Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 91.752 — APPLICABILITY

NR § 91.752Title 3. OIL AND GAS · Part B. CONSERVATION AND REGULATION OF OIL AND GAS · Ch. 91. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE · Art. Q. NOTICE OF PERMIT FOR CERTAIN OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS

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This subchapter applies only to the drilling of a new oil or gas well or the reentry of a plugged and abandoned oil or gas well. This subchapter does not apply to:

(1)the plugging back, reworking, sidetracking, or deepening of an existing oil or gas well that has not been plugged and abandoned; or

(2)the use of a surface location that is the site of an existing oil or gas well that has not been plugged and abandoned to drill a horizontal oil or gas well.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 210 (H.B. 630), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007. Renumbered from Natural Resources Code, Section 91.702 by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 27.001(71), eff. September 1, 2009.