What Is TX RRC (Texas Railroad Commission)?
The Texas Railroad Commission (TX RRC) is the state agency responsible for regulating the oil, natural gas, and pipeline industries in Texas — the largest oil-producing state in the United States. Despite its name, the TX RRC has not regulated railroads since 2005. Today it oversees drilling permits, well completions, production reporting, environmental compliance, pipeline safety, and the plugging of abandoned wells across Texas.
What Does the TX RRC Regulate?
- Oil and gas exploration and production: Permits for drilling and completing wells, production reporting requirements
- Natural gas pipelines and utilities: Pipeline safety regulations and natural gas utility oversight
- Underground natural gas storage: Regulation of storage fields for natural gas
- Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG): Safety regulations for LPG dealers and transporters
- Surface mining: Oversight of surface coal and uranium mining operations
- Abandoned well plugging: Enforcement of requirements to plug and abandon wells that are no longer producing
Key TX RRC Reporting Requirements for Oil and Gas Operators
Texas oil and gas operators must submit several recurring reports to the TX RRC:
- W-10 Form: Monthly production report for oil and gas wells — one of the most frequently filed forms in Texas
- G-10 Form: Monthly gas production and disposition report
- H-10 Form: Monthly injection well report for water disposal and EOR wells
- H-15 Form: Monthly produced water injection report
- P-4 Form: Well status change notifications
How AI Automates TX RRC Compliance
Oil and gas operators with large well portfolios spend significant time each month manually compiling production data, correcting discrepancies between internal systems and TX RRC records, and submitting required forms. Collide's regulatory workflow automates this entire process — extracting data from SCADA, production accounting systems, and historical records, then generating TX RRC-compliant filings. Operators report up to 99.4% reduction in manual filing time using Collide.