By: Miles S.B. No. 367
(Reynolds)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirements for an application for a permit to
drill an oil or gas well at a site adjacent to a well blowout site.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 91, Natural Resources
Code, is amended by adding Section 91.118 to read as follows:
Sec. 91.118. APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR WELL ADJACENT TO
WELL BLOWOUT SITE IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) The commission by rule
shall require that an applicant for a permit to drill an oil or gas
well in a county with a population of more than 750,000 disclose to
the commission in the application that the applicant was the
operator of an oil or gas well:
(1) located at a site adjacent to the site of the
proposed well;
(2) drilled through or into the same formations as the
proposed well is to be drilled; and
(3) from which an uncontrolled release of a
subterranean fluid containing oil, gas, or condensate or of a well
fluid that is caused by a loss of well control occurred while the
applicant operated the oil or gas well.
(b) The rules may include criteria for determining whether a
site is adjacent to another site for the purposes of this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.