Tex. Natural Resources Code § 86.096
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 86.096, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 86.096. FAILURE TO USE OR SELL ALLOWABLE PRODUCTION.
Official statutory text
If the commission finds that the owner of a gas well failed or refused to use or sell the allowable production from his well when the owner was offered a connection or market for the gas at a reasonable price, the well shall be excluded from consideration in allocating the daily allowable production from the reservoir or zone in which it is located until the owner of the well signifies to the commission his desire to use or sell the gas. In all other cases, all gas wells shall be taken into account in allocating the allowable production among wells producing the same type of gas.
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