Public Notice

Public Notice

Notice of application for oil and gas waste disposal well permit

Sulphur River Exploration, Inc., 4851 LBJ Freeway, Ste. 550, Dallas, Texas 75244, is applying to the Railroad Commission of Texas for a permit to dispose of produced salt water or other oil and gas waste by well injection into a porous formation productive of oil or gas. The applicant proposes to dispose of oil and gas waste into the Woodbine Formation, Indian Rock Gas Unit #5 Lease, Well Number 2. The proposed disposal well is located ±1 Mile Southeast of Gilmer, Texas in the Gilmer (Jurassic) Field, in Upshur County, Texas. The waste water will be injected into strata in the subsurface depth interval from 3,750 to 4,150 feet.

LEGAL AUTHORITY: Chapter 27 of the Texas Water Code, as amended, Title 3 of the Texas Natural Resources Code, as amended, and the Statewide Rules of the Oil and Gas Division of the Railroad Commission of Texas.

Requests for a public hearing from persons who can show they are adversely affected, or requests for further information concerning any aspect of the application should be submitted in writing, within fifteen days of publication, to the Environmental Services Section, Oil and Gas Division, Railroad Commission of Texas, P.O. Box 12967, Capitol Station, Austin, Texas 78711 (Telephone 512/463-6792).