Tex. Natural Resources Code § 87.051
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 87.051, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 87.051. LIMITATION OF SOUR GAS PRODUCTION.
Official statutory text
No person may produce sour gas from any sour gas well in a reservoir producing both sweet and sour gas in excess of the daily allowable production for the gas well as fixed by the orders and schedules of the commission. The rate of production from a sour gas well is considered to be the daily average rate of production for the calendar month.
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