Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-288.5D — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-288.5D
Levying fee to fund Commission
Status: in_force

A. To fund the activities of the Committee for Sustaining

Oklahoma's Energy Resources for the purpose of encouraging and

funding research and development of new technologies in the oil and

natural gas industry and to support activities relating to

marginally producing oil and gas wells, a fee shall be levied in the

amount of thirty-five hundredths of one cent ($0.0035) on each

barrel of petroleum liquid and fifteen thousandths of one cent

($0.00015) on each one thousand (1,000) cubic feet (Mcf) of natural

gas, including casinghead gas, produced from each well in the State

of Oklahoma except for oil and gas production exempt from the

payment of gross production tax pursuant to Section 1001 of Title 68

of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. The fee levied by subsection A of this section shall be

deducted from the proceeds of production by the person remitting

gross production tax to the Oklahoma Tax Commission pursuant to

Section 1001 et seq. of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The fee

shall be remitted to the Tax Commission in the same manner as is

provided by law for the payment of gross production tax. However,

the fee shall not be required to be paid until the accrued amount

due from any person required to remit the fee reaches Twenty-five

Dollars ($25.00), except that any amount accrued for any calendar

year shall be paid by January 31st of the following year. To defray

the costs of receiving and depositing the fees levied by this

section, the Tax Commission shall retain three percent (3%) of the

fees received for deposit into the Oklahoma Tax Commission Revolving

Fund created pursuant to Section 113 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma

Statutes. The remaining monies received by the Tax Commission

pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Sustaining

Oklahoma's Energy Resources Revolving Fund created by Section 288.5B

of this title.

C. The Committee for Sustaining Oklahoma's Energy Resources

shall be responsible for taking appropriate and necessary actions to

collect any fee which is not paid or is not properly paid. The Tax

Commission shall not be responsible for collecting any fee not

remitted to the Tax Commission for deposit into the Sustaining

Oklahoma's Energy Resources Revolving Fund. The Tax Commission

shall report to the Committee for Sustaining Oklahoma's Energy

Resources any information it obtains regarding failure of any person

to properly pay the fee due, including any documentation it may have

of the failure.

D. The Tax Commission shall promulgate rules to establish

procedures and forms necessary for the remittance of the fee levied

by this section.

E. The Committee for Sustaining Oklahoma's Energy Resources or

any successor committee shall be prohibited from utilizing any funds

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 52. Oil and Gas Page 150

collected through the assessment authorized by this section for the

purpose of influencing governmental action or policy, with the

exception of recommending amendments to Section 288.1 et seq. of

this title. The Committee shall be authorized to respond to any

request for information from the Governor, any members of the

Legislature, any public official or state agency.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-524 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-524
Natural gas - Preferred use
Status: in_force

The use of natural gas, on the premises in which it is produced

or in gathering pipelines located on lands in a proven gas field, to

pump water to the surface for irrigation on such premises, is a

preferred use, prior in order to all other uses to which such gas

may be devoted.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-152 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-152
Salaries, costs and expenses - Payment
Status: in_force

Subject to the traveling and subsistence limitations applicable

to state employees generally, and to the extent approved by the

Corporation Commission, employees of the Oil and Gas Conservation

Division shall be paid all necessary traveling and subsistence

expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and functions.

The Commission is further authorized to incur such other costs and

expenses for equipment, facilities, supplies, services and other

operating costs as determined by the Commission to be reasonably

necessary and proper for the functioning of the Oil and Gas

Conservation Division and the administration and enforcement by the

Commission of its powers, duties and functions with respect to oil

and gas conservation and the prevention of pollution. All salaries

and authorized expenses of the employees of the Oil and Gas

Conservation Division and all other authorized cost and expense

incurred for or on account of the Oil and Gas Conservation Division

or for the administration and enforcement by the Commission of its

powers, duties and functions with respect to oil and gas

conservation and the prevention of pollution, may be paid out of

funds appropriated to the Commission for such purpose.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-420.63 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-420.63
Renumbered as § 130.23 of Title 74 by Laws 1991, c
Status: in_force

235, § 24, eff. July 1, 1991.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-92 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-92
Reports - Oil purchased or transported - Forms -
Status: in_force

Verification.

The Commission is hereby authorized and empowered by orders,

rules or regulations issued by it to require all takers of oil in or

out of any prorated common source of supply to make and file

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periodically with the Commission, at such time or times, as often as

the Commission shall in such orders, rules, and regulations provide,

reports of all oil purchased and/or transported by such takers

within or from such prorated fields, and that duplicate copies

thereof shall be filed with the Proration Umpire. Said reports

shall be upon forms prescribed by the Commission and shall describe

the leases and properties, and, if ordered by the Commission, the

wells from which crude oil has been taken by any such taker, and the

amount thereof, and shall contain such other information as will

enable or assist the Commission in enforcing the provisions of this

act, which may be required by the orders, rules and regulations of

the Commission; and shall be verified by the maker thereof upon

oath.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-47.8 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-47.8
Appeals
Status: in_force

Any person aggrieved by any order of the Commission issued

pursuant to the provisions of the Hazardous Liquid Transportation

System Safety Act or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to

the provisions of the Hazardous Liquid Transportation System Safety

Act may appeal said order as provided for by Section 318 of Title 75

of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-47.2 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-47.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Hazardous Liquid Transportation System Safety

Act:

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1. “Commission” means the Corporation Commission;

2. “Hazardous liquid” means petroleum or petroleum products and

anhydrous ammonia;

3. “Person” means any individual, corporation, industry, firm,

partnership, association, venture, trust, institution, or federal,

state, or local governmental instrumentality, or any legal entity

however organized; and

4. “Transportation system” means a system of pipelines,

conduits, pumping stations and force mains, temporary storage

facilities, and all other constructions, devices, appurtenances, and

facilities used in the movement of hazardous liquids. Said term

does not include gathering pipelines in rural areas, onshore oil or

gas production, refining, or manufacturing facilities, oil or gas

storage facilities, or in-plant piping systems associated with said

oil or gas facilities.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-287.13 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-287.13
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this act, unless the context otherwise

requires:

(a) The term "lessee" refers not only to lessees under oil and

gas leases but also to the owners of unleased lands or mineral

rights having the right to develop the same for oil and gas.

(b) Any reference to a separately-owned tract, although in

general terms broad enough to include the surface and all underlying

common sources of supply of oil and gas shall have reference thereto

only in relation to the common source of supply or portion thereof

embraced within the unit area of a particular unit.

(c) The phrase "oil and gas" shall refer not only to oil and gas

as such in combination one with the other, but shall have general

reference to oil, gas, casinghead gas, casinghead gasoline, gas

distillate, or other hydrocarbons, or any combination or

combinations thereof, which may be found in or produced from a

common source of supply of oil, oil and gas or gas distillate.

(d) The term "person" shall mean and include any individual,

corporation, partnership, common law or statutory trust, association

of any kind, the State of Oklahoma or any subdivision or agency

thereof acting in a proprietary capacity, guardian, executor,

administrator, fiduciary of any kind, or any other entity or being

capable of owning an interest in and to a common source of supply of

oil and gas.

(e) The term "unit expense" shall include and mean any and all

cost, expense, or indebtedness incurred by the unit in the

establishment of its organization, or incurred in the conduct and

management of its affairs or the operations carried on by it.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-56 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-56
Oil carriers are common carriers - Discrimination
Status: in_force

prohibited.

Every corporation, joint-stock company, partnership or person,

engaged in the business of carrying or transporting crude oil or

petroleum or any of the products thereof for hire or otherwise, by

pipeline, within this state, and by virtue of and in conformity to,

any valid law incapable of revocation by any laws of this state or

of the United States, or by virtue of and in conformity to the

provisions of this article, shall be deemed a common carrier thereof

as at common law and no such common carrier shall allow or be guilty

of any unjust or unlawful discrimination, directly or indirectly, in

favor of the carriage, transportation, storage or delivery of any

crude, stock or storage oil, or any products thereof, in its

possession or control, or in which it may be interested, directly or

indirectly.

R.L. 1910, § 4309.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-147 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-147
Institution of condemnation proceedings by lessees
Status: in_force

Every person, firm or corporation operating an oil and gas

mining lease in the State of Oklahoma, and having been directed by

order or orders of the Corporation Commission to dispose of water or

other deleterious substances therefrom, upon proper showing at a

hearing before the Corporation Commission, that the necessary

rights-of-way to dispose of such water or other deleterious

substances are impossible to obtain by negotiation and purchase,

such person, firm or corporation shall be authorized to institute

condemnation proceedings in the name of the Corporation Commission

to obtain rights-of-way necessary to comply with such order or

orders of the Corporation Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-420.22 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-420.22
Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research, Marketing
Status: in_force

and Safety Commission - Creation.

A. There is hereby created until July 1, 2015, the Oklahoma

Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Commission

which shall be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law.

The purpose of the Commission is to coordinate marketing and

research activities of the LP gas industry and to promote safety

through programs and education.

B. The Commission shall be subject to review and termination

under the Oklahoma Sunset Law prior to July 1, 2012, if at least

fifty-one percent (51%) of all Class I LP gas permit holders in the

state sign a petition requesting such a review. The petition shall

be submitted to the House of Representatives and State Senate

committees responsible for sunset review.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-420.53 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-420.53
Renumbered as § 130.13 of Title 74 by Laws 1991, c
Status: in_force

235, § 24, eff. July 1, 1991.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-8 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-8
Plat and information showing trunk lines - Filing with
Status: in_force

Corporation Commission.

Before any gas pipeline corporation shall acquire any right-of-

way, or exercise the right of eminent domain within this state, or

construct any pipelines for the transportation of gas, it shall file

in the office of the Corporation Commission a plat showing in detail

the points in this state between which and the route along which its

trunk line is proposed to be constructed, the intended size and

capacity thereof, and the location and capacity of all pumping

stations, gate valves, check valves and connections of all kinds on

said trunk lines; and upon the demand of the Corporation Commission,

it shall file a plat showing in detail all the lines owned or

operated by it, with full information as to their capacity and size,

location and capacity of its pumping station, gate valves, check

valves and connections of all kinds in existence.

R.L. 1910, § 4301.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-420.29 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-420.29
Assessment refund
Status: in_force

A. Any person subject to the assessment levied by Section

420.27 of this title may request a refund, as provided for in this

section, of the assessment paid on the first sale of odorized LP gas

for the preceding calendar year. Upon compliance with the

provisions of this section and rules promulgated by the Commission,

the Commission shall refund to each person requesting a refund the

amount of the assessment paid by or on behalf of such person during

the preceding calendar year. Refunds made to persons subject to the

assessment shall in turn be refunded by the person to each customer

based on the percentage of the total volume of LP gas purchased by

each customer. As used in this section, "customer" shall mean the

end-user who consumes the LP gas.

B. The request for a refund of the assessment for the preceding

calendar year must be made during the first calendar month following

the calendar year for which the refund is requested. Failure to

request a refund during this period shall terminate the right of any

person to receive a refund for the assessment paid for the preceding

calendar year. The Commission shall give notice of the availability

of the refund through press releases or such other means as it deems

appropriate.

C. Each person requesting a refund shall execute an affidavit

showing the amount of refund requested and the volume of sales of LP

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gas made by the person to each customer. The Commission may require

records to be submitted verifying the volume of sales and may verify

the accuracy of the request for refund.

D. No person or company who requests a refund under this

section shall be eligible to serve or have a representative serve as

a member of the Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-107 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-107
Process - Service - How made - Return
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided or authorized in this act, service

of any notice, petition or other pleading, citation, summons,

subpoena, order of the Commission of which service is required, and

execution, commitment or other process, in any proceeding before the

Commission under the provision of this act, may be made by the

Proration Umpire, his assistant or any deputy to the Proration

Umpire, or by any other person authorized and directed by order of

the Commission to make such service, and such service may be made

upon any person, firm, trust, association or corporation, required

to be served, in the same manner as is provided for the service of

summons in civil actions in the district courts of the state, upon

such persons, firms, trusts, associations, and corporations

respectively. The officer or other person making any such service

shall make his return thereof and file the same with the Secretary

of the Commission. Said return shall show the time when the notice,

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pleading, citation, petition, summons, subpoena, order of the

Commission, execution, commitment, or other process was received by

him and the time and manner the same was served by him.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-232 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-232
Drilling rights
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of Sections 29 and 239 of this title

any owner, producer, or oil and gas lessee of the surface, having

the right to drill for natural gas, shall have the right to sink a

well to the natural gas underneath the same and to take gas

therefrom until the gas under such surface is exhausted. The

drilling of a gas well or wells by any owner or lessee of the

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surface shall be regarded as reducing to possession his share of

such gas as is shown by his well.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-420.5 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-420.5
Fees on sale, purchase, rental and/or use of refillable
Status: in_force

cylinders and containers - Penalties.

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A. The Board is authorized to establish a fee, to be paid to

the Administrator, upon the sale, purchase, rental and/or use in

this state of liquefied petroleum gas refillable cylinders and all

other liquefied petroleum gas containers.

B. Each manufacturer of LP-Gas containers in Oklahoma, each

vendor of containers manufactured outside of the state, and each

person, firm or corporation placing any LPG container or cylinder in

use in this state shall pay the applicable fee. For vendors of

containers manufactured outside of this state, the fee or fees shall

apply and become due upon delivery to the vendors, or for their

account within the state of containers or cylinders purchased

outside of the state. In no event shall the fees herein levied be

paid or become payable on any container or cylinder sold, rented,

purchased or placed in use in this state prior to the effective date

of this act, or more than once on any container or cylinder, or upon

any container or cylinder resold, rerented, repurchased or reused in

this state. The Administrator is authorized to refund or credit

fees upon containers sold outside of the state upon which the fees

have previously been paid, or any fees which have erroneously been

paid, upon written application supported by affidavit setting forth

the basis for such refund. The Administrator is authorized to adopt

a system of identification of containers on which the fees herein

levied have been paid.

C. No person, firm or corporation shall use or install in this

state any container or cylinder upon which the applicable fee levied

above applies and has not been paid. In case of failure to pay

within the specified time, there shall be assessed a penalty of

twenty-five percent (25%), which shall be added to the applicable

fee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-137.1 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-137.1
Regulation of oil and gas activities by municipalities,
Status: in_force

counties, or other political subdivisions.

A municipality, county or other political subdivision may enact

reasonable ordinances, rules and regulations concerning road use,

traffic, noise and odors incidental to oil and gas operations within

its boundaries, provided such ordinances, rules and regulations are

not inconsistent with any regulation established by Title 52 of the

Oklahoma Statutes or the Corporation Commission. A municipality,

county or other political subdivision may also establish reasonable

setbacks and fencing requirements for oil and gas well site

locations as are reasonably necessary to protect the health, safety

and welfare of its citizens but may not effectively prohibit or ban

any oil and gas operations, including oil and gas exploration,

drilling, fracture stimulation, completion, production, maintenance,

plugging and abandonment, produced water disposal, secondary

recovery operations, flow and gathering lines or pipeline

infrastructure. All other regulations of oil and gas operations

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shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Corporation

Commission. Provided, notwithstanding any provision of law to the

contrary, a municipality, county or other political subdivision may

enact reasonable ordinances, rules and regulations concerning

development of areas within its boundaries which have been or may be

delineated as a one-hundred-year floodplain but only to the minimum

extent necessary to maintain National Flood Insurance Program

eligibility.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-570.14 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-570.14
Jurisdiction of district courts - Rulemaking power of
Status: in_force

Corporation Commission - Right of action of injured owner and costs

of suit - Statute of limitations.

A. The district courts within this state shall have the sole

and exclusive jurisdiction to determine the entitlement of any owner

in a well to:

1. Its share of proceeds from production; or

2. Damages, interest, court costs, attorney fees or allowable

litigation expenses incurred as a result of the violation of the

Production Revenue Standards Act.

B. Any rulemaking power granted to the Corporation Commission

by the Production Revenue Standards Act shall neither preclude nor

impair the right of any owner to obtain through the district courts

remedies available under existing law or additional remedies herein

granted to any owner injured in business or property by reason of

any action in violation of the provisions of the Production Revenue

Standards Act.

C. Any owner injured in business or property by reason of any

action in violation of the provisions of the Production Revenue

Standards Act shall have the right to:

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1. Recover actual damages so sustained; and

2. Obtain specific performance where equitable.

The prevailing party in any court proceeding brought pursuant to the

Production Revenue Standards Act shall be entitled to recover the

costs of the suit, including but not limited to reasonable attorney

and expert witness fees.

D. 1. For purposes of the Production Revenue Standards Act,

the statute of limitations on actions brought pursuant to the

provisions of the Production Revenue Standards Act shall be five (5)

years from the date the cause of action shall have accrued;

provided, however, nothing shall create, limit or expand any statute

of limitations applicable to production occurring prior to September

1, 1992.

2. The statute of limitations provided for pursuant to this

subsection shall also apply to the Commissioners of the Land Office.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-570.15 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-570.15
Performance pursuant to act - Satisfaction of duties
Status: in_force

and obligation.

Notwithstanding the effective dates of various provisions of the

Production Revenue Standards Act, performance under the terms of the

Production Revenue Standards Act which causes proper payment of

proceeds to owners legally entitled thereto for sales of gas

production subsequent to the date of enactment but prior to the

effective date of the Production Revenue Standards Act will satisfy

duties or obligations pertaining to such sales under Sections 87.1

and 540 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes in effect on or before

the effective date of the Production Revenue Standards Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-117 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-117
Bribery - Punishment
Status: in_force

Whoever corruptly gives, offers or promises to give to any

member of the Commission, Proration Umpire, assistant or deputy of a

Proration Umpire, Proration Attorney, or agent or employee of the

Commission, any gift or gratuity whatsoever with an intent to

influence any such officer or person in his acts or conduct with

respect to (a) enforcing any order, rule or regulation of the

Commission made under this act, or (b) the discharge of any duty by

any such officer or person imposed upon him by the provisions of

this act, or by any order, rule, or regulation of the Commission

issued and promulgated under the provisions of this act, shall be

guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and shall be punished by

imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section

20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and by a fine not

exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-1.1 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-1.1
Corporations for producing, transmitting or transporting
Status: in_force

natural gas.

Any firm, co-partnership, association, or combination of

individuals may become a body corporate under the laws of this state

for the purpose of producing, transmitting, or transporting natural

gas to points within or without this state by complying with the

general corporation laws of the State of Oklahoma.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-317.1 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-317.1
Seeping natural gas - Jurisdiction, power, and authority
Status: in_force

of the Corporation Commission.

A. The Corporation Commission is vested with jurisdiction,

power, and authority, and it shall be its duty, to promulgate and

enforce rules, and issue and enforce orders relating to seeping

natural gas.

B. For purposes of this section, "seeping natural gas" shall

mean natural gas which has migrated into, under, or around a

structure at hazardous concentrations.

C. The jurisdiction, power, and authority of the Commission

shall extend to responding to any occurrences of seeping gas and

coordinating response efforts of private industry, state, county,

municipal, and local government entities. The Commission is

authorized to investigate seeping natural gas occurrences as

provided for in this section and to order any person responsible for

a facility which is found to be causing a seeping natural gas

occurrence to abate the hazard.

D. The Commission is authorized to form emergency response

teams to immediately respond to seeping natural gas occurrences as

provided for in this section.

E. 1. When there is an occurrence of seeping natural gas, the

Commission shall seek to abate the hazard by:

a. issuing an order to a responsible person pursuant to

subsection C of this section, or

b. plugging a well if the source of the seeping natural

gas is a well drilled for the exploration or

production of oil or gas, including an injection or

disposal well.

2. If the Commission is unable to abate the hazard of a seeping

natural gas occurrence as provided for in paragraph 1 of this

subsection, the Commission may expend funds from the Corporation

Commission Plugging Fund as provided for in Section 180.10 of Title

17 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the cost of installing a system to

divert natural gas away from a structure or otherwise abate the

hazards.

3. The Commission may seek reimbursement of expenditures made

by the Commission pursuant to this subsection from a responsible

person who has not complied with an order issued pursuant to

subsection C of this section. Any monies received as reimbursement

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shall be deposited to the credit of the Corporation Commission

Plugging Fund.

4. The Commission shall promulgate rules defining the criteria

for determining the eligibility of the owner of a structure for

assistance pursuant to this subsection. Eligibility shall be

determined based on the nature and extent of the hazard, the

financial need of the owner of the structure, and other relevant

factors.

F. The Commission shall not be responsible for damages to land

or improvements resulting from the investigation of seeping natural

gas occurrences as provided for in this section. Any person

entering upon the land pursuant to the authority of the Commission

under this section shall not be liable or held responsible for any

damages resulting from operations reasonably necessary or proper for

the investigation of the seeping natural gas occurrence or the

abatement of associated hazards.

G. Any person entering upon the land to investigate or abate

the associated hazards of a seeping natural gas occurrence, pursuant

to the authority of the Commission under this section, shall not be

held to have assumed responsibility for future abatement work on the

land or be liable for damages or otherwise for conditions

subsequently arising from or in connection with the land.

H. Nothing in this section shall relieve any person or persons

otherwise legally responsible from any obligation to properly abate

hazards associated with seeping natural gas.

I. The term "person" as used in this section means any

individual, business association or corporation, partnership,

governmental or political subdivision, public corporation, body

politic and corporate public authority, trust or any other legal

entity.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-529 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-529
Liability of operators - Jurisdiction - Venue
Status: in_force

Any owner or operator of a well who fails to comply with any

duty imposed by this act shall be liable to the person or persons

aggrieved for all damages suffered as a result thereof, including

any diminution in yield from said land which may arise from

inability to irrigate the same because of or arising out of the

failure to perform such duty. Any person entitled to rights under

the provisions of this act may bring an action or proceeding in the

district court of the county wherein the natural gas well or natural

gas gathering pipeline is situated to protect and enforce any or all

such rights.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-288.6 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-288.6
Board - Annual meeting - Regular meeting - Quorum -
Status: in_force

Additional meeting - Appointment of Director.

A. There shall be an annual meeting of the Board at which the

annual report and proposed budget will be presented. The Board

shall, at the call of the chairperson, hold at least three other

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regular meetings each year. The chairperson shall establish the

time, a manner and place of all meetings and shall provide notice of

such meetings. A majority of the members of the Board shall

constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. In

addition, the Board shall determine the circumstances under which

additional meetings of the Board may be held.

B. The Board may appoint a Director who shall carry out the

provisions of the Oklahoma Energy Education and Marketing Act. The

Director shall not be one of the appointed Board members.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-97 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-97
Commission - Jurisdiction to make orders, rules and
Status: in_force

regulations - Hearings.

The Commission upon its own motion, or upon the petition of the

Attorney General, or of the Conservation Attorney, or of the

Director of Conservation, on behalf of the state, or of any

operator, producer, or taker of oil from any common source of

supply, to be affected by any such order, rule or regulation, filed

with the Commission, shall have jurisdiction to make any and all

orders, rules and regulations authorized and/or provided for in

Sections 1 to 13 of this act, inclusive, provided that said orders,

rules, and regulations shall be made only after a hearing before the

Commission, of which the Commission shall have given at least ten

(10) days' notice, by one publication of such notice in some

newspaper of general circulation published in Oklahoma County,

Oklahoma, at which hearing the Attorney General, or the Conservation

Attorney or the Director of Conservation upon behalf of the state,

any operator or taker or producer of oil from any common source of

supply, or any other person interested in such common source or

sources of supply to be affected by the order, rule or regulation

sought, shall have an opportunity to offer evidence and to be heard

in support of or in opposition to such motion or petition for such

order, rule, or regulation. Such notice of hearing shall be signed

by at least a majority of the members of the Commission and shall

specify (a) the time and place of hearing, (b) briefly the general

nature of the order or orders, rule or rules, regulation or

regulations sought in the proceeding before the Commission, and (c)

the name or names or general description of the common source or

sources of supply that may be affected by any such rule, order, or

regulation, unless by such motion or petition filed the order or

orders, rule or rules, regulation or regulations sought are intended

to apply and affect the entire state.

With respect to any motion or petition filed under the

provisions of this act, the service of notice thereof and any

hearing thereon, and any order, rule or regulation, made thereon,

the Commission shall have the power of a court of record, and shall

have the further powers and authority with respect thereto

enumerated and provided in Section 98 of this title; provided, that

the Commission upon the date set or fixed in the notice of hearing

in any proceeding commenced under the provisions of this section, or

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 52. Oil and Gas Page 83

at the time of such hearing therein, or of making any order or

orders, rule or rules, regulation or regulations therein, may by its

order provide that said proceeding shall be continued upon the

docket of the Commission for further hearing or hearings therein,

and for the issuance and/or promulgation of further order or orders,

rule or rules, or regulation or regulations by the Commission

therein, modifying, supplementing, repealing or vacating any

previous order, rule or regulation of the Commission therein as it

shall determine; and if the Commission shall, in any such order,

rule or regulation continuing any such case upon its docket for

further hearings and orders therein, fix the time and place of such

hearing or hearings, no further notice thereof shall be required;

but if the Commission shall not, in its orders continuing upon its

docket any such proceeding for further hearings and orders therein,

fix the time and place of such hearing or hearings, then no further

hearing therein shall be had until notice thereof shall have been

given for the same length of time and in the same manner provided in

this act for notice of the initial hearing in said proceeding.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-288.3 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-288.3
Oklahoma Energy Resources Board
Status: in_force

There is hereby re-created until July 1, 2031, the Oklahoma

Energy Resources Board which shall be subject to the provisions of

the Oklahoma Sunset Law. The purpose of the Board is to coordinate

a program designed to demonstrate to the general public the

importance of the Oklahoma oil and natural gas exploration and

production industry, to encourage the wise and efficient use of

energy, to promote environmentally sound production methods and

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 52. Oil and Gas Page 143

technologies, to develop existing supplies of Oklahoma's oil and

natural gas resources, to support research and educational

activities concerning the oil and natural gas exploration and

production industry and to cause remediation of historical oilfield

environmental problems.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-420.26 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-420.26
LP Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research, Marketing and

Safety Commission to be designated the "LP Gas Research, Marketing

and Safety Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund,

not subject to fiscal year limitations and shall consist of all

monies received by the Commission from assessments received and

collected pursuant to Section 420.27 of this title, and donations,

grants, contributions and gifts from any public or private source

and any monies appropriated by the Oklahoma State Legislature. The

Commission may expend funds as provided for by law. Expenditures

from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State

Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the

Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for

approval and payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-142 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-142
Cooperation and assistance of other environmental
Status: in_force

agencies.

Each environmental agency in pursuance of its duties with

respect to the protection of the environment and natural resources

of the state is authorized and it shall be its duty to assist and

cooperate with the Commission in the performance of its duties under

this act by making investigations, gathering evidence and filing

reports or complaints with the Commission concerning conditions with

respect to the handling, storage and disposition of deleterious

substances and by making recommendations from time to time to the

Commission with respect to rules, regulations, orders or other

action that may be required to carry out the purpose of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-119 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-119
Bribery - State's evidence - Immunity
Status: in_force

In all cases involving the offering, promising, giving or

receiving any gift, or gratuity, made criminal by Sections 34 and 35

of this act, and in all cases for conspiracy under Section 32 of

this act, the party to such crime or crimes who shall first furnish

information in relation thereto as against the other party or

parties thereto, and in any prosecution therefor shall testify to

the same truthfully and fully, shall not thereafter be criminally

liable therefor, but in such cases no conviction shall be had on the

uncorroborated testimony of one such witness.

Added by 1933, c. 131, p. 297, § 36, emerg. eff. April 10, 1933.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-570.6 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-570.6
Selling royalty gas in kind - Consumption and accounting
Status: in_force

for royalty gas.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 52. Oil and Gas Page 237

A. A royalty interest owner who has a right to sell royalty gas

in kind may do so as described in the agreement creating such right,

but in no event upon less than sixty (60) days' prior written notice

to its lessee or lessees and the operator. Solely for purposes of

revenue allocation under the Production Revenue Standards Act, the

interest of a royalty interest owner selling gas and the working

interest burdened thereby shall each be regarded as part royalty

interest and part working interest, in the same percentages that the

royalty and working interests are provided in the lease. A royalty

interest owner selling gas shall remit the royalty share of its gas

sales to the operator in the same manner as any other producing

owner.

B. If metered, consumption of gas from a well by a royalty

interest owner or surface owner wherein there is no sale of such gas

shall be deemed production by the working interest owner burdened by

the contractual right to consume gas and shall be accounted for at

the average price, weighted by volume, of gas from that well sold by

such working interest owner during that month. In the absence of a

sale by such working interest owner, the average price, weighted by

volume, of gas from that well sold by all producing owners during

that month, shall be used.

C. A burdened working interest owner and the operator shall

have the right to accomplish the accounting required pursuant to

this section by offset or adjustment.

D. Royalty gas taken in kind by the Commissioners of the Land

Office shall be considered consumption of gas from a well by a

royalty interest owner and shall be deemed production by the working

interest owner burdened by the contractual right of the

Commissioners of the Land Office to take such gas in kind. Such gas

shall be accounted for by the working interest owner so burdened at

the average price, weighted by volume, of gas from that well sold by

such working interest owner during that month. In the absence of a

sale by such working interest owner, the average price, weighted by

volume, of gas from that well sold by all producing owners during

that month shall be used. The Commissioners of the Land Office

shall account to such working interest owner for such royalty gas

taken in kind at the average price, weighted by volume, of gas from

that well sold by all producing owners during that month.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-287.10 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-287.10
Enlargement of area - Creation of new units - Amendment
Status: in_force

of plan.

The unit area of a unit may be enlarged to include adjoining

portions of the same common source of supply, including the unit

area of another unit, and a new unit created for the unitized

management, operation and further development of such enlarged unit

area, or the plan of unitization may be otherwise amended, all in

the same manner, upon the same conditions and subject to the same

limitations as herein provided with respect to the creation of a

unit in the first instance, except, that where an amendment to plan

of unitization relates only to the rights and obligations as between

lessees the requirement that the same be signed, ratified or

approved by royalty owners of record of not less than sixty-three

percent (63%) of the unit area shall have no application.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-115 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-115
Conspiracy to violate act - Punishment
Status: in_force

If two or more persons conspire to violate any provision of this

act, or any lawful order, rule, or regulation of the Commission

fixing the method, manner, amount and rate of production of oil or

gas from any common source of supply in the State of Oklahoma or

conspire to produce oil or gas from any well or wells in any common

source of supply in the State of Oklahoma in excess of the allowable

production permitted from such well or wells as fixed and determined

by any lawful order, rule, or regulation of the Commission or

conspire to avoid making or filing any report, map or drawing, or to

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file any false report, map or drawing with respect to the method,

manner, time, place, amount, or rate of production of oil or gas

from any well or wells in any common source of supply in the State

of Oklahoma, or conspire to avoid the making or filing of any

report, map or drawing, or to file any false report, map or drawing,

with respect to the removal or transportation of oil or gas by any

means whatsoever, from any common source of supply, as may be

prescribed or required by this act or by any lawful order, rule, or

regulation of the Commission; or conspire to make any false

statement therein with respect to any material matter contained

therein, and one or more such parties shall do any act to effect the

object of any such conspiracy, then each of the parties to any such

conspiracy shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D1 felony

offense in any court having jurisdiction of the offense, be fined

not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or imprisoned as

provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes, or both.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-36.3 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-36.3
Condemnation of subsurface stratum or formation -
Status: in_force

Operation of storage facilities - Limitations.

Any public utility may condemn for its use for the underground

storage of natural gas any subsurface stratum or formation in any

land which the Commission shall have found to be suitable and in the

public interest for the underground storage of natural gas, and in

connection therewith may condemn such other interests in property as

may be required adequately to examine, prepare, maintain and operate

such underground natural gas storage facilities; provided, however,

that the right of condemnation of underground sands, formations and

strata, granted hereby, shall be limited as follows:

(a) No sand, formation, or stratum which is producing or which

is capable of producing oil in paying quantities, through any known

recovery method, shall be subject to appropriation hereunder;

(b) No gas bearing sand, formation, or stratum shall be subject

to appropriation hereunder, unless the volumes of native gas

originally in place therein shall be shown to be substantially

depleted, and that such sand, formation or stratum has a greater

value or utility as a gas storage reservoir for the purpose of

insuring an adequate supply of natural gas for any particular class

or group of consumers of natural gas, or for the conservation of

natural gas, than for the production of the relatively small volumes

of native gas which remain therein, provided that no gas sand,

formation or stratum shall be condemned under the terms of this act

when the gas therein is being used for the secondary recovery of

oil, unless gas in necessary and required amounts is furnished to

the operator or operators of the secondary recovery operations for

as long as oil is produced in paying quantities in the secondary

operations for the recovery of oil at the same cost as that at which

the gas was being produced at the time of condemnation by the

operator of the secondary recovery project or projects.

(c) Only such area of such underground sand, formation or

stratum as may reasonably be expected to be penetrated by gas

displaced or injected into such underground gas storage reservoir

may be appropriated hereunder.

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(d) No rights or interest in existing underground gas

reservoirs, being used for the injection, storage and withdrawal of

natural gas, owned or operated by others than the condemner, shall

be subject to appropriation hereunder.

The right of condemnation hereby granted shall be without

prejudice to the rights of the owner of said lands or of other

rights or interests therein to drill or bore through the underground

stratum or formation so appropriated in such manner as shall comply

with orders, rules and regulations of the commission issued for the

purpose of protecting underground storage strata or formations

against pollution and against the escape of natural gas therefrom

and shall be without prejudice to the rights of the owner of said

lands or other rights or interests therein as to all other uses

thereof. The additional cost of complying with such regulations or

orders in order to protect the storage shall be paid by the public

utility.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-54 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-54
Common purchasers of oil - Required to purchase -
Status: in_force

Discrimination prohibited.

Every corporation, joint stock company, partnership or other

person, claiming or exercising the right to carry or transport crude

oil or petroleum or any of the products thereof, by pipeline for

hire or otherwise, within the limits of this state, as allowed by,

and upon compliance with the requirements of this article, as owner,

lessee, licensee, or by virtue of any other right or claim, which is

engaged in the business of purchasing crude oil or petroleum

therein, shall be deemed a common purchaser thereof, and shall

purchase all of the petroleum in the vicinity of, or which may be

reasonably reached by its pipelines, or gathering branches, without

discrimination in favor of one producer or one person as against

another, and shall fully perform all the duties of a common

purchaser; but if it shall be unable to perform the same, or shall

be legally excusable from purchasing and transporting all of the

petroleum produced, then it shall purchase and transport petroleum

from each person and producer ratably, in proportion to the average

daily production; and such common purchasers are hereby expressly

prohibited from discriminating in price or amount for like grades of

oil, or facilities as between producers or persons; and in the event

such purchaser is likewise a producer, it is hereby prohibited from

discriminating in favor of its own production, or storage, or

production or storage in which it may be interested, directly or

indirectly in whole or in part, and its own production and storage

shall be treated as that of any other person or producer.

R.L. 1910, § 4307.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-252 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-252
Procedure - Appeals
Status: in_force

In all proceedings under this act, the procedure shall be that

applicable to the proceedings of the Corporation Commission by

general law, and appeals may be taken from its decisions to the

Supreme Court of Oklahoma, in the same manner, and subject to the

same restrictions and provisions, as are applicable to such appeals

from the said Commission in other matters.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-91 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-91
Meters on pipelines - Commission to designate type -
Status: in_force

Inspection - Cost of operation.

The Commission is hereby empowered and authorized by its orders,

rules, and regulations, to require that meters be installed (a) upon

any pipeline used in purchasing and/or transporting oil in or out of

any prorated common source of supply and/or from storage adjacent

thereto and (b) upon any pipeline used in gathering and/or

transporting oil from leases or storage in such common source of

supply, to refineries, loading racks, and field or other storage,

and/or to deliver such oil to other transportation lines in or near

such fields. All meters installed pursuant to any order, rule or

regulation of the Commission made or issued by it under the

provisions of this section shall be of a type or types approved by

it and the Proration Umpire shall be in mechanical construction and

accuracy in operation, sufficient to register the oil transported

through the pipeline or pipelines upon which such meters are

installed with a degree of accuracy of not more than two percent

(2%) from accurate. Said meters shall be installed and maintained

at the cost and expense of the owner and/or operators of the

pipelines on which the same are required to be installed. No owner

or operator of any such pipeline upon which a meter or meters shall

have been installed and/or is being maintained pursuant to orders,

rules and regulations of the Commission made hereunder, shall

operate such pipeline or pipelines at any time when the meter or

meters thereon are not properly registering the flow of oil to the

knowledge of such owner or operator or when by the exercise of

reasonable diligence he or it should have known thereof, except or

unless permission to do so by order of the Commission shall have

been granted. Said meters shall at all times be subject to

inspection and reading by the Proration Umpire, his deputies, or any

person authorized and ordered by the Commission to inspect or read

the same. The provisions of this section shall be applied and

enforced by the Commission only when it finds and holds that the

installation of such meter or meters is necessary to the enforcement

of this act, and the installation of meters shall not be required

generally, and for other purposes as a means of measuring oil.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-46.2 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-46.2
Hearing and determination of applications - Appeals
Status: in_force

Applications for authority to operate under Section 1 of this

act shall be heard and determined by the Oklahoma Corporation

Commission and appeals from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission's

orders in such matters shall be granted pursuant to the Oklahoma

Constitution, Article 9, Sections 20, 21 and 22.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-420.23 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-420.23
Commission membership - Appointment - Qualifications -
Status: in_force

Geographical distribution - Employment - Term of office - Vacancies

- Chairperson - Travel reimbursement.

A. The Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research, Marketing and Safety

Commission shall be composed of at least twelve (12) members. The

twelve members shall be LP gas dealers who are holders of a permit

from the State Liquefied Petroleum Gas Administration; four to be

appointed by the Governor, four to be appointed by the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate and four to be appointed by the Speaker of the

House of Representatives. The Governor, President Pro Tempore of

the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives shall make

appointments of the LP gas dealers from a list of names submitted by

the Oklahoma Propane Gas Association.

B. The members of the Commission shall:

1. Be at least twenty-five (25) years of age;

2. Be a resident of the State of Oklahoma; and

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3. Have at least five (5) years of active experience in the LP

gas industry.

C. The membership of the Commission shall be distributed

geographically so that each quadrant of the state is represented

equally. Each appointing authority shall make one appointment from

each quadrant of the state. The boundaries of the quadrants shall

be Interstate 35 and Interstate 40. A person shall be considered as

representing a quadrant of the state if the person's permanent

residence is located in the quadrant.

D. Not more than two members of the Commission shall be

employed by or represent the same person, business, corporation or

entity or any subsidiary of an entity.

E. The initial term of office for members of the Commission

shall be as follows: three members for one (1) year, three members

for two (2) years and six members for three (3) years.

For the initial appointments which shall be made by September 1,

1994, each appointing authority shall make one appointment for a

one-year term, one appointment for a two-year term and two

appointments for three-year terms. Thereafter, the terms of the

members shall be for three (3) years.

F. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of office

in the same manner as the original appointment. The dealer members

may be removed from office by a majority vote of the three

appointing authorities in a manner as provided by law.

G. After October 1, 1994, the members of the Commission

appointed pursuant to subsection A of this section may by majority

vote appoint a maximum of three members representing companies which

provide goods and services to propane dealers. These additional

members shall have full voting rights and privileges and will serve

three-year terms. They may be removed from the Commission by a

majority vote of the LP gas dealer members of the Commission

appointed pursuant to subsection A of this section.

H. The Commission shall at its first meeting elect one of its

members as chairperson, who shall preside over meetings of the

Commission and perform any other duties as may be required by the

Commission.

I. No member of the Commission shall receive a salary or

reimbursement for duties performed as a member of the Commission,

however members are eligible to receive travel reimbursement as

provided in the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-287.3 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-287.3
Matters to be found by Corporation Commission -
Status: in_force

Requisites of petition.

If upon the filing of a petition therefor and after notice and

hearing, all in the form and manner and in accordance with the

procedure and requirements hereinafter provided, the Corporation

Commission shall find (a) that the unitized management, operation

and further development of a common source of supply of oil and gas

or portion thereof is reasonably necessary in order to effectively

carry on pressure maintenance or repressuring operations, cycling

operations, water flooding operations, or any combination thereof,

or any other nonprimary production form of joint effort calculated

to substantially increase the ultimate recovery of oil and gas from

the common source of supply; and (b) that one or more of the

unitized methods of operation as applied to such common source of

supply or portion thereof are feasible, will prevent waste and will

with reasonable probability result in the increased recovery of

substantially more oil and gas from the common source of supply than

would otherwise be recovered; and (c) that the estimated additional

cost, if any, of conducting such operations will not exceed the

value of the additional oil and gas so recovered; and (d) that such

unitization and adoption of one or more of such unitized methods of

operation is for the common good and will result in the general

advantage of the owners of the oil and gas rights within the common

source of supply or portion thereof directly affected, it shall make

a finding to that effect and make an order creating the unit and

providing for the unitization and unitized operation of the common

source of supply or portion thereof described in the order, all upon

such terms and conditions, as may be shown by the evidence to be

fair, reasonable, equitable and which are necessary or proper to

protect, safeguard, and adjust the respective rights and obligations

of the several persons affected, including royalty owners, owners of

overriding royalties, oil and gas payments, carried interests,

mortgagees, lien claimants and others, as well as the lessees. The

petition shall set forth a description of the proposed unit area

with a map or plat thereof attached, must allege the existence of

the facts required to be found by the Commission as hereinabove

provided and shall have attached thereto a recommended plan of

unitization applicable to such proposed unit area and which the

petitioner or petitioners consider to be fair, reasonable and

equitable.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-549.4 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-549.4
Perfection of oil and gas lien
Status: in_force

PERFECTION OF OIL AND GAS SECURITY INTEREST

An oil and gas lien is granted and exists as part of and

incident to the ownership of oil and gas rights and is perfected

automatically without the need to file a financing statement or any

other type of documentation. An oil and gas lien exists and is

perfected from the effective date of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-399 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-399
Partial invalidity - Effect
Status: in_force

The sections of this act and each part of such sections are

hereby declared to be independent sections and parts of sections,

and the holding of a section or part thereof or the application to

any person or circumstances to be invalid or ineffective, or

unconstitutional shall not affect any other section or part thereof

or the application of any section or part thereof to other persons

or circumstances.

Added by 1933, c. 165, p. 383, § 9, emerg. eff. May 1, 1933.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-420.14 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-420.14
Nonresidents - Prohibition on storage or dispensing
Status: in_force

The State Liquefied Petroleum Gas Administrator shall not issue

or renew any registration permit or license to any person, firm, or

corporation who is a resident of, or whose principal place of

business is located in, a state other than Oklahoma unless the laws

of such other state, and the rules and regulations of the authority

governing the storage and dispensing of liquefied petroleum gas

permit the operation of such business by citizens, firms, or

corporations of Oklahoma under the same or substantially similar

terms and conditions as those required for such operation in this

state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-46.1 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-46.1
Ammonia - Commercial fertilizers - Transportation by
Status: in_force

pipeline.

Pipeline companies operating in this state as common carriers

and companies operating pipelines in this state for conveying

natural or artificial gas for public utility service may transport

by pipeline ammonia and other substances and materials comprising

commercial fertilizer or used in manufacturing commercial fertilizer

when specifically authorized to so do by the Oklahoma Corporation

Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-31 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-31
Violation of act - Punishment
Status: in_force

Any person, copartnership, or corporation, its agent or

employees, violating any of the provisions of this act, or any order

of a court of competent jurisdiction of this state, or the

Corporation Commission, pursuant to the jurisdiction conferred by

this act, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined a sum of not less

than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), nor more than Five Thousand

Dollars ($5,000.00), or imprisonment not less than six (6) months,

nor more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment

for each and every violation of this act; but in case the monthly

runs or takings or transportation of gas shall average so as to be

without discrimination, as herein provided, a transaction or

transactions of any particular day or week or portion of a month

shall be disregarded; and the court of competent jurisdiction of the

county in which the omission or commission, which is in violation of

this act, has occurred, shall have jurisdiction of an action under

the Penal Code for the punishment thereof; and that said penalties

shall not be exclusive of civil liability.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-26 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-26
Prerequisite to carrying gas - Filing acceptance and plats
Status: in_force

- Records for Corporation Commission.

Before any corporation, joint stock company, limited

copartnership, partnership or other persons shall have, possess,

enjoy or exercise the right of eminent domain, right-of-way, right

to locate, maintain or operate pipelines, fixtures or equipment

thereunto belonging, or used in connection therewith, as authorized

by the provisions of this act, or shall have, possess, enjoy or

exercise any right (the word "right" in this connection being used

in its most comprehensive legal sense) conferred by this act, every

such corporation, joint stock company, limited copartnership,

partnership or other person, shall file in the office of said

Corporation Commission proper and explicit authorized acceptance of

the provisions of this act and the Constitution of this state, in

cases of pipelines a plat showing in detail the points within this

state between which, and the route along which the trunk lines are

proposed to be constructed, the intended size and capacity thereof,

and the location and capacity of all pumping stations, gate valves,

check valves and connections and appliances of all kinds used, or to

be used, on said trunk or lines; and upon demand of the Corporation

Commission the proper party or parties, as required by said

commission, shall properly file a plat showing in detail all the

lines owned and operated by them respectively, with full and

explicit information as to their capacity, size and location, and

the capacity of their pumping stations, gate valves, check valves

and connections of all kinds, respectively, required or used in the

operation thereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-318.7 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-318.7
Effect of act on existing contractual rights and contracts to establish correlative rights -
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 52. Oil and Gas Page 7contracts to establish correlative rights - Indian lands.

Nothing herein contained shall be construed to impair existing

contractual rights nor shall it prohibit parties from contracting to

establish correlative rights on the subject matter contained in this

act.

This act shall not be applicable to nor affect in any way

property held by an Indian whose interest is restricted against

voluntary or involuntary alienation under the laws of the United

States or property held by an Indian tribe or by the United States

for any Indian tribe.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-570.5 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-570.5
Designation of person for certain royalty, accounting
Status: in_force

and remittance functions.

A. The owners owning a majority in interest of the working

interest in a well or the Corporation Commission for cause upon

proper application by any working interest owner and notice to all

working interest owners in a well may designate a person other than

the operator, which person is defined for purposes of this section

to include, but not be limited to, a bank or a trust company, to

perform the royalty accounting and remittance functions assigned to

the operator pursuant to the Production Revenue Standards Act, upon

consent to and assumption by that person of:

1. Any costs thereby incurred; and

2. An obligation to furnish to the operator such information

necessary to the operator for the discharge of its duties.

B. Any person designated pursuant to this section shall assume

all rights and duties of and shall be held to the same standards of

care as the operator as set forth in this section and Sections 4, 6,

7 and 13 and subsections A and G of Section 8 and subsections C and

E of Section 10 of this act. Any person designated pursuant to this

section who is not a working interest owner in the well, a first

purchaser of production from the well or a bank or trust company

shall be bonded or post other surety in an amount equal to Fifty

Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). Except as provided by private

agreement or Corporation Commission order derived from other

statutory authority, such person shall not thereby assume other

rights or duties of the operator.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-556 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-556
Custody of Mineral Owner's Fund - Transfer of monies to
Status: in_force

Unclaimed Property Fund.

The State Treasurer shall retain custody of the Mineral Owner's

Fund and annually on a date established by the Treasurer shall

transfer to the Unclaimed Property Fund those monies which have been

in escrow accounts and the Mineral Owner's Fund five (5) years or

more after the date of pooling. After that time, such monies shall

be subject to the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-420.64 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-420.64
Renumbered as § 130.24 of Title 74 by Laws 1991, c
Status: in_force

235, § 24, eff. July 1, 1991.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-276 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-276
Enforcement of act - Hearings before Corporation
Status: in_force

Commission.

Any person, firm, or corporation, or the Attorney General on

behalf of the state, may institute proceedings before the

Corporation Commission, or apply for a hearing before said

Commission, upon any question relating to the enforcement of this

act, and jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon said Commission to

hear and determine the same. Said Commission shall set a time and

place, when and where such hearing shall be had and give reasonable

notice thereof to all persons or classes interested therein, by

publication in some newspaper or newspapers, having general

circulation in the state, and in addition thereto, shall cause

reasonable notice in writing to be served personally on any person,

firm or corporation complained against. In the exercise and

enforcement of such jurisdiction, said Commission is authorized to

determine any question or fact, arising hereunder, and to summon

witnesses, make ancillary orders, and use mesne and final process,

including inspection and punishment as for contempt, analogous to

proceedings under its control over public service corporations, as

now provided by law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-136 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-136
Application of procedural requirements - Right of appeal -
Status: in_force

Rules and regulations.

This act is subject to all of the procedural requirements of

Chapter 131, Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1933, including the right of

appeal to the Supreme Court of the state on the part of any person

aggrieved by any action under said subsections, and the Corporation

Commission is hereby vested with specific power and jurisdiction to

establish rules and regulations for the carrying out and enforcement

of all of the provisions of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-903 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-903
Failure to pay proceeds from production - Remedies
Status: in_force

Except for the right to enforce lien rights under private

agreement or under Sections 548 through 549.12 of Title 52 of the

Oklahoma Statutes and except where specific remedies are provided by

private agreement, and as long as paragraph 1 of subsection D of

Section 570.10 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes provides for an

interest rate equal to or greater than twelve percent (12%)

compounded annually, the Production Revenue Standards Act shall

provide the exclusive remedy to a person entitled to proceeds from

production for failure of a holder to pay the proceeds within the

time periods required for payment. The interest amounts set forth

in subsection D of Section 570.10 and the remedies set forth in

subsection C of Section 570.14 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

with the term “actual damages” as used therein being limited to the

proceeds due and the interest as provided in subsection D of Section

570.10 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes, are deemed to be

adequate remedies for failure to pay proceeds within the time

periods required for payment and no other penalty or damages shall

be recoverable in any litigation involving a claim for unpaid or

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 52. Oil and Gas Page 269

underpaid proceeds from production including, without limitation,

punitive or exemplary damages or disgorgement damages, unless there

shall be a determination by the finder of fact upon clear and

convincing evidence that the holder who failed to pay such proceeds

did so with the actual, knowing and willful intent: (a) to deceive

the person to whom the proceeds were due, or (b) to deprive proceeds

from the person the holder knows, or is aware, is legally entitled

thereto.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-233 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-233
Sale of gas - Prices and amounts of gas to be taken -
Status: in_force

Delivery.

Any person, firm or corporation, taking gas from a gas field,

except for purposes of developing a gas or oil field, and operating

oil wells, and for the purpose of his own domestic use, shall take

ratably from each owner of the gas in proportion to his interest in

said gas, upon such terms as may be agreed upon between said owners

and the party taking such, or in case they cannot agree at such a

price and upon such terms as may be fixed by the Corporation

Commission after notice and hearing; provided, that each owner shall

be required to deliver his gas to a common point of delivery on or

adjacent to the surface overlying such gas.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-205 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-205
Governor as official representative of state - Powers and
Status: in_force

duties - Assistant representatives.

The Governor is hereby designated as the official representative

of the State of Oklahoma on "The Interstate Oil Compact Commission"

provided for in the Compact herein authorized to be extended. The

Governor shall exercise and perform for the State of Oklahoma all

the powers and duties imposed by the aforesaid Compact upon a

representative to "The Interstate Oil Compact Commission"; provided,

that he shall have the authority to appoint an assistant

representative who shall act as the official representative of the

State of Oklahoma on "The Interstate Oil Compact Commission" when

the authority to so act is delegated to him by the Governor. In

addition said assistant representative shall perform such other

duties as the Governor may designate which are necessary to enable

the State of Oklahoma to fully cooperate in accomplishing the

objects of said Compact. Said assistant representative shall take

the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution which shall be

filed with the Secretary of State.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-22 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-22
Pipeline right-of-way - Eminent domain - Highways
Status: in_force

For the purpose of acquiring necessary right-of-way, every such

person is hereby granted the right of condemnation by eminent

domain, and in the use of the highways in this state, for the

purpose of transporting natural gas by pipelines, and the location,

laying, constructing, maintaining and operations thereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-525 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-525
Agricultural use of natural gas - Price - Installation of
Status: in_force

lines - Cessation of delivery.

Subject to prior contractual rights, every person, firm or

corporation owning or operating any gas well from which natural gas

is produced, sold or used off the premises on which such well is

located shall make available, upon request, to any person engaged in

agricultural activities upon such premises, sufficient gas from the

production of such well for the operation of pumps necessary for the

pumping of such amount of water, produced from wells on such

premises, as may be necessary and proper for the irrigation of such

portion of said premises as may be devoted to the growth of

agricultural products or to pasture or orchard uses. The person at

whose request the gas is furnished shall receive the gas at the

wellhead and pay therefor the price not to exceed that at which the

gas is sold at the wellhead. All cost of installation, including

the gas meter, shall be borne by the person at whose request the gas

is furnished. Provided, however, that the owner or operator of the

well may cease deliveries of gas upon fifteen (15) days' written

notice if the person requesting delivery fails to make payments for

delivered gas within forty-five (45) days after billing is made by

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 52. Oil and Gas Page 218

the owner or operator. The owner or operator shall be permitted a

reasonable surcharge for the cost of meter maintenance,

determination of volumes, accounting and other operational costs

incurred by the owner and operator in connection with the furnishing

of the gas.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-303 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-303
Penalty for violations
Status: in_force

Any person, co-partnership or corporation violating any of the

provisions of this article, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined

in any sum not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), nor more than

Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), in any court having competent

jurisdiction in the county in which the act shall have been

committed or omitted, or by being imprisoned for not less than

thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days, or by both such

fine and imprisonment. The amount of said penalty, when collected,

shall be paid, one-half (1/2) into the public road fund, of the

county in which said suit shall have been brought, and one-half

(1/2) to the informer in said action.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-391 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-391
Sale of petroleum products under deception as to quality
Status: in_force

or identity.

It shall be unlawful for a person, firm or corporation, to

store, sell, expose for sale or offer for sale, any liquid fuels,

lubricating oils, greases or other similar products in any manner

whatsoever, which deceives, tends to deceive, or has the effect of

deceiving the purchaser as to the nature, quality or identity of the

product so sold or offered for sale.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-420.55 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-420.55
Renumbered as § 130.15 of Title 74 by Laws 1991, c
Status: in_force

235, § 24, eff. July 1, 1991.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-420.3A — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-420.3A
Liability of sellers, suppliers, handlers, or
Status: in_force

transporters of liquified petroleum gas.

A. A person is not liable for damages and no legal action shall

be commenced or maintained against such person engaged in this state

in the business of selling at retail, supplying, handling, or

transporting liquefied petroleum gas if the alleged injury, damage,

or loss was caused by:

1. The alteration, modification, or repair of liquefied

petroleum gas equipment, containers, or a liquefied petroleum gas

appliance if the alteration, modification, or repair was done

without the knowledge and consent of the liquefied petroleum gas

seller, supplier, handler, or transporter; and

2. The liquefied petroleum gas equipment, containers, or a

liquefied petroleum gas appliance being used in a manner or for a

purpose other than that for which the equipment or appliance was

intended.

B. This section shall apply only to a person who complies with

the approved standards and rules as outlined in subsection E of

Section 420.3 of this title and who has not acted in a grossly

negligent or willful and wanton manner.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-65 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-65
Certified transcript shall be evidence
Status: in_force

A properly certified transcript of the report of any such

corporation, association or person shall, as against the maker

thereof, be prima facie evidence of the truth of any matter therein

contained.

R.L. 1910, § 4317.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-273 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-273
Waste defined - Regulations to prevent
Status: in_force

The term "waste" as used herein, in addition to its ordinary

meaning, shall include economic waste, underground waste, surface

waste, and waste incident to the production of crude oil or

petroleum in excess of transportation or marketing facilities or

reasonable market demands. The Corporation Commission shall have

authority to make rules and regulations for the prevention of such

wastes, and for the protection of all freshwater strata, and oil and

gas bearing strata, encountered in any well drilled for oil.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-420.54 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-420.54
Renumbered as § 130.14 of Title 74 by Laws 1991, c
Status: in_force

235, § 24, eff. July 1, 1991.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-318.4 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-318.4
Undertakings which may be posted as damage deposit
Status: in_force

A. Every operator doing business in this state shall file a

corporate surety bond, letter of credit from a banking institution,

cash, or a certificate of deposit with the Secretary of State in the

sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) conditioned upon

compliance with Sections 318.2 through 318.9 of this title for

payment of any location damages due which the operator cannot

otherwise pay. The Secretary of State shall hold such corporate

surety bond, letter of credit from a banking institution, cash or

certificate of deposit for the benefit of the surface owners of this

state and shall ensure that such security is in a form readily

payable to a surface owner awarded damages in an action brought

pursuant to this act. Each corporate surety bond, letter of credit,

cash, or certificate of deposit filed with the Secretary of State

shall be accompanied by a filing fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00).

B. The bonding company or banking institution shall file, for

such fee as is provided for by law, a certificate that said bond or

letter of credit is in effect or has been canceled, or that a claim

has been made against it in the office of the court clerk in each

county in which the operator is drilling or planning to drill. Said

bond or letter of credit must remain in full force and effect as

long as the operator continues drilling operations in this state.

Each such filing shall be accompanied by a filing fee of Ten Dollars

($10.00).

C. Upon deposit of the bond, letter of credit, cash, or

certificate of deposit, the operator shall be permitted entry upon

the property and shall be permitted to commence drilling of a well

in accordance with the terms and conditions of any lease or other

existing contractual or lawful right.

D. If the damages agreed to by the parties or awarded by the

court are greater than the bond, letter of credit, cash, or

certificate of deposit posted, the operator shall pay the damages

immediately or post an additional bond, letter of credit, cash, or

certificate of deposit sufficient to cover the damages. Said

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increase in bond, letter of credit, cash, or certificate of deposit

shall comply with the requirements of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-87.4 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-87.4
Affidavit of election for drilling well under pooling
Status: in_force

order.

An affidavit evidencing any election for the drilling of a well

under a pooling order issued pursuant to the proceedings set out in

subsection (e) of Section 87.1 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes

shall constitute constructive notice of the rights under the

election claimed by the affiant when the affidavit is filed of

record in the office of the county clerk for the county in which the

lands described in the pooling order are located. The affidavit

shall set out the name, address, if known, and election or deemed

election for each pooled respondent included in the affidavit and

shall have a copy of the pooling order attached. The affidavit may

be filed by the operator designated in the pooling order or by any

other interested party with knowledge of any election made. Filing

of the affidavit shall not affect notice provided by virtue of

pooling proceedings conducted by the Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-420.57 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-420.57
Renumbered as § 130.17 of Title 74 by Laws 1991, c
Status: in_force

235, § 24, eff. July 1, 1991.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-581.8 — OK Code / Title 52 / Section 52-581.8
Distribution of revenues from sale of production
Status: in_force

Proper distribution of revenues from the sale of production from

the well shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 540 of

this title and the Production Revenue Standards Act, Sections 1

through 15 of this act.