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Texas Supreme Court rules oil and gas producers hold rights to produced water
The June 27 rule would allow drillers the potential to commercialize produced water. Days later, the Court granted a motion filed by Cactus Water Services for extension of time to file motion for rehearing in the case.
Cathy Landry
July 8, 2025
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The Texas Supreme Court ruled June 27 that oil and gas producers – not landowners – hold the rights to the water produced during extraction unless expressly stated otherwise in a lease agreement.
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Cathy Landry
Washington Correspondent
Cathy Landry has worked over 20 years as a journalist, including 17 years as an energy reporter with Platts News Service (now S&P Global) in Washington and London.
She has served as a wire-service reporter, general news and sports reporter for local newspapers and a feature writer for association and company publications.
Cathy has deep public policy experience, having worked 15 years in Washington energy circles.
She earned a master’s degree in government from The Johns Hopkins University and studied newspaper journalism and psychology at Syracuse University.
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Phillips 66's 263,700-b/d integrated refining and petrochemical manufacturing complex in Westlake, La. (Fig. 1).
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The current geopolitical climate has many US refiners backtracking or otherwise remaining silent on previous commitments to expand production of renewable fuels as part of their net-zero strategies to ensure long-term operational competitiveness in a low-carbon future. Phillips 66 Co., however, is maintaining a balanced approach to meeting ongoing demand for conventional fuels while eyeing additional opportunities to grow its renewables-based portfolio for an evolving consumer market.
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Robert Brelsford joined Oil & Gas Journal in October 2013 as downstream technology editor after 8 years as a crude oil price and news reporter on spot crude transactions at the US Gulf Coast, West Coast, Canadian, and Latin American markets. He holds a BA (2000) in English from Rice University and an MS (2003) in education and social policy from Northwestern University.
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