Bill Text: TX SB772 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of a tracer substance in performing a hydraulic fracturing treatment operation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-23 - Referred to Natural Resources [SB772 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB772-Introduced.html
82R4738 JXC-D | ||
By: Davis | S.B. No. 772 |
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relating to the use of a tracer substance in performing a hydraulic | ||
fracturing treatment operation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 91, Natural Resources | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 91.021 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 91.021. HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FLUID TRACER. (a) In | ||
this section, "hydraulic fracturing treatment" means the | ||
stimulation of a well by the application of a base stimulation fluid | ||
containing a proppant with force in order to create artificial | ||
fractures in a formation for the purpose of improving the well's | ||
capacity to produce hydrocarbons. | ||
(b) The commission shall adopt rules requiring a person who | ||
performs a hydraulic fracturing treatment operation on a well to | ||
include a tracer substance in the base stimulation fluid used to | ||
perform the operation. | ||
(c) Rules adopted under this section may specify the type of | ||
tracer substance a person is required to use in performing a | ||
hydraulic fracturing treatment operation, such as an isotope tracer | ||
or a color tracer, provided that: | ||
(1) the tracer substance is traceable to a specific | ||
person after the tracer substance is used in a hydraulic fracturing | ||
treatment operation; and | ||
(2) the commission has determined that the use of the | ||
tracer substance in a hydraulic fracturing treatment operation will | ||
not endanger the public health. | ||
SECTION 2. The Railroad Commission of Texas shall adopt | ||
rules under Section 91.021, Natural Resources Code, as added by | ||
this Act, not later than February 1, 2012. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |