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Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.59 - Oil and Gas Transporter's Reports

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General. The commission may, from time to
				time, require oil and gas pipeline companies to make reports to the commission
				showing wells connected with their lines during any month, the amount of
				production taken therefrom, names of parties from whom oil and gas are
				purchased, and the amount of oil or gas purchased therefrom.
(b) Daily report. The commission may, in case
				of overproduction or for any other reason which it deems urgent, require oil
				and gas pipe line companies to furnish daily reports of the amount of oil or
				gas purchased or taken from different wells or parties.
(c) Weekly stock report. Rescinded by Order
				Number 20-57,970, effective 11-16-67.
(d) Monthly transportation and storage
				report.
(1) Each gatherer, transporter,
				storer, and/or handler of crude oil or products, or both, shall file with the
				commission on or before the last day of each calendar month a report showing
				the required information concerning the transportation operations of such
				gatherer, transporter, or storer for the next preceding month. Such form is
				incorporated in and made a part of this section.
(2) The original of the report, covering all
				of the operations of the gatherer, transporter, storer, and/or handler of crude
				oil or products, or both, shall be filed in the Austin office of the
				commission. One copy of the report shall be filed in each district office in
				which the gatherer, transporter, storer, and/or handler of crude oil or
				products, or both, operates, but may include only the information pertaining to
				the operations in that district in which it is filed.
(3) The written instructions appearing on
				said form are incorporated in and made a part of this section, and all of the
				data and information on the form shall be reported and arranged on the form as
				required by the form.
(4) No
				gatherer, transporter, storer, and/or handler of crude oil shall remove crude
				oil from any property unless such property is identified by a sign posted in
				compliance with §
										RSA
				3.3<subdiv>(3)</subdiv> of this
				title (relating to Identification of Properties, Wells, and Tanks).
(5) The provisions of this section shall not
				apply to the operator of any refinery, processing plant, blending plant, or
				treating plant to which §
										RSA
				3.60 of this title (relating to Refinery
				Reports) applies if the operator has filed the required form.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.60 - Refinery Reports

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
On or before the 15th day of each calendar month, the
				  operator of each refinery, processing plant, blending plant or treating plant,
				  and/or other plant situated within the state that processes or manufactures a
				  product, except those gas processing plants for which another form is required
				  by §
									RSA
				  3.54<subdiv>(a)</subdiv> of this
				  title (relating to Gas Reports Required), shall file with the commission a
				  report covering the operations of the refinery or plant during the preceding
				  month. The report must contain the data and information required to be reported
				  on the form.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.61 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The following
				words and terms, when used in this subchapter, have the following meanings,
				unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Chief administrative officer--Chief Clerk
				of the Land Office or his or her designee.
(2) Commissioner--Commissioner of the General
				Land Office of Texas or the Commissioner's designee not below the level of
				division director.
(3) Contract--a
				written contract between the Land Office and a contractor by which the
				contractor agrees either: to provide goods or services, by sale or lease, to or
				for a unit of state government; or to perform a project as defined by
				Government Code, §
										RSA
				2166.001.
(4) Contractor--independent contractor who
				has entered into a contract directly with the Land Office, but does not
				include:
(A) a contractor's subcontractor,
				officer, employee, agent, or other person furnishing goods or services to a
				contractor;
(B) an employee of the
				Land Office; or
(C) a student at an
				institution of higher education.
(5) Day--calendar day. Acts required to occur
				on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, shall take place on the next following
				working day.
(6) Governmental body
				shall be construed as that term is defined under Texas Government Code Section
				RSA
				552.003.
(7) Land Office--General Land Office of
				Texas.
(8) Parties--collectively,
				the contractor and the Land Office.
(9) Political subdivision--a municipality,
				county, parish, borough, public school district, levee improvement district,
				municipal utility district, or any other special purpose district authorized by
				the law of the State of Texas or another state.
(10) SOAH--State Office of Administrative
				Hearings.
(11) Unit of state
				government--the State of Texas or an agency, department, commission, bureau,
				board, office, council, court, or other entity that is in any branch of the
				government of the State of Texas and is created by the constitution or a
				statute of the State of Texas, including a university system or institution of
				higher education, but does not include a county, municipality, court of a
				county or municipality, special purpose district, or other political
				subdivision of this state.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.62 - Prerequisites to Suit

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The procedures in this subchapter are exclusive and required
				  prerequisites to suit under the Civil Practice & Remedies Code, Chapter
				  107, and Texas Government Code, Chapter 2260.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.65 - Critical Designation of Natural Gas Infrastructure

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Definitions.
(1) In this section, the term "energy
				emergency" means any event that results in firm load shed or has the potential
				to result in firm load shed required by the reliability coordinator of a power
				region in Texas. An event that has the "potential to result in firm load shed"
				is when the reliability coordinator of a power region in Texas has issued an
				Energy Emergency Alert Level 1 or 2.
(2) In this section, the term "critical
				customer information" means the information required on Commission Form CI-D
				and any attachments.
(3) In this
				section, "any volume of gas indicated in Mcf/day" means the average daily
				production from the well's six most recently filed monthly production reports.
				Wells without six months of production reports shall average the production
				from the well's production reports on file with the Commission or use the
				production volume from the well's initial potential test or deliverability test
				if the well has not yet filed a production report.
(4) In this section, the term "electricity
				supply chain map" means the electricity supply chain map produced by the Texas
				Electricity Supply Chain Security and Mapping Committee.
(5) In this section, the term "Director"
				means the Director of the Critical Infrastructure Division or the director's
				delegate.
(6) In this section, the
				term "EOR project" means an enhanced oil recovery project as defined in §
										3.50(c)(6)
				of this title (relating to Enhanced Oil Recovery Projects-Approval and
				Certification for Tax Incentive) with at least one injection well permitted
				under §
										3.46
				of this title (relating to Fluid Injection into Productive Reservoirs) whether
				or not the project has received Commission approval or certification under
				§
										3.50
				of this title.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.66 - Weather Emergency Preparedness Standards

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Applicability.
(1) In accordance with Texas Natural
				Resources Code § 86.044, this section applies to a gas supply chain
				facility that is:
(A) included on the
				electricity supply chain map created under Texas Utilities Code § 38.203;
				and
(B) designated as critical in
				§ 3.65 of this title, relating to Critical Designation of Natural Gas
				Infrastructure.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.70 - Pipeline Permits Required

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				Each operator of a pipeline or gathering system, other than an operator
				excluded under §
									RSA
				8.1<subdiv>(b)(4)</subdiv> of
				this title (relating to General Applicability and Standards), subject to the
				jurisdiction of the Commission, shall obtain a pipeline permit, to be renewed
				annually, from the Commission as provided in this rule. Production or flow
				lines that are subject to §
									RSA
				8.1<subdiv>(a)(1)(B) and
				(a)(1)(D)</subdiv> of this title must comply
				with this section. All other production or flow lines as defined in this
				subsection are exempt from complying with this section. A production or flow
				line is piping used for production operations that generally occur upstream of
				gathering or other pipeline facilities. For the purposes of this subsection,
				piping used in "production operations" means piping used for production and
				preparation for transportation or delivery of hydrocarbon gas and/or liquids,
				and includes the following processes:
(1)
				extraction and recovery, lifting, stabilization, treatment, separation,
				production processing, storage, and measurement; and P> (2) associated
				production compression, gas lift, gas injection, or fuel gas
				supply.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.71 - Costs of Negotiation

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Unless the parties agree otherwise, each party shall be
				  responsible for its own negotiation costs, including, without limitation, fees
				  of attorneys, consultants, and experts.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.72 - Request for Contested Case Hearing

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) If the parties do not resolve a claim of
				breach of contract in its entirety through negotiation or mediation in
				accordance with this subchapter on or before the 270th day after the Land
				Office receives the notice of claim, or after the expiration of any extension
				agreed to by the parties pursuant to § 3.67(f) of this subchapter
				(relating to Timetable), the contractor may file a request with the Land Office
				for a contested case hearing before SOAH.
(b) A request for a contested case hearing
				must.
(1) state the legal and factual basis
				for the claim.
(2) be delivered to
				the chief administrative officer within a reasonable time after the 270th day
				after the Land Office receives the notice of claim or the expiration of any
				written extension agreed to pursuant to § 3.67(f) of this subchapter;
				and
(3) request that the claim be
				referred to SOAH for a contested case hearing.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.73 - Agreement to Mediate; Conduct of Mediation

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The parties may agree to mediate a claim
				through an impartial third party at any time. For purposes of this subchapter,
				"mediation" has the meaning set forth in the Civil Practice and Remedies Code,
				§
									RSA
				154.023. The mediation is subject to the
				provisions of the Governmental Dispute Resolution Act, Texas Government Code,
				Chapter 2009. The parties may be assisted in the mediation by legal counsel or
				other individual.
(b) Mediation is
				a consensual process in which an impartial third party, the mediator,
				facilitates communication between the parties to promote reconciliation,
				settlement, or understanding among them. A mediator may not impose his or her
				own judgment on the issues for that of the parties. The mediator must be
				acceptable to both parties.
(c) To
				facilitate a meaningful opportunity for mediated settlement, the parties shall,
				to the extent possible, select representatives who know the subject matter of
				the dispute, are in a position to reach agreement, and can credibly recommend
				approval of an agreement.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.76 - Costs of Mediation

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Unless the parties agree otherwise in writing, each party is
				  responsible for its own mediation costs, including without limitation, document
				  reproduction costs and fees of attorney, consultants, or experts. The
				  mediator's fees and associated costs shall be divided equally between the
				  parties.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.80 - Commission Oil and Gas Forms, Applications, and Filing Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Forms. Forms
				required to be filed at the Commission shall be those prescribed by the
				Commission. A complete set of all Commission forms required to be filed at the
				Commission shall be kept by the Commission secretary and posted on the
				Commission's web site. Notice of any new or amended forms shall be issued by
				the Commission. For any required or discretionary filing, an organization may
				either file the prescribed form on paper or use any electronic filing process
				in accordance with subsections (e) or (f) of this section, as applicable. The
				Commission may at its discretion accept an earlier version of a prescribed
				form, provided that it contains all required information and meets the
				requirements of subsection (e)(3) of this section.
(b) Definitions. The following words and
				terms, when used in this section, shall have the following meanings, unless the
				context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1)
				Commission--The Railroad Commission of Texas.
(2) Electronic filing process--An electronic
				transmission to the Commission in a prescribed form and/or format authorized by
				the Commission and completed in accordance with Commission
				instructions.
(3) Form--A printed
				or typed paper document or electronic submission, including any necessary
				instructions, with blank spaces for insertion of required or requested specific
				information.
(4) Organization--Any
				person, firm, partnership, joint stock association, corporation, or other
				organization, domestic or foreign, operating wholly or partially within this
				state, acting as principal or agent for another, for the purpose of performing
				operations within the jurisdiction of the Commission.
(5) Position of ownership or control--A
				person holds a position of ownership or control in an organization if the
				person is:
(A) an officer or director of the
				organization;
(B) a general partner
				of the organization;
(C) the owner
				of an organization which is a sole proprietorship;
(D) the owner of more than a 25 percent
				ownership interest in the organization; or
(E) the designated trustee of the
				organization.
(6)
				Violation--Non-compliance with a statute, Commission rule, order, license,
				permit, or certificate relating to safety or the prevention or control of
				pollution.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.81 - Brine Mining Injection Wells

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this section, shall
				have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Affected person--A person who, as a
				result of the activity sought to be permitted, has suffered or may suffer
				actual injury or economic damage other than as a member of the general
				public.
(2) Brine mining facility
				or facility--The brine mining injection well, and the pits, tanks, fresh water
				wells, pumps, and other structures and equipment that are or will be used in
				conjunction with the brine mining injection well.
(3) Brine mining injection well--A well used
				to inject fluid for the purpose of extracting brine by the solution of a
				subsurface salt formation. The term "brine mining injection well" does not
				include a well used to inject fluid for the purpose of leaching a cavern for
				the underground storage of hydrocarbons or the disposal of waste, or a well
				used to inject fluid for the purpose of extracting sulphur by the thermofluid
				mining process.
(4) Commission--The
				Railroad Commission of Texas.
(5)
				Director--The director of the Oil and Gas Division or a staff delegate
				designated in writing by the director of the Oil and Gas Division or the
				commission.
(6) Existing brine
				mining injection well--A brine mining injection well in which injection
				operations began prior to the effective date of this section.
(7) Fresh water--Water having
				bacteriological, physical, and chemical properties that make it suitable and
				feasible for beneficial use for any lawful purpose.
(8) New brine mining injection well--A brine
				mining injection well in which injection operations begin on or after the
				effective date of this section.
(9)
				Permit--A written authorization issued by the commission under this section for
				the operation of a brine mining injection well.
(10) Person--A natural person, corporation,
				organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust,
				estate, trust partnership, association, or any other legal entity.
(11) Pollution--The alteration of the
				physical, chemical, or biological quality of, or the contamination of, water
				that makes it harmful, detrimental, or injurious to humans, animal life,
				vegetation or property or to public health, safety, or welfare, or impairs the
				usefulness or the public enjoyment of the water for any lawful or reasonable
				purpose.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.83 - Tax Exemption for Two-Year Inactive Wells and Three-Year Inactive Wells

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Purpose. The
				purpose of this section is to provide a procedure by which an operator can
				obtain commission certification of a wellbore as a two-year inactive well or
				three-year inactive well in order to qualify for the tax exemptions provided
				for in the Tax Code, §§
									RSA 201.053,
				RSA 202.052, and
				RSA
				202.056.
(b) Definitions.
(1) Two-year inactive well--A well that has
				not produced any hydrocarbons in more than one calendar month in the two years
				prior to the date of certification by the Commission under this
				section.
(2) Three-year inactive
				well--A well that has not produced any hydrocarbons in more than one calendar
				month in the three years prior to the date of certification by the commission
				under this section.
(3) Eligible
				well--Wells eligible under this section include those that:
(A) were previous producing or injection
				wells that have not been plugged or abandoned; or
(B) have been plugged and abandoned;
				or
(C) are active injection
				wells.
(4) Well--A
				wellbore with single or multiple completions.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.84 - Gas Shortage Emergency Response

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The purpose of this section is to provide
				a means for a producer or purchaser to increase production and takes from wells
				in a field in response to an increase in demand caused by unforeseen events.
				This section outlines the commission's mechanisms for both determining that a
				gas shortage emergency exists, and responding to a gas shortage
				emergency.
(b) The commission may,
				after notice and hearing, determine that a gas shortage emergency exists or has
				existed. The commission may also determine the duration of the emergency at
				such hearing. The commission shall issue notice when it has determined that a
				gas shortage emergency exists, or has existed, and when it determines the gas
				shortage emergency has ended or will end. In determining whether a gas shortage
				emergency exists or has existed, the commission shall consider any relevant
				information, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) notification from gas storage facilities
				that they are attaining maximum gas withdrawal rates;
(2) notification from a gas utility,
				distributor, transporter, producer or purchaser that gas shortages have
				occurred or are anticipated; and
(3) weather data.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.85 - Manifest To Accompany Each Transport of Liquid Hydrocarbons by Vehicle

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The following
				words and terms, when used in this section, shall have the following meanings,
				unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Cargo manifest--One or more documents
				that together contain the information required by subsection (c) of this
				section. That part of a manifest which contains information unique to the
				particular transport being described (such as date and time of removal) must be
				part of a book, tablet, or series, wherein the documents are sequentially
				numbered.
(2) Commission--The
				Railroad Commission of Texas.
(3)
				Facility--Any place used to store, process, refine, reclaim, dispose of, or
				treat liquid hydrocarbons.
(4)
				Lease--A well producing oil, gas, or oil and gas, and any group of contiguous
				wells producing oil, gas, or oil and gas of any number operated as a producing
				unit.
(5) Liquid
				hydrocarbons--Unrefined oil or condensate, and refined oil or condensate to be
				blended with unrefined liquid hydrocarbons.
(6) Oil tanker vehicle--A motor vehicle
				licensed for highway use on a public highway or used on a public highway:
(A) that is equipped with, carrying, pulling,
				or otherwise transporting an assembly, compartment, tank, or other container
				that is used for transporting, hauling, or delivering liquids; and
(B) that is being used to transport liquid
				hydrocarbons on a public highway.
(7) Public highway--A way or place of
				whatever nature open to the use of the public as a matter of right for the
				purpose of vehicular travel, even if the way or place is temporarily closed for
				the purpose of construction, maintenance, or repair.
(8) Transporter--Each gatherer, storer, or
				other handler of liquid hydrocarbons who moves or transports those liquid
				hydrocarbons by truck or other motor vehicle, provided however, that the
				provisions of this rule do not apply to:
(A)
				common carriers as defined in the Natural Resources Code, Chapter 111;
				or
(B) the movement of salt water,
				brine, sludge, drilling mud, or other liquid or semiliquid material if the
				commission has authorized the entity to move such material and such material
				contains less than 7.0% liquid hydrocarbon, by volume, or if not authorized by
				the commission, the movement is not for hire and the material moved does not
				contain more than 7.0% liquid hydrocarbons by volume.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.91 - Cleanup of Soil Contaminated by a Crude Oil Spill

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Terms. The following words and terms,
				when used in this section, shall have the following meanings, unless the
				context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Free
				oil--The crude oil that has not been absorbed by the soil and is accessible for
				removal.
(2) Sensitive areas--These
				areas are defined by the presence of factors, whether one or more, that make an
				area vulnerable to pollution from crude oil spills. Factors that are
				characteristic of sensitive areas include the presence of shallow groundwater
				or pathways for communication with deeper groundwater; proximity to surface
				water, including lakes, rivers, streams, dry or flowing creeks, irrigation
				canals, stock tanks, and wetlands; proximity to natural wildlife refuges or
				parks; or proximity to commercial or residential areas.
(3) Hydrocarbon condensate--The light
				hydrocarbon liquids produced in association with natural gas.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.93 - Water Quality Certification Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The following words and terms, when used
				in this section, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
				indicates otherwise.
(1) 401 certification--A
				certification issued by the commission, under the authority of the Federal
				Clean Water Act, §401, that a federal permit that may result in a
				discharge to waters of the United States is consistent with applicable state
				and federal water quality laws and regulations.
(2) Commission--The Railroad Commission of
				Texas or its designee.
(3)
				Department of the Army permits--Individual or general permits or letters of
				permission issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under the authority of
				the Federal Clean Water Act, §404, or the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899,
				§9 and §10, United States Code, Title 33, §402 and
				§403.
(4) District
				engineer--The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representative responsible for
				administering and enforcing federal laws and regulations, including processing
				and issuance of permits, under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of
				Engineers.
(5) Federal Clean Water
				Act--United States Code, Title 33, Chapter 26.
(6) NPDES permit--A permit issued by the
				regional administrator under the authority of the Federal Clean Water Act,
				§402, Title 33, United States Code, §1342. NPDES permits can either
				be individual or general permits.
(7) Permitting agency--Any agency of the
				federal government to which application is made for any permit to conduct an
				activity that may result in any discharge into waters of the United
				States.
(8) Person--A natural
				person, corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or
				agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, or any other
				legal entity.
(9) Pollutant--Any
				constituent that contaminates or alters the physical, thermal, chemical, or
				biological quality of water so as to be harmful, detrimental, or injurious to
				humans, animal life, vegetation, or property or to the public health, safety,
				or welfare, or that impairs the usefulness or the public enjoyment of the water
				for any lawful purpose.
(10)
				Regional administrator--The administrator of the United States Environmental
				Protection Agency, Region 6.
(11)
				Water quality standards--Texas Surface Water Quality Standards, Title 30, Texas
				Administrative Code, Chapter 307.
(12) Waters of the United States--Interstate
				waters, the territorial seas, and waters that would or could affect interstate
				commerce, including tributaries of such waters and adjacent wetlands, as
				defined in Title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 328.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.96 - Underground Storage of Gas in Productive or Depleted Reservoirs

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Definitions.
				The following terms, when used in this section, shall have the following
				meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Affected person--A person who, as a
				result of actions proposed an application for an underground gas storage
				project permit or an amendment or modification of an existing underground gas
				storage project permit, has suffered or may suffer actual injury or economic
				damage other than as a member of the general public.
(2) Commission--The Railroad Commission of
				Texas.
(3) Fresh water--Water
				having bacteriological, physical, and chemical properties that make it suitable
				and feasible for beneficial use for any lawful purpose.
(4) Leak detector--A device capable of
				detecting by chemical or physical means the presence of hydrocarbon vapor or
				the escape of vapor through a small opening.
(5) Gas storage or underground gas
				storage--Storage of natural gas or other gaseous material in a productive or
				depleted reservoir, exclusive of gas injection for enhanced recovery.
(6) Gas storage project--All surface and
				subsurface rights, appurtenances, and improvements necessary for conducting
				underground gas storage operations in a gas storage reservoir.
(7) Gas storage well or storage well--A well
				used to inject or withdraw natural gas or other gaseous material stored in a
				productive or depleted reservoir, exclusive of a well used to inject gas for
				enhanced recovery.
(8)
				Operator--The person recognized by the commission as being responsible for the
				physical operation of a gas storage project, or such person's authorized
				representative.
(9) Person--A
				natural person, corporation, organization, government, governmental subdivision
				or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, or any
				other legal entity.
(10)
				Pollution--Alteration of the physical, chemical, or biological quality of, or
				the contamination of, water that makes it harmful, detrimental, or injurious to
				humans, animal life, vegetation, or property, or to public health, safety, or
				welfare, or impairs the usefulness or the public enjoyment of the water for any
				lawful or reasonable purpose.
(11)
				Productive or depleted reservoir--A subsurface sand, stratum, or formation that
				is productive of, or has previously produced, oil, gas, or geothermal
				resources.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.98 - Standards for Management of Hazardous Oil and Gas Waste

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is
				to establish standards for management of hazardous oil and gas waste.
(b) Definitions. The following words and
				terms, when used in this section, shall have the following meanings, unless the
				context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1)
				Activities associated with the exploration, development, and production of oil
				or gas or geothermal resources--Activities associated with:
(A) the drilling of exploratory wells, oil
				wells, gas wells, or geothermal resource wells;
(B) the production of oil, gas, or geothermal
				resources, including:
(i) activities
				associated with the drilling of injection water source wells that penetrate the
				base of usable quality water;
(ii)
				activities associated with the drilling of cathodic protection holes associated
				with the cathodic protection of wells and pipelines subject to the jurisdiction
				of the commission to regulate the production of oil, gas, or geothermal
				resources;
(iii) activities
				associated with natural gas or natural gas liquids processing plants or
				reservoir pressure maintenance or repressurizing plants;
(iv) activities associated with any
				underground natural gas storage facility, provided the terms "natural gas" and
				"storage facility" shall have the meanings set out in Texas Natural Resources
				Code, §
												RSA
				91.173;
(v) activities associated with any
				underground hydrocarbon storage facility, provided the terms "hydrocarbons" and
				"underground hydrocarbon storage facility" shall have the meanings set out in
				Texas Natural Resources Code, §
												RSA
				91.201; and
(vi) activities associated with the storage,
				handling, reclamation, gathering, transportation, or distribution of oil or gas
				prior to the refining of such oil or prior to the use of such gas in any
				manufacturing process or as a residential or industrial fuel;
(C) the operation, abandonment,
				and proper plugging of wells subject to the jurisdiction of the commission to
				regulate the exploration, development, and production of oil or gas or
				geothermal resources; and
(D) the
				discharge, storage, handling, transportation, reclamation, or disposal of waste
				or any other substance or material associated with any activity listed in
				subparagraphs (A) - (C) of this paragraph.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.99 - Cathodic Protection Wells

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this section, shall
				have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Cathodic protection well--Any well
				drilled for the purpose of installing one or more anodes to prevent corrosion
				of a facility associated with the production of oil, gas, or geothermal
				resources, such as a well casing, storage and separation facility, or
				pipeline.
(2) Project area--The
				geographic area in which a related group of cathodic protection wells is
				drilled.
(3) Protection
				depth--Depth or depths at which usable quality water must be protected or
				isolated, as determined by the Groundwater Advisory Unit of the Oil and Gas
				Division, which may include zones that contain brackish or saltwater if such
				zones are correlative and/or hydrologically connected to zones that contain
				usable-quality water.
(4)
				Commission--The Railroad Commission of Texas or its authorized
				representative.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.100 - Seismic Holes and Core Holes

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this section, shall
				have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Seismic hole--Any hole drilled for the
				purpose of securing geophysical information to be used in the exploration or
				development of oil, gas, geothermal, or other mineral resources.
(2) Core hole--Any hole drilled for the
				purpose of securing geological information to be used in the exploration or
				development of oil, gas, geothermal, or other mineral resources, except coal or
				uranium. For regulations governing coal exploratory wells, see Chapter 12 of
				this title (relating to Coal Mining Regulations), and for regulations governing
				uranium exploratory wells, see Chapter 11, Subchapter C of this title (relating
				to Surface Mining and Reclamation Division, Substantive Rules--Uranium
				Mining).
(3) Project area--The
				geographic area in which an exploratory survey involving one or more seismic
				holes or core holes is carried out.
(4) Protection depth--Depth or depths at
				which usable quality water must be protected or isolated, as determined by the
				Groundwater Advisory Unit of the Oil and Gas Division, which may include zones
				that contain brackish or saltwater if such zones are correlative and/or
				hydrologically connected to zones that contain usable-quality water.
(5) Operator--The person who contracts for
				the services of a seismic crew or core hole drilling contractor or, if the
				seismic survey or core hole testing is not performed on a contract basis, but
				is performed by an exploration and production company or by a geophysical
				contractor for speculative purposes, the person who drills the seismic holes or
				core holes.
(6) Commission--The
				Railroad Commission of Texas or its authorized representative.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.101 - Certification for Severance Tax Exemption or Reduction for Gas Produced From High-Cost Gas Wells

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Purpose. This
				section specifies the procedure by which an operator can obtain a Railroad
				Commission of Texas certification that natural gas from a particular gas well
				qualifies as high-cost natural gas under the Texas Tax Code, Chapter 201,
				Subchapter B, §201.057(a)(2)(A) and that such gas is exempt from or
				eligible for a reduction of the severance tax imposed by the Texas Tax Code,
				Chapter 201.
(b) Definitions. The
				following words and terms, when used in this section, shall have the following
				meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Commission--The Railroad Commission of
				Texas.
(2) Completion--The act of
				making a well capable of producing gas from a particular commission designated
				or new field.
(3) Completion
				date--The date on which a well is first made capable of producing oil or gas
				from a particular commission-designated or new field, as shown on the
				completion report filed by the operator with the commission.
(4) Comptroller--The Comptroller of Public
				Accounts of the State of Texas.
(5)
				Data-point well--A well that has been tested and/or produced in the proposed
				tight gas formation; and, from the test results or other data, applicant
				provides a measured or calculated in situ permeability and/or a measured or
				calculated pre-stimulation stabilized flow rate against atmospheric
				pressure.
(6) Director--The
				director of the Oil and Gas Division or the director's delegate. Any authority
				given to the director in this section is also retained by the commission. Any
				action taken by the director pursuant to this section is subject to review by
				the commission.
(7) High-cost
				gas--Natural gas which the commission finds to be:
(A) produced from any gas well, if production
				is from a completion which is located at a depth of more than 15,000
				feet;
(B) produced from
				geopressured brine;
(C) occluded
				natural gas produced from coal seams;
(D) produced from Devonian shale;
				or
(E) produced from designated
				tight formations or produced as a result of production enhancement
				work.
(8) Operator--The
				person responsible for the actual physical operation of a gas well.
(9) Spud date--The date of commencement of
				drilling operations, as shown on commission records.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.102 - Tax Reduction for Incremental Production

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is
				to provide a procedure by which an operator can obtain a 50% severance tax
				reduction for five years on the incremental oil and casinghead gas production
				from a qualifying lease.
(b)
				Definitions. The following terms, when used in this section, shall have the
				following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Oil lease--A commission-designated oil
				lease to which the commission has assigned an identifying number.
(2) Production--Barrels of oil (including
				barrels of gas liquids reported as production monthly on the appropriate form)
				plus casinghead gas, where six thousand cubic feet of gas is the equivalent of
				one barrel of oil, expressed in barrels of oil equivalent (BOE).
(3) Baseline production--An oil lease's
				average BOE monthly production during the four highest months of production in
				the time period from January 1, 1996, through December 31, 1996.
(4) Incremental production--Production from a
				qualifying lease in excess of baseline production.
(5) Incremental production technique--
(A) any secondary or tertiary production
				enhancement technique;
(B) any
				primary production enhancement technique that an operator certifies required an
				expenditure of at least $5,000 to cause increased production.
(6) Qualifying lease--A lease is a
				qualifying lease provided that:
(A) the
				commission has designated the lease as an oil lease and has assigned to it an
				identifying number;
(B) production
				from the lease, measured by dividing the sum of lease production during the
				four-month period used to compute the baseline production by the sum of the
				number of well-days during the same four-month period, is no more than seven
				barrels of oil equivalent per day per well, excluding gas flared pursuant to
				the rules of the commission; and
(C) after the operator performs an
				incremental production technique, the lease shows incremental production for
				four of five consecutive months on or after September 1, 1997, and before
				December 31, 1998.
(7)
				Incremental ratio--The amount of a qualifying lease's average monthly
				incremental production during the four-month period used to meet the definition
				of a qualifying lease divided by its average monthly total production during
				the same four-month period.
(8)
				Qualified incremental production--A qualifying lease's total monthly production
				multiplied by the incremental ratio.
(9) Well-day--One well producing hydrocarbons
				for one day.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION › Section 3.103 - Certification for Severance Tax Exemption for Casinghead Gas Previously Vented or Flared

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Purpose. The
				purpose of this section is to provide a procedure by which an operator may
				obtain commission certification that the operator markets gas that was
				previously released into the air for 12 months or more pursuant to §
									RSA
				3.32 of this title (relating to Gas Well Gas
				and Casinghead Gas Shall Be Used for Legal Purposes). Certification under this
				section is voluntary.
(b)
				Definitions. The following terms, when used in this section, shall have the
				following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Oil lease--A commission-designated oil
				lease to which the commission has assigned an identifying number as listed on
				the monthly oil proration schedule at the time an application is filed under
				this rule.
(2) Oil well--A wellbore
				completed in a commission-designated field and assigned to an oil lease as
				listed on the monthly oil proration schedule at the time an application for
				certification is filed under this rule.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 4 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Subchapter B - COMMERCIAL RECYCLING › Division 1 - GENERAL; DEFINITIONS › Section 4.201 - Purpose

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This subchapter
					 establishes, for the purpose of protecting public health, public safety, and
					 the environment within the scope of the Commission's statutory authority, the
					 minimum permitting and operating standards and requirements for commercial
					 recycling of oil and gas wastes under the jurisdiction of the
					 Commission.
(b) No person
					 conducting activities subject to this subchapter may cause or allow pollution
					 of surface or subsurface water in the state.
(c) The provisions of this subchapter do not
					 supersede other Commission regulations relating to oil field fluids or oil and
					 gas waste.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 4 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Subchapter B - COMMERCIAL RECYCLING › Division 1 - GENERAL; DEFINITIONS › Section 4.202 - Applicability and Exclusions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
					 The provisions of this subchapter apply to the following categories of
					 commercial recycling:
(1) on-lease commercial
					 recycling of solid oil and gas waste;
(2) off-lease or centralized commercial solid
					 oil and gas waste recycling;
(3)
					 stationary commercial solid oil and gas waste recycling;
(4) off-lease commercial recycling of fluid;
					 and
(5) stationary commercial
					 recycling of fluid.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 4 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Subchapter B - COMMERCIAL RECYCLING › Division 1 - GENERAL; DEFINITIONS › Section 4.203 - Responsibility for Management of Waste to be Recycled

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Permit required. A person who operates a
					 commercial recycling facility shall obtain a permit from the Commission under
					 this subchapter before engaging in such operation.
(b) Hauling of waste. A waste hauler
					 transporting and delivering oil and gas waste for commercial recycling
					 permitted pursuant to this subchapter shall be permitted by the Commission as
					 an Oil and Gas Waste Hauler pursuant to §
											RSA
					 3.8<subdiv>(f)</subdiv> of this
					 title (relating to Water Protection).
(c) Responsibility of generator and carrier.
					 No generator or carrier may knowingly use the services of a commercial
					 recycling facility unless the facility has a permit issued under this
					 subchapter. A person who plans to use the services of a commercial recycling
					 facility has a duty to determine that the commercial recycling facility has all
					 permits required by statute or Commission rule.