# Texas RRC Rule 37 proceedings (Statewide Spacing Rule)
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/texas-rrc-rule-37-proceedings-statewide-spacing-rule/60055
**Category:** Oil and Gas Leasing Help
**Created:** [January 5, 2021, 3:19am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/texas-rrc-rule-37-proceedings-statewide-spacing-rule/60055 "2021-01-05T03:19:11Z")
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### Author:  [@Debby](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Debby)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2021, 3:19am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/texas-rrc-rule-37-proceedings-statewide-spacing-rule/60055/1 "2021-01-05T03:19:11Z")
What are they referring to when they mention Rule 37 proceeding?
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### Author:  [@Charles\_Emery\_Tooke\_III](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Charles_Emery_Tooke_III)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/texas-rrc-rule-37-proceedings-statewide-spacing-rule/60055/2 "2021-01-05T16:57:58Z")
Hi, Debby -
If you will Google “Rule 37 - Texas Railroad Commission,” you will find that it involves spacing. The distance between lease lines and wells.
The idea is to help protect landowners from having their oil captured by wells on someone else’s land.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2021, 3:19am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/texas-rrc-rule-37-proceedings-statewide-spacing-rule/60055/3 "2021-04-05T03:19:16Z")
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