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Notices to Industry, Publications and Statewide Rules

Publication Date/Notice

7/2009 Certification For Two-Year Inactive Wells Tax Exemption Program Ends August 31, 2009

11/2008 Drilling Permit Application Process Workshop

3/2008 Wildfire Advisory to Operators

1/2008 Oil and Gas Form Changes Effective January 2008

12/2007 Testing of Older Inactive Wells (H-15 Program), CHANGES TO TEST SCHEDULE

08/2007 2007 Legislative Changes

07/2007 Newark, East (Barnett Shale) Field Changes in Railroad Commission Field Oversight

04/2007 SWR 31(c)(1) -Diagonal Exceptions Clarification of Criteria Used in Approving Diagonal Exceptions

03/2007 New Form H-10 Filing Options Coming Soon!

01/2007 RRC Response To Increase in Completion Activity

08/2006 Change in Plat Requirements For Plats Filed With Form W-1 Drilling Permit Applications

12/2005 Financial Assurance Required for Drilling Permits

09/2005 2005 Legislative Changes

08/2005 Revision of Statutory Requirements for Filing Logs

07/2005 Temporary Water Right Authorizations Required from Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

01/2005 New Oil and Gas Production Report, Form PR and New Electronic Filing Options!

12/2004 New Production Filing Requirements Coming Soon File Your Security Administrator Designation (SAD) Form Now!

07/2004 New Streamlined Requirements for Filing Electronically-Security Administrator Designation (SAD) Form

07/2004 Production Reporting Changes Coming in January 2005

06/2004 Expanded Production Query Premiers on Railroad Commission Web Site!

06/2004 New Drilling Application Forms Effective Next Month!

04/2004 Revisions to Drilling Report Forms and Production Forms

02/2004 Change in Expedite Process For W-1 Drilling Permit Applications

08/2003 Reminder-To Oil and Gas Operators that it is a violation of state law to produce oil or gas from a severed lease.

08/2003 Legislative Change - Reconnect Fee for Leases in Violation of Commission Rules will be Increasing on September 1, 2003

06/2003 2003 Legislative Changes

02/2003 Public Meeting Notice - To Receive Comment on Proposed Repeal of 16 TAC§3.8 (Statewide Rule 8, relating to Water Protection, and Proposed New Rules in 16 TAC Chapter 4, Subchapter B, relating to General Waste Management

10/2002 New Filing Deadlines-NGPA Section 107 High Cost Gas Determination Applications For IRS Section 29 Tax Credits

07/2002 Organization Financial Assurance Bond Forms Revised

05/2002 Revisions to Statewide Rule 58, Form P-4, and Form P-6

01/2002 Revision of Filing Requirements for Form L-1

01/2002 Fee Increase for Statewide Rules 37 and 38 Exceptions - Revision of Forms W-1, W1A, P-12

09/2001 Changes In Fees, Financial Assurance Requirements, and Well Transfers Pursuant to Statutory Amendments Approved in Senate Bill 310

11/2000 NGPA Federal Section 29 Tax Credits May Be Available To You!

11/2000 Changes in Rule 14 (B)(2) Extension Permit Requirements (Form W-1X): Individual Well Bonds; H-15 Testing; Restoring a Well to Active Status

08/2000 Gas Well Testing Requirements Simplified

04/2000 Statewide Rule 28 Revision-Change In Potential Test Information Required on Form G-1 and Elimination of the Back Pressure Curve Requirement

03/2000 Oil Well Testing Requirements Simplified

02/2000 Digital Map Data Now Available In New Arcinfo Formats

12/99 Change In Fluid Level Testing Requirements For 25-Year Inactive Wellbores

08/99 Two Severance Tax Incentives Extended - The Two-Year Inactive Well Incentive For Oil Wells and Gas Wells AND The High-Cost Gas Incentive

08/99 Alternative to Initial 4-Point AOF Test Available

02/99 Hurry! File Before February 11, 1999 to Qualify for Incremental Production Severance Tax Exemption

01/99 Rule 14 Questions and Answers

11/98 Statewide Rule 14, Plugging, Revised

09/98 More Gas Wells Now Exempt from Semi-Annual Testing

08/98 Environmental Regulatory Cost-Cutting Measures

08/98 Allowable Supplements Discontinued for Gas Wells in Capacity Fields

08/98 New Procedure for Approving Form P-4 for a Change of Operators for Inactive Wells

04/98 Proposed Revisions to Statewide Rule 14, Plugging

03/98 New Field Discoveries and Confidentiality of Electirc Logs

03/98 On-Time Filing Of Monthly Production Reports

9/97 Changes in Deadlines for High-Cost Gas Incentive Certifications and Notice Requirements for Tight Gas Formation Designation Application

8/97 Incremental Production Incentives for Oil Leases and 2-Year Inactive Well Incentives for Oil Wells and Gas Wells

7/97 Severance Tax Exemptions and Reductions as Incentives to Increasing Texas Oil and Gas Production

02/94 Filing Deadline Extended for Enhanced Oil Recovery Project Reduced Tax Rate Program