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La. Rev. Stat. § 30:22 (2026)

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§22. Underground storage of natural gas, liquid hydrocarbons, and carbon dioxide

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Cited in 8 cases, 1973–2016 · leading case: S. Nat. Gas Co. v. Poland, 406 So. 2d 657 (La. Ct. App. 1981).
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S. Nat. Gas Co. v. Poland, 406 So. 2d 657 (La. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 9× “In a later enacted statute, LRS 30:22, the legislature has declared that the underground storage and reservation of large quantities of natural gas, for orderly withdrawal in periods of peak demand by the consumer, is in the public interest and public purpose.”
Mid-Louisiana Gas Co. v. Sanchez, 280 So. 2d 406 (La. Ct. App. 1973). · cites it 12× “Furthermore, LSA-R.S. 30:22 adopted in 1962 specifically provides for the issuance by the Commissioner of Conservation authority for the gas company to utilize the property for the underground storage of natural gas.”
Enable Mississippi River Transmission, L.L.C. v. Nadel & Gussman, L.L.C., 844 F.3d 495 (5th Cir. 2016). “In authorizing West Unionville, the commissioner is empowered to deem all natural gas in the facility that “has previously been reduced to possession and which is subsequently injected into [the] underground storage reservoir” to be “deemed the property of the injector.”
S. Nat. Gas Co. v. Poland, 384 So. 2d 528 (La. Ct. App. 1980). “The record establishes that plaintiff did have permission of the Louisiana Commissioner of Conservation to utilize the reservoir, and that the project is necessary and for a public purpose.”
S. Nat. Gas Co. v. Sutton, 406 So. 2d 669 (La. Ct. App. 1981). “1, § 4, and LRS 30:22. More recent cases have stated the principle.”
United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Watson Oil Corp., 306 So. 2d 731 (La. 1975). “Pursuant to R.S. 30:22 (Sec. 1 of Act 190 of 1962) United Gas Pipeline Co.”
Jordan v. Sutton, 424 So. 2d 305 (La. Ct. App. 1982). “00 in expenditures for the storage project so that options from 75% of the owners in interest could be acquired as required under LSA-R.S. 30:22. This was necessary before SNG could apply to the Department of Conservation for an order establishing an underground natural gas…”
Memphis Light, Gas & Water Div. v. Philley, 147 So. 3d 769 (La. Ct. App. 2014). “R.S. 30:22. Underground storage of natural gas, liquid hydrocarbons, and carbon dioxide A.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 30:22(A) — 1 case
S. Nat. Gas Co. v. Poland, 406 So. 2d 657 (La. Ct. App. 1981). “In a later enacted statute, LRS 30:22, the legislature has declared that the underground storage and reservation of large quantities of natural gas, for orderly withdrawal in periods of peak demand by the consumer, is in the public interest and public purpose.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 30:22(B) — 4 cases
S. Nat. Gas Co. v. Poland, 406 So. 2d 657 (La. Ct. App. 1981). “In a later enacted statute, LRS 30:22, the legislature has declared that the underground storage and reservation of large quantities of natural gas, for orderly withdrawal in periods of peak demand by the consumer, is in the public interest and public purpose.”
Enable Mississippi River Transmission, L.L.C. v. Nadel & Gussman, L.L.C., 844 F.3d 495 (5th Cir. 2016). “In authorizing West Unionville, the commissioner is empowered to deem all natural gas in the facility that “has previously been reduced to possession and which is subsequently injected into [the] underground storage reservoir” to be “deemed the property of the injector.”
Mid-Louisiana Gas Co. v. Sanchez, 280 So. 2d 406 (La. Ct. App. 1973). “Furthermore, LSA-R.S. 30:22 adopted in 1962 specifically provides for the issuance by the Commissioner of Conservation authority for the gas company to utilize the property for the underground storage of natural gas.”
S. Nat. Gas Co. v. Poland, 384 So. 2d 528 (La. Ct. App. 1980). “The record establishes that plaintiff did have permission of the Louisiana Commissioner of Conservation to utilize the reservoir, and that the project is necessary and for a public purpose.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 30:22(B)(1)(b) — 1 case
Mid-Louisiana Gas Co. v. Sanchez, 280 So. 2d 406 (La. Ct. App. 1973). “Furthermore, LSA-R.S. 30:22 adopted in 1962 specifically provides for the issuance by the Commissioner of Conservation authority for the gas company to utilize the property for the underground storage of natural gas.”
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