Tex. Natural Resources Code § 86.091
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 86.091, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 86.091. MARGINAL GAS WELL AND LIMITS ON WELL RESTRICTIONS.
Official statutory text
A "marginal gas well," as applied to a well classified by the commission as a gas well, means a well that is incapable of producing under normal operating conditions more than 250,000 cubic feet of gas per day. None of the provisions of this chapter shall require the commission to limit the production from a marginal gas well to a quantity less than its actual deliverability if the well:
(1) has a daily deliverability of 100,000 cubic feet of gas or less; or
(2) is in a field for which special field rules are not in effect.
(1) has a daily deliverability of 100,000 cubic feet of gas or less; or
(2) is in a field for which special field rules are not in effect.
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