Tex. Nat. Resources Code Section 32.202
Pooling


Any oil and gas lease offered under Sec. 32.201 (Preferential Right to Lease Certain Land by Adjoining Mineral Owner; Allocation and Use of Payments Received from Leasing of Land Owned for County Road) of this code shall provide:

(1)

authority for pooling all of the leased area into units of no more than 160 acres for an oil well or 640 acres for a gas well plus a 10 percent tolerance or of a unit size allowed under or prescribed by rules of the Railroad Commission of Texas;

(2)

that the production allocable to the state lease shall be based upon the surface acreage of the state lease included in the unit;

(3)

that the unit operations, production from any portion of the unit or payment of shut-in gas well royalty on a lease or unit well shall be considered for all purposes to be the conduct of operations and production on the state lease; and

(4)

that neither unit production of oil or gas, nor unit operations, nor payment of shut-in royalties from a unit gas well, shall serve to hold the lease in force as to any area outside the unit, regardless of whether the production, maintenance of a shut-in gas well, or operations are actually located on the state tract or not.
Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 327, Sec. 3, eff. June 8, 1985. Renumbered from Sec. 34.0512 by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 6.05(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 6.05(b), eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 642, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 26, 1991.

Source: Section 32.202 — Pooling, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.­32.­htm#32.­202 (accessed May 18, 2024).

32.001
Definitions
32.002
Application of Chapter
32.003
Application of Sunset Act
32.011
Creation of Board
32.012
Members of the Board
32.013
Terms of Appointed Members
32.014
Chairman of the Board
32.015
Per Diem and Reimbursement
32.016
Board Meetings
32.017
Secretary of the Board
32.018
Employment of Geologist and Mineralogist
32.019
Board Employees
32.020
Minutes of Board
32.021
Records and Proceedings as Archives
32.022
Inspection of Minutes and Docket
32.025
Audit
32.026
Policies on Public Hearings
32.027
Member Training
32.028
Complaints
32.061
Board’s General Duties
32.062
Adoption of Rules and Collection of Fees
32.063
Duty to Advise Commissioner
32.064
Survey or Subdivision of Land
32.065
Permits for Surveys or Investigations
32.066
Easements
32.067
Marginal Property Royalty Rates
32.101
Applicable Law
32.104
Appraisal Fee
32.105
Date for Opening Bids
32.106
Description of Land
32.107
Notice of Sale, Lease, and Contract for Development
32.109
Acceptance and Rejection of Bids
32.110
Special Sale Fee
32.111
Issuance of Award or Lease
32.112
Sale of Tax Foreclosure Property
32.113
Exemption from Certain Real Estate Transaction Laws
32.0121
Appointments Without Discrimination
32.0122
Disqualification of Lobbyists
32.0123
Conflicts of Interest Prohibited
32.151
Term of Lease
32.152
Assignment and Transfer
32.153
Lease Relinquishment
32.154
Leases Subject to Laws, Orders, and Rules
32.155
Rental and Royalty Payments
32.156
Forfeiture
32.157
Special Accounts
32.0171
Removal of Board Member
32.0191
Separation of Responsibilities
32.201
Preferential Right to Lease Certain Land by Adjoining Mineral Owner
32.202
Pooling
32.203
Compensatory Royalty
32.204
Lease Provisions
32.205
Rules
32.206
Ratifications and Other Agreements
32.207
Advertising for Bids
32.251
Authority of Board, in Conjunction with Land Office, to Trade Land
32.252
Authority of State Agency or Political Subdivision to Sell or Exchange Real Property
32.253
Purpose of Trade
32.255
Deed Required
32.256
Dedication of Acquired Land to Fund
32.257
Subsurface Mineral Rights
32.258
Report to Legislature
32.1071
Lease Sales
32.1072
Minimum Royalty, Bonus, and Rental
32.1073
Fixing Royalty, Bonus, and Rental
32.2015
Fund

Accessed:
May 18, 2024

§ 32.202’s source at texas​.gov