Landmark Texas Supreme Court Case: Who Owns Produced Water?
In a recent Texas Supreme Court ruling, the ownership of produced water—a byproduct of oil and gas extraction—was put to the test. The case, Cactus Water Services, LLC v. COG Operating, LLC, addressed a dispute between COG Operating and Cactus Water Services over 52 million barrels of produced water from the Collier family’s 37,000-acre lease in Reeves County, Texas, within […]