The Laws of Texas, 1931-1933 [Volume 28] Page: 385 of 2,111
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FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE-FOURTH CALLED SESSION. 5
(f) The creation of unnecessary fire hazards.
(g) Physical waste or loss incident to, or resulting from,
so drilling, equipping, locating, spacing or operating well or
wells as to reduce or tend to reduce the total ultimate recovery
of crude petroleum oil or natural gas from any pool.
(h) Waste or loss incident to, or resulting from, the unnecessary,
inefficient, excessive or improper use of the reservoir
energy, including the gas energy or water drive, in any well or
pool; however, it is not the intent of this Act to require repressuring
of an oil pool or that the separately owned properties in
any pool be unitized under one management, control or ownership.
(i) Surface waste or surface loss, including unnecessary or
excessive surface losses or destruction of crude petroleum oil or
natural gas without beneficial use.
(j) The escape into the open air, from a well producing
both oil and gas, of natural gas in excess of the amount which
is necessary in the efficient drilling or operation of the well.
(k) The production of crude petroleum oil in excess of
transportation or market facilities or reasonable market demand.
The Commission is authorized to determine when such
excess production exists or is imminent, and to ascertain the
reasonable market demand.
The Commission is expressly authorized to consider any or all
of the above definitions in making rules, regulations or orders to
prevent waste of oil or gas.
SECTION 2. The Railroad Commission of Texas shall have no
authority to make any rule, regulation or order, or in any wise
determine or hold, that any mode, manner or process of refining
crude petroleum oil constitute waste.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed as granting to the
Railroad Commission of Texas any power or authority to restrict,
or in any manner limit, the drilling of wells for the purpose
of exploring for crude petroleum oil or natural gas or both
in territory not known to produce either such oil or gas.
The Railroad Commission of Texas shall not restrict the production
of crude petroleum oil from any new field brought into
production by such exploration until such total production therefrom
aggregates 10,000 barrels of crude petroleum oil per day,
unless such restriction results from the enforcement of rules,
regulations or orders dealing with the method or manner of
producing, storing or transporting crude petroleum oil therefrom
to prevent phyiscal waste occurring in such new field; provided,
however, the production of any such new field shall not
be limited by the application of Subdivision (k) of Section 1,
hereof until the production of such new field is more than 10,000
barrels per day.
Nothing in Section 1 hereof shall be construed to authorize
the limitation of production of marginal wells, as such marginal
wells are now defined by statute, below the amount fixed by
statute for such wells.
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1931-1933 [Volume 28], book, 1933; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17293/m1/385/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .