Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 85.046 — WASTE

NR § 85.046Title 3. OIL AND GAS · Part B. CONSERVATION AND REGULATION OF OIL AND GAS · Ch. 85. CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS · Art. C. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO THE CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS

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(a)The term "waste," among other things, specifically includes:

(1)operation of any oil well or wells with an inefficient gas-oil ratio and the commission may determine and prescribe by order the permitted gas-oil ratio for the operation of oil wells;

(2)drowning with water a stratum or part of a stratum that is capable of producing oil or gas or both in paying quantities;

(3)underground waste or loss, however caused and whether or not the cause of the underground waste or loss is defined in this section;

(4)permitting any natural gas well to burn wastefully;

(5)creation of unnecessary fire hazards;

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Legislative history

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2517, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 673, ch. 300, Sec. 1, eff. May 29, 1979; Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 3166, ch. 830, Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 1981; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 871, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.