Glossary

Tanks for oil storage before delivery to a refinery.

When a well is completed, various tests are run to determine whether or not a well is commercially viable.

This term embraces the area in the Gulf of Mexico seaward of the coast line of Texas comprised of:

• the three league area confirmed to the State of Texas by the Submerged Land Act (43 United States Code §§1301?1315)
• the area seaward of such three league area owned by the United States.

A unit of heat equivalent to 100,000 British Thermal Units (Btu).

Discharge of produced water or other waste materials into tide influenced waters.

Small amounts of acreage assigned to a proration unit after the unit is already established.

The movement of any crude petroleum oil or products of crude petroleum oil or the products of either from any receptacle in which any such crude petroleum or products of crude petroleum oil or the products of either has been stored to any other receptacle by any means or method whatsoever, including the movement by any pipeline, railway, truck, motor vehicle, barge, boat, or railway tank car. It is the purpose of this definition to include the movement or transportation of crude petroleum oil and products of crude petroleum oil and the products of either by any means whatsoever from any receptacle containing the same to any other receptacle anywhere within or from the State of Texas, regardless of whether or not possession or control or ownership change. (See gatherer in general terms section and transmission line in section pertaining to oil and gas well production reporting)

Includes any common carrier by pipeline, railway, truck, motor vehicle, boat, or barge, and/or any person transporting oil or a product by pipeline, railway, truck, motor vehicle, boat, or barge.

A set reservoir rock conditions that form a barrier which captures oil or natural gas as it migrates toward the surface.

String of pipe set inside the well casing, through which the oil or gas is produced.

A contract in which an operator or drilling contractor is responsible for the planning, labor and material necessary to drill a well to the specific depth or stage of completion stated in the contract for a specified sum of money.