Oil & Gas
The Railroad Commission, through its Oil and Gas Division, regulates the exploration, production, and transportation of oil and natural gas in Texas. Its statutory role is to (1) prevent waste of the state's natural resources, (2) to protect the correlative rights of different interest owners, (3) to prevent pollution, and (4) to provide safety in matters such as hydrogen sulfide. The division accomplishes these goals by permitting and reporting requirements; by field inspections, testing programs and monitoring industry activities in the field; and through programs to remediate abandoned wells and sites through the use of fees and taxes paid by industry. The Oil and Gas Division is headquartered in Austin, Texas with nine district offices spread over the state.
The links below and to the right will provide information about ongoing division activities, requirements for filing and reporting, and historical data related to division operations.
Announcements
- Notice to Oil and Gas Operators – Requirement to File Well Logs Electronically
- Notice to Oil and Gas Operators: Notice of Intention to Plug or Abandon Online Filing Now Available
- Convenience Fee Charges for Online ACH Payments Eliminated
- Notice to Oil and Gas Operators - Minimizing Lighting Impacts from Oil and Gas Activities
- RRC Launches Public GIS Viewer Enhancement
- Application for Texas Severance Tax Incentive Certification Online Filing Now Available
- RRC Adopts Revisions to Form P-17 and Creation of Commingle Permit Application
- Notice to Operators - Form P-4 Multiple Gatherer/Purchaser Online Submission Now Available
- Form H-9, Certificate of Compliance, Statewide Rule 36 (Hydrogen Sulfide), Online Filing Now Available
- RRC OIL Enhancement – Download Results to Excel
- Commission Accepting Comments on Draft Oil and Gas Division Monitoring and Enforcement Plan
- RRC Launches New Well Status Report Query
- Notice to Oil and Gas Operators: Form W-15, Cementing Report, Online Filing Available
- Notice to Oil and Gas Operators: Application for Two-Year Inactive Wellbore Certification Available Now
- RRC Launches H-9 Certificate of Compliance Statewide Rule 36 Query
- Save the Dates: RRC Hosts Regulatory Forums in Corpus Christi, Fort Worth, Houston and Midland
- Registration Open for RRC Regulatory Forum in Corpus Christi
- Registration Open for RRC Regulatory Forum in Houston
- Registration Open for RRC Regulatory Forum in Fort Worth
- Notice to Oil and Gas Operators: Form H-5, Disposal/Injection Well Pressure Test Report, Online Filing Available
- RRC Accepting Comments on Revisions to Form H-5
- Registration Open for RRC Regulatory Forums in Midland
- RRC Accepting Comments on Draft Oil and Gas Division Monitoring and Enforcement Plan
- Drilling Permit (W-1) Query Enhancement Allows Users to Research Any Status
- RRC to Host Oil and Gas Regulatory Webinars in July
- RRC Accepting Comments on Revisions to Statewide Rule 32 Exception Data Sheet
- RRC Hosts CASES Online Portal Webinar on November 4
- RRC Adopts Revisions to Form H-5, Disposal/Injection Well Pressure Test Report
- RRC Approves Revisions to Form R-32, Application for Exception to Statewide Rule 32
- RRC Accepting Comments on Revisions to Form PR, Monthly Production Report
- RRC Updates Oil and Gas Forms G-3, P-1B, P-7, R-1, R-3, W-1, W-1D, W-1H, W-5, and W-7
Compliance & Enforcement
- Well Control Problems
- Crude Oil, Gas Well Liquids or Associated Products (H-8) Loss Reports
- Enforcement Activities
- H-15 Program - Testing of Older Inactive Wells
- HB 2259/HB 3134 - Inactive Well Requirements
- Revised Statewide Rule 13 - Casing, Cementing, Drilling, Well Control, and Completion Requirements
- Severance Reconnect Process
Events
- RRC to Conduct Permian Basin (Spraberry Trend Area) and Delaware Basin Forum and Discussion in Midland
- RRC Regulatory Conference: Environmental Protection, Pipeline Safety and Well Filings
- RRC Regulatory Conference: Environmental Protection, Pipeline Safety and Well Filings
- Regulatory Forum and Discussion
- RRC Regulatory Conference: Oil & Gas and Pipeline Safety
- RRC Regulatory Conference: Oil & Gas and Pipeline Safety
- Corpus Christi Regulatory Forum
- Houston Regulatory Forum
- Fort Worth Regulatory Forum
- Brownfields in Texas: Redevelopment and Revitalization through State Programs Webinar
- Navigating the RRC’s Voluntary Cleanup Program & Other Resources Webinar
- Oil Storage (Surface) Webinar
- P-5 Statewide Rule 15 Inactive Wells Webinar
- GIS New Viewer Tool Webinar
- Website Queries – How to Stay in Compliance Webinar
- Underground Injection Control (UIC) Permitting Webinar
- Oil Storage (UIC) Webinar
- Oil and Gas Waste Stream Management, Part 1 Webinar
- Statewide Rules 101 and Form ST-1 Webinar
- GW-1 & GW-2 and related aspects of Statewide Rules 13, 14, 9, 46, 99 & 100 Webinar
- Statewide Rule 32 - Flaring Webinar
- Field Transfers Webinar
- Form P-18/Form T-1 Webinar
- Introduction to Drilling Permits and Online Filing
- Filing Completions for O&G/UIC Webinar
- Form PR, (New) Form P-17 and P-17A Webinar
- Form H-5 New Online System Webinar
- Form H-10 Webinar
- Oil and Gas Waste Stream Management, Part 2 Webinar
- RRC CASES Webinar