Cactus Water Services, LLC, v. COG Operating, LLC, – Texas Supreme Court Decision – June 27, 2025

When a landowner has leased its “oil and gas” or “oil, gas, and other hydrocarbons,” and those leases limit the lessee’s right to use water, who owns groundwater that is mixed with oil when it is produced: the landowner or the lessee? 

Source: Cactus Water Services, LLC, v. COG Operating, LLC, – Texas Supreme Court Decision | FindLaw