Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.552
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.552, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 91.552. ELECTRIC LOGS REQUIRED TO BE FILED; CRITERIA.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, not later than the 90th day after the date a drilling operation is completed, the operator shall file with the commission a copy of each electric log, including each borehole section of the log at all depths, run after September 1, 2013, in conjunction with the drilling or deepening of the well that meets basic criteria established by the commission. Each electric log must be filed with the commission electronically in a manner acceptable to the commission if the commission has the technological capability to receive the electronic filing.
(b) The commission by rule shall establish criteria for electric logs to be filed with the commission.
(c) Not later than the deadline prescribed by Subsection (a) for the filing of each electric log, an operator shall file with the commission a copy of a cased hole log run after September 1, 2013, in conjunction with the drilling or deepening of a well in lieu of an electric log run after that date if:
(1) a cased hole log was run; and
(2) an electric log was not run.
(d) Nothing in this subchapter requires an operator to run an electric log in conjunction with the drilling or deepening of a well.
(b) The commission by rule shall establish criteria for electric logs to be filed with the commission.
(c) Not later than the deadline prescribed by Subsection (a) for the filing of each electric log, an operator shall file with the commission a copy of a cased hole log run after September 1, 2013, in conjunction with the drilling or deepening of a well in lieu of an electric log run after that date if:
(1) a cased hole log was run; and
(2) an electric log was not run.
(d) Nothing in this subchapter requires an operator to run an electric log in conjunction with the drilling or deepening of a well.
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