FORT WORTH, Texas Following the filing of an amicus brief at the Texas Supreme Court by Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association in Cactus Water Services, LLC v. COG Operating, LLC., TSCRA President Carl Ray.
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In July 2023, the El Paso Court of Appeals held that produced water created in the fracking process is considered an oil and gas waste rather than water meaning it belonged to the.
Although historically viewed as a waste, produced water that comes to the surface as part of the oil and gas production stream now potentially has value. Produced water can be recycled.
In Cactus Water Services LLC v. COG Operating, LLC., a divided Texas court of appeals answered the question this way: The oil and gas producer prevails over the purchaser of the surface.