Physical Termination Of Electric Service To The Well’s Production Site

Physical Termination Of Electric Service To The Well’s Production Site

Definition(s)

Physical Termination Of Electric Service To The Well's Production Site

Disconnection of the electric service to an inactive well site at a point on the electric service lines most distant from the production site toward the main supply line in a manner that will not interfere with electrical supply to adjacent operations, including cathodic protection units. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations  
Good Faith Claim

Good Faith Claim

Definition(s)

Good Faith Claim

A factually supported claim based on a recognized legal theory to a continuing possessory right in a mineral estate, such as evidence of a currently valid oil and gas lease or a recorded deed conveying a fee interest in the mineral estate. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Project

Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Project

Definition(s)

Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Project

A project that does not include a water disposal project and is:
  1. a Commission-approved EOR project that uses any process for the displacement of oil or other hydrocarbons from a reservoir other than primary recovery and includes the use of an immiscible, miscible, chemical, thermal, or biological process;
  2. a certified project described by Texas Tax Code, §202.054; or
  3. any other project approved by the Commission or its delegate for EOR.
Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Delinquent Inactive Well

Delinquent Inactive Well

Definition(s)

Delinquent Inactive Well

An inactive well for which, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, the Commission or its delegate has not extended the plugging deadline.1  

Source(s)

Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Cost Calculation For Plugging An Inactive Well

Cost Calculation For Plugging An Inactive Well

Definition(s)

Cost Calculation For Plugging An Inactive Well

The cost, calculated by the Commission or its delegate, for each foot of well depth plugged based on average actual plugging costs for wells plugged by the Commission for the preceding state fiscal year for the Commission Oil and Gas Division district in which the inactive well is located. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Active Operation

Active Operation

Definition(s)

Active Operation

Regular and continuing activities related to the production of oil and gas for which the operator has all necessary permits. In the case of a well that has been inactive for 12 consecutive months or longer and that is not permitted as a disposal or injection well, the well remains inactive for purposes of this section, regardless of any minimal activity, until the well has reported production of at least 10 barrels of oil for oil wells or 100 mcf of gas for gas wells each month for at least three consecutive months. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Written Notice

Written Notice

Definition(s)

Written Notice

Notice actually received by the intended recipient in tangible or retrievable form, including notice set out on paper and hand-delivered, facsimile transmissions, and electronic mail transmissions. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Usable Quality Water Strata

Usable Quality Water Strata

Definition(s)

Usable Quality Water Strata

All strata determined by the Groundwater Advisory Unit of the Oil and Gas Division to contain usable quality water. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Serve Notice On The Surface Owner Or Resident

Serve Notice On The Surface Owner Or Resident

Definition(s)

Serve Notice On The Surface Owner Or Resident

To hand deliver a written notice identifying the well or wells to be plugged and the projected date the well or wells will be plugged to the surface owner, or resident if the owner is absent, at least three days prior to the day of plugging or to mail the notice by first class mail, postage pre-paid, to the last known address of the surface owner or resident at least seven days prior to the day of plugging. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Reported Production

Reported Production

Definition(s)

Reported Production

Production of oil or gas, excluding production attributable to well tests, accurately reported to the Commission or its delegate on Form PR, Monthly Production Report. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Related Piping

Related Piping

Definition(s)

Related Piping

The surface piping and subsurface piping that is less than three feet beneath the ground surface between pieces of equipment located at any collection or treatment facility. Such piping would include piping between and among headers, manifolds, separators, storage tanks, gun barrels, heater treaters, dehydrators, and any other equipment located at a collection or treatment facility. The term is not intended to refer to lines, such as flowlines, gathering lines, and injection lines that lead up to and away from any such collection or treatment facility. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Operator Designation Form

Operator Designation Form

Definition(s)

Operator Designation Form

A certificate of compliance and transportation authority or an application to drill, deepen, recomplete, plug back, or reenter that has been completed, signed, and filed with the Commission or its delegate. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations  

Operator Designation Form

A certificate of compliance and transportation authority or an application to drill, recomplete, and reenter that has been approved by the Commission or its delegate. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Groundwater Conservation District

Groundwater Conservation District

Definition(s)

Groundwater Conservation District

Any district or authority created under §52, Article III, or §59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, that has the authority to regulate the spacing of water wells, the production from water wells, or both. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Funnel Viscosity

Funnel Viscosity

Definition(s)

Funnel Viscosity

Viscosity as measured by the Marsh funnel, based on the number of seconds required for 1,000 cubic centimeters of fluid to flow through the funnel. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Approved Cementer

Approved Cementer

Definition(s)

Approved Cementer

A cementing company, service company, or operator approved by the Commission or its delegate to mix and pump cement for the purpose of plugging a well in accordance with the provisions of this section. The term shall also apply to a cementing company, service company, or operator authorized by the Commission or its delegate to use an alternate material other than cement to plug a well. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Protection Depth

Protection Depth

Definition(s)

Protection Depth

Depth to which usable-quality water must be protected, as determined by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) or its successor agencies, which may include zones that contain brackish or saltwater if such zones are correlative and/or hydrologically connected to zones that contain usable-quality water. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Zone Of Critical Cement

Zone Of Critical Cement

Definition(s)

Zone Of Critical Cement

For surface casing strings shall be the bottom 20% of the casing string, but shall be no more than 1,000 feet nor less than 300 feet. The zone of critical cement extends to the land surface for surface casing strings of 300 feet or less. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Stand Under Pressure

Stand Under Pressure

Definition(s)

Stand Under Pressure

To leave the hydrostatic column pressure in the well acting as the natural force without adding any external pump pressure. The provisions are complied with if a float collar is used and found to be holding at the completion of the cement job. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Distilled Water

Distilled Water

Definition(s)

Distilled Water

Water that has been purified by being heated to a vapor form and then condensed into another container as liquid water that is essentially free of all solutes. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
100-Year Flood Plain

100-Year Flood Plain

Definition(s)

100-Year Flood Plain

An area that is inundated by a 100-year flood, which is a flood that has a one percent or greater chance of occurring in any given year, as determined from maps or other data from the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), or, if not mapped by FEMA, from the United States Department of Agriculture soil maps. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Recyclable Product

Recyclable Product

Definition(s)

Recyclable Product

A reusable material as defined in §4.204(12) of this title (relating to Definitions). Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Treated Fluid

Treated Fluid

Definition(s)

Treated Fluid

Fluid that has been treated using water treatment technologies to remove impurities such that the treated fluid can be reused or recycled. Treated fluid is not a waste but may become a waste if it is abandoned or disposed of rather than reused or recycled. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Recycle

Recycle

Definition(s)

Recycle

To process and/or use or re-use oil and gas wastes as a product for which there is a legitimate commercial use and the actual use of the recyclable product. 'Recycle,' as defined in this subsection, does not include injection pursuant to a permit issued under §3.46 of this title. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations  

Recycle

To beneficially use, reuse, or reclaim hazardous waste. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations  

Recycle

Pit used in conjunction with one or more oil or gas leases or units that is constructed, maintained, and operated by the operator of record of the lease or unit and is located on an existing commission-designated lease or drilling unit associated with a commission-issued drilling permit, or upon land leased or owned by the operator for the purposes of operation of a non-commercial disposal well operated pursuant to a permit issued under §3.9 of this title or a non-commercial injection well operated pursuant to a permit issued under §3.46 of this title, for the storage of fluid for the purpose of non-commercial fluid recycling or for the storage of treated fluid. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Non-Commercial Fluid Recycling Pit

Non-Commercial Fluid Recycling Pit

Definition(s)

Non-Commercial Fluid Recycling Pit

Pit used in conjunction with one or more oil or gas leases or units that is constructed, maintained, and operated by the operator of record of the lease or unit and is located on an existing commission-designated lease or drilling unit associated with a commission-issued drilling permit, or upon land leased or owned by the operator for the purposes of operation of a non-commercial disposal well operated pursuant to a permit issued under §3.9 of this title or a non-commercial injection well operated pursuant to a permit issued under §3.46 of this title, for the storage of fluid for the purpose of non-commercial fluid recycling or for the storage of treated fluid. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Non-Commercial Fluid Recycling

Non-Commercial Fluid Recycling

Definition(s)

Non-Commercial Fluid Recycling

The recycling of fluid produced from an oil or gas well, including produced formation fluid, workover fluid, and completion fluid, including fluids produced from the hydraulic fracturing process on an existing commission-designated lease or drilling unit associated with a commission-issued drilling permit or upon land leased or owned by the operator for the purposes of operation of a non-commercial disposal well operated pursuant to a permit issued under §3.9 of this title (relating to Disposal Wells) or a non-commercial injection well operated pursuant to a permit issued under §3.46 of this title (relating to Fluid Injection into Productive Reservoirs), where the operator of the lease, or drilling unit, or non-commercial disposal or injection well treats or contracts with a person for the treatment of the fluid, and may accept such fluid from other leases and or operators. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Practicable

Practicable

Definition(s)

Practicable

Available and capable of being done after taking into consideration existing technology, cost, and logistics in light of the overall purpose of the activity. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations  

Practicable

“Practicable” means possible, given current knowledge, technology and invention. Source:  Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. Regulations
Coastal Natural Resource Area (CNRA)

Coastal Natural Resource Area (CNRA)

Definition(s)

Coastal Natural Resource Area (CNRA)

One of the following areas defined in Texas Natural Resources Code, §33.203: coastal barriers, coastal historic areas, coastal preserves, coastal shore areas, coastal wetlands, critical dune areas, critical erosion areas, gulf beaches, hard substrate reefs, oyster reefs, submerged land, special hazard areas, submerged aquatic vegetation, tidal sand or mud flats, water in the open Gulf of Mexico, and water under tidal influence. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Rules

Coastal Management Program (CMP) Rules

Definition(s)

Coastal Management Program (CMP) Rules

The enforceable rules of the Texas Coastal Management Program codified at Title 31, Texas Administrative Code, Chapters 501, 505, and 506. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Inert Wastes

Inert Wastes

Definition(s)

Inert Wastes

Nonreactive, nontoxic, and essentially insoluble oil and gas wastes, including, but not limited to, concrete, glass, wood, metal, wire, plastic, fiberglass, and trash. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations
Fresh Mining Water Pit

Fresh Mining Water Pit

Definition(s)

Fresh Mining Water Pit

Pit used in conjunction with a brine mining injection well for storage of water used for solution mining of brine. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. Regulations