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Drowning in Liability: Court Extends "Waste" Liability to SWD Operator; but preserves the RPO defense

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For every barrel of oil extracted in the Permian Basin, one report estimates that operators typically generate between 4-10 barrels of produced water—resulting in an estimated 3.9 billion barrels of produced water annually in Texas alone. —El Paso Dec. 27, 2024, no pet. Basic filed this appeal.