Texas Administrative Code
Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION
Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS
Chapter 3 - OIL AND GAS DIVISION
Section 3.53 - Annual Well Tests and Well Status Reports Required
Universal Citation: 16 TX Admin Code ยง 3.53
Current through Reg. 49, No. 12; March 22, 2024
(a) Oil wells.
(1) Unless otherwise provided for in this
section, each operator of producing oil wells shall annually test each
producing oil well for a 24-hour period during the test period specified on the
well status report form and shall record all oil, gas and water volumes
resulting from the test on the form.
(2) For any oil well capable of producing no
more than five barrels of oil per 24-hour period, the operator of such well may
report the required oil, gas and water volumes based on an allocation of that
well's production on a prorated daily basis, rather than an actual well test.
This option of using production allocation instead of actual well tests does
not apply to surface-commingled wells, swabbed wells, the East Texas Field or
the following Panhandle fields: Panhandle Carson County Field (Field Number
68845-001); Panhandle Collingsworth County Field (Field Number 68859-001);
Panhandle Gray County Field (Field Number 68873-001); Panhandle Hutchison
County Field (Field Number 68887-001); Panhandle Moore County field (Field
Number 68901-001); Panhandle Potter County Field (Field Number 68915-001); and
Panhandle Wheeler County Field (Field Number 68929-001).
(3) Each operator of a well or wells listed
in the oil proration schedule shall file with the commission an oil well status
report form in accordance with instructions on the form. All wells on a lease,
and injection and disposal wells, must be reported.
(4) Changes in oil well status filed between
regularly scheduled oil well status surveys shall be submitted on oil well
status report forms in accordance with instructions thereon.
(b) Gas wells. Each operator of a gas well producing liquid hydrocarbons shall file with the commission gas well status reports in accordance with instructions thereon.
Disclaimer: These regulations may not be the most recent version. Texas may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google
Privacy Policy and
Terms of Service apply.