Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 86.042 — RULES AND ORDERS

NR § 86.042Title 3. OIL AND GAS · Part B. CONSERVATION AND REGULATION OF OIL AND GAS · Ch. 86. REGULATION OF NATURAL GAS · Art. C. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION

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The commission shall adopt and enforce rules and orders to:

(1)conserve and prevent the waste of gas;

(2)prevent the waste of gas in drilling and producing operations and in the piping and distribution of gas;

(3)require dry or abandoned wells to be plugged in a way that confines gas and water in the strata in which they are found and prevents them from escaping into other strata;

(4)provide for drilling wells and preserving a record of them;

(5)require wells to be drilled and operated in a manner that prevents injury to adjoining property;

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Legislative history

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2533, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.