Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 85.202 — PURPOSES OF RULES AND ORDERS

NR § 85.202Title 3. OIL AND GAS · Part B. CONSERVATION AND REGULATION OF OIL AND GAS · Ch. 85. CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS · Art. F. RULES AND ORDERS OF THE COMMISSION

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(a)The rules and orders of the commission shall include rules and orders:

(1)to prevent waste, as defined in Section 85.046 of this code, of oil and gas in drilling and producing operations and in the storage, piping, and distribution of oil and gas;

(2)to require dry or abandoned wells to be plugged in a manner that will confine oil, gas, and water in the strata in which they are found and prevent them from escaping into other strata;

(3)for the drilling of wells and preserving a record of the drilling of wells;

(4)to require wells to be drilled and operated in a manner that will prevent injury to adjoining property;

(5)to prevent oil and gas and water from escaping from the strata in which they are found into other strata;

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Legislative history

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2522, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.