Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 86.182 — USE OF SOUR GAS

NR § 86.182Title 3. OIL AND GAS · Part B. CONSERVATION AND REGULATION OF OIL AND GAS · Ch. 86. REGULATION OF NATURAL GAS · Art. F. USE OF GAS

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In addition to the purposes for which sweet gas produced from a gas well may be used, sour gas may be used for efficient chemical manufacturing purposes including the manufacture of carbon black provided:

(1)it is utilized in a plant producing a recovery of not less than one pound of carbon black to each 1,000 cubic feet of gas; and

(2)the gasoline content is removed and saved from the sour gas before the gas is used for carbon black.

Legislative history

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2539, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.