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The Changing Landscape of Leasing and Minerals

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

The elephant in the room right now involves those questions about who owns beneficially-useful produced water and the minerals in the waste flow, such as lithium and others. The courts summary states, This dispute concerns whether the mineral lessee or the surface estate holder owns the produced water from oil and gas operations.

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