Title NR, Natural Resources Code

Sec. 86.142. TEST REQUIREMENTS. 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 rules prescribed by the commission. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2538, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept…

Sec. 86.143. TEST REPORTS. (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 the test period as set by the commission. (b) The reports are a public record. They shall be kept on file…

Sec. 86.144. DEMANDING SECOND TEST. 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 be made in the manner provided in this subchapter and in the presence of the person making the demand or …

Sec. 86.145. DUTY TO TEST METER. 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 or gauged on the request of a lessor, lessee, operator, or royalty owner from whose land, lease, or ro…

Sec. 86.181. USE OF SWEET GAS PRODUCED FROM GAS WELL. 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 the manufacture of carbon black, provided that sweet gas produced from wells located i…

Sec. 86.182. USE OF SOUR GAS. 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 manufacturing purposes including the manufacture of carbon black provided: (1) it is utilized in a plant producing a rec…

Sec. 86.183. USE OF CASINGHEAD GAS. 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. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.

Sec. 86.184. USE AS GAS LIFT. (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 oil if the gas is not used in excess of 10,000 cubic feet per barrel of oil produced. (b) To prevent waste in a case where the fac…

Sec. 86.185. PROHIBITION AGAINST GAS IN AIR. 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 is encountered in the gas well, or from the time of perforating the casing opposite a gas-bearing zone if casing is se…

Sec. 86.221. UNAUTHORIZED PRODUCTION PROHIBITED. 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. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.

Sec. 86.222. PENALTIES. (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 not more than: (1) $10,000 for each offense when the provision, rule, or order pertains to safety or the prevention or control …

Sec. 86.223. SUIT FOR PENALTY. 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 when joined by the attorney general in a civil action instituted in Travis County, in the county in which the vi…

Sec. 86.224. SUIT FOR INJUNCTION. 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 brought. The court may issue mandatory or prohibitory writs of injunction that the facts justify. Acts…

Sec. 86.225. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 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 a manner other than trial de novo. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2540, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 197…

Sec. 87.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter, the words "oil," "gas," "commission," "common reservoir," "gas well," "oil well," "sour gas," "sweet gas," "natural gasoline," "cubic foot of gas," and "casinghead gas" are defined as provided in Section 86.002 of this code. Acts 1977, 6…

Sec. 87.011. RULES AND ORDERS. (a) In administering the provisions of this chapter, the commission shall hold hearings, make determinations, and promulgate rules and orders as provided in Sections 86.084-86.090 of this code and other laws of this state. (b) After notice and heari…

Sec. 87.012. VALIDITY. (a) Rules and orders adopted by the commission under the terms of this chapter are considered prima facie valid. (b) A person affected by an order may sue to test the validity of the order adopted by the commission under this chapter in the same manner, on …

Sec. 87.013. HEARINGS. From time to time, the commission shall hold hearings, after proper notice, to hear evidence and to adopt rules and orders to enforce the provisions of this chapter. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2541, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.

Sec. 87.014. INSPECTION OF RECORDS; REPORTS. In addition to authority given by existing law, the commission or its agents may: (1) inspect the books and records of any person who is affected by the provisions of this chapter; and (2) require sworn reports to be filed from time to…

Sec. 87.051. LIMITATION OF SOUR GAS PRODUCTION. No person may produce sour gas from any sour gas well in a reservoir producing both sweet and sour gas in excess of the daily allowable production for the gas well as fixed by the orders and schedules of the commission. The rate of …

Sec. 87.052. MAXIMUM PRODUCTION OF SOUR GAS FOR CARBON BLACK MANUFACTURE. (a) In any common reservoir in the state producing both sweet and sour gas, there shall never be produced from the common reservoir for use in carbon black manufacture a maximum daily volume of sour gas fro…

Sec. 87.053. EFFECT OF DEMAND BELOW MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE PRODUCTION. (a) If the daily demand for sour gas from gas wells for use in carbon black manufacture is less than the daily maximum allowable permitted in Section 87.052 of this code, the total daily volume of gas from gas well…

Sec. 87.054. EFFECT OF DEMAND FOR OTHER PURPOSES THAN CARBON BLACK MANUFACTURE. (a) If a lawful daily demand exists for sour gas from gas wells for purposes of utilization permitted by law, other than the manufacture of carbon black, the additional demand shall be added to the da…

Sec. 87.091. PROHIBITED COMMINGLING OF GAS. In a plant for the extraction of natural gasoline content of gas, no sweet gas may be commingled with sour gas and no casinghead gas may be commingled with sweet gas or sour gas or both, except on the conditions and requirements stated …

Sec. 87.092. PERMIT REQUIRED. In any common reservoir in this state producing both sweet and sour gas, no person may operate a plant for the extraction of the natural gasoline content of gas in which sweet gas and sour gas are commingled, or plant casinghead gas is commingled wit…

Sec. 87.093. ISSUANCE OF PERMIT. The commission shall issue a permit if it appears that the plant is being operated and the residue gas from the plant is and will be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2543, ch. 871, art. I, …

Sec. 87.094. CANCELLATION OF PERMIT. (a) If it appears to the commission that a plant is operating in violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter, the commission shall cancel the permit issued to the plant. (b) After the cancellation of the permit, no operator of the pl…

Sec. 87.095. RESIDUE GAS ALLOWED IN AIR. (a) Except as provided in Subsection (b) of this section, if a plant operating under this subchapter commingles casinghead gas with sweet gas or sour gas or both, the operator of the plant shall not blow, or permit to be blown, in the air …

Sec. 87.096. RESIDUE GAS: DETERMINATION BY COMMISSION. If a plant operating under this subchapter commingles casinghead gas with sweet gas or sweet gas with sour gas, the commission shall ascertain: (1) the quantity of residue gas required to be used for fuel purposes in the effi…

Sec. 87.097. USE OF RESIDUE GAS FOR OTHER PURPOSES. (a) The operator of the plant is required to use, or cause to be used, for one or more of the uses provided for sweet gas by law a quantity of the residue gas from the plant equal to the quantity of sweet gas taken into the plan…

Sec. 87.131. USE OF SWEET GAS FOR CARBON BLACK MANUFACTURE. Sweet gas produced from any gas well in this state may be used without the prior extraction of its gasoline content for the manufacture of carbon black if it is used in a plant producing an average recovery of not less t…

Sec. 87.132. USE OF GAS FROM CERTAIN WELLS FOR CARBON BLACK MANUFACTURE. (a) Gas from any gas well completed on or before September 5, 1947, within a common reservoir producing both sweet and sour gas from which the gas was not sold off the leased premises to an interstate pipeli…

Sec. 87.134. EFFECT OF SUBCHAPTER. The provisions of this subchapter are cumulative of existing laws relating to the uses of gas and do not restrict or affect the manufacture of carbon black from processed sour gas as authorized by Section 86.182 of this code. Acts 1977, 65th Leg…

Sec. 87.171. GAS CONTAINING LOW HYDROCARBON CONTENT. Any natural gas, including casinghead gas, produced from any gas well or oil well in this state, containing less than one and one-half gallons of propane and heavier hydrocarbons per 1,000 cubic feet, as determined by fractiona…

Sec. 87.172. GAS CONTAINING HIGH HYDROCARBON CONTENT. (a) Except as provided in Subsection (b) of this section, no natural gas, including casinghead gas, produced from any gas well or oil well in this state, containing one and one-half gallons or more of propane and heavier hydro…

Sec. 87.173. ADDITIONAL EXTRACTION TO ALLEVIATE SHORTAGE. If a general shortage of propane or heavier liquid hydrocarbons occurs, the commission, after notice and hearing, may require additional extraction of hydrocarbons from the gas to alleviate the shortage, but additional ext…

Sec. 87.174. APPLICABILITY OF THIS SUBCHAPTER. The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to: (1) gas produced from a common reservoir that contains both sweet and sour gas which was being lawfully used for the manufacture of carbon black under the provisions of the source…

Sec. 87.211. PROHIBITED LOCATION. Unless adequate precaution is taken to minimize the emission of smoke from the plant, no channel-type carbon black plant shall be erected or constructed closer than five miles to: (1) the limits of a city, town, or village incorporated at or befo…

Sec. 87.241. PENALTY. (a) A person who violates this chapter is liable to a penalty of not more than $1,000 for each offense. (b) Each day a violation occurs constitutes a separate offense. (c) The penalty may be recovered by the State of Texas, with costs of suit, in a civil act…

Sec. 87.242. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. (a) A violation or threatened violation of this chapter may be enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction in which suit for penalty may be brought. (b) The court shall issue the writs or prohibitory or mandatory injunctions that the facts just…

Sec. 88.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Railroad Commission of Texas. (2) "Governmental agent" or "governmental agency" means the Railroad Commission of Texas and any other administrative governmental board and governmental agent to which the legisla…

Sec. 88.011. ADOPTION OF RULES. (a) The governmental agency may promulgate and adopt rules: (1) to provide for the method of measuring oil and gas produced from any well in this state and to provide for the type of measuring devices to be used in obtaining the measurement; (2) fo…

Sec. 88.012. RULES AND ORDERS RELATING TO RECORDS AND REPORTS. The rules and orders of the governmental agency relating to records and reports shall prescribe the form in which the records and reports will be made and kept, but the records and reports shall contain the data and i…

Sec. 88.013. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION. (a) When the governmental agency adopts a rule under this chapter, the governmental agency shall publish a complete copy of the rule once each day for three consecutive days in three newspapers of general circulation in the state, to be selecte…

Sec. 88.051. PRODUCTION PROHIBITED IN EXCESS OF ALLOWABLE AMOUNT. No person owning, leasing, operating, producing, or controlling an oil property or any oil well in this state may produce or cause to be produced on any day from any oil property or oil well any oil in excess of th…

Sec. 88.052. PROHIBITED PASSAGE FROM CONTROL OF PRODUCER WITHOUT MEASUREMENT AND RECORD OF AMOUNT. No person owning, leasing, operating, or controlling an oil property in this state may permit the oil or gas produced to pass beyond the possession or control of that person to the …