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Green Completion style legislation. Bracketed to apply to Barnett Shale.
Requires an operator to “employ appropriate processes to minimize the release into the air of gas and associated vapors from the well.” Does not define “appropriate processes” nor “minimize”.
Requires an operator of a gas well to:
(1) Deliver all salable gas to a sales line as soon as the pressure at the wellhead is sufficient or
(2) Shut in the well and conserve the gas.
Allows the RRC to authorize the release of gas from a well with access to a sales line if the release is necessary and the amount of gas vented or flared is charged to the operator’s allowable production. Lists non-exclusive examples of what constitutes a necessity. Requires the RRC to adopt implementation rules.
Allows a municipality in which a gas well is located to monitor compliance and to adopt its own implementation ordinance.
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