Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 86.012 — DEFINITION OF WASTE

NR § 86.012Title 3. OIL AND GAS · Part B. CONSERVATION AND REGULATION OF OIL AND GAS · Ch. 86. REGULATION OF NATURAL GAS · Art. B. WASTE OF GAS

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(a)The term "waste" includes:

(1)the operation of an oil well or wells with an inefficient gas-oil ratio;

(2)the drowning with water of a stratum or part of a stratum capable of producing gas in paying quantities;

(3)permitting a gas well to burn wastefully;

(4)the creation of unnecessary fire hazards;

(5)physical waste or loss incident to or resulting from so drilling, equipping, or operating a well or wells as to reduce or tend to reduce the ultimate recovery of gas from any pool;

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Legislative history

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2532, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2695, ch. 871, art. II, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 674, ch. 300, Sec. 2, eff. May 29, 1979; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 870, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.