Oil & Gas

The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) has launched the RRC Mapping Automation Portal (RRC MAP). This new portal allows oil and gas and pipeline operators to enter and update real-time information about their gas facilities that are a part of the natural gas supply chain for power generation in Texas. The portal will help the RRC maintain the most up-to-date critical infrastructure information during a weather emergency.

Oil and gas and pipeline operators that receive an email from the RRC’s Critical Infrastructure Division are required to access RRC MAP and submit any information requested. The email will provide further instructions.

RRC MAP is an information gathering portal that links facilities in the natural gas supply chain from upstream production of gas and disposal of produced water to the endpoint – power plants.

Data collected via the portal is shared with the Texas Public Utilities Commission to be added to the Texas Electricity Supply Chain Map designating certain natural gas entities as critical during an energy emergency as specified in Senate Bill 3 and House Bill 3648 passed by the 87^th Legislature (Regular Session). Funding for this portal was provided by the Texas Legislature.

For more information on RRC MAP, view the training presentation available on the RRC website at https://rrc.texas.gov/media/2sal0cou/rrc-map-presentation-110724.pdf.

Topics covered in the presentation include:

• RRC Access Management Process (RAMP) access, and filing agent set up,
• responding to email and certified letter notifications from the RRC,
• confirming and identifying facilities, and
• what happens when an operator fails to respond to notifications.

If you have any questions, contact the RRC’s Critical Infrastructure Division at 512-463-6737 or CID@rrc.texas.gov.