Texas Property Code - Section 28.010. Exemption For Mineral Development And Oilfield Services
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§ 28.010. EXEMPTION FOR MINERAL DEVELOPMENT AND OILFIELD
SERVICES. (a) This chapter does not apply to any agreement:
(1) to explore, produce, or develop oil, natural gas,
natural gas liquids, synthetic gas, sulphur, ore, or other mineral
substances, including any lease or royalty agreement, joint
interest agreement, production or production-related agreement,
operating agreement, farmout agreement, area of mutual interest
agreement, or other related agreement;
(2) for any well or mine services; or
(3) to purchase, sell, gather, store, or transport
oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, synthetic gas, or other
hydrocarbon substances by pipeline or by a fixed, associated
facility.
(b) In this section:
(1) "Agreement" includes a written or oral agreement
or understanding:
(A) to provide work or services, including any
construction, operating, repair, or maintenance services; or
(B) to perform a part of the services covered by
Paragraph (A) or an act collateral to those services, including
furnishing or renting equipment, incidental transportation, or
other goods and services furnished in connection with those
services.
(2) "Well or mine services" includes:
(A) drilling, deepening, reworking, repairing,
improving, testing, treating, perforating, acidizing, logging,
conditioning, purchasing, gathering, storing, or transporting oil
or natural gas, brine water, fresh water, produced water,
condensate, petroleum products, or other liquid commodities, or
otherwise rendering services in connection with a well drilled to
produce or dispose of oil, gas, or other minerals or water; and
(B) designing, excavating, constructing,
improving, or otherwise rendering services in connection with an
oil, gas, or other mineral production platform or facility, mine
shaft, drift, or other structure intended directly for use in
exploring for or producing a mineral.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 805, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Section: 28.003 28.004 28.005 28.006 28.007 28.008 28.009 28.010 29.001 29.002 29.003 29.0035 29.004 41.001 41.002
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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