Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 32.202

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 32.202 - Pooling

Any oil and gas lease offered under Sec. 32.201 of this code shall provide:

(1) authority for pooling all of the leased area into units of no more than 160 acres for an oil well or 640 acres for a gas well plus a 10 percent tolerance or of a unit size allowed under or prescribed by rules of the Railroad Commission of Texas;

(2) that the production allocable to the state lease shall be based upon the surface acreage of the state lease included in the unit;

(3) that the unit operations, production from any portion of the unit or payment of shut-in gas well royalty on a lease or unit well shall be considered for all purposes to be the conduct of operations and production on the state lease; and

(4) that neither unit production of oil or gas, nor unit operations, nor payment of shut-in royalties from a unit gas well, shall serve to hold the lease in force as to any area outside the unit, regardless of whether the production, maintenance of a shut-in gas well, or operations are actually located on the state tract or not.

Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 32.202

Amended By Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 642, Sec. 3, eff. 8/26/1991.

Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 6.05(b), eff. 9/1/1987

Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 327, Sec. 3, eff. 6/8/1985. Renumbered from Sec. 34.0512 by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 6.05(a), eff. 9/1/1987.