules and orders for the conservation of oil and gas and prevention of waste of oil and gas. Acts ... (a) The rules and orders of the commission shall include rules and orders: (1) to prevent waste, as defined in Section 85.046 of this code, ... (a) With each application or materially amended application for a permit to drill, deepen, plug back, or reenter a well, the applicant shall submit to ... The commission may consider any or all of the definitions of waste stated in Section 85.046 of this code, whenever the facts, circumstances, or conditions ... The commission is not authorized to adopt a rule or order or to make a determination or holding that any mode, manner, or process of ... No rule or order pertaining to the conservation of oil and gas or to the prevention of waste of oil and gas may be adopted ... (a) If the commission finds an emergency to exist, that in the commission's judgment requires the adoption of an order without giving notice or holding ... The amendment, repeal, or expiration of a rule or order of the commission adopted under the provisions of this chapter that were formerly a part ... Any interested person who is affected by the conservation laws of this state or orders of the commission relating to oil or gas and the ... A suit brought under Section 85.241 of this code shall be advanced for trial and shall be determined as expeditiously as possible. No postponement or ... In the trial of a suit brought under Section 85.241 of this code, the burden of proof shall be on the party complaining of the ... No temporary restraining order, temporary or permanent injunction, or other form of injunctive relief may be granted against the commission, its members, agents, and representatives ... (a) At the time a petition or application is filed requesting a temporary restraining order or any form of temporary injunctive relief, the clerk of ... In the discretion of the court, any person who is interested in the subject matter of the suit may intervene. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. ... The rule or order complained of in the suit is prima facie valid, and the use and introduction of the verified petition of the plaintiff ... Before an order granting injunctive relief against an oil and gas conservation law, rule, or order of the commission becomes effective, the plaintiff shall be ... (a) In determining the amount of the bond, the judge shall consider all facts and circumstances surrounding the parties and the ability of the plaintiff ... On a motion and for good cause shown, and after notice to the parties, the court periodically may: (1) increase or decrease the amount of ... A suit on a bond must be instituted within six months from the date of the final determination of the validity in whole or in ... A finding by the court that any party is likely to suffer damage is not admissible as evidence of damages in a suit on the ... After notice and hearing on an application for injunctive relief, either party to the suit is entitled to appeal the judgment or order granting or ... The appeal is returnable at once to the appellate court and the action appealed shall have precedence in the appellate court over all cases, proceedings, ... The court of appeals shall decide the question in the appeal at as early a date as possible. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2526, ch. ... The provisions and requirements of Article 4662, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended, and Rule 385 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, ... (a) If a question is certified or writ of error requested or granted to the supreme court, the supreme court shall set the cause for ... The court of appeals and its judges have the jurisdiction to issue writs of prohibition, mandamus, and injunction to prevent the enforcement of any order ... If it appears that the provisions of Sections 85.244 and 85.245 of this code have not been complied with, then on proper application from the ... If a rule or order of the commission has been finally adjudicated to be valid in whole or part in a suit to which the ... After an application is submitted as provided in Section 85.291 of this code, the judge of the trial court, after notice and hearing, may appoint ... As soon as the receiver is qualified, he shall take possession of the property and shall perform his duties as receiver of the property under ... A party whose property is placed in receivership may move to dissolve the receivership and to discharge the receiver on the terms the court may ... A party who owns an interest in property or production that may be damaged by another party violating the provisions of this chapter that were ... None of the provisions of this chapter that were formerly a part of Chapter 26, Acts of the 42nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1931, as ... (a) If it appears that a person is violating or threatening to violate the provisions of this chapter that were formerly a part of Chapter ... In the suit, the commission in the name of the state may obtain prohibitory and mandatory injunctions, including temporary restraining orders and temporary injunctions, that ... (a) The violation by a person of any injunction granted under the provisions of this subchapter shall be sufficient grounds for appointment by the court ... (a) In addition to being subject to any forfeiture provided by law and to any penalty imposed by the commission for contempt for violation of ... The penalty provided in Section 85.381 of this code shall be recovered in a court of competent jurisdiction in Travis County, in the county in ... By direction of the commission, the suit to recover the penalty shall be instituted and conducted in the name of the state by the attorney ... The recovery or payment of the penalty shall not authorize the violation of any provision of Section 85.045 or 85.046 of this code, Title 102, ... Any person who aids or abets any other person in violating Section 85.045 or 85.046 of this code, Title 102, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, ... (a) The commission may impose an administrative penalty on a person who: (1) violates Section 85.165 or 85.166 or a rule or order adopted under ... A person shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than five years if he: (1) forges the name of ... A person shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than five years if he: (1) knowingly procures or causes ... Any person who knowingly has in his possession a forged tender or permit of the commission relating to oil or gas or any product or ... (a) A person who is not the owner or operator of an oil well, gas well, or oil and gas well, a purchaser under contract ... Texas Lawyers
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