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The information contained herein is provided as a historical reference in a PDF format.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.
2021
- 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)
