The concurrence highlights areas of potential future litigation and regulatory activity. For instance, surface owners could seek royalties for produced water leases or sales. Produced water is also a target source for mining of critical minerals, such as lithium. Although some oil and gas leases extend to all minerals, the ones at issue in Cactus Water Services covered only “oil, gas, and other hydrocarbons,” and the Court’s opinion specifically noted in a footnote that it was not resolving any ownership questions related to non-hydrocarbon minerals. Proposed Texas legislation directed at clarifying ownership of minerals like lithium produced from brine (defined to exclude produced water) failed to advance this session, but highlights the potential for future related disputes.

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