Tex. Natural Resources Code § 86.182
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 86.182, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 86.182. USE OF SOUR GAS.
Official statutory text
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.
(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.
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