A Collaborative Effort By:
Team RRC
Emergency Management
Homeland Security
Scope of Jurisdiction
278,882 Active Wells:
 Oil wells
 Gas wells
 Water flood injection wells
 CO2 injection wells
 Disposal wells
117,163 Inactive Wells
Scope of Jurisdiction
313,657 Miles of Intrastate Pipelines
Oil and Gas Gathering Pipelines
Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines
Crude Oil Transmission Pipelines
Product Pipelines
Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel, LPG, HVL
Acetate, Propylene, Ammonia
Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, etc.
Natural Gas Distribution Pipelines
Private
Municipal Rural
Scope of Jurisdiction
Natural Gas Processing Plants
4,800 Facilities
Cryogenic Plants
Refrigeration Plants
Treating Plants: H2S, CO2
Compression Liquids
Fractionation Plants
Dehydration, JT Plants, Drips
Scope of Jurisdiction
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)
57,000 Installations
 Ethane
 Propane
 Butane
 Iso-Butane
 Pentanes +
Scope of Jurisdiction
Above Ground Storage
Tank Farms
Tank Batteries
Underground Storage
Crude oil
Natural Gas
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
Scope of Jurisdiction
Mines
Lignite Coal Surface Mining
Uranium Exploration Boreholes
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Texas Emergency Management Plan
Annex L - Energy
Primary Agency
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Support Agencies
Railroad Commission of Texas
Comptroller of Public Accounts (SECO)
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Support Agency
Annex L - Energy
Annex I Public Information
Annex N Direction and Control
Annex P Hazard Mitigation
Annex Q Hazmat and Oil Spill
Annex S Transportation
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Resources
SOC Team (State Operations Center)
 Lead – SOC 1st Call
 10 Alternates
 X-Map
District Offices - 11
 225 Field Inspectors
 234 Vehicles
 Toughbook Computers with X-Map
 Cell Phones
 Access to Oil and Gas Leases
TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
SOC Lead Preparedness
Table top Exercise - N. Texas Winter Storm
Interstate Exercise - Drought/Terrorism
Intrastate Exercise - Winter Storm/Cyber Attack
Update X-Map Layers of O&G Infrastructure
Update SOC Team Procedures
Update Phone Lists
Train SOC Team
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
Texas Energy Reliability Council (TERC)
Producers
Intrastate Natural Gas Pipelines
Natural Gas Processors
Natural Gas Distributors
ERCOT
PUC and RRC
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
RRC Players:
SOC TEAM Lead and Alternates
Monitors weather, WebEOC and Daily SOC Reports
Communicates with TERC Liaison about natural gas supply,
facility operations and service restoration
Prepares Incident Situation Reports
TERC Liaison and Alternates
Communicates with TERC membership
Monitors Natural Gas Supply
Monitors Facility Damage
Emergency Communications Coordinator
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
RRC Resources:
 Texas Division of Emergency
Management
 Texas Oil and Gas Association
 Texas Independent Producers and
Royalty Owners
 Texas Pipeline Association
 State Fuel Team
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
X-Map CI/KR Layers:
Oil and Gas Wells
Intrastate & Interstate Pipelines
LPG, LNG, CNG Installations
Gas Processing Plants & Compressors
Natural Gas Distribution Areas
Above Ground Storage
Underground Storage
State Offshore Locations
Refineries
Coal Mines
“Homeland Secure”
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
X-Map CI/KR Layer Attributes:
 Owner Information
 Contact Information
 Location information
 Description of Facility
 Size of Facility
“Homeland Secure”
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
RRC Action:
 Communicate with TDEM
 Monitor Supply and Disruption
of Supply
 Emergency Operating Plans
 Curtailment Plans
 Emergency Response Process
 Monitor Restoration of Service
HOMELAND SECURITY
Responsibilities:
Texas Homeland Security Council Member
 Lead Agency for certain safety and environmental threats resulting from
the exploration, development, and production of oil, gas or geothermal
resources
 Homeland Security Implementation Planning
Initiatives
 Cyber Security Workshop for Oil and Gas Industry
 TDEM Critical Infrastructure/Key Resource Database
 Department of Defense Energy Resilience Study
SPECIAL PROJECTS
 FERC/NERC investigation report of the February
2011 winter storm and rolling black outs.
 ERCOT Gas Curtailment Risk Study and Data Request
 Impact of the West Texas Desert Sagebrush Lizard
“utilized CI/KR X-Map Layers”
 Attendance at 2011 API Cyber Security Conference
SPECIAL PROJECTS
 Attendance and Participation at the 2011 Texas
Emergency Management Conference
 Development of the draft 2011 Texas Energy
Assurance Plan
 Development of a Natural Gas Supply Disruption
Tracking Plan
 Attendance and Participation at TDEM’s FY-12 State
Training and Exercise Planning Workshop
In conclusion, the RRC has jurisdiction over substantial critical O&G infrastructure in the
state of Texas. We have emergency response procedures in place that engage our SOC
Team and district offices as needed. Finally, we participate in numerous special
projects, meetings and exercises that are focused on Emergency Management and
Homeland Security.
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