{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-91.551","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.551","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"(a) In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Well\" means a well drilled for any purpose related to exploration for or production or storage of oil or gas or both oil and gas, including a well drilled for injection of fluids to enhance hydrocarbon recovery, disposal of produced fluids, disposal of waste from exploration or production activity, or brine mining.\n(2) \"Electric log\" means a wireline survey, except dipmeter surveys and seismic wireline surveys, run in an open hole or a cased hole of a well for purposes of obtaining geological information.\n(3) \"Drilling operation\" means a continuous effort to drill or deepen a well bore for which the commission has issued a permit.\n(4) \"Operator\" means a person who assumes responsibility for the regulatory compliance of a well as shown by a form the person files with the commission and the commission approves.\n(b) In this subchapter, \"operator\" includes a predecessor or successor operator.\nAdded by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 978, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1001 (H.B. 484), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1001 (H.B. 484), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["NATURAL RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 3. OIL AND GAS","SUBTITLE B. CONSERVATION AND REGULATION OF OIL AND GAS","CHAPTER 91. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE","SUBCHAPTER M. ELECTRIC LOGS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.91.htm#91.551","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:28Z","sha256":"95510da76eb34bca0161ea85e0df343c6e5c5cd7c014e2bd12cc9f4638e63e53","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-91.507","next":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-91.552"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}