Bill Text: TX HB2236 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the requirements for the casing and cementing of an oil or gas well.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-13 - Referred to Energy Resources [HB2236 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2236-Introduced.html
84R6628 JXC-D | ||
By: Romero, Jr. | H.B. No. 2236 |
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relating to the requirements for the casing and cementing of an oil | ||
or gas well. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 91.011, Natural Resources Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Before drilling into the oil or gas bearing rock, the | ||
owner or operator of a well being drilled for oil or gas shall | ||
encase the well with good and sufficient wrought iron or steel | ||
casing, or with any other material that meets standards adopted by | ||
the commission, and cement the casing, particularly where wells | ||
could be subjected to corrosive elements or high pressures and | ||
temperatures, in a manner and to a depth that will exclude surface | ||
or fresh water from the lower part of the well from penetrating the | ||
oil or gas bearing rock, and if the well is drilled through the | ||
first into the lower oil or gas bearing rock, the well shall be | ||
encased and cemented [ |
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exclude fresh water above the last oil or gas bearing rock | ||
penetrated. | ||
(a-1) A well drilled for oil or gas shall be encased with a | ||
casing that is cemented to a depth of at least 50 feet below the base | ||
of the deepest formation transected by the well that contains water | ||
that is suitable as a source of drinking water supply. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |