Bill Text: TX HB1913 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that an applicant for a permit to drill an oil or gas well submit a gas capture plan for the well.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Referred to Energy Resources [HB1913 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1913-Introduced.html
| 87R3731 ANG-D | ||
| By: Hinojosa | H.B. No. 1913 | |
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| relating to a requirement that an applicant for a permit to drill an | ||
| oil or gas well submit a gas capture plan for the well. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 86, Natural Resources | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 86.186 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 86.186. GAS CAPTURE PLAN. (a) The commission may not | ||
| issue a permit to drill, deepen, plug back, or reenter an oil or gas | ||
| well unless the applicant submits with the application a gas | ||
| capture plan to minimize flaring from the well. | ||
| (b) The gas capture plan must include: | ||
| (1) the volume of gas anticipated to be produced from | ||
| the well annually, measured in thousands of cubic feet; | ||
| (2) the volume of oil anticipated to be produced from | ||
| the well annually, measured in barrels; | ||
| (3) the volume of condensate anticipated to be | ||
| produced from the well annually, measured in barrels; | ||
| (4) a detailed map depicting each existing, planned, | ||
| and anticipated gas gathering system in the general area of the | ||
| well; | ||
| (5) the following information with regard to the gas | ||
| gathering system that the operator of the well has contracted to use | ||
| or, if the operator has not entered into a contract, the gas | ||
| gathering system that is closest to the well: | ||
| (A) the name of the operator of the gas gathering | ||
| system; | ||
| (B) a description of the approximate route of the | ||
| pipeline required to connect the well to the gas gathering system; | ||
| (C) the distance in feet of the pipeline required | ||
| to connect the well to the gas gathering system; | ||
| (D) the volume of gas in thousands of cubic feet | ||
| per day that the gas gathering system is capable of transporting; | ||
| (E) the volume of gas in thousands of cubic feet | ||
| per day that the gas gathering system is currently transporting; | ||
| (F) the volume of gas in thousands of cubic feet | ||
| per day that the gas gathering system is anticipated to be | ||
| transporting on the date of first sale of gas from the well; | ||
| (G) the reliability of the gas gathering system, | ||
| including the average annual downtime of the system; and | ||
| (H) the name and location of the gas processing | ||
| plant that receives or is anticipated to receive gas from the gas | ||
| gathering system; | ||
| (6) any plans for expanding the gas gathering systems | ||
| in the general area of the well; | ||
| (7) any other issues affecting the gathering of gas in | ||
| the general area of the well; | ||
| (8) a plan for connecting the well to a gas gathering | ||
| system, including: | ||
| (A) a description of any potential right-of-way | ||
| issues; | ||
| (B) the schedule for constructing any necessary | ||
| gas gathering facilities; | ||
| (C) the date a gas gathering line will be | ||
| available; | ||
| (D) a statement of whether the gas gathering | ||
| system described by Subdivision (5) has the capacity to accept the | ||
| volume of gas anticipated to be produced from the well at the time | ||
| of application for the permit; and | ||
| (E) a description of any discussions the operator | ||
| of the well has had with other upstream operators regarding the | ||
| construction or availability of a gas gathering line; and | ||
| (9) a description of any options available to the | ||
| operator of the well for the beneficial use of gas from the well if | ||
| the well cannot be connected to a gas gathering system, including: | ||
| (A) on-site use of the gas; | ||
| (B) the processing of liquids in the gas; | ||
| (C) the use of the gas for electric power | ||
| generation; | ||
| (D) the conversion of the gas to liquid fuels; | ||
| (E) the compression of the gas on the lease on | ||
| which the well is located; | ||
| (F) the reinjection of the gas for underground | ||
| storage; | ||
| (G) the reinjection of the gas for temporary | ||
| storage; | ||
| (H) the reinjection of the gas for enhanced oil | ||
| recovery; and | ||
| (I) shutting in the well, taking into account the | ||
| effect of doing so on the reservoir as well as public health, | ||
| safety, and the environment. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a permit the application for which is filed with the Railroad | ||
| Commission of Texas on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
| permit the application for which is filed before the effective date | ||
| of this Act is subject to the law in effect on the date the | ||
| application is filed, and that law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
