Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.182
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.182, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 91.182. OWNERSHIP OF STORED GAS.
Official statutory text
All natural gas in the stratum condemned which is not native gas, and which is subsequently injected into storage facilities is personal property and is the property of the injector or its assigns, and in no event is the gas subject to the right of the owner of the surface of the land or of any mineral or royalty owner's interest under which the storage facilities lie, or of any person other than the injector to produce, take, reduce to possession, either by means of the law of capture or otherwise, waste, or otherwise interfere with or exercise any control over a storage facility. Upon failure, neglect, or refusal of the person to comply with this section, the storer has the right to compel compliance by injunction or by other appropriate relief by application to a court of competent jurisdiction.
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