Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 85.065 — INFORMAL COMPLAINT PROCESS REGARDING LOSS OF OR INABILITY TO ACCOUNT FOR NATURAL GAS GATHERED OR TRANSPORTED

NR § 85.065Title 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)A producer may submit a written request to a person who gathers or transports gas for the producer for an explanation of any loss of or inability to account for the gas tendered to the person by the producer. The request may ask the person to provide any or all of the information that would be required to be included in an accounting under Subsection (c). Not later than the 30th day after the date the person receives the request from the producer, the person must provide the producer a written explanation of any loss of or inability to account for the gas tendered to the person by the producer. The response must include any relevant information requested by the producer that is available to the person and that would be required to be included in an accounting under Subsection (c).

(b)If a producer submits a request under Subsection (a) to a person who gathers or transports gas for the producer and the person provides an inadequate explanation of any loss of or inability to account for the gas, or fails to provide any explanation of any loss of or inability to account for the gas by the deadline provided by that subsection, the producer may file with the commission an informal complaint against the person. An informal complaint may not be filed before the 30th day after the end of the production period covered by the complaint. An informal complaint must:

(1)specify the production period covered by the complaint;

(2)state that at least 30 days have elapsed since the end of the production period covered by the complaint; and

(3)if the producer metered the volume of gas tendered to the person who gathered or transported the gas:

(A)describe the type of meter used; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 696 (H.B. 1920), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.