The unreasonable waste of natural gas by the act, omission, sufferance, or insistence of the lessor, lessee or operator of any land containing oil or gas, or both, whether before or after the removal of gasoline from the gas, is opposed to the public interest and is unlawful. The blowing, release, or escape of gas into the air shall be prima facie evidence of unreasonable waste.
Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 3300
Unreasonable Waste of Gas
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Tide Water Associated Oil Co. v. Superior Court (1955)
Most recently applied in Tide Water Associated Oil Co. v. Superior Court (January 1955)
Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.
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