Notices to Oil & Gas Operators
The information contained herein is provided as a historical reference in a PDF format. 
The contact information for Railroad Commission of Texas employees referenced in these informational pages may no longer be applicable. To determine the current point of contact, consult the Contacts by Oil & Gas Activity or call 512-463-7328.
2025
03/18/2025 Notice to Operators: Oil & Gas Waste Management Chapter 4 Webinars
03/17/2025 Notice to Operators of P-18 Facilities
03/12/2025 Notice to Oil and Gas and Pipeline Operators: Critical Fire Conditions in Texas
03/04/2025 Notice to Oil and Gas and Pipeline Operators: Elevated Fire Danger in Texas
02/17/2025 Notice to Oil & Gas and Pipeline Operators: Winter Weather Outlook
01/20/2025 Notice to Oil & Gas and Pipeline Operators: Winter Weather Office Closing
01/16/2025 Notice to Oil & Gas and Pipeline Operators: Winter Weather Outlook
01/7/2025 Notice to Oil & Gas and Pipeline Operators: Winter Weather Outlook
2024
- 11/2024 Form H-15, Test on an Inactive Well More than 25 Years Old, Filing Requirements
- 7/2024 Hurricane Beryl Outlook
- 7/2024 RRC Launches LoneSTAR for Forms P-5, W-3C, and W-3X Online Filing
- 6/2024 Tropical Weather Outlook
- 3/2024 Wildfire Danger Outlook
- 3/2024 Multiple Active Organization Report Renewals and Statewide Rule 15 Compliance
- 2/2024 Discontinuation of Supplement Mailings
- 2/2024 New Monthly Transportation & Storage Report and Skim Oil/Condensate Report Available
- 1/2024 Winter Weather Outlook
2023
- 12/2023 Disposal Well Monitoring and Reporting Requirements in the Permian Basin
- 9/2023 EEA Required Reporting Pursuant to Rule 3.66 In Effect
- 8/2023 ERCOT Grid Conditions
- 2/2023 NTO -U.S. Chemical Safety Board Recommendations Following their Report on the 2019 Aghorn H2S Incident
- 2/2023 Disposal Well Monitoring and Reporting Requirements in the Permian Basin
- 1/2023 Updates to Form CI-D and Form CI-X Online Filing System Launch January 31
- 1/2023 Winter Weather Outlook
- 1/2023 Winter Weather Outlook
2022
- 12/2022 RRC Alert Send Word Now Notification System Sign Up
- 12/2022 New Irrevocable Letter of Credit and Performance Bond Available
- 12/2022 Winter Weather Outlook
- 11/2022 Winter Weather Outlook
- 11/2022 Critical Designation Rule amendment
- 9/2022 Weather Emergency Preparedness Standards
- 8/2022 Severe Weather Outlook
- 8/2022 Upcoming Revision to Commingle Permit Number Length on Form PR, Monthly Production Report
- 7/2022 Recycling Treated Domestic Wastewater and Mobile Drinking Water Treatment System Wastewaters
- 5/2022 Form H-10, Annual Disposal/Injection Well Monitoring Report - Online Filing
- 2/2022 Notice to Natural Gas Producers, Gas Facility Operators and Gas Pipeline Facility Operators
- 2/2022 Winter Weather Forecasted This Week Feb 1-4, 2022
- 1/2022 Best Practices in Response to Winter Weather Forecasted This Week
2021
- 12/2021 Additional Best Practices for Winter 2021-2022 Preparations
- 12/2021 Rules Adopted for Critical Designation of Natural Gas Infrastructure
- 11/2021 Voluntary Reporting of Saltwater Disposal Well Data in Seismic Areas to the TexNet Injection Volume Reporting Tool
- 10/2021 Reminder to File ERCOT Designation for Critical Loads Serving Natural Gas-Fired Electric Generation
- 10/2021 Preparation by Operators for Winter 2021-2022
- 09/2021 Gardendale Seismic Response Action
- 09/2021 Tropical Storm Nicholas
- 08/2021 Jurisdiction at Oil & Gas Sites Where Infrastructure and Activities Subject to RRC Jurisdiction are Part of a TPDES "Treatment Unit"
- 06/2021 Applications for Critical Load Serving Electric Generation and Cogeneration Being Accepted
- 05/2021 Form PR – Electronic Filing Requirements Effective September 1, 2021
- 05/2021 Form R-32, Application for Exception to Statewide Rule 32, Online Filing Available
- 03/2021 Application for Critical Load Serving Electric Generation and Cogeneration
- 02/2021 Notice of Air Permitting Requirements
- 02/2021 Minimizing Lighting Impacts from Oil and Gas Activities
- 02/2021 Temporary Suspension of Maximum Daily Injection Rate Permit Conditions
- 02/2021 Waste Hauler Use of Authorized Disposal Systems
- 02/2021 Texas Faces Dangerous Winter Storm
2020
- 12/2020 Expiration of Certain Administrative Compliance and Technical Permitting and Filing Requirements
- 09/2020 Extension of Certain Administrative Compliance and Technical Permitting Expirations and Filing Requirements to December 31
- 08/2020 Texas faces Dual Tropical Storm Threat
- 06/2020 Update to Drilling Permits (W-1) Online Filing System
- 05/2020 Form H-15, Test on an Inactive Well More than 25 Years Old, Online Filing Available
- 05/2020 Temporary Exceptions to Certain Administrative Rules
- 04/2020 Extension of Certain Expirations and Filing Requirements Administered by the Administrative Compliance and Technical Permitting Sections
- 03/2020 State of Disasters in Texas Waiver Request
- 03/2020 Notice from Chairman on Federal Solicitation to Purchase American-Made Crude Oil
- 03/2020 Extension of Notification Requirments Under Statewide Rule 32
- 02/2020 Adopted Rule Amendment Allows Assignment of Acreage to Multiple Wells in UFT Fields
- 02/2020 Geologic Formation Information and County Formation Lists Updates
- 02/2020 Form H-5, Disposal/Injection Well Pressure Test Report, Online Filing Available
2019
- 09/2019 Application for Two-Year Inactive Wellbore Certification Available Now
- 08/2019 Form W-15, Cementing Report, Online Filing Available
- 07/2019 Form H-9, Certificate of Compliance, Statewide Rule 36 (Hydrogen Sulfide),Online Filing Available
- 06/2019 Form P-4 Multiple Gatherer/Purchaser Online Submission Now Available
- 04/2019 Application for Texas Severance Tax Incentive Certification Online Filing Now Available
- 02/2019 Minimizing Lighting Impacts from Oil and Gas Activities
2018
- 09/2018 Tropical Disturbance
- 08/2018 Notice of Intention to Plug or Abandon Online Filing Now Available
- 06/2018 Requirement to File Well Logs Electronically
2017
- 12/2017 Reassignment of RRC District 8A from the Midland District Office to the Abilene District Office
- 12/2017 Top of Cement Calculation for Compliance
- 08/2017 Tropical Depression Harvey
- 08/2017 North Central Texas Area Groundwater Protection Determination
- 03/2017 Digital Well Log System Available Online
- 02/2017 Notice to Oil and Gas Gatherers and Purchasers: Elimination and Reduction of Mailings
- 01/2017 Amendments to Statewide Rule 15: Surface Equipment Removal Requirements for Inactive Wells
- 01/2017 Amendments to Statewide Rule 28:Potential Deliverability of Gas Wells to be Ascertained and Revisions to Form G-10 - Gas Status Report
2016
- 04/2016 Beneficial Recycling of Treated Domestic Wastewater and Mobile Drinking Water Treatment System Wastewater at Drill Sites
- 03/2016 Horizontal Drilling and Unconventional Fracture Treated Fields
- 02/2016 Minimizing Lighting Impacts From Oil and Gas Activities
- 02/2016 Groundwater Protection Determination Application Fee and Surcharge
2015
- 03/2015 Statewide Rule 13 Exceptions: Online Filing Now Available and Exception Fee Required
- 03/2015 Groundwater Protection Determination Request Form Can Now Be Filed Online
- 02/2015 Online P-4 Filing
- 02/2015 Rule 13 Exceptions: Online Filing System and Implementation of Exception Fee
2014
- 12/2014 Chapter 4, Subchapter B, Permitting Required to Operate a Commercial Mud Recycling Facility
- 02/2014 Proper Management of Human Waste on Location
- 06/2014 Use of diesel fuel in hydraulic fracture stimulation activities requires UIC permit
- 03/2014 Fees and Surcharges - Latest version of the schedule with corrections for the disposal well application fee with no surcharge
- 02/2014 Notice of the permitting process for venting/flaring of casinghead gas and gas well gas pursuant to 16 TAC §3.32 (Statewide Rule 32)
