Common use of Produced Water Clause in Contracts

Produced Water. Water produced from Xxxxx alongside Hydrocarbons, including (i) water separated from Hydrocarbons at the wellhead upstream of a Produced Water Receipt Point located at a Well Pad through conventional mechanical separation equipment and held in tanks owned by Producer at the Well Pad, including flowback water, drilling fluids, and other fluid wastes produced from such Xxxxx, and (ii) water entrained in Hydrocarbons that separates from such Hydrocarbons downstream of a Well Pad that a third party is not responsible for collecting, gathering, and/or disposing of and that is held in Off-Site Tanks, and including in each case all materials (including Hydrocarbons) contained in such water.