| (V) RRC P-4 with any other supporting documentation: due on
the date it is submitted to or due at the RRC (whichever is earlier);
(VI) RRC P-12 (if applicable and not filed before spudding
a well) with any other supporting documentation: due on the date it is submitted
to or due at the RRC (whichever is earlier);
(VII) RRC P-15 with plat (if applicable) and any other supporting
documentation: due on the date it is submitted to or due at the RRC (whichever
is earlier);
(VIII) All logs from any type of survey on the bore-hole section
(from base of surface casing to total well depth) for each well on a state
lease: due within 15 days of completing the survey.
(iii) Information required routinely upon production.
(I) RRC G-10: due on the date it is submitted to or due at
the RRC (whichever is earlier); or
(II) RRC W-10: due on the date it is submitted to or due at
the RRC (whichever is earlier); and
(III) RRC P-17 (if applicable): due on the date it is submitted
to or due at the RRC (whichever is earlier). See also §9.35(a)(3) of
this title, (relating to Producing the State Lease) for requirement to obtain
state's permission before commingling state production.
(IV) Division Orders. For any well in which the state owns
an interest, including a free royalty interest created under Texas Natural
Resources Code, §51.054, a division order showing all ownership in such
well is due at the GLO within 60 days of obtaining initial production from
any such well and subsequent division orders are due thereafter within 30
days of any change in any ownership interest. (Note, however, that GLO employees
are not authorized to execute such division orders on behalf of the state
and that a GLO employee's acts, errors, or omissions in handling a division
order cannot bind the state to any terms contained within it.)
(iv) Information required when production ceases (even if temporarily).
If a well on a state lease has not produced for a 60-day period, written notice
of this fact is due at the GLO within 70 days of cessation of production.
(v) Information required for dry holes or inactive wells.
(I) RRC W-1X with any other supporting documentation: due on
the date it is submitted to or due at the RRC (whichever is earlier);
(II) RRC W-3A: due at least five days prior to plugging the
well; and
(III) RRC W-3, with any other supporting documentation: due
on the date it is submitted to or due at the RRC (whichever is earlier).
(vi) Information related to violations of state and/or federal
law. If a violation of state and/or federal law impacts leased state property
or the resources found on or under such property or if a requested exemption
from state and/or federal law may impact leased state property or the resources
found on or under such property, notice of the facts surrounding such violation
or exemption is due at the GLO within 24 hours of the violation or the request
for an exemption..
(D) Additional Reports and Data Relating to Lease Operations
or Activities. The GLO retains the authority to require any additional records,
data, information, records, memoranda, materials, or other information or
items relating to any aspect of lease operations or activities. The following
is a list of the type of information or items the GLO may typically request:
(i) an affidavit detailing all activities involved in any drilling
or reworking operation conducted on any state well and the date of such activities;
(ii) any and all documentation necessary to assess whether
production is in paying quantities; and
(iii) annual estimates of oil and gas reserves underlying a
state lease.
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