Tex. Natural Resources Code § 89.026
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 89.026, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 89.026. FLUID LEVEL OR HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TEST.
Official statutory text
(a) Documentation filed under Section 89.023(a)(3)(D) of the results of a successful fluid level test is valid for a period of one year from the date of the test. Documentation filed under that section of the results of a successful hydraulic pressure test is valid for a period of not more than five years from the date of the test.
(b) The operator must notify the office of the commission oil and gas division district in which an inactive well is located at least three days before the date the operator conducts a fluid level or hydraulic pressure test of the well and may not conduct the test without the approval of the office. The commission may require that a test be witnessed by a commission employee.
(c) Documentation of the results of a successful fluid level or hydraulic pressure test may be transferred to a new operator of an existing inactive well.
(d) An operator who files documentation described by Subsection (a) must pay an annual fee of $50 for each well covered by the documentation. A fee collected under this section shall be deposited in the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund.
(b) The operator must notify the office of the commission oil and gas division district in which an inactive well is located at least three days before the date the operator conducts a fluid level or hydraulic pressure test of the well and may not conduct the test without the approval of the office. The commission may require that a test be witnessed by a commission employee.
(c) Documentation of the results of a successful fluid level or hydraulic pressure test may be transferred to a new operator of an existing inactive well.
(d) An operator who files documentation described by Subsection (a) must pay an annual fee of $50 for each well covered by the documentation. A fee collected under this section shall be deposited in the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund.
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