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TITLE 16ECONOMIC REGULATION
PART 1RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS
CHAPTER 3OIL AND GAS DIVISION
RULE §3.5Application To Drill, Deepen, Reenter, or Plug Back

    (C) perpendicular lines providing the distance in feet from the two nearest non-parallel lease lines to the surface location; if location is offlease, then provide the distance in feet from the two nearest non-parallel survey/section lines to the surface location;

    (D) a line providing the distance in feet from the horizontal wellbore between and including the penetration point and the terminus location to the nearest point on the lease line, pooled unit line, or unitized tract line. If there is an unleased interest in a tract of the pooled unit that is nearer than the pooled unit line, the nearest point on that unleased tract boundary shall be indicated. A line providing the distance in feet from the horizontal wellbore between and including the first take point and the last take point to the nearest point on the lease line shall be indicated. If there are multiple leases, pooled units and/or unitized tracts closer to the horizontal course(s) of the drainhole(s) than allowed by the applicable spacing rule, then the operator shall provide the distance in feet from the closest take point to each such tract;

    (E) a line providing the distance in feet from the wellbore from the penetration point through the terminus location to the nearest oil, gas, or oil and gas well identified by number either applied for, permitted, or completed in the same lease, pooled unit, or unitized tract and in the same field and reservoir. A line providing the distance in feet from the wellbore between and including the first take point and the last take point to the nearest oil, gas, or oil and gas well identified by number either applied for, permitted, or completed in the same lease, pooled unit, or unitized tract and in the same field and reservoir;

    (F) the geographic location information for the surface location of the well, including the Latitude/Longitude or X/Y coordinates in the NAD 27, NAD 83, or WGS 84 coordinate system;

    (G) a labeled scale bar; and

    (H) northerly direction.

  (4) Requirements for plats as provided for in §3.11, §3.37, §3.38, and §3.86 of this title (relating to Inclination and Directional Surveys Required, Statewide Spacing Rule, Well Densities, and Horizontal Drainhole Wells) may supplement or replace the plat requirements set out above.


Source Note: The provisions of this §3.5 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective September 1, 1983, 8 TexReg 3184; amended to be effective March 10, 1986, 11 TexReg 901; amended to be effective October 30, 1986, 11 TexReg 4214; amended to be effective February 24, 1992, 17 TexReg 1225; amended to be effective September 1, 1992, 17 TexReg 5283; amended to be effective July 10, 2000, 25 TexReg 6487; amended to be effective June 11, 2001, 26 TexReg 4088; amended to be effective September 1, 2004, 29 TexReg 8271; amended to be effective January 30, 2007, 32 TexReg 287; amended to be effective February 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 785

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