(225 ILCS 725/23.1) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5438)
Sec. 23.1.
The owner or owners of any tract of land which is productive or
capable of being productive of oil or gas or any owner or operator of an
oil and gas leasehold on which productive wells are situated, under a lease
authorizing the lessee or his assigns to explore for and remove oil and
gas, from any sand, strata, or formation, shall be permitted, in the
interest of oil and gas conservation, to use any enhanced recovery
method
for the purpose of recovering the oil and gas contained therein; provided,
that the owner or operator of a well to be used for any enhanced recovery
method shall make a written
application to the Department for authority so to do,
and provided that
written approval has been granted him by the Department; and provided
further that the operation shall be done under the rules and regulations of
the Department; and further provided, that use of any
enhanced recovery
method shall
not be deemed to be an unlawful act.
(Source: P.A. 85-1334.)
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