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52 OK Stat § 52-287.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-287.3. Matters to be found by Corporation Commission - 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. |Added by Laws 1951, p. 137, § 3, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 54, § 7, emerg. eff. April 13, 2011.
52 OK Stat § 52-287.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-287.5. Ratification or approval of plan by lessees and owners.

|No order of the Commission creating a unit and prescribing the plan of unitization applicable thereto shall become effective unless and until the plan of unitization has been signed, or in writing ratified or approved by lessees of record of not less than sixty-three percent (63%) of the unit area affected thereby and by owners of record of not less than sixty-three percent (63%) of the normal one-eighth (1/8) royalty interest in and to the unit area, and the Commission has made a finding either in the order creating the unit or in a supplemental order that the plan of unitization has been so signed, ratified or approved by lessees and royalty owners owning the required percentage interest in and to the unit area. Where the plan of unitization has not been so signed, ratified or approved by lessees and royalty owners owning the required percentage interest in and to the unit area at the time the order creating the unit is made, the Commission shall, upon petition and notice, hold such additional and supplemental hearings as may be requested or required to determine if and when the plan of unitization has been so signed, ratified or approved by lessees and royalty owners owning the required percentage interest in and to the unit area and shall, in respect to such hearings, make and enter a finding of its determination in such regard. In the event lessees and royalty owners, or either, owning the required percentage interest in and to the unit area have not so signed, ratified or approved the plan of unitization within a period of six (6) months from and after the date on which the order creating the unit is made, the order creating the unit shall cease to be of further force and effect and shall be revoked by the Commission. |Added by Laws 1951, p. 138, § 5, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 501, § 1, emerg. eff. May 24, 2021.
52 OK Stat § 52-287.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-287.6. Procedure - Notice - Appeals.

|Except as otherwise herein expressly provided, all proceedings had under this act including the filing of petitions, the giving of notices, the conduct of hearings and other action taken by the Commission shall be in the form and manner and in accordance with the procedure and procedural requirements provided in Sections 84 to 135, inclusive, Title 52, Oklahoma Statutes, 1941, or any amendment thereof with reference to proceedings thereunder. Such additional notice shall be given as may be required by the Commission. The Conservation Officer, his assistant and deputies and the Conservation Attorney shall act without additional compensation as technical advisors to the Commission to the extent that the Commission may require. Any person aggrieved by any order of the Commission made pursuant to this act may appeal therefrom to the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma upon the same conditions, within the same time and in the same manner as is provided in said Sections 84 to 135, inclusive, Title 52, Oklahoma Statutes, 1941, or any amendments thereof, for the taking of appeals from the orders of the Commission made thereunder. |Added by Laws 1951, p. 139, § 6, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951.
52 OK Stat § 52-287.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-287.7. Unlawful operation.

|From and after the effective date of an order of the Commission creating a unit and prescribing the plan of unitization applicable thereto, the operation of any well producing from the common source of supply or portion thereof within the unit area defined in the order by persons other than the unit or persons acting under its authority or except in the manner and to the extent provided in such plan of unitization shall be unlawful and is hereby prohibited. |Added by Laws 1951, p. 139, § 7, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951.
52 OK Stat § 52-287.10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-287.10. Enlargement of area - Creation of new units - Amendment 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. |Added by Laws 1951, p. 141, § 10, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951.
52 OK Stat § 52-287.11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-287.11. Participation by public lands.

|The Commissioners of the Land Office, or other proper board or officer of the state having the control and management of state land, and the proper board or officer of any political, municipal, or other subdivision or agency of the state, are hereby authorized and shall have the power on behalf of the state or of such political, municipal, or other subdivision or agency thereof, with respect to land or oil and gas rights subject to the control and management of such respective body, board, or officer, to consent to or participate in any plan or program of unitization adopted pursuant to this act. |Added by Laws 1951, p. 141, § 11, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951.
52 OK Stat § 52-287.12 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-287.12. Receipts as income.

|Neither the unit production or proceeds from the sale thereof, nor other receipts shall be treated, regarded, or taxed as income or profits of the unit; but instead, all such receipts shall be the income of the several persons to whom or to whose credit the same are payable under the plan of unitization. To the extent the unit may receive or disburse said receipts it shall only do so as a common administrative agent of the persons to whom the same are payable. |Added by Laws 1951, p. 141, § 12, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951.
52 OK Stat § 52-287.13 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-287.13. Definitions.

|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.Added by Laws 1951, p. 141, § 13, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951.
52 OK Stat § 52-287.15 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-287.15. Agreements not violative of laws governing monopolies or restraint of trade.

|No agreement between or among lessees or other owners of oil and gas rights in oil and gas properties, entered into pursuant hereto or with a view or for the purpose of bringing about the unitized development or operation of such properties, shall be held to violate any of the statutes of this state prohibiting monopolies or acts, arrangements, agreements, contracts, combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade or commerce. |Added by Laws 1951, p. 142, § 15, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951.
52 OK Stat § 52-288.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-288.1. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Energy Education and Marketing Act". |Added by Laws 1992, c. 257, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 184, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1993.
52 OK Stat § 52-288.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-288.2. Definitions.

|As used in the Oklahoma Energy Education and Marketing Act, Section 288.1 et seq. of this title: |1. "Board" means the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board;2. "Person" means any individual, group of individuals, or any partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or employee thereof, or any other entity;3. "Independent producer" means any person:a.who produces oil or natural gas and is not engaged in refining or marketing of such products, orb.who derives a majority of his or her oil- or natural gas-related income from working interest;4. "Major oil company" means any person who produces oil or natural gas in the State of Oklahoma and who is a retailer as defined in IRS Code Sec. 613A (d)(2) or a refiner as defined in Sec. 613A (d)(4) of the Code or is a subsidiary, directly or indirectly, of a company that is classified as a major oil company as defined herein; and5. "Qualified independent producer association" means an entity in existence as of January 1, 1992, that is organized and operating within the state, a majority of whose governing body are independent producers and which represents the independent oil or natural gas industry on a statewide basis.Added by Laws 1992, c. 257, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 184, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1993; Laws 1996, c. 352, § 1; Laws 1997, c. 2, § 11, emerg. eff. Feb. 26, 1997.NOTE: Laws 1996, c. 84, § 1 repealed by Laws 1997, c. 2, § 26, emerg. eff. Feb. 26, 1997.
52 OK Stat § 52-288.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-288.3. Oklahoma Energy Resources Board.

|There is hereby re-created until July 1, 2024, 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 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. |Added by Laws 1992, c. 257, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 343, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 184, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1993; Laws 1996, c. 352, § 2; Laws 2001, c. 138, § 1; Laws 2007, c. 19, § 1; Laws 2013, c. 294, § 1; Laws 2017, c. 295, § 1; Laws 2021, c. 558, § 3, eff. July 1, 2021.
52 OK Stat § 52-288.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-288.5. Board - Powers, duties and responsibilities.

|The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board shall have the following powers, duties and responsibilities: |1. To administer and enforce the provisions of the Oklahoma Energy Education and Marketing Act;2. To establish an office for the Board within the State of Oklahoma;3. To elect a chairperson and whatever other officers may be necessary to direct operations of the Board;4. To employ personnel as shall be deemed necessary to carry out the purpose and provisions of the Oklahoma Energy Education and Marketing Act, including but not limited to an attorney to provide legal assistance to the Board, and to prescribe their duties and fix their compensation;5. To establish and administer the Energy Resources Revolving Fund;6. To approve or disapprove the budget of the Board;7. To promulgate rules as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of the Oklahoma Energy Education and Marketing Act;8. To enter into contracts or agreements for studies, research projects, experimental work, supplies or other services to carry out the purposes of the Oklahoma Energy Education and Marketing Act, and incur those expenses necessary to carry out those purposes. Any such contract or agreement shall provide that:a.the person entering the contract or agreement on behalf of the Board shall develop and submit to the Board a plan or project together with a budget or budgets that shows estimated costs to be incurred for the plan or project, andb.the person entering the contract or agreement shall keep accurate records of all of its transactions, account for funds received and expended, and make periodic reports to the Board of activities conducted, and such other reports as the Board may require;9. To keep accurate records of all financial transactions performed pursuant to the Oklahoma Energy Education and Marketing Act. These records shall be subject to an annual audit, as defined by paragraph 4 of subsection B of Section 212 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, by an independent auditor and an annual report shall be compiled and presented to the Governor;10. To cooperate with any private, local, state or national commission, organization, agency or group and to make contracts and agreements for joint programs beneficial to the oil industry;11. To accept donations, grants, contributions and gifts from any public or private source and deposit such in the Energy Resources Revolving Fund;12. To approve or disapprove the investment of any monies in the Energy Resources Revolving Fund; and13. To keep an accurate record of all assessments collected.Added by Laws 1992, c. 257, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 184, § 5, eff. Oct. 1, 1993; Laws 1995, c. 76, § 2, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 2010, c. 413, § 12, eff. July 1, 2010.
52 OK Stat § 52-288.5B (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-288.5B. Sustaining Oklahoma's Energy Resources Revolving Fund.

|There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Committee for Sustaining Oklahoma's Energy Resources to be designated the "Sustaining Oklahoma's Energy Resources Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies transferred to the Committee for Sustaining Oklahoma's Energy Resources to further the purposes of this act from any public appropriations and donations, grants, contributions or gifts from any public or private source. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by 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 funding activities to support marginally producing oil and gas wells. 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. |Added by Laws 2008, c. 309, § 2, emerg. eff. June 2, 2008. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 214; Laws 2013, c. 199, § 3, eff. July 1, 2013.
52 OK Stat § 52-288.5C (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-288.5C. Transferring the authority of the Commission on Marginally Producing Oil - terminating terms - transferring funds.

|A. Effective July 1, 2013, all duties, assets and obligations of the Commission on Marginally Producing Oil and Gas Wells created pursuant to Section 700 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be transferred to the authority of the Committee for Sustaining Oklahoma's Energy Resources created pursuant to Section 288.5A of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |B. Effective July 1, 2013, the terms of the members of the Commission on Marginally Producing Oil and Gas Wells appointed pursuant to the provisions of Section 700 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be terminated.C. Effective July 1, 2013, all unclassified full-time-equivalent, part-time, and temporary employees of the Commission on Marginally Producing Oil and Gas Wells shall be terminated. Employees shall be paid for any accrued annual leave and may be eligible for other benefits as provided by law.D. Activities and functions previously performed by the Commission on Marginally Producing Oil and Gas Wells shall be under the responsibility of the Committee for Sustaining Oklahoma's Energy Resources or a successor committee as provided by law. The Committee may organize itself, create subcommittees or adopt procedures as deemed necessary and appropriate and consistent with the provisions of this act to implement the provisions of this act and carry out the functions and duties of the Commission on Marginally Producing Oil and Gas Wells with the exception of making annual reports as required by paragraph 7 of subsection A of Section 701 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes.E. Monies remaining in the Commission on Marginally Producing Oil and Gas Wells Revolving Fund created in Section 705 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be transferred to the credit of the Sustaining Oklahoma's Energy Resources Revolving Fund created in Section 288.5B of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes for use as provided in this act.F. The Committee for Sustaining Oklahoma's Energy Resources with the advice and consent of the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board is authorized to promulgate any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this act. The Secretary of Energy may provide assistance as necessary to oversee the transfer of duties, assets and obligations pursuant to this act.Added by Laws 2013, c. 199, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013.
52 OK Stat § 52-288.5E (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-288.5E. Refund of fees levied on production.

|A. Any person subject to the fee levied by Section 703 of this title may request a refund as provided in this section of the fee paid on production for the preceding calendar year. Upon compliance with the provisions of this section and rules promulgated by the Committee for Sustaining Oklahoma's Energy Resources to implement this section, the Committee shall refund to each person requesting a refund the amount of the fee paid by or on behalf of such person during the preceding calendar year. |B. The request for a refund of the fee paid on production for the preceding calendar year must be made during the first three (3) calendar months 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 fee paid on production for the preceding calendar year. The Committee shall give notice of the availability of the refund through press releases or such other means as it deems appropriate.C. Each request for a refund shall be made in such manner and upon such forms as the Committee may require. Each person requesting a refund shall execute an affidavit stating the description of the producing property generating the production for which the refund is requested, the amount of the refund requested and that affiant was the owner of the production upon which the fee was levied. The Committee may require such other information and documentation reasonably necessary to verify the accuracy of the request for a refund.Added by Laws 1992, c. 283, § 5, eff. Oct. 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 199, § 5, eff. July 1, 2013. Renumbered from Title 52, § 704 by Laws 2013, c. 199, § 7, eff. July 1, 2013.
52 OK Stat § 52-288.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 52. Oil and Gas|§52-288.6. Board - Annual meeting - Regular meeting - Quorum - 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 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.Added by Laws 1992, c. 257, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 184, § 6, eff. Oct. 1, 1993.