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Texas Natural Resources Code - Chapter 86 Regulation Of Natural GasLegal Research Home > Texas Laws > Natural Resources Code > Texas Natural Resources Code - Chapter 86 Regulation Of Natural Gas In recognition of past, present, and imminent evils occurring in the production and use of gas as a result of waste in this production and ... In this chapter: (1) "Oil" means crude petroleum oil. (2) "Gas" means natural gas. (3) "Commission" means the Railroad Commission of Texas. (4) "Common reservoir" ... If oil or gas, or both, is produced through different strings of casing set in the same well bore, the inner string through which oil ... The provisions in this chapter do not impair the authority of the commission to prevent waste under the oil and gas conservation laws of this ... The production, transportation, or use of gas in a manner, in an amount, or under conditions which constitute waste is unlawful and is prohibited. Acts ... (a) The term "waste" includes: (1) the operation of an oil well or wells with an inefficient gas-oil ratio; (2) the drowning with water of ... The commission has broad discretion in administering the provisions of this chapter and may adopt any rule or order in the manner provided by law ... The commission shall adopt and enforce rules and orders to: (1) conserve and prevent the waste of gas; (2) prevent the waste of gas in ... The commission may fix and determine the gas-oil ratio of all oil wells in the state but none of the provisions of this chapter may ... (a) For the protection of public and private interests, the commission, on written complaint by an affected party or on its own initiative and after ... The commission shall exercise its authority to prevent waste when the presence or imminence of waste is supported by a finding based on the evidence ... The commission shall exercise its authority to adjust correlative rights and opportunities of each owner of gas in a common reservoir to produce and use ... (a) The commission, on written complaint by an affected party or on its own initiative, may determine the status of gas production from any reservoir ... On or before the last day of each month, the commission or a person authorized by the commission shall determine: (1) the lawful market demand ... After determining demand for and volume of production from a prorated reservoir as provided in Section 86.085, the commission shall fix the monthly reservoir allowable ... The monthly reservoir allowable shall be allocated among all wells entitled to produce gas from a prorated reservoir to give each well its fair share ... The daily market demand for gas and the daily allowable shall be determined by dividing the monthly demand and the monthly allowable by the number ... (a) In determining the daily allowable production for each gas well in a prorated reservoir, the commission shall take into account: (1) the size of ... (a) In order to adjust the correlative rights and opportunities of each owner to produce, use, and sell gas from a common reservoir from which ... A "marginal gas well," as applied to a well classified by the commission as a gas well, means a well that is incapable of producing ... If gas is produced from one stratum and oil and gas are produced from another stratum in the same well bore, the commission shall take ... If unforeseen contingencies increase the demand for gas required by a distributor, transporter, or purchaser to an amount in excess of the total allowable production ... (a) The commission shall zone a common reservoir if, on consideration of the evidence introduced at a hearing, it finds that either the prevention of ... If the commission finds that the owner of a gas well failed or refused to use or sell the allowable production from his well when ... No person in possession of or operating an oil well may produce from the oil well gas found in a horizon productive of gas only. ... The commission may require persons producing gas from any gas well to determine periodically through an appropriate test the deliverability and wellhead pressure of each ... A test to determine the deliverability and pressure of a gas well shall be made: (1) under uniform and generally recognized methods; and (2) under ... (a) Verified reports of the tests to determine deliverability and pressure shall be filed with the commission within a time period after the end of ... A person producing gas from the same common reservoir who is dissatisfied with the test as made and reported may demand that a second test ... The commission shall require one of its duly authorized agents to inspect, read, or test any meter or meters through which gas is being measured ... No sweet gas produced from a gas well may be used for any purpose except: (1) light or fuel; (2) efficient chemical manufacture, other than ... In addition to the purposes for which sweet gas produced from a gas well may be used, sour gas may be used for efficient chemical ... Casinghead gas may be used for any beneficial purpose, which includes the manufacture of natural gasoline. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2539, ch. 871, art. ... (a) A producer of either sweet or sour gas or casinghead gas may use the gas as gas lift in the bona fide production of ... No gas from a gas well may be permitted to escape into the air after the expiration of 10 days from the time the gas ... No person may produce gas from a gas well in violation of the valid orders of the commission. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2539, ch. ... (a) Any person who violates a provision of this chapter or a rule or order adopted under this chapter is liable for a penalty of ... The penalty may be recovered with the cost of suit by the State of Texas through the attorney general or the county or district attorney ... A violation or threatened violation of this chapter may be enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction in which the suit for penalty may be ... Any person affected by an order of the commission adopted under the authority of this chapter is entitled to judicial review of that order in ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |
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