Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code - CIV PRAC & REM § 127.001. Definitions

(1) “Agreement pertaining to a well for oil, gas, or water or to a mine for a mineral”:

(2) “Joint operating agreement” means an agreement between or among holders of working interests or operating rights for the joint exploration, development, operation, or production of minerals.

(3)  “Mutual indemnity obligation” means an indemnity obligation in an agreement pertaining to a well for oil, gas, or water or to a mine for a mineral in which the parties agree to indemnify each other and each other's contractors and their employees against loss, liability, or damages arising in connection with bodily injury, death, and damage to property of the respective employees, contractors or their employees, and invitees of each party arising out of or resulting from the performance of the agreement.

(4)  “Well or mine service”:

(5)  “Wild well” means a well from which the escape of oil or gas is not intended and cannot be controlled by equipment used in normal drilling practice.

(6)  “Unilateral indemnity obligation” means an indemnity obligation in an agreement pertaining to a well for oil, gas, or water or to a mine for a mineral in which one of the parties as indemnitor agrees to indemnify the other party as indemnitee with respect to claims for personal injury or death to the indemnitor's employees or agents or to the employees or agents of the indemnitor's contractors but in which the indemnitee does not make a reciprocal indemnity to the indemnitor.