Removal of Exposed Oil and Gas Well Surface Casings, Neches River

Texas Natural Resources Code Chapter 89 provides that the protection of water and land of the state against pollution or the escape of oil or gas is in the public interest, and that it is necessary and desirable to provide additional means so that wells that are drilled for the exploration, development, or production of oil or gas, or as injection or salt water disposal wells, and that have been abandoned and are leaking salt water, oil, gas, or other deleterious substances into freshwater formations or on the surface of the land, may be plugged, re-plugged, or repaired by or under the authority and direction of RRC. Additionally, 16 TAC 3.14(b)(3) provides that RRC may plug or re-plug dry or inactive wells.

Division 02 -	Existing Conditions, Subsurface Investigation.
Division 03 -	Concrete, Cast-in-Place Concrete.
Division 22 -	Plumbing, Plumbing Piping, Plumbing Equipment.
Division 26 -	Electrical, Instrumentation and Control for Electrical Systems.
Division 33 -	Utilities, Water Utilities, Water Utility Distribution Piping, Water Utility Distribution Equipment, Water Utility Pumping Stations, Wells.
Division 44 -	Pollution and Waste Control Equipment, Water Pollution Control Equipment.