Texas Statutes
§ 52.094 — DRILLING OFFSET WELL ON CONDEMNED LAND.
Texas § 52.094
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Bluebook
Tex. Natural Resources Code Code Ann. § 52.094 (2026).
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Sec. 52.094. DRILLING OFFSET WELL ON CONDEMNED LAND.
(a)If the landowner or other interested party and the board or the lessee of the riverbed or channel cannot agree on the amount of damages, if any, and it is necessary to commence condemnation proceedings and if it is necessary for the landowner or other interested party to drill an offset well within the area to be condemned, the mineral rights of the condemned party are superior to the surface rights of the condemning party.
(b)If there is any conflict surrounding the drilling of an offset well under a permit from the Railroad Commission of Texas, the condemning party is required to move any interference or hindrance or to go around any offset well, and if he fails or refuses to immediately move the interference or hindrance on deman
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Legislative History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2453, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Nearby Sections
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§ 52.001
DEFINITIONS.§ 52.011
AREA SUBJECT TO LEASE.§ 52.012
CONDITIONS FOR LEASE.§ 52.014
DATE FOR LEASE AND NOTICE.§ 52.015
BID TO LEASE.§ 52.016
SPECIAL FEE.§ 52.017
KEEPING AND OPENING BIDS.§ 52.018
VOID APPLICATION.§ 52.019
TIE BIDS.§ 52.021
TERM OF LEASE.§ 52.022
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