Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 86.003

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 86.003 - Determination of Separate Wells

If oil or gas, or both, is produced through different strings of casing set in the same well bore, the inner string through which oil or gas, or both, is produced shall be regarded as one well, and each successive additional string of casing through which oil or gas, or both, is produced from a different producing horizon through the same well bore shall be regarded as another well.

Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 86.003

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2532, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1977.