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Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.016: CONFINING GAS TO ORIGINAL STRATUM.
Where this section sits in the code
- NATURAL RESOURCES CODE
- TITLE 3. OIL AND GAS
- SUBTITLE B. CONSERVATION AND REGULATION OF OIL AND GAS
- CHAPTER 91. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE
- SUBCHAPTER B. DUTIES RELATING TO OIL AND GAS WELLS
(a) If gas located in a gas-bearing stratum known to contain gas in paying quantities is encountered in a well drilled for oil or gas in this state, the gas shall be confined to its original stratum until it can be produced and used without waste.
(b) Gas-bearing strata shall be adequately protected from infiltrating water.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2561, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
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