OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

3s4 
flaky case where *the taota io, ruoh aaso warrant It, the 

Qo%utisafon C&F tQriaLt the uao oi addltlonal <urntItiea 

OS gas to lift oil, prodded all emh #m 60 used In 

efaeao Of ten thousand (10,000) mbio feet for e&oh 

barrel of 011 shall be proo8soe4 for natural garollne 

and ths residue burz~d for oarbon black when arar) 18 

ropreduaed.* 

You state 9 your letter that tke $~oduaer8 of tha 

gar talco the psition that they wll the gas, not know&$ that 

mmh QHJ is to be us& Par gas liit In ex~88 of 20 000 oubio 

feet p8r barrel Of 0i.L The produoars ok&n t&at &eo they 

sell the gar in g@ed fsLta end loa oontrol over it8 UH after 

oUoh ml@, they am not liable ff tha gas is later uud in 

vioLatie ai the statute. The uiwra ot the $a# oontrnd th@* 

the prsbibitlon of the ututute %&I against the probuoar rpnd 

nut the purohmm of thm am utilklng the 6as, and themrore 

olaia that they are not liable for any of the Qianaltier fur 

tioi8tlon of the etatut4. 

fn view of the faota as outllnad above, you twk th@ 

f0m3wi~ cpzistlonar 

Tm.or the provlalone OS atibssotlon (4) af 38otlon 0, 

m61010 tzm, 3fia other reamxxt wrtioxa of the ooawry3- 

Uon statutes, my the ocKaPliusioa proobrd qalnrt and 

hold rouponsible the operator or producser of a gas well 

it the gao produccld from much wall, aftes delltory to P 

baaa tide purahaux, irr utillaed in gaas lift operation8 

iti whloh the, ratio or gale used per barrel of bil Ufkd 

oxewdr 30,000 oublo fret per barrel1 or are thorn pro- 

+lslons of the statute enforolbla: against the pUr&amr 

and utilia;ar or the Ga:as; or ara they Wforaible a&net 

both thr produobr and t!se ijsrssn usi= eutrh &as in this 

rcraaor'l" 

in an unlawful mw.mr is responsible Sor auoh unk%wfti We, 

In our opition the prohamir of tbo ga:arr who W#B it 

and the producer of tba gae is alPso resgoneibl* for 6uah 

mb*wfui UN, iS at&z produacrx i?artfoLl;atea or albe or &bets 

b ths vlaJ.atlon of the law. 
pswidae as folluws: 

*uiy pmoo violatinx any or the prwisioru or 

this Article she11 be liable to a penalty not to ereeed 

GAe ThOUkKuid Dollare (~l,OOO) for 8.uoh osf6nss, and .aoh 

de7.s oiolatioz shall be 0 separate otsenss. &oh penalty 

my be raoorered by t!m ;tato of Texas with tha 0oat of 

suit it a civil aotlon ln6titUtod in Tmvie County OT in 

th% County where thrr violation o0%urmd by the attorney 

General or by the County or Dfatrlct Attorney oinnd 

by the xttorney Osneral or Texas) aEd any and rll olatloas 

or tkmatead viol%tion% of thl% Artlole akay be oaJo$aed 

by 0.~3 Court of oampetent Jurirdiotlon in whiob the m&t 

Sor penalty racy be brmghtl and in %uoh oaslro the Court 

rosy iss%~e a~lqh writ8 OS Ir&aueti~n, arandatory ot prehibitory, aa the Sacta juati~rg 

2tfols 13086 OS Verzios** iknnotktod Civil st&uter 

prorider in part aa followsr 

"In addttlon to being aubjast to any torf~iture that 

my be jxwided for by law and to any pemilty that w.be 

iqowd by th% comnriasrio& for oonGe> for the tiolatlon 

of It8 rulee, rugulations, or orden, any parwaa rielatlag 

lrry 0r thO prwi8ions 0s w;is A0t or of Title lO2, lzariwd 

Ciril stdxmw or %x68, lssS, a8 ameLlfled,'tsr violat& 

any rule, regulation, or order of the Oomiaelon pmW.gated 

therewubr, shall be mubjeat to a pmalt of not more #am 

One Thw~ssnQ :3allars ($lOCC) for eaoh ,&t srsry da7 or mah 

riolatlon, and for eaoh and er6z-y aat as'atoh vialati0n,;' 

~Gy*pGon al&iry: or abetting any oth*r pawa~ Ln 

the rfodation of tkfs isot, or of TLtlr, IO2, Sevlad Civil 

%A!tutoa of TQxaI, 1925, eo ammdod, or ot say rule, m&atlon, 02 order of the Cmmlosion promulgated thermmder 

%&Al be %ubjnat to the 0him p8maftieO as arc) prerporibod 

herein for violntfon t~mwof by any %uch ather pr%cm.* 

Undar the terwa of &xb%eotion 4, S%isotion 7, Artiale 

5000, a -roduoer 0% %weet or sour g%% or 0aafnghrsad gslr is 

pedtt*ii----. to use eswk gus for eaa lift inthe bona fide produotlon of oil where mmh ~a% is uot u%ed in ~~006% of 10,000 oubio 

se0t per barrel of oil produved. If the startuts ir 00artrued 

literally, only P preor, p-&utring gas would be persaitted k, 

u6e tha !R.ae for gas list prp5%Q%* Boww6s, it is rid n6##111l*o 

to cocstrue the wcsd wproduoer* In ordar to answer yea qpstlon, 

becf3~8e it is slain that no perso is authorized to u%% &a% far 

&es lift pwO@eet AAlelso hq e&f&e& Within th@ tWf&S Of t&ii3 6totutO.