Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 89.029 — AFFIRMATION REGARDING SURFACE REQUIREMENTS

NR § 89.029Title 3. OIL AND GAS · Part B. CONSERVATION AND REGULATION OF OIL AND GAS · Ch. 89. ABANDONED WELLS · Art. B-1. PLUGGING OF CERTAIN INACTIVE WELLS

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(a)An application for an extension of the deadline for plugging an inactive well must include a written affirmation by the operator:

(1)that the operator has physically terminated electric service to the well's production site; and

(2)stating the following, as applicable, if the operator does not own the surface of the land on which the well is located:

(A)if the well has been inactive for at least five years but for less than 10 years as of the date of renewal of the operator's organization report, that the operator has emptied or purged of production fluids all piping, tanks, vessels, and equipment associated with and exclusive to the well; or

(B)if the well has been inactive for at least 10 years as of the date of renewal of the operator's organization report, that the operator has removed:

(i)all surface process equipment and related piping, tanks, tank batteries, pump jacks, headers, and fences, as well as junk and trash as defined by commission rule, associated with and exclusive to the well; and

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Legislative history

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 271 (H.B. 2663), Sec. 1, eff. May 29, 2025.