Texas Administrative Code
Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION
Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS
Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION
Section 3.4 - Oil and Geothermal Lease Numbers and Gas Well ID Numbers Required on All Forms
Universal Citation: 16 TX Admin Code ยง 3.4
Current through Reg. 49, No. 12; March 22, 2024
(a) Lease name and number.
(1) All operators with oil and
geothermal producing properties must ascertain from the appropriate proration
schedule the lease number assigned to each separate lease, and thereafter
include on each commission-required form or report the exact lease name and its
number as they appear on the current proration schedule for all
leases.
(2) No commission-required
form or report will be accepted until the form or report is properly completed,
including both the lease name and lease number applicable thereto.
(3) If a lease has not been issued a lease
number on the current proration schedule, the lease shall have assigned to it
the exact lease name as shown on the form first submitted, and in addition
thereto a lease number will be assigned at the same time the form reflecting
the potential test is submitted and processed. Subsequent to the assignment of
a lease number, such number together with the exact lease name as submitted on
the appropriate form must appear on all future forms and reports submitted to
the commission, the lease number and lease name as assigned by the commission
to be evidenced to the operator on the face of the supplement establishing the
allowable for the lease.
(b) Gas well identification numbers shall be assigned by the commission for each separate gas well completion, and such gas well identification number shall be used on all forms and reports required by and filed with the commission concerning operations for such well so long as it remains a gas well, such commission gas well identification number to be effective as provided in the following paragraphs.
(1) All operators having a gas well must
ascertain from the appropriate current gas allowable schedule the commission
gas well identification number assigned to each separate gas well completion,
and thereafter include on each commission required form or report its exact
well lease name and number and its commission gas well identification number as
they appear on the current gas allowable schedule for all gas wells completed
in the same reservoir.
(2) No
commission-required form or report will be accepted until the form or report is
properly completed, including both the well lease name and number and the
commission gas well identification number applicable thereto.
(3) If a gas well has not been assigned a gas
well identification number on the current gas allowable schedule, such well
shall have assigned to it the exact well lease name and number as shown on the
appropriate form and, in addition thereto, a gas well identification number
will be assigned at the time the commission-required form is submitted and
processed. After the assignment of a gas well identification number, such
number together with the exact well lease name and number on the form first
submitted, must appear on all future forms and reports submitted to the
commission, the gas well lease name and gas well identification number as
assigned by the commission to be evidenced to the operator on the face of the
supplement establishing the initial allowable for such well.
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