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Notice to Oil and Gas Operators: Update to Drilling Permits (W-1) Online Filing System

Update to Drilling Permits (W-1) Online Filing System

Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil and Gas Division, Drilling Permits section · Texas (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Texas
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
16 Tex. Admin. Code §§ 3.5, 3.37, 3.38
Issued
2020-05-15 May 15, 2020
Effective
2020-06-01
End
Permanent system change (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
June 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Other
Addressees
  • operators filing Form W-1 drilling permit applications
Functions reached
  • PM permits
Collection
Mining, Oil and Gas, and Energy Services SEC-23

Operative words

Effective June 1, 2020, the Railroad Commission of Texas' (RRC) Drilling Permits (W-1) online filing system will determine if horizontal wells proposed in regulatory fields with special rules require an exception.

Enforcement

Permit processing

Notes

Context for the remote-permitting posture of 2020; not itself a COVID-19 limitation.

Retrieval note

Context only; 215728 bytes.

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