What's New at the Railroad Commission of Texas
What’s New features new content to the Railroad Commission of Texas website, including form and rule proposals and adoptions, regulatory advisories and notices, job postings, events, news releases and media advisories.
Regulatory
- RRC Commissioners Assess More Than $1.1 Million in Penalties (05/13/2025)
- NTO - Form H-15, Test on an Inactive Well More than 25 Years Old, Filing Requirements (11-18-2024)
- Pipeline Mileage Fee Courtesy Notice (11-13-2024)
- Introducing the RRC Mapping Automation Portal (10-25-2024)
- RRC Extends Comment Period on Amendments to Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 Rules Relating to Waste Management
(09-10-2024) - RRC to Hold Public Hearings for Comments on Proposed Amendments to Water Protection & Waste Management Rules (08-23-2024)
- NTO - RRC Launches LoneSTAR for Forms P-5, W-3C, and W-3X Online Filing
- Additional CNG and LNG Certification Online Examinations Available May 1 (04-15-2024)
Data & Information
- Texas Drilling Permit and Completion Statistics for April 2025 (05/05/2025)
- Texas Oil and Gas Production Statistics for January 2025 (04/02/2025)
- RRC Launches Major Technology Project Streamlining Oil and Gas Filings (07/02/2024)
- Texas Oil and Gas Production Hit Record Highs in 2023 (04/09/2024)
- Railroad Commission Takes Transparency a Step Further with New Flaring/Venting Database (02/16/2022)
Media
- RRC Welcomes EPA Regional Administrator (04/29/2025)
- RRC Records Digitization Fast Approaching 100 Million Files (04/17/2025)
- Texas Sets New Oil and Gas Production Records in 2024 (03/26/2025)
- RRC Successfully Complies with Well Plugging Grants (03/17/2025)
- RRC Reaches New Energy Milestone with First Permitted Geothermal Well (02/26/2025)
- RRC’s Abandoned Mine Program Helps Landowner Reclaim Pastureland (02/07/2025)
- RRC’s Digitally Imaged Oil and Gas Records Top 83 million (10/29/2024)
- RRC Exceeds Major Performance Goals (10/09/2024)
- RRC Extends Successful Orphan Well Plugging Streak (09/06/2024)
- RRC Proposes Significant Overhaul of Oil & Gas Waste Management Rules (08/16/2024)
- RRC Works with National Experts on Underground Injection (07/11/2024)
- Railroad Commission Hires New Government Relations Director (06/05/2024)
- Preparations Helped Oil and Gas Industry Get Through Dangerous Wildfires (03/20/2024)
- RRC Successfully Plugs Uncontrolled Water Flow in Crane County (01/31/2024)
- Top Stories and Achievements for the RRC in 2023 Year in Review (12/27/2023)
- RRC Well Plugging Program Receives More National Recognition (10/18/2023)
- RRC Proposes Major Overhaul for Water Protection and Oil & Gas Waste Management Rules (10/02/2023)
- RRC Names Joe Parks as the New Director of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Division (08/02/2023)
- Surface Mining & Reclamation Division 2023 Texas Reclamation Award (08/01/2023)
- RRC Helps Mitigate Boating Hazards at National Preserve (07/24/2023)
