Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Corp. Commission v. Texas County Irrigation & Water Resources Ass'n
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided July 2, 1991No. 66698PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOOLIN, Justice.
This case involves a process used in the oil and gas industry known as enhanced recovery. Enhanced recovery operations consist of “introduction of fluid or energy into a common source of supply for the purpose of increasing the recovery of oil therefrom ...” 1 Once petroleum is produced from a particular reservoir for an extended period of time the natural pressure in the reservoir may drop to such a level that petroleum will no longer flow into the wellbore. At that time, the operators of the wells in the reservoir will consider enhanced recovery operations in which fluids…
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- Bomford v. Socony Mobil Oil Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1968
- Harry R. Carlile Trust v. Cotton Petroleum Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1986
- Ricks Exploration Co. v. Oklahoma Water Resources BoardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1984
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