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OFFICE OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF **TEXAS** AUSTIN

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### mmaQ OoMeeion of Texas 

### &lstLnrTe=@ pear -1 Opinionso. o-224

**the lower**  oil brAson 8 fr4la the e;%Shorivan tbrouah the aanular tted t4 ths tubin): tihwm& 8 k7llllamacra l.q the prs Iall bo utlu!med i!l 

### iming the lwrer 411 borfmxh 

### Thevabe Ls mid o;rgne fromt&0tubing 

### 04n6eoage spaoe, or into the oil borieon. After stat&c: t2ie faote aa outllnefl a&we, Jroua& the Sollowin(; p3stlons;

### 2c"all0 15. Etlls Not to be Itrrdtted to Produce Oil

l nd Oar fron Dirierrnt Strata. **--ho 8~11**  h 11 I Eb 

### produoo011 rid/ satted th0 885o

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trbgaor ZXar 0 rros dliiertnt i&a &i&h

ng.* ,3hO f4rt6OlnE otatutos l rd ~~10 lndloate a gomral ,&icy 

### to prohibit the produotlon of 

### 018 and 

### EPI iron turfttent #tnta thrwigh the w?io otrlng. of oa81fig. Dowevor, in*the **g~l~ring statutea,**  OZQnre ro~lolonoaromado ior the MO 

### @f gar rron one stratumto f 

### a d in FrodtiO:oi~



### Oil rro~~aAotho]: .tratUQ* Submotion l(o) of Section 7 o: 

### titlttl~ 6000 

### or toroonfr



### Aatwtatod Clrll Statutes provfdoethot oweet goo m,be uoed tort

'(0) 

### Bonafide ictroduotlon of .iio into 011, or gap bearing horizon, in 

### order to salntain or lnorsaso the rook jmmntro **or** 4thorwloolnoresoo the ultlnate reoovory or 011 or gas from ouoh horliton.a
**subsootlon** 4 or Sootlon 

### 7.01 utioi* 600~prorldoo


### *hay**prodwet** 

### 4: either @mitt or 

### tmurf$u or aaalap head gao m&y

### ~80the 8amo 88 g6 lilt iE tht **bona** ride produotlon or 011 whore ouoh gas 

### lr aot uesd in 

### oxo088 or ton thousrud (10,000) cubla 

### root per barrel or 011 prcdpoed; provided that lti order to prevent mate 

### lrw 

### ea8o.*horo.thr.raotrrtn mwhamo ~&arrant 

### it,

### theVJonniorl0a.m~ P

### omit.tho..wo Or addltlonol qufmtitlee or gar to llrt o 1 providedall moh gas CKJ used b exam4 or ton thou& (10,000) aublc foot for oaoh borrol of 011. elm11be prooeesedror aeturalgaeolim ~a!xI the residue burnedtar oarbonblack t&o& cam 

### 16 **repro&toed.*** The question asked by .you ro'solvos ltoolr into the loour as to tðer 

### 4t **not** the ototutes quoted **require** that tho gas must **be** produood at 

### the ourraoe throu& a sepurnt6 cttlcg of cuslnc, and then relnjootedto be usod rar goti llrt, or whothor the Oomloslon hao authority to permit the go8 to k lntroduord into the tublw balm the ourfaoo,to be used tarm6 lift,botore it t;as been jmduoed at t& eUrffiCo. II! OpyOPitifOnthe Cwnmferionhao authOrlty t0 allow an OpOrfitOr to **fntroduoe gam** lcto the tubing ror gas lift 

### berms being 1roduoad ot t&o ourraao, whore ouoh operation la on offloient OIPOf gae llrt and 

### the moohanloal 

### lnrtadlatlon 18 ouch that t&o will be m oroapo or the rluld rron ono horloon lnto .-other horlzoa.

inmorablr John 

### E. Taylor, Zag-84.

r. view of wia protisl01~1 or 

### aubeeations i(0) and 4 oc -ation 7 or btlole 6OOS, woted above, wodo tiot bellew th& the 8tatllttr abrolutely MQUuin that 6cB, to be usedl@ p‘ lfrt, ffiuet be tiret produaed at the eurraoe throtigh a mpuete et&g of ccoii%, arzdthen reinjaated into the well. 1n w OpbfO3., tke C~S~~OC, WhiOhi6 uteated with a broad 

### dlaaretlon

in adminL8terln& thin lan” (eea motion ii2 of &;cle SOGC)ie eiven authority by the statutes to make prop0r rb

### r”latloas ror th6 uw or &as tar &as lift Irr the mr wh oh it finds to to be aost sfrlolent. Ik order 

### ror the go8 to be used aa a ma 

### urt, it is or course neceeeary $I& durln& such ubc the &a&i rind the all snd water be aofe&nQed 

### ~JI themm tubing. So 10% aa the proper steps are taken to imzre amhat the escape of oil or gee rrom one rtratw 

### into mther, we 

### do not believe that the statutes 

### prevent the codedon 

### rroa perialttinr; the 

### aore el~lolent m&hod or 

### Introduol thagaS into the 

### tublrr: below the eurfaoe, **instead** 

### or re@r 8g 2 thct the gee iiret be brought to **tho** surraoe through a separate rtrlw of oaotng and tken relntroduood lEta the well.

Wedo aot 

### l&and by this opinion 

### to lmlicwte in 

### any **ny** that 

### theCoaaiwlor, oatidnot by its regihtlonrr regulre tkt tb* ga8 be tlrst 

### prqduaedet 

### thQ auriac4 through a **aepaarpte** 

### l 

### t&@ or plp~,**brrore** 

### it oan be used for &as lfrti, ,upon proper &?Qrt P tion, the oammi8fbiOn Would, lr the 

## fmtr ,jurtlfled mmh l anolu on, be authorfzeud 

### to reuquire that ga:as

rrom a @aa otratam be **flrrt** 

### produoed

at the aurfao@ and tbare measuxed, berorv it 

### p,ittEroord into a ~811 ror the purpose or Ual~ the gas ES

Onthe other hand, however, under the tact6 ae outlined 1; yaw oplnior, 

### It the 

### Camlooloa bellate that the &tMaan be sore etffefsntly ueed 66 BL geti lift in the bona 

### fide
t roduotion of oil 

### by the lntrad~otlon 

### of thaf,8 :nto the 

### tublw @km thesurreoe 

### w &o notballe~ethat the etatutes would prohibit the coim.feeto.?. 

### rrcua autherfizlng euoh operfitlon, 

### Tory truly your8