Texas Statutes
§ 52.178 — OPERATION UNDER PERMIT.
Texas § 52.178
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Code NRNatural Resources Code
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Bluebook
Tex. Natural Resources Code Code Ann. § 52.178 (2026).
Text
Sec. 52.178. OPERATION UNDER PERMIT. The owner of a permit or combination of permits shall have 18 months from the date or average date thereof in which to begin drilling a well for oil and gas on some portion of the land included therein. The drilling on one permit shall be sufficient protection against forfeiture of all the permits included in a combination. Owners of permits or combination of permits included herein shall have three years after the date or average date thereof in which to complete the development of oil and gas thereon, and if oil and gas should not be found in paying quantities and a lease applied for within said time all rights in such permit or combination of permits shall terminate, and the oil and gas in such land shall become subject to the provisions of this law
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Legislative History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2460, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Nearby Sections
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§ 52.001
DEFINITIONS.§ 52.011
AREA SUBJECT TO LEASE.§ 52.012
CONDITIONS FOR LEASE.§ 52.014
DATE FOR LEASE AND NOTICE.§ 52.015
BID TO LEASE.§ 52.016
SPECIAL FEE.§ 52.017
KEEPING AND OPENING BIDS.§ 52.018
VOID APPLICATION.§ 52.019
TIE BIDS.§ 52.021
TERM OF LEASE.§ 52.022
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Bluebook (online)
Texas § 52.178, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tx/NR/52.178.