16 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.23 - Vacuum Pumps
The installation of a vacuum pump or other device for the purpose of putting vacuum on any gas or oil-bearing formation, or the application of any vacuum to any gas or oil-bearing formation is prohibited, except as follows.
(1) If casinghead
gas is utilized in a casinghead-gas plant, vacuum may be used, but no more than
is sufficient to gather the gas and deliver it at the plant. In no event shall
more than two points of vacuum (two inches of mercury) be used at the
casinghead.
(2) In a field which is
depleted or practically depleted vacuum may be used, but no vacuum pump shall
be installed or used without a permit from the commission obtained upon
application after notice to adjacent lease owners and operators and a public
hearing on such application.
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