Title NR, Natural Resources Code

Sec. 102.011. AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION. When two or more separately owned tracts of land are embraced in a common reservoir of oil or gas for which the commission has established the size and shape of proration units, whether by temporary or permanent field rules, and where there …

Sec. 102.012. OWNERS AUTHORIZED TO APPLY FOR POOLING. The following interested owners may apply to the commission for the pooling of mineral interests: (1) the owner of any interest in oil and gas in an existing proration unit or with respect to a proposed unit; (2) the owner of …

Sec. 102.013. REQUIRED VOLUNTARY POOLING OFFER. (a) The applicant shall set forth in detail the nature of voluntary pooling offers made to the owners of the other interests in the proposed unit. (b) The commission shall dismiss the application if it finds that a fair and reasonab…

Sec. 102.014. PRODUCTIVE ACREAGE EQUAL TO STANDARD PRORATION UNIT. (a) The commission shall not require the owner of a mineral interest, the productive acreage of which is equal to or in excess of the standard proration unit for the reservoir, to pool his interest with others unl…

Sec. 102.015. PROHIBITED PROVISIONS IN OPERATING AGREEMENT. A pooling agreement, offer to pool, or pooling order is not considered fair and reasonable if it provides for an operating agreement containing any of the following provisions: (1) preferential right of the operator to p…

Sec. 102.016. NOTICE OF HEARING. On the filing of an application for pooling of interests into a unit under the provisions of this chapter, at least 30 days notice before hearing on the application shall be given to all interested parties, including notice by publication if there…

Sec. 102.017. POOLING ORDER. (a) After notice and hearing, all orders effecting the pooling shall be made on terms and conditions that are fair and reasonable and will afford the owner or owners of each tract or interest in the unit the opportunity to produce or receive his fair …

Sec. 102.018. ACREAGE SUBJECT TO POOLING. The commission shall pool only the acreage which at the time of its order reasonably appears to lie within the productive limits of the reservoir. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2573, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. SUBCHAPTER C. R…

Sec. 102.051. OWNERSHIP OF PRODUCTION. (a) For the purpose of determining the portions of production owned by the persons owning interests in the pooled unit, the production shall be allocated to the respective tracts within the unit in the proportion that the number of surface a…

Sec. 102.052. DRILLING AND COMPLETION COSTS. (a) As to an owner who elects not to pay his proportionate share of the drilling and completion costs in advance, the commission shall make provision in the pooling order for reimbursement solely out of production, to the parties advan…

Sec. 102.053. EFFECT OF OPERATIONS. (a) The operations on and production from any portion of a unit for which a pooling order has been entered shall be considered for all purposes the conduct of the operations on and production from each separately owned tract in the pooled unit.…

Sec. 102.081. DISSOLVED WITH CONSENT OF OWNERS. A unit established by order of the commission under this chapter may not be modified or dissolved subsequently without the consent of all mineral owners affected, except as necessary to permit its enlargement as provided in Subchapt…

Sec. 102.082. AUTOMATIC DISSOLUTION. A unit is automatically dissolved: (1) two years after its effective date if no production or drilling operations have been had on the unit or surface location for the unit; (2) six months after the completion of a dry hole on the unit; or (3)…

Sec. 102.083. TERMINATION OF POOLED LEASE. On termination of a lease pooled by order of the commission under authority granted by this chapter, interests covered by the lease are considered pooled as unleased mineral interests. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2574, ch. 871, art. I, Sec.…

Sec. 102.111. RIGHT TO APPEAL. A person affected by an order of the commission adopted under the authority of this chapter is entitled to judicial review of that order in a manner other than by trial de novo. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2574, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1…

Sec. 102.112. VENUE. Appeal shall be to the district court of the county in which the land or any part of the land covered by the order is located and not elsewhere, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 85.241 through 85.243 of this code. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2574, ch. …