Prevention of waste.
Article 109
ART. 109. Prevention of waste.—All concessionaires, operators, contractors, or drillers, pipe line companies, petroleum refining companies, or gas distributing companies, drilling for or producing petroleum or petroleum products, or piping petroleum for any purpose, shall use every possible precaution in accordance with the most improved methods to stop and prevent waste of petroleum or natural gas in drilling and producing operations, storage or in piping or distributing, and shall not wastefully utilize petroleum or natural gas or allow same to leak or escape from natural reservoirs, wells, tanks, containers, or pipes.