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The East Texas Oil Field is a large oil and gas field in east Texas. Covering 140,000 acres (57,000 ha) and parts of five counties, and having 30,340 historic and active oil wells, it is the second-largest oil field in the United States outside Alaska, and first in total volume of oil recovered since its discovery in 1930. [ 1 ]
States require a drilling permit before a well begins drilling. Requirements to receive drilling permits generally include minimum setbacks from lease or unit boundaries, and adequate casing and cementing programs. States generally require permits for or notices of major work done on a well, and periodic reports of oil and gas produced.
The first offshore well in Texas was drilled in 1938, but the first oil discovery was not made until 1941, off Jefferson County. [20] Through 2007, Texas state waters have produced 39 million barrels (6.2 × 10 ^ 6 m 3) of oil and 4.0 trillion cubic feet (110 km 3).
Oil producers such as Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell are burning off gas in the largest oil field in the United States without required Texas state permits, the environmental group Earthworks ...
The Texas Railroad Commission announced in December 2023 that it was suspending permits for oil and gas wastewater disposal in Culberson and Reeves counties along the border of the two states, as ...
Drilling an oil and gas well at a location or well pad site at which drilling has occurred previously within five (5) years prior to the date of spudding the well. 3. Drilling an oil or gas well within a developed field for which an approved land use plan or any environmental document prepared pursuant to NEPA analyzed such drilling as a ...
These regulations, which went into effect on January 1, 2015, require "oil companies to obtain permits for fracking as well as acidizing, the use of hydrofluoric acid and other chemicals to dissolve shale rock". [243] The 2013 bill seemed to be a step in the right direction for environmentalists, but some criticized the bill as being too lax. [244]
An API well number can have up to 14 digits divided by dashes as follows: Example: 42-501-20130-03-00 [7] The "42" means that this well is located in "State Code" 42 which is Texas. The "501" means that this well is located in "County Code" 501 which is Yoakum County. The "20130" is a "Unique Well Identifier" within the county.