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Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 101.016 — PERMISSIBLE PROVISIONS

NR § 101.016Title 3. OIL AND GAS · Part C. POOLING AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS · Ch. 101. COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT · Art. B. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS IN SECONDARY RECOVERY OPERATIONS

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(a)An agreement authorized by this chapter may provide for the location and spacing of input wells and for the extension of leases covering any part of land committed to the unit as long as operations for drilling or reworking are conducted on the unit or as long as production of oil or gas in paying quantities is had from any part of the land or leases committed to the unit. However, no agreement may relieve an operator from the obligation to develop reasonably the land and leases as a whole committed to the unit.
(b)An agreement authorized by this chapter may provide that the dry gas after extraction of hydrocarbons may be returned to a formation underlying any land or leases committed to the agreement and may provide that no royalties are required to be paid on the gas so returned.

Legislative history

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2568, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.

Source: Texas Natural Resources Code § 101.016 from the Texas Constitution and Statutes (Texas Legislature) (public record). DecisionDepot is for informational use only and is not legal advice — verify against the official source before relying on this text.