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52 OK Stat § 52-240 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-240. "Common purchaser" - Discrimination in purchases prohibited - Regulation of purchases.

|Every person, firm or corporation, now or hereafter engaged in the business of purchasing and selling natural gas in this state, shall be a common purchaser thereof, and shall purchase all of the natural gas which may be offered for sale, and which may reasonably be reached by its trunk lines, or gathering lines without discrimination in favor of one producer as against another, or in favor of any one source of supply as against another save as authorized by the Corporation Commission after due notice and hearing; but if any such person, firm or corporation, shall be unable to purchase all the gas so offered, then it shall purchase natural gas from each producer ratably. It shall be unlawful for any such common purchaser to discriminate between like grades and pressures of natural gas, or in favor of its own production, or of production in which it may be directly or indirectly interested, either in whole or in part, but for the purpose of prorating the natural gas to be marketed, such production shall be treated in like manner as that of any other producer or person, and shall be taken only in the ratable proportion that such production bears to the total production available for marketing. The Corporation Commission shall have authority to make regulations for the delivery, metering and equitable purchasing and taking of all such gas and shall have authority to relieve any such common purchaser, after due notice and hearing, from the duty of purchasing gas of an inferior quality or grade. |Added by Laws 1915, c. 197, § 5, emerg. eff. March 30, 1915.
52 OK Stat § 52-241 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-241. Enforcement of act - Hearings before Corporation 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 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 shall in addition thereto cause notice to be served in writing upon any person, firm or corporation, complained against in the manner now provided by law for serving summons in civil actions. In the exercise and enforcement of such jurisdiction said Commission is authorized to summon witnesses, make ancillary orders, and use such 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. |Added by Laws 1915, c. 197, § 6, emerg. eff. March 30, 1915.
52 OK Stat § 52-242 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-242. Appeals to Supreme Court.

|Appellate jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court of this state to review the orders of said Commission made under this act. Such appeal may be taken by any person, firm or corporation, shown by the record to be interested therein, in the same manner and time as appeals are allowed by law from other orders of the Corporation Commission. Said orders so appealed from, may be superseded by the Commission or by the Supreme Court upon such terms and conditions as may be just and equitable. |Added by Laws 1915, c. 197, § 7, emerg. eff. March 30, 1915.
52 OK Stat § 52-243 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-243. Corporation Commission - Authority to make rules and regulations.

|The Corporation Commission shall have authority to make regulations for the prevention of waste of natural gas, and for the protection of all natural gas, fresh water, and oil-bearing strata encountered in any well drilled for oil or natural gas, and to make such other rules and regulations, and to employ or appoint such agents, with the consent of the Governor, as may be necessary to enforce this act. |Added by Laws 1915, c. 197, § 8, emerg. eff. March 30, 1915.
52 OK Stat § 52-244 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-244. Pipeline companies - Acceptance of act as prerequisite to right to operate.

|Before any person, firm or corporation shall have, possess, enjoy or exercise the right of eminent domain, right-of-way, right to locate, maintain, construct or operate pipelines, fixtures, or equipments belonging thereto or used in connection therewith, for the carrying or transportation of natural gas, whether for hire or otherwise, or shall have the right to engage in the business of purchasing, piping, or transporting natural gas, as a public service, or otherwise, such person, firm or corporation, shall file in the office of the Corporation Commission a proper and explicit authorized acceptance of the provisions of this act. |Added by Laws 1915, c. 197, § 9, emerg. eff. March 30, 1915.
52 OK Stat § 52-245 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-245. Mine Inspector - Duties unchanged.

|Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to interfere with any duties now imposed by law upon the Chief Mine Inspector of the state or his deputies. |Added by Laws 1915, c. 197, § 10, emerg. eff. March 30, 1915.
52 OK Stat § 52-246 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-246. Partial invalidity - Effect.

|The invalidity of any section, subdivision, clause, or sentence of this act shall not in any manner affect the validity of the remaining portion thereof. |Added by Laws 1915, c. 197, § 11, emerg. eff. March 30, 1915.
52 OK Stat § 52-247 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-247. Violation - Penalties.

|In addition to any penalty that may be imposed by the Corporation Commission for contempt, any person, firm or corporation, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, directly or indirectly violating the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, in a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine in any sum not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. |Added by Laws 1915, c. 197, § 12, emerg. eff. March 30, 1915.
52 OK Stat § 52-248 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-248. Declaration of policy.

|Whereas, agriculture constitutes one of the basic foundations of this state, and agricultural production in this state frequently is restricted and curtailed by reason of shortage of rainfall and could be increased and rendered more stable by irrigation, and, whereas, in many areas of the state in which surface water resources are inadequate to afford dependable and adequate sources of water for irrigation, there also exist ample subsurface reservoirs of water at such depths that they may be pumped successfully for irrigation only by use of an assured and adequate source of power, which is not available from commercial sources in rural neighborhoods, and, whereas, in many such areas there exist developed deposits of natural gas from which such power could be obtained, it is hereby declared and enacted that the use of natural gas on the premises from which it is produced to pump to the surface water to be used for irrigation on such premises is a preferred use, prior in order to all other uses which such gas may be devoted. |Added by Laws 1955, p. 283, § 1.
52 OK Stat § 52-249 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-249. Definition.

|As used in this act, the term "premises" means a tract or tracts of land embraced within the terms of a single lease or the document granting thereon the rights of exploration, development, operation and production with respect to oil and natural gas. |Added by Laws 1955, p. 283, § 2.
52 OK Stat § 52-250 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-250. Natural gas - Pumping of water for irrigation - Preferred use.

|From and after the effective date of this act, every person owning or operating any well from which natural gas is produced, sold or used off the premises on which such well is located shall make available, from the production of such well, to the person or persons engaged in agricultural activities upon such premises, if requested to do so, sufficient gas 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. Such gas shall be made available for such use in preference to any other use. The person at whose request the gas is furnished shall pay therefor a reasonable price, not less than the price at which the gas is sold at the wellhead, and the use shall be upon such reasonable terms and conditions as will safeguard the owner or operator of the well in his interests therein and in his off-premises market for the gas produced therefrom. |Added by Laws 1955, p. 284, § 3.
52 OK Stat § 52-251 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-251. Prices, terms and conditions - Determination.

|The prices, terms and conditions upon which natural gas shall be made available under this act shall be determined by negotiation between the parties. In the event of their inability to agree as to any or all of such prices, terms and conditions, either party to the negotiation may apply to the Corporation Commission to fix the same. In reaching its determination, the Corporation Commission shall consider the necessity of the applicant for the gas for the purposes specified herein, the value of such gas and its components, the efficient operation of the wells of the producer of the gas, the obligations assumed by such producer in the sale or other disposition of such gas, and all other factors relevant to the effectuation of the policy and purposes of this act with justice to all concerned. |Added by Laws 1955, p. 284, § 4.
52 OK Stat § 52-252 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-252. Procedure - Appeals.

|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. |Added by Laws 1955, p. 284, § 5.
52 OK Stat § 52-253 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-253. Initiation of proceedings.

|Proceedings before the Corporation Commission under this act may be brought individually by persons affected, or, in cases where the matters to be determined properly affect more than one tract or person, the persons in interest may join in initiating the proceeding or any such person may initiate the proceeding on behalf of himself and all persons similarly situated. |Added by Laws 1955, p. 284, § 6.
52 OK Stat § 52-254 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-254. Obligation of well operators.

|Nothing in this act shall create in any manner an obligation or duty on the part of the operator of any well or wells who furnishes gas under the terms hereof to furnish gas for use off the premises from which it is produced or to assume in any way public utility duties to the public at large in respect to the gas produced from such well, except as such duties may arise from such operator's acts separate and apart from any performance of obligations imposed under this act. |Added by Laws 1955, p. 284, § 7.
52 OK Stat § 52-255 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-255. Controversies pending.

|Pending the determination of any controversy before the Corporation Commission under this act, the owner or operator of the well or wells involved shall make available to the person entitled thereto natural gas, as prescribed by Section 3 hereof, on such temporary terms and conditions as the Corporation Commission may prescribe, by order or by general rule, subject to adjustment retroactively in accordance with the final order of the Commission. |Added by Laws 1955, p. 284, § 8.
52 OK Stat § 52-256 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-256. Penalties.

|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. |Added by Laws 1955, p. 284, § 9.
52 OK Stat § 52-257 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-257. Order granting emergency relief.

|The Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall issue an order determining the merits of any application for emergency relief relating to a conservation docket proceeding within thirty (30) days from the filing of the application. In the event the Commission issues an order granting emergency relief, the order shall be effective for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days. |Added by Laws 1992, c. 352, § 6, emerg. eff. June 4, 1992.
52 OK Stat § 52-271 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-271. Waste prohibited.

|The production of crude oil or petroleum in the State of Oklahoma, in such manner and under such conditions as to constitute waste, is hereby prohibited. |Added by 1915, c. 25, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 11, 1915.
52 OK Stat § 52-272 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-272. Production and sale regulated - Corporation Commission, authority of.

|The taking of crude oil or petroleum from any oil-bearing sand or sands in the State of Oklahoma at a time when there is not a market demand therefor at the well at a price equivalent to the actual value of such crude oil or petroleum is hereby prohibited, and the actual value of such crude oil or petroleum at any time shall be the average value as near as may be ascertained in the United States at retail of the by-products of such crude oil or petroleum when refined less the cost and a reasonable profit in the business of transporting, refining and marketing the same, and the Corporation Commission of this state is hereby invested with the authority and power to investigate and determine from time to time the actual value of such crude oil or petroleum by the standard herein provided, and when so determined said Commission shall promulgate its findings by its orders duly made and recorded, and publish the same in some newspaper of general circulation in the state. |Added by Laws 1915, c. 25, § 2, emerg. eff. Feb. 11, 1915.
52 OK Stat § 52-273 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-273. Waste defined - Regulations to prevent.

|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. |Added by Laws 1915, c. 25, § 3, emerg. eff. Feb. 11, 1915.
52 OK Stat § 52-274 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-274. Common source of supply - Restrictions on production when full production would cause waste - Powers of Corporation Commission - Discrimination prohibited.

|Whenever the full production from any common source of supply of crude oil or petroleum in this state can only be obtained under conditions constituting waste, as herein defined, then any person, firm or corporation, having the right to drill into and produce oil from any such common source of supply, may take therefrom only such proportion of all crude oil and petroleum that may be produced therefrom, without waste, as the production of the well or wells of any such person, firm or corporation, bears to the total production of such common source of supply. The Corporation Commission is authorized to so regulate the taking of crude oil or petroleum from any or all such common sources of supply, within the State of Oklahoma, as to prevent the inequitable or unfair taking, from a common source of supply, of such crude oil or petroleum, by any person, firm, or corporation, and to prevent unreasonable discrimination in favor of any one such common source of supply as against another. |Added by Laws 1915, c. 25, § 4, emerg. eff. Feb. 11, 1915.
52 OK Stat § 52-275 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-275. Wells gauged - Regulation by Corporation Commission - Agents.

|For the purpose of determining such production, a gauge of each well shall be taken under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Corporation Commission, and said Commission is authorized and directed to make and promulgate, by proper order, such other rules and regulations, and to employ or appoint such agents with the consent of the Governor, as may be necessary to enforce this act. |Added by Laws 1915, c. 25, § 5, emerg. eff. Feb. 11, 1915.
52 OK Stat § 52-276 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-276. Enforcement of act - Hearings before Corporation 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. |Added by Laws 1915, c. 25, § 6, emerg. eff. Feb. 11, 1915.
52 OK Stat § 52-277 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-277. Appeals to Supreme Court - Effect on orders.

|Appellate jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court in this state to review the action of said Commission in making any order, or orders, under this act. Such appeal may be taken by any person, firm or corporation, shown by the record to be interested therein, in the same manner and time as appeals are allowed by law from other orders of the Corporation Commission. Said orders so appealed from shall not be superseded by the mere fact of such appeal being taken, but shall be and remain in full force and effect until legally suspended or set aside by the Supreme Court. |Added by Laws 1915, c. 25, § 7, emerg. eff. Feb. 11, 1915.
52 OK Stat § 52-278 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-278. Violation - Penalties.

|In addition to any penalty that may be imposed by the Corporation Commission for contempt, any person, firm, or corporation, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, directly or indirectly violating the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, in a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine in any sum not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both fine and imprisonment. |Added by Laws 1915, c. 25, § 8, emerg. eff. Feb. 11, 1915.
52 OK Stat § 52-279 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-279. Partial invalidity.

|The invalidity of any section, subdivision, clause or sentence of this act shall not in any manner affect the validity of the remaining portion thereof. |Added by Laws 1915, c. 25, § 10, emerg. eff. Feb. 11, 1915.
52 OK Stat § 52-287.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-287.1. Legislative finding.

|The Legislature finds and determines that it is desirable and necessary, under the circumstances and for the purposes hereinafter set out, to authorize and provide for unitized management, operation and further development of the oil and gas properties to which this act is applicable, to the end that a greater ultimate recovery of oil and gas may be had therefrom, waste prevented, and the correlative rights of the owners in a fuller and more beneficial enjoyment of the oil and gas rights, protected. |Added by Laws 1951, p. 136, § 1, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951.
52 OK Stat § 52-287.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-287.2. Power and authority of Commission.

|Subject to the limitations of this act the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma, hereinafter referred to as the "Commission", is hereby vested with jurisdiction, power and authority, and it shall be its duty to make and enforce such orders and do such things as may be necessary or proper to carry out and effectuate the purposes of this act. |Added by Laws 1951, p. 137, § 2, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951.