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· 5/26/1989

Union Gas System, Inc. v. Carnahan

Citations

  • 774 P.2d 962
  • 245 Kan. 80
  • 106 Oil & Gas Rep. 294
  • 1989 Kan. LEXIS 119

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that injector’s gas was no longer subject to rule of capture as of date injector received KCC certification
  • holding Union not entitled to recover for gas produced before certificate issued
  • \The element of exclusiveness is not met because Union shared occupancy of the subsurface with the DeTars' native gas.\ [Emphasis added.]
  • “As soon as Union’s storage gas operation became authorized and its gas identifiable, the gas was no longer ferae naturae and subject to the rule of capture. The title to Union’s gas remained in Union.”
  • \The title to Union's captured gas remained in Union.\

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