Sec. 89.011. DUTY OF OPERATOR. (a) The operator of a well shall properly plug the well when required and in accordance with the commission's rules that are in effect at the time of the plugging.
(b) If useable quality water zones are present, the operator shall verify the placement of the plug at the base of the deepest fresh water zone required to be protected. The well is considered to have been properly plugged only when the verification is satisfactory and meets commission requirements.
(c) If, for the use of the surface owner, the operator of the well plugs the well back to produced fresh water, the duty of the operator to properly plug the well ends only when:
(1) the well has been properly plugged in accordance with commission requirements; and
(2) the surface owner has obtained a permit for the well from the groundwater conservation district, if applicable.
(d) Subsections (b) and (c) apply only to wells plugged on or after the effective date of this Act.
(e) The duty of a person to plug an unplugged well that has ceased operation ends only if the person's interest in the well is sold or conveyed while the well is in compliance with rules of the commission relating to safety or the prevention or control of pollution and the provisions of Sections 89.002(a)(2)(A)-(D) have been met. The person acquiring the seller's interest through such a sale or conveyance succeeds the seller as the operator of the well for the purpose of plugging responsibility once the provisions of Sections 89.002(a)(2)(A)-(D) have been met.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2553, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 882, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 89, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1233, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Notes of Decisions
Jonnet v. State, 877 S.W.2d 520 (Tex. App.—Austin 1994).
· cites it 2× “See Tex.Nat.Res.Code Ann. § 89.011 (West Supp.”
Discovery Operating, Inc. v. BP Am. Prod. Co., 311 S.W.3d 140 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2010).
“Emerald alleged the following claims, among others, against Exxon: (1) that Exxon violated a statutory duty under Tex. Nat. Res.Code Ann. § 89.011 (Vernon Supp.”
Serna v. State, 877 S.W.2d 516 (Tex. App.—Austin 1994).
“Tex.Nat.Res.Code Ann. § 89.011 (West 1993) (“Natural Resources Code”).”
R.R. Comm'n v. Am. Petrofina Co. of Texas, 576 S.W.2d 658 (Tex. Civ. App.—Beaumont 1978).
“The authority for appellant’s order to plug the well is found in Tex.Nat.Resources Code Ann. § 89.011 (1978): “The operator of a well shall properly plug the well when required and in accordance with the commission’s rules that are in effect at the time of plugging” (formerly…”
Shoreham Oil & Gas Co. v. State, 260 S.W.3d 249 (Tex. App.—Austin 2008).
“Rather, Shoreham takes the position that when the GLO forfeited the lease, Shoreham no longer had the requisite operational control over the Well and, thus, ceased being the actual operator.”
Shoreham Oil & Gas Co. v. State, No. 03-07-00384-CV (Tex. App.—Austin July 25, 2008).
“Rather, Shoreham takes the position that when the GLO forfeited the lease, Shoreham no longer had the requisite operational control over the Well and, thus, ceased being the actual operator.”
Shoreham Oil & Gas Co. v. State, No. 03-07-00384-CV (Tex. App.—Austin July 25, 2008).
“Rather, Shoreham takes the position that when the GLO forfeited the lease, Shoreham no longer had the requisite operational control over the Well and, thus, ceased being the actual operator.”
Arnulfo DeLatorre v. State, No. 03-09-00504-CR (Tex. App.—Austin June 18, 2010).
“If they did, the State’s claims existed as contingent liabilities of Anderson Petro, and as unmatured and unliquidated claims against it, prior to its dissolution. October 2005 Order Texas law requires that operators plug their inactive wells, or otherwise place them in…”
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