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Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 86.042 (2026)

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Sec. 86.042. RULES AND ORDERS. The commission shall adopt and enforce rules and orders to:

(1) conserve and prevent the waste of gas;

(2) prevent the waste of gas in drilling and producing operations and in the piping and distribution of gas;

(3) require dry or abandoned wells to be plugged in a way that confines gas and water in the strata in which they are found and prevents them from escaping into other strata;

(4) provide for drilling wells and preserving a record of them;

(5) require wells to be drilled and operated in a manner that prevents injury to adjoining property;

(6) prevent gas and water from escaping from the strata in which they are found into other strata;

(7) require records to be kept and reports made;

(8) provide for the issuance of permits and other evidences of permission when the issuance of the permit or permission is necessary or incident to the enforcement of its blanket grant of authority to make any rules necessary to effectuate the law; and

(9) otherwise accomplish the purposes of this chapter.

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2533, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1992–2025 · leading case: R.R. Com'n of Texas v. Lone Star Gas Co., 844 S.W.2d 679 (Tex. 1992).
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R.R. Com'n of Texas v. Lone Star Gas Co., 844 S.W.2d 679 (Tex. 1992). · cites it 4× “" Tex.Nat.Res.Code § 86.042. Section 111.083 provides: A common purchaser .”
Duncan Land & Expl., Inc. v. Littlepage, 984 S.W.2d 318 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1999). · cites it 2× “TEX.NAT. RES.CODE ANN. § 86.042 (Vernon 1993).”
Slant Operating v. Octane Energy Operating, 2025 Tex. Bus. 53 (Tex. Bus. Ct. 2025). “In addition to setting forth procedures for the approval of horizontal drain hole drilling applications (including off-lease drillings), RRC Rule 86 also provides that the RRC can grant exceptions to these procedures to prevent waste and protect correlative rights.”
Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 86.042(1): 1 case
Slant Operating v. Octane Energy Operating, 2025 Tex. Bus. 53 (Tex. Bus. Ct. 2025). “In addition to setting forth procedures for the approval of horizontal drain hole drilling applications (including off-lease drillings), RRC Rule 86 also provides that the RRC can grant exceptions to these procedures to prevent waste and protect correlative rights.”
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