PLUGGING OR REPLUGGING OF ORPHANED WELL BY OIL AND GAS LESSEE OR MINERAL ESTATE OWNER

Not later than December 1 of each year, the commission shall produce and deliver to the governor, lieutenant governor, and legislature a report that includes: (1) the number of inactive wells in this state; (2) the age and length of inactivity of each inactive well; (3) the number of inactive wells for which an extension of the deadline to plug the inactive well has been granted by the commission under Section 89.023; (4) the financial assurance methods used by operators of inactive wells, including the number of wells using each financial assurance method available; (5) the number of wells plugged in the preceding year, including a breakdown of wells plugged by operators versus wells plugged by the commission using state money; (6) the number of inactive wells returned to production or put into use as an injection well or other operation in the preceding year; (7) a summary of the number of operators of inactive wells based on organization reports submitted to the commission under Section 91.142, including the total number, based on the reports, of operators and inactive wells that are in compliance, are delinquent, are delinquent for longer than a year, or have been granted an extension under Section 89.023; (8) the number of organization reports the commission has not renewed or approved under Section 91.142, including: (A) for each report that has not been renewed or approved: (i) the associated well count; and (ii) the total amount of financial security submitted by the operator; and (B) the total amount of financial security collected from each operator who filed a report that has not been renewed or approved; and (9) the annual cost calculation for plugging an inactive well, as described by Section 89.023(a).