2025 California Code
Public Resources Code - PRC
DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS
CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation
ARTICLE 3 - Well Stimulation
Section 3159.

Universal Citation:
CA Pub Res Code § 3159 (2025)
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3159. “Flowback fluid” means the fluid recovered from the treated well before the commencement of oil and gas production from that well following a well stimulation treatment. The flowback fluid may include materials of any phase.

(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 313, Sec. 2. (SB 4) Effective January 1, 2014.)

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