1. (a) The owner or operator of an oil, gas, or geothermal resource well, within 30 days after the completion of such well or the plugging of such well, if the well is a dry hole, shall file with the commission the appropriate completion or plugging report, and if a basic electric log is run on the well, a legible, unaltered final copy of such a log shall be attached. A basic electric log means a lithology, porosity, or resistivity log run over the entire wellbore or in the alternative, if no such log is run over the entire wellbore, the log which is the most complete of such logs run. Amended completion reports must be filed for any change in perforations, or openhole or casing records within 30 days after recompleting the well. In addition, if the well is deepened, a copy of a basic electric log run after September 1, 1985, should be submitted if such log is run over a deeper interval than the interval covered by a basic electric log already on file with the commission for that wellbore.
2. (b) Each log filed with the commission shall be considered public information and shall be available to the public during normal business hours. If the owner or operator of such well described in subsection (a) of this section desires log(s) to be confidential, the owner or operator must submit a written request for a delayed filing of the log(s). When filing such a request, the owner or operator must retain the log(s) and may delay filing such log(s) for one year beginning from the date the completion or plugging report is required to be filed with the commission. The owner or operator of such well may request an additional filing delay of two years, provided the written request is filed prior to the expiration date of the initial confidentiality period. If a well is drilled on land submerged in state water, the owner or operator may request an additional filing delay of two years so that a possible total filing delay of five years may be obtained. A request for the additional two year filing delay period must be in writing and be received prior to the expiration of the first two year filing delay. Logs must be filed with the commission within 30 days after the expiration of the final confidentiality period.
3. (c) If the logs are not filed in accordance with the provisions of this section, the commission may refuse to assign an allowable to a well or may set the allowable for such well at zero. If the well is a dry hole and the logs are not filed in accordance with the provisions of this section, the commission may initiate penalty action pursuant to the Texas Natural Resources Code, Title 3.

Source Note:The provisions of this §3.16 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective February 20, 1986, 11 TexReg 545.