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AL Code § 9-17-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 17 - Oil and Gas.|Article 1 - Conservation and Regulation of Production.|Section 9-17-19 - Civil Actions for Damages for Violations of Provisions of Article, Rules, etc.; Actions by Private Parties to Enjoin Violations of Provisions of Article, Rules, Etc.

Section 9-17-19Civil actions for damages for violations of provisions of article, rules, etc.; actions by private parties to enjoin violations of provisions of article, rules, etc. (a) Nothing contained or authorized in this article and no civil action by or against the board and no penalties imposed or claimed against any person for violating any provision of this article or any rule, regulation or order issued under this article and no forfeiture shall impair or abridge or delay any cause of action for damages which any person may have or assert against any person violating any provision of this article or any rule, regulation or order issued under this article. Any person so damaged by the violation may institute a civil action for and recover such damages as he may show that he is entitled to receive. (b) In the event the board should fail to bring a civil action to enjoin any actual or threatened violation of any provision of this article or of any rule, regulation or order made under this article, then any person or party in interest adversely affected by such violation or threat thereof and who has requested the board to institute a civil action in the name of the state may, to prevent any or further violation, bring a civil action for that purpose in any court in which the board could have brought a civil action. If, in such civil action, the court holds that injunctive relief should be granted, then the state shall be made a party and shall be substituted by order of the court for the person who brought the action, and the injunction shall be issued as if the state had at all times been the complaining party. (Acts 1945, No. 1, p. 1, §19.)
AL Code § 9-17-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 17 - Oil and Gas.|Article 1 - Conservation and Regulation of Production.|Section 9-17-21 - Illegal Oil, Gas or Product - Sale, Acquisition, Processing, Handling, Etc.

Section 9-17-21Illegal oil, gas or product - Sale, acquisition, processing, handling, etc. (a) The sale, purchase or acquisition or the transportation, refining, processing or handling in any other way of illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product is hereby prohibited. (b) Unless and until the board provides for certificates of clearance or tenders or some other method so that any person may have an opportunity to determine whether any contemplated transaction of sale, purchase or acquisition or of transportation, refining, processing or handling in any other way involves illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product, no penalty shall be imposed for the sale, purchase or acquisition or the transportation, refining, processing or handling in any other way of illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product, except under circumstances stated in this section. Penalties shall be imposed by the board for each transaction prohibited in this section when the person committing the same knows that illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product is involved in such transaction or when such person could have known or determined such fact by the exercise of reasonable diligence or from facts within his knowledge. However, regardless of lack of actual notice or knowledge, penalties as provided in this article shall apply to any sale, purchase or acquisition and to the transportation, refining, processing or handling in any other way of illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product where administrative provision is made for identifying the character of the commodity as to its legality. It shall likewise be a violation for which penalties shall be imposed for any person to sell, purchase or acquire or to transport, refine, process or handle in any other way any oil, gas or any product without complying with any rule, regulation or order of the board relating thereto. (Acts 1945, No. 1, p. 1, §22.)
AL Code § 9-17-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 17 - Oil and Gas.|Article 1 - Conservation and Regulation of Production.|Section 9-17-22 - Illegal Oil, Gas or Product - Seizure, Condemnation and Sale.

Section 9-17-22Illegal oil, gas or product - Seizure, condemnation and sale. Apart from and in addition to any other remedy or procedure which may be available to the board or any penalty which may be sought against or imposed upon any person with respect to violations relating to illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product, all illegal oil, illegal gas and illegal products shall, except under such circumstances as are stated in this section, be contraband, forfeited to the State of Alabama and shall be seized and sold and the proceeds applied as provided in this section. When any such seizure shall have been made, it shall be the duty of the Attorney General of the state to institute at once condemnation proceedings in the circuit court of the county in which such property is seized by filing a complaint in the name of the state against the property seized, describing the same, or against the person or persons in possession of such illegal property, if known, to obtain a judgment enforcing the forfeiture. Any party claiming a superior right may intervene in said action by filing a complaint and have his claim adjudicated. The judge presiding in said circuit court may superintend and make all proper orders as to the method and manner of notice to be given to any party claiming any right in the property so seized to come in and assert his right thereto. The said court shall have authority to frame all orders of procedure so as to regulate the proceedings whereby persons may have an opportunity to come in and propound their claim to the seized property sought to be condemned. The proceeds of the sale of any such property forfeited to the state shall, after paying all expenses of seizing, holding and selling such property, including the costs of court, be paid into the Oil and Gas Fund. The property sold shall be treated as legal oil, legal gas or legal product, as the case may be, in the hands of the purchaser, but the purchaser and the commodity shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders with respect to further sale or purchase or acquisition and with respect to the transportation, refining, processing or handling in any other way of the commodity purchased. Nothing in this section shall deny or abridge any cause of action which a royalty owner or a lien holder or any other claimant may have because of the forfeiture of the illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product against the person whose act resulted in such forfeiture. (Acts 1945, No. 1, p. 1, §23.)
AL Code § 9-17-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 17 - Oil and Gas.|Article 1 - Conservation and Regulation of Production.|Section 9-17-23 - Owners Not to Allow Wells to Get Out of Control, etc.; Rights of Board Upon Failure of Owners to Control Wells; Powers, etc., of Board to Secure Payment by Owners of Costs and Expenses of Controlling or Plugging Wells.

Section 9-17-23Owners not to allow wells to get out of control, etc.; rights of board upon failure of owners to control wells; powers, etc., of board to secure payment by owners of costs and expenses of controlling or plugging wells. In order to protect further the natural gas fields and oil fields in this state, it is hereby declared to be unlawful for any owner to allow a well to go wild or to get out of control. The owner of any such well shall, after 24 hours written notice by the board given to him or to the person in possession of such well, make reasonable effort to control such well. In the event of the failure of the owner of such well within 24 hours after service of the notice above provided for to control the same, if such can be done within the period, or to begin in good faith, upon service of such notice, operations to control such well or upon failure to prosecute diligently such operations, then the board shall have the right to take charge of the work of controlling such well, and it shall have the right to proceed, through its own agents or by contract with a responsible contractor, to control the well or otherwise to prevent the escape or loss of gas or oil from such well, all at the reasonable expense of the owner of the well. In order to secure to the board in the payment the reasonable cost and expense of controlling or plugging such well, the board shall retain the possession of the same and shall be entitled to receive and retain the rents, revenues and incomes therefrom until the costs and expenses incurred by the board shall be repaid. When all such costs and expenses have been repaid, the board shall restore possession of such well to the owner; provided, that in the event the income received by the board shall not be sufficient to reimburse the board as provided for in this section, the board shall have a lien or privilege upon all of the property of the owner of such well, except such as is exempt by law, and the board shall proceed to enforce such lien or privilege by a civil action brought in any court of competent jurisdiction, the same as any other like civil action, and the judgment so obtained shall be executed in the same manner now provided by law for execution of judgments. Any excess over the amount due the board which the property seized and sold may bring, after payment of court costs, shall be paid over to the owner of such well. (Acts 1945, No. 1, p. 1, §24.)
AL Code § 9-17-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 17 - Oil and Gas.|Article 1 - Conservation and Regulation of Production.|Section 9-17-25 - Tax for Expenses of Administration and Enforcement of Article - Levied; Exemptions; Payment.

Section 9-17-25Tax for expenses of administration and enforcement of article - Levied; exemptions; payment. (a) For the purpose of defraying the expenses connected with the administration and enforcement of this article, including the expense of the inspections, tests, analyses, and all other expenses connected with the supervision and protection of crude petroleum oil and natural gas in the State of Alabama, there is hereby levied on the producer a tax equal in amount to two percent of the gross value, at the point of production, of the crude petroleum oil or natural gas produced for sale, transport, storage, profit, or for use from any well or wells in the State of Alabama. Provided, however, that the tax on offshore production, produced from depths greater than 8,000 feet below mean sea level, shall not be computed as a percentage of gross value at the point of production, as provided in this section, but shall be computed as a percentage of gross proceeds, as provided in Section 9-17-35. Also provided, that natural gas lawfully injected into oil or gas pools or reservoirs in the soil or beneath the soil or waters of the State of Alabama is exempt from this tax. Provided, further, that natural gas lawfully injected into the earth for the purpose of lifting oil or gas in the State of Alabama is exempt from this tax. However, if any gas so injected into the earth is sold for such purposes or injected into underground storage facilities as defined in Section 9-17-150 et seq., then the gas so sold or injected shall not be exempt from this tax. Natural gas lawfully vented or flared in connection with the production, treatment, or processing of oil or gas is exempt from the tax. The tax shall be paid to the Department of Revenue directly by the purchaser when authorized in writing by the producer, and, when so paid, the producer or person in charge of production shall be relieved of any further liability. (b) For any well for which the initial permit issued by the Oil and Gas Board is dated on or after July 1, 1996, and before July 1, 2002, except a replacement well for a well for which the initial permit was issued by the Oil and Gas Board is dated before July 1, 1996, the applicable rate of tax levied pursuant to subsection (a) shall be one percent for a period of five years commencing with commercial production, after which subsection (a) shall apply. (Acts 1945, No. 1, p. 1, §26; Acts 1953, No. 453, p. 558; Acts 1984, No. 84-661, p. 1325, §1; Acts 1994, No. 94-367, p. 615, §1; Acts 1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 96-877, p. 1688, §1; Act 99-584, p. 1332, §1; Act 2009-147, p. 284, §1.)
AL Code § 9-17-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 17 - Oil and Gas.|Article 1 - Conservation and Regulation of Production.|Section 9-17-26 - Tax for Expenses of Administration and Enforcement of Article - Records, Returns and Remittances of Producers; Determination of Gross Value at Point of Production; Rules and Regulations.

Section 9-17-26Tax for expenses of administration and enforcement of article - Records, returns and remittances of producers; determination of gross value at point of production; rules and regulations. (a) It shall be the duty of every person producing or in charge of production of crude petroleum or natural gas from any well or wells in the State of Alabama for sale, transport, storage, profit or for use to keep and preserve such records of the amount of all such crude petroleum oil or natural gas produced for sale, transport, storage, profit or for use as may be necessary to determine the amount of the tax for which he is liable under the provisions of Section 9-17-25 and Section 9-17-35. (b) It shall be the further duty of every such person to file with the Department of Revenue, not later than the fifteenth day of the second calendar month following the month of production, a return, subscribed by the person who completes such return, which must contain a printed declaration that it is made under the penalty of perjury, showing the amount of crude petroleum oil or natural gas produced for sale, transport, storage, profit or for use during the second preceding month, to compute on the return the amount of tax charged against him in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-17-25 and Section 9-17-35 and to transmit to the Department of Revenue with such return a remittance covering the tax chargeable against him. The return shall contain such other information and shall be in such form as the Department of Revenue shall designate. (c) The Department of Revenue is authorized to determine the gross value at the point of production as required under Section 9-17-25, and the gross proceeds attributable to offshore production as required under Section 9-17-35, both in accordance with customary practice. (d) The Department of Revenue is hereby authorized to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations relating to the administration and enforcement of this article provided, however, that no rule or regulation adopted or promulgated by the department shall alter, limit, extend or be out of harmony with any of the provisions of this article. (Acts 1945, No. 1, p. 1, §27; Acts 1981, No. 81-703, p. 1180, §1; Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 91-798, p. 193, §3; Act 2009-147, p. 284, §1.)
AL Code § 9-17-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 17 - Oil and Gas.|Article 1 - Conservation and Regulation of Production.|Section 9-17-27 - Tax for Expenses of Administration and Enforcement of Article - Recovery of Tax Improperly Collected.

Section 9-17-27Tax for expenses of administration and enforcement of article - Recovery of tax improperly collected. In the event that any collection of tax is improperly made in an effort to enforce the provisions of Section 9-17-25 or Section 9-17-35, either as a result of a mistake of law or fact, the amount so paid may be recovered in the same manner as is provided by law for the recovery of other taxes erroneously paid directly to the Department of Revenue. (Acts 1945, No. 1, p. 1, §28; Act 2009-147, p. 284, §1.)
AL Code § 9-17-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 17 - Oil and Gas.|Article 1 - Conservation and Regulation of Production.|Section 9-17-31 - Tax for Expenses of Administration and Enforcement of Article - Disposition and Expenditure.

Section 9-17-31Tax for expenses of administration and enforcement of article - Disposition and expenditure. All funds collected pursuant to the tax levied on the producer of crude petroleum oil or natural gas produced for sale, transport, storage, profit or for use, from any well or wells in the State of Alabama, as is provided in Section 9-17-25 and Section 9-17-35, shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund and shall be expended only in the manner provided by appropriation by the Legislature. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 95, p. 2008, §1; Act 2009-147, p. 284, §1.)
AL Code § 9-17-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 17 - Oil and Gas.|Article 1 - Conservation and Regulation of Production.|Section 9-17-32 - Penalty for Violations of Provisions of Article, Rules, etc.; Penalty Applicable to Each Prohibited Transaction Relating to Illegal Oil, Gas, or Product; Penalty for Aiding or Abetting Violations of Provisions of Article, Rules, etc.; Payment of Fine Not to Abridge Private Causes of Action for Damages for Violations of Rules, Etc.

Section 9-17-32Penalty for violations of provisions of article, rules, etc.; penalty applicable to each prohibited transaction relating to illegal oil, gas, or product; penalty for aiding or abetting violations of provisions of article, rules, etc.; payment of fine not to abridge private causes of action for damages for violations of rules, etc. (a) Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any provision of this article, or any rule, regulation or order of the board made under this article shall, in the event a penalty for such violation is not otherwise provided for in this article, be subject to a fine not to exceed $10,000.00 a day for each and every day of such violation and for each and every act of violation, such fine to be recovered by a civil action in the circuit court of the county where the defendant resides, or in the county of the residence of any defendant if there is more than one defendant, or in the circuit court of the county where the violation took place. The place of the civil action shall be selected by the board, and such civil action, by direction of the board, shall be instituted and conducted in the name of the board by the attorney for the board or by the Attorney General or under his direction by the district attorney for the county where the civil action is instituted. (b) The payment of any fine as provided for in this section shall not have the effect of changing illegal oil into legal oil, illegal gas into legal gas or illegal product into legal product; nor shall such payment have the effect of authorizing the sale, purchase or acquisition or the transportation, refining, processing or handling in any other way of such illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product, but, to the contrary, the fine shall be imposed for each prohibited transaction relating to such illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product. (c) Any person knowingly and willfully aiding or abetting any other person in the violation of any statute of this state relating to the conservation of oil or gas or the violation of any provision of this article or any rule, regulation or order made under this article shall be subject to the same penalty prescribed in subsection (a) of this section for the violation by such other person. (d) The payment of any fine shall not impair or abridge any cause of action which any person may have against the person violating a rule, regulation or order by reason of an injury resulting from such violation. (Acts 1945, No. 1, p. 1, §21; Acts 1990, No. 90-104, p. 104, §3.)
AL Code § 9-17-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 17 - Oil and Gas.|Article 1 - Conservation and Regulation of Production.|Section 9-17-35 - Tax Based on Gross Proceeds for Offshore Production.

Section 9-17-35Tax based on gross proceeds for offshore production. (a) The tax levied upon the producers of offshore production, produced from depths greater than 8,000 feet below mean sea level, shall be computed at the rate of one and sixty-six one hundredths percent (1.66%) of the gross proceeds attributable to the offshore production.  (b) The gross proceeds for offshore production required to be calculated under this section shall be reported and allocated in accordance with Section 40-20-22. (Act 2009-147, p. 284, §2.)
AL Code § 9-17-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 17 - Oil and Gas.|Article 3 - Unit Operations.|Section 9-17-80 - Enhanced Recovery Methods.

Section 9-17-80Enhanced recovery methods. The phrase "enhanced recovery methods" as used herein shall mean the increased recovery from a pool of oil or gas achieved by artificial means or by the application of energy extrinsic to the pool, including repressuring, cycling, pressure maintenance, injection, or any other enhanced recovery methods of producing hydrocarbons recognized by the oil and gas industry and approved by the board. (Acts 1957, No. 352, p. 461, §9; Act 2000-714, p. 1517, §1.)
AL Code § 9-17-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 17 - Oil and Gas.|Article 3 - Unit Operations.|Section 9-17-81 - Meeting of Board to Consider Need for Unit Operation.

Section 9-17-81Meeting of board to consider need for unit operation. In order to promote the conservation of oil and gas resources, prevent waste, avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells, allow the drilling of wells at optimum geologic locations, and protect correlative rights, the State Oil and Gas Board of Alabama upon its own motion may, or upon the petition of any interested person shall, hold a hearing to consider the need for the operation as a unit of an entire field or of any pool or pools or of any portion of a pool or combinations thereof within a field for the production of oil or gas or both in order to increase the ultimate recovery by enhanced recovery methods or any other method of cooperative development and operation calculated to increase the ultimate recovery of oil or gas. (Acts 1957, No. 352, p. 461, §1; Act 2000-714, p. 1517, §1.)
AL Code § 9-17-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 17 - Oil and Gas.|Article 3 - Unit Operations.|Section 9-17-82 - Order Requiring Unit Operation - When Issued.

Section 9-17-82Order requiring unit operation - When issued. The board shall issue an order requiring such unit operation if it finds that: (1) Unit operation of the field or of any pool or pools or of any portion of a pool or combinations thereof within the field is reasonably necessary to prevent waste, to increase the ultimate recovery of oil or gas, to avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells, to allow the drilling of wells at optimum geologic locations, and to protect the correlative rights of interested parties. (2) The proposed plan for unit operations will increase the ultimate recovery of oil or gas by enhanced recovery methods or any other method of cooperative development and operation calculated to increase the ultimate recovery of oil or gas. (3) The estimated additional cost incident to conduction of such operation will not exceed the value of the estimated additional recovery of oil or gas. (Acts 1957, No. 352, p. 461, §2; Act 2000-714, p. 1517, §1.)