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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-47) › Section 53-1-1 - Declaration of policy

It is hereby declared to be in the public interests to foster, encourage and promote the development, production and utilization of the natural resources of oil and gas in the State of Mississippi; and to protect the public and private interests against the evils of waste in the production and utilization of oil and gas, by prohibiting waste as herein defined; to safeguard, protect and enforce the coequal and correlative rights of owners in a common source or pool of oil and gas to the end that each such owner in a common pool or source of supply of oil and gas may obtain his just and equitable share of production therefrom; and to obtain, as soon as practicable, consistent with the prohibition of waste, the full development by progressive drilling of other wells in all producing pools of oil and gas or of all pools which may hereafter be brought into production of such, within the state, until such pool is fully defined.
It is not the intent nor the purpose of this law to require or permit the proration or distribution of the production of oil and gas among the fields and pools of Mississippi, on the basis of market demand. It is the intent and purpose of this law to permit each and every oil and gas pool in Mississippi to be produced up to its maximum efficient rate of production, subject to the prohibition of waste as herein defined, and subject further to the enforcement and protection of the coequal and correlative rights of the owners of a common source of oil and gas, so that each common owner may obtain his just and equitable share of production therefrom.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-01; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 1; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 1; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 1; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 1, eff. 3/11/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-47) › Section 53-1-7 - State supervisor

The board shall appoint a State Oil and Gas Supervisor, herein called supervisor, who shall be a competent and qualified administrator and receive as compensation for his services an annual salary to be fixed by law. The supervisor shall be solely responsible for the administration of the offices of the State Oil and Gas Board and shall be charged with the duty of enforcing Sections
53-1-1
through
53-1-47
, and Sections
53-3-3
through
53-3-165
, and all rules, regulations and orders duly adopted by the board. The supervisor shall be ex officio secretary of the board and shall give bond, in such sum as the board may direct, with corporate surety to be approved by the board, conditioned that he will well and truly account for all funds coming into his hands as such secretary. He shall remit to the State Treasurer all monies collected by him as such secretary for deposit in trust for the use of the board in a special fund known as the Oil and Gas Conservation Fund to be expended as provided by law.
The supervisor shall devote his entire time to his official duties.
In addition, it shall be the supervisor's duty and responsibility to:
(a)
Supervise and manage all personnel of the offices of the Oil and Gas Board.
(b)
Formulate the duties and responsibilities of every staff employee in detail, including written job descriptions and written policies and procedures for performing staff tasks.
(c)
Outline a detailed method of preparing, and devise a systematic procedure for the filing of reports by field inspectors.
(d)
Formulate written policies and procedures for the effective and efficient operation of the office, and present these policies and procedures to the board for promulgation.
(e)
Supervise the provision of technical support and assistance to the board in its decision-making capacity.
Codes, 1942, §§ 6132-03, 6132-06; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, §§ 3a, 3d; Laws, 1950, ch. 220, § 1; Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 4; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 3; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 4, eff. 3/11/1991.
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 474, HB 740,§ 1, eff. 4/16/2019.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 459, SB 2362, 39, eff. 7/1/2016.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-47) › Section 53-1-9 - Employees

The supervisor shall have the authority, and it shall be his duty, to employ geologists, petroleum engineers, field inspectors and any other personnel necessary to carry out the duties and responsibilities fixed upon him. No person shall be permanently employed by the board who is not a resident and qualified elector of the State of Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-04; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 3b; Laws, 1950, ch. 220, § 1; Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 5; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 4; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 5, eff. 3/11/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-47) › Section 53-1-11 - Attorney for board

The Attorney General shall be the attorney for the board and for the supervisor. However, the board may, from any funds available, retain additional counsel to assist the Attorney General. Any member of the board, or the secretary thereof, shall have the power to administer oaths to any witness in any hearings, investigations or proceedings contemplated by this chapter or by any other law of this state relating to the conservation of oil and gas.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-05; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 3c; Laws, 1950, ch. 220, § 1; Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 6; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 6, eff. 3/11/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-47) › Section 53-1-13 - Board; employee eligibility

No person while engaged in the business of, or in the employ of, or holding an official connection or position with, any person, firm, partnership, corporation or association engaged in the business of buying or selling mineral leases or minerals, drilling wells in search of oil or gas, producing, transporting, refining or distributing crude oil or natural gas in this state, or any other state, shall be eligible as a member of the board or as an employee thereof.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-06; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 3d; Laws, 1950, ch. 220, § 1; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 7; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 6; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 7, eff. 3/11/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-47) › Section 53-1-15 - Expenses

Each member of the board, its employees, and the supervisor shall be reimbursed for necessary and reasonable traveling expenses while traveling on the business of the board upon a signed itemized statement thereof approved by the board. The board may incur the necessary and reasonable expenses for the purpose of carrying out its duties and responsibilities as fixed by law.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-07; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 3e; Laws, 1950, ch. 220, § 1; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 8; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 7; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 8, eff. 3/11/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-47) › Section 53-1-19 - Rules of procedure before board to be consistent with Title 25, Chapter 43; recording and preservation of proceedings

The board shall prescribe its rules of order or procedure in hearings or other proceedings before it consistent with Title 25, Chapter 43. The board may provide for the recording and preservation of its proceedings by order entered on its minutes.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-11; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 7a; Laws, 1950, ch. 220, § 2; Laws, 1958, ch. 185, § 1a; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 10; Laws, 1988, ch. 431, § 1, reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 9; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 10; Laws, 2007, ch. 325, § 1, eff. 7/1/2007.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-47) › Section 53-1-21 - Public hearing

No rule, regulation, or order and no change, renewal, or extension thereof, shall, in the absence of an emergency, be made by the board except after a public hearing upon at least ten (10) days' notice, which notice may be given by publication in some newspaper of general circulation in the state and also in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which pools are located, in the manner and form as may be prescribed by the board, or by such other method as may be prescribed by the board by general rule. Such public hearing shall be held at such time and at such place as may be prescribed by the board, and any person having any interest in the subject matter shall be entitled to be heard.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-12; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 7b; Laws, 1950, ch. 220, § 2; Laws, 1958, ch. 185, § 1b; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 11; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 10; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 11, eff. 3/11/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-47) › Section 53-1-23 - Emergency rules, regulations, or orders

In the event an emergency is found to exist by the board which, in its judgment, requires the making, changing, renewal, or extension of a rule, regulation, or order without first having a hearing, such emergency rule, regulation, or order shall have the same validity as if a hearing with respect to the same had been held after due notice. The emergency rule, regulation or order permitted by this section shall remain in force no longer than forty-five (45) days from its effective date, and, in any event, it shall expire when the rule, regulation, or order made after due notice and hearing with respect to the subject matter of such emergency rule, regulation or order becomes effective.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-13; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 7c; Laws, 1950, ch. 220, § 2; Laws, 1958, ch. 185, § 1c; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 12; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 11; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 12, eff. 3/11/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-47) › Section 53-1-25 - Notice and service of process

In any instance the board may give notice by personal service, in which event written notice thereof may be issued by any member of the board or by the supervisor, and service thereof may be made as provided by the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-14; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 7d; Laws, 1950, ch. 220, § 2; Laws, 1958, ch. 185, § 1d; reenacted without changes, Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 13; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 13; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 13; Laws, 1991, ch. 573, § 115, eff. 7/1/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-47) › Section 53-1-27 - Record of rules, regulations and orders

All rules, regulations, and orders made by the board shall be in writing and shall be entered in full by the secretary of the board in a book to be kept for such purpose by the board, which shall be a public record and open to inspection at all times during reasonable office hours. A copy of any rule, regulation, or order, certified by a member of the board, or the secretary thereof, shall be received in evidence in all courts of this state with the same effect as the original.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-15; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 7e; Laws, 1950, ch. 220, § 2; Laws, 1958, ch. 185, § 1e; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 14; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 14; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 14, eff. 3/11/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-47) › Section 53-1-29 - Request for hearing

Any interested person shall have the right to have the board call a hearing for the purpose of taking action in respect to any matter within the jurisdiction of the board by making a request therefor in writing. Upon the receipt of any such request, the board promptly shall call a hearing thereon, and, after such hearing and with all convenient speed, and in any event within thirty (30) days after the conclusion of such hearing, shall take such action with regard to the subject matter thereof as it may deem appropriate.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-16; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 7f; Laws, 1950, ch. 220, § 2; Laws, 1958, ch. 185, § 1f; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 15; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 15; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 15, eff. 3/11/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-47) › Section 53-1-31 - Records; inspection by public

The permanent records of the board shall be available, upon request, for inspection by the public in accordance with the established procedures of the office of the Oil and Gas Board and during reasonable office hours. All well logs, casing records, compiled data and other information shall be properly indexed and suitably recorded in the permanent records of the board.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-17; Laws, 1932, ch. 117; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 7g; Laws, 1950, ch. 220, § 2; Laws, 1958, ch. 185, § 1g; Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 16; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 16; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 16, eff. 3/11/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-47) › Section 53-1-33 - Supervisor and his representatives to have access to all wells

The supervisor and his representatives or employees shall have access to all wells drilled for oil or gas at any and all times, and any person operating or controlling any lease or property shall permit them to go upon same and inspect any and all wells and well records, while the wells are being drilled and at all other times, and to have such control of such property, machinery and appliances as may be requisite to gauge the wells. However, the well records of any well drilled in unproved territory shall not be subject to such inspection until thirty (30) days after the completion of the well.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-18; Laws, 1932, ch. 117; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 8a; Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 17; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 17; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 17, eff. 3/11/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-47) › Section 53-1-35 - Subpoena of witnesses; contempt

(a)
The board, or any member thereof, or the supervisor is hereby empowered to issue subpoenas for witnesses, to require their attendance and the giving of testimony before the board, and to require the production of such books, papers and records in any proceeding before the board as may be material upon questions lawfully before the board. Such subpoenas shall be served by the sheriff or any other officer authorized by law to serve process in this state. No person shall be excused from attending and testifying, or from producing books, papers and records before the board or a court, or from obedience to the subpoena of the board, or any member thereof, or the supervisor or a court on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. However, nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring any person to produce any books, papers or records, or to testify in response to any inquiry, not pertinent to some question lawfully before such board or court for determination. No natural person shall be subject to criminal prosecution or to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he may be required to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, before the board or court, or in obedience to any such subpoena, but no person testifying shall be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.
(b)
In case of failure or refusal on the part of any person to comply with any subpoena issued by the board, or any member thereof, or the supervisor, or in case of the refusal of any witness to testify or answer to any matter regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, the judge of the chancery court of the county of the residence of such person, if a resident of Mississippi, or the judge of the chancery court of the county in which the land lies, or any portion thereof, out of which the controversy arises, if such person is not a resident of the State of Mississippi, on application of the board, or any member thereof, or the supervisor, may, in termtime or vacation, issue an attachment for such person and compel him to comply with such subpoena and to attend before the board and produce such documents, and give his testimony upon such matters, as may be lawfully required; and such court shall have the power to punish for contempt as in case of disobedience of like subpoenas issued by or from such court, or for a refusal to testify therein.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-19; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 8b, c; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 18; Laws, 1988, ch. 431, § 2; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 18; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 18, eff. 3/11/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-47) › Section 53-1-37 - Service of notices and process upon board

All notices or other process authorized or required to be served upon the board may be served upon the supervisor or upon any member of the board.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-20; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 8d; reenacted without a change, Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 19; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 357; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 19, eff. 3/11/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-47) › Section 53-1-41 - Restraining orders, injunctions against board

(a)
No temporary restraining order or injunction of any kind shall be granted against the board, or against any agent, employee or representative of said board restraining the board, or any of its agents, employees or representatives, from enforcing any statute of this state relating to conservation of oil and gas, or any of the provisions of Sections
53-1-1
through
53-1-47
, inclusive, and Sections
53-3-1
through
53-3-21
, inclusive, or any rule, regulation or order made thereunder, except after due notice to said board, and to all other defendants, and after a hearing at which it shall be clearly shown to the court that the act done or threatened is without sanction of law, or that the provision of law, or the rule, regulation or order complained of, is invalid, and that, if enforced against the complainant, will cause an irreparable injury. With respect to any order or decree granting temporary injunctive relief, the nature and extent of the probable invalidity of the statute, or of any provision of the aforesaid sections, or of any rule, regulation or order thereunder involved in such suit, must be recited in the order or decree granting the temporary relief, as well as a clear statement of the probable damage relied upon by the court as justifying temporary injunctive relief.
(b)
No temporary injunction, or temporary restraining order of any kind against the board, or its agents, employees or representatives, shall become effective until the complainant shall execute a bond in such amount and upon such conditions as the court may direct.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-25; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 12c, d; Laws, 1958, ch. 185, § 2c, d; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 21; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 21; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 21, eff. 3/11/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-47) › Section 53-1-43 - Suits to restrain violations or threatened violations; lien remedy

(a)
Whenever it shall appear that any person is violating or threatening to violate any statute of this state with respect to the conservation of oil and gas, or any provision of Sections
53-1-1
through
53-1-47
, inclusive, and Sections
53-3-1
through
53-3-21
, inclusive, or any rule, regulation or order made by the board thereunder, and fails or refuses to cease such violation or threats of violation on notice so to do, by the board or supervisor, the board may bring suit against such person in the chancery court in the county of the residence of the defendant, or in the county of the residence of any defendant, if there be more than one (1) defendant, or in the county where the violation is alleged to have occurred or is threatened, to restrain such person from continuing such violation or from carrying out the threat of violation. In such suit the board may obtain injunctions, prohibitory and mandatory, including temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions, as the facts may warrant, including, when appropriate, an injunction restraining any person from moving or disposing of any illegal oil, illegal gas, illegal condensate, or illegal product.
(b)
In the event the board should fail to bring suit within ten (10) days to enjoin any actual or threatened violation of any statute of this state with respect to the conservation of oil and gas, or of any provision of Sections
53-1-1
through
53-1-47
, inclusive, and Sections
53-3-1
through
53-3-21
, inclusive, or of any rule, regulation or order made thereunder, then any person or party in interest adversely affected by such violation, and who has notified the board in writing of such violation, or threat thereof, and has requested the board to sue, may, to prevent any or further violation, bring suit for that purpose in the chancery court of any county in which the board could have brought suit, and the board shall be made a party to such suit.
(c)
The board may utilize the provisions of Section
85-7-132
, Mississippi Code of 1972, in prosecuting violations of Sections
53-1-1
through
53-1-47
and Sections
53-3-1
through
53-3-21
, or any rule, regulation or order made by the board thereunder.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-26; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 13; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 22; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 22. reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 22; Laws, 1997, ch. 482, § 2, eff. 3/27/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-47) › Section 53-1-45 - Appeals to Supreme Court

An appeal may be taken, in accordance with the General Laws of the State of Mississippi relating to appeals, from any judgment of the circuit court or decree of any chancery court in any appeal proceeding brought under authority of this section; and such appeal, when docketed in the Supreme Court, shall be placed on the preference docket of such court, and may be advanced as such court may direct.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-27; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 14; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 23; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 23; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 23, eff. 3/11/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › ADMINISTRATION EXPENSE TAX (§§ 53-1-71 — 53-1-77) › Section 53-1-71 - Definitions for Sections 53-1-73 through 53-1-77

As used in Sections
53-1-73
through
53-1-77
:
The term "barrel of oil" shall be forty-two (42) United States standard gallons corrected to sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit and all measurements for volume shall be in one hundred percent (100%) strappings.
"Cubic foot of gas" shall be that volume of gas which occupies one (1) cubic foot of space at a pressure of ten (10) ounces above an assumed atmospheric pressure of fourteen and four-tenths (14.4) pounds per square inch corrected to sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit flowing temperature.
The term "person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, association, or any state, municipality, political subdivision of any state, or any agency, department or instrumentality of the United States, or any other entity, or any officer, agent or employee of any of the above.
In addition to the customary meaning of oil, the term "oil" shall include any type of salvaged crude oil which, after any treatment, becomes marketable.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-44; Laws, 1948, ch. 318, § 4; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 25; Laws, 1983, ch. 503, § 2; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 25; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 25; Laws, 2009, ch. 443, § 4, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › ADMINISTRATION EXPENSE TAX (§§ 53-1-71 — 53-1-77) › Section 53-1-73 - Charge imposed to pay for administration expenses

For the purposes of paying the costs and expenses incurred in connection with the administration and enforcement of the oil and gas conservation laws of the State of Mississippi and of the rules, regulations and orders of the State Oil and Gas Board, there is levied and assessed against each barrel of oil produced in the State of Mississippi a charge not to exceed sixty (60) mills on each barrel of such oil sold, and against each one thousand (1,000) cubic feet of gas produced and sold a charge not to exceed six (6) mills on each one thousand (1,000) cubic feet of gas. The State Oil and Gas Board shall fix the amount of such charge in the first instances, and may, from time to time, change, reduce or increase the amount thereof, as in its judgment the charges against the fund may require, but the amounts fixed by the board shall not exceed the limits hereinabove prescribed; and it shall be the duty of the board to make collection of such assessments. All monies collected shall be used exclusively to pay the expenses and other costs in connection with the functioning of the State Oil and Gas Board and the administration of the oil and gas conservation laws of the State of Mississippi now in force or hereafter enacted and the rules, regulations and orders of the board.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-41; Laws, 1948, ch. 318, § 1; Laws, 1972, ch. 482, § 1; Laws, 1975, ch. 342; Laws, 1980, ch. 525; Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 26; Laws, 1983, ch. 473; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 26; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 26; Laws, 1997, ch. 543, § 1; Laws, 2007, ch. 363, § 3; Laws, 2009, ch. 443, § 5, eff. 7/1/2009.
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 474, HB 740,§ 2, eff. 4/16/2019.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 459, SB 2362, 40, eff. 7/1/2016.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › ADMINISTRATION EXPENSE TAX (§§ 53-1-71 — 53-1-77) › Section 53-1-75 - Persons liable

The persons owning an interest (working interest, royalty interest, payments out of production or any other interest) in the oil or gas subject to the charge provided in Section
53-1-73
shall be liable for the charge in proportion to their ownership at the time of production. The charge assessed and fixed in Section
53-1-73
shall be payable monthly on a well by well basis, and the persons required to remit the charge shall remit the sum due to the board on or before the twenty-fifth day of the month next following the month in which the production is sold out of which the assessment arises; the remittance shall comply with any rules and regulations which may be adopted by the board in regard thereto.
Remittances with respect to all production against which any assessment hereunder is levied shall be made by the following persons:
(a)
With respect to assessments against oil or gas purchased in this state at the well under any contract or agreement requiring payment for such production to the respective persons owning any interest therein (including working interests, royalty interests, payments out of production or any other interests in such production), by the person purchasing such production.
(b)
With respect to any oil, or gas purchased in this state at the well without any contract or agreement requiring payment for such production to respective persons owning an interest therein, and with respect to any oil or gas produced from any well but not sold at that well, by the operator of the well from which the production is obtained.
The persons remitting the charge required in this section are hereby authorized, empowered and required to deduct from any amounts due the persons owning an interest in the oil or gas at the time of production the proportionate amount of the charge before making payment to such owners.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-42; Laws, 1948, ch. 318, § 2; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 27; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 27; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 27; Laws, 2007, ch. 363, § 4, eff. 7/1/2007.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERSTATE OIL COMPACT COMMISSION (§ 53-1-101) › Section 53-1-101 - Authority to contribute to interstate oil compact commission

The State Oil and Gas Board may pay annually out of the funds of the board the annual membership dues payable to the Interstate Oil Compact Commission for the membership of the State of Mississippi in that organization. The State Oil and Gas Board may pay the reasonable and necessary travel expenses incurred by the members and staff of the State Oil and Gas Board and by the designee appointed by the Governor to the Interstate Oil Compact Commission for travel to meetings of the commission to the extent those expenses are payable by law.
Laws, 1950, ch. 217 § 1; Laws, 1977, ch. 378; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 29; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 357, § 29; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 29; Laws, 1997, ch. 347, § 1, eff. 7/1/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 1 - STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-1-201) › PROVISION FOR REPEAL OF CHAPTER [Repealed] (§ 53-1-201) › Section 53-1-201 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1991, ch. 340, § 31, eff. 3/11/1991.
Laws 1979, ch. 301, § 54; 1982, ch. 485, § 30; 1990, ch. 357, § 30, eff. 1/1/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 3 - DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF GAS AND OIL (§§ 53-3-1 — 53-3-203) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-3-1 — 53-3-41) › Section 53-3-1 - Definitions for certain sections

Unless the context otherwise requires, words and terms appearing in Sections
53-3-3
through
53-3-21
, inclusive, shall have the meaning attributed to them in Section
53-1-3
.
No history available for this section.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 3 - DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF GAS AND OIL (§§ 53-3-1 — 53-3-203) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-3-1 — 53-3-41) › Section 53-3-3 - Waste unlawful

Waste of oil or gas as defined in Section
53-1-3
is hereby made unlawful.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-09; Laws, 1932, ch. 117; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 5.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 3 - DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF GAS AND OIL (§§ 53-3-1 — 53-3-203) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-3-1 — 53-3-41) › Section 53-3-9 - Allowable production; meters

(a)
Whenever the state oil and gas board has fixed for the purpose of preventing waste, as defined in Section
53-1-3
, the total amount of oil or gas which may be produced in any pool in this state at an amount less than that amount which the pool can produce, the board shall allocate or apportion the allowable production among the producers in the pool on a reasonable basis so as to prevent reasonably avoidable drainage from each developed unit which is not equalized by counter-drainage, and so that each producer will have the opportunity to produce or receive his just and equitable share, as above set forth.
(b)
After the effective date of any rule, regulation, or order of the state oil and gas board fixing the allowable production of oil or gas, or both, for any pool, no person shall produce from any well, lease, or property more than the allowable production which is applicable; nor shall such amount be produced in a different manner than that which may be authorized.
(c)
The state oil and gas board shall require interested persons, firms or corporations to place uniform meters of a type approved by the board wherever the board may designate on all pipe lines, flow lines, gathering systems, barge terminals, loading racks, refineries, or other places deemed necessary or proper to prevent waste and the transportation of illegally produced oil or gas; such meters at all times shall be under the supervision and control of the board, and it shall be a violation of Sections
53-1-1
through
53-1-47
, inclusive, and Sections
53-3-1
through
53-3-21
, inclusive, for any person, firm or corporation to refuse to attach or install such meter when ordered to do so by the board.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-23; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 11.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 3 - DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF GAS AND OIL (§§ 53-3-1 — 53-3-203) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-3-1 — 53-3-41) › Section 53-3-13 - Permit fee; disposition of fees

(1)
Any person securing a permit to drill a well in search of oil or gas under the provisions of Section
53-3-11
shall pay to the Oil and Gas Supervisor a fee of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) upon and for the issuance of the permit. A lesser sum may be paid if the State Oil and Gas Board shall adopt a rule fixing the amount to be paid at a sum less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00). Any such permit, when issued and the fee paid thereon, shall be good for a period of one (1) year from the date thereof; and in the event drilling has commenced within one (1) year, the permit shall be good for the life of the well commenced, unless during the course of drilling or production the operator is changed. In the event a change of operators from that listed in the drilling permit is desired, the operator listed and the proposed new operator shall apply to the State Oil and Gas Board for authority to change operators on forms to be prescribed by order of the State Oil and Gas Board. The fee for such change of operators shall be One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per change, or some lesser sum as may be fixed by order of the board.
(2)
The State Oil and Gas Supervisor, as ex officio Secretary of the State Oil and Gas Board, shall remit to the State Treasurer all monies collected by reason of the assessments made, fixed and authorized under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, and the State Treasurer shall deposit all such monies in a special fund known as the "Oil and Gas Conservation Fund."
Codes, 1942, § 6132-30; Laws, 1948, ch. 319, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1966, ch. 280, § 1; Laws, 1977, ch. 487; Laws, 1978, ch. 520, § 14; Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 31; Laws, 2007, ch. 363, § 1, eff. 7/1/2007.
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 474, HB 740,§ 4, eff. 4/16/2019.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 459, SB 2362, 41, eff. 7/1/2016.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 3 - DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF GAS AND OIL (§§ 53-3-1 — 53-3-203) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-3-1 — 53-3-41) › Section 53-3-15 - Certificate of compliance required before connection with pipe lines; cancellation

Owners or operators of oil or gas wells shall, before connecting with any oil or gas pipe line, secure from the state oil and gas board a certificate showing compliance with the conservation laws of the state and conservation rules, regulations and orders of the board. No operator of a pipe line shall connect with any well until the owner or operator of such well shall furnish a certificate from the board that such conservation laws and such rules, regulations and orders have been complied with. This section shall not prevent a temporary connection of not more than seven days' duration with any well in order to take care of production and prevent waste until opportunity shall have been given the owner or operator of such well to secure such certificate.
The state oil and gas board shall have the power to cancel any certificate of compliance issued under the provisions of this section when it appears, after due notice and hearing, that the owner or operator of a well covered by the provisions of same has violated or is violating, in connection with the operation of said well or the production of oil or gas therefrom, any of the oil or gas conservation laws of this state or any of the rules, regulations or orders of the board promulgated thereunder. Upon notice from the board to the operator of any pipe line connected to any such oil or gas well that the certificate of compliance with reference to such well has been cancelled by the board, the operator of such pipe line shall disconnect from such well and it shall be unlawful for the operator of such pipe line to transport oil or gas therefrom until a new certificate of compliance has been issued by the board. It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of any well to produce oil or gas therefrom (except as to a temporary connection as hereinabove provided), unless there is in effect a certificate of compliance covering such well.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-31; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 17.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 3 - DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF GAS AND OIL (§§ 53-3-1 — 53-3-203) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-3-1 — 53-3-41) › Section 53-3-17 - Illegal transactions

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.
Unless and until the state oil and gas board provides for certificates of clearance, 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 hereinafter stated. 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 Section
53-1-47
shall apply to any sale, purchase, or acquisition, and to the transportation, refining, processing, or handling in any other way, without a certificate of clearance, 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.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-32; Laws, 1948, ch. 256, § 18.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 3 - DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF GAS AND OIL (§§ 53-3-1 — 53-3-203) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-3-1 — 53-3-41) › Section 53-3-21 - Penalties for violations of Sections 53-3-3 through 53-3-19

Any person who violates any of the provisions of Sections
53-3-3
through
53-3-19
, inclusive, or any rule, regulation or order made thereunder, shall be subject to the penalties and punishment set forth in Section
53-1-47
.
No history available for this section.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 3 - DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF GAS AND OIL (§§ 53-3-1 — 53-3-203) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-3-1 — 53-3-41) › Section 53-3-23 - Flexible oil or gas drilling units

(1)
Whenever a drilling unit for oil or gas is formed comprised entirely of lands within the State of Mississippi, with one or more unit boundaries being the center of the main navigable channel of the Mississippi River or any other navigable river constituting the boundary between the State of Mississippi and another state, such unit shall be a flexible unit. The size and shape of such unit shall change as the boundary line between the states changes.
(2)
Subsequent changes in the acreage content of such unit occasioned by the shifting of the state boundary line shall not occasion a reduction in the allowable acreage allocated to such unit.
(3)
This section shall cover and include oil and gas units which have been heretofore formed or which may be hereafter formed.
Codes, 1942, § 6132-23.5; Laws, 1958, ch. 186, §§ 1-4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 3 - DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF GAS AND OIL (§§ 53-3-1 — 53-3-203) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-3-1 — 53-3-41) › Section 53-3-25 - Application for permit to drill in search of oil or gas

Before any person shall commence the drilling of any well in search of oil or gas, the person shall file with the board his application for a permit to drill, accompanied by a certified plat and by a fee of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00), payable to the State Oil and Gas Board. When two (2) or more separately owned tracts of land are embraced within the unit for which the permit is sought, the application shall affirmatively state whether there are separately owned tracts in the drilling unit for which the permit is sought, and if so, whether the person owning the drilling rights therein and the rights to share in the production therefrom have agreed to develop their lands as a drilling unit and to the drilling of the well, as contemplated by Section
53-3-7
. If drilling operations have not commenced within one (1) year after date of issuance, the permit shall become void. If the application complies in all respects with the rules and regulations of the board relating thereto, a permit shall be issued promptly by the supervisor. The issuance of the permit shall constitute the establishment of the drilling unit as designated in the application and shall likewise constitute the approval of the well location set out in the permit. On good cause shown, the unit may be altered by the board after notice and hearing.
If the application for permit does not comply in all respects with the rules and regulations of the board relating thereto, the application shall be disallowed and the supervisor shall promptly notify the applicant of the reason or reasons for the disallowance.
Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 32(1); Laws, 2007, ch. 363, § 2, eff. 7/1/2007.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 3 - DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF GAS AND OIL (§§ 53-3-1 — 53-3-203) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-3-1 — 53-3-41) › Section 53-3-27 - Application to commence drilling of stratigraphic test or well below freshwater level; duration of permit

Before any person shall commence the drilling of a stratigraphic test or any well below the freshwater level (other than an oil or gas well or injection well), such person shall file with the board his application for a permit to drill, accompanied by a fee of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00), or some lesser sum as may be fixed by order of the board, payable to the State Oil and Gas Board. If the application complies in all respects with the rules and regulations of the board relating thereto, a permit shall be issued promptly by the supervisor. Any such permit, when issued and the fee paid thereon, shall be good for a period of one (1) year from the date thereof; and in the event drilling has commenced within one (1) year, the permit shall be good for the life of the well commenced, unless during the course of drilling or production the operator is changed.
If the application for a permit does not comply in all respects with the rules and regulations of the board relating thereto, said application shall be disallowed, and the supervisor shall promptly notify the applicant of the reason or reasons for the disallowance.
Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 32(2); Laws, 1989, ch. 444, § 2; Laws, 2009, ch. 443, § 1, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 53 - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS (§§ 53-1-1 — 53-11-33) › Chapter 3 - DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF GAS AND OIL (§§ 53-3-1 — 53-3-203) › IN GENERAL (§§ 53-3-1 — 53-3-41) › Section 53-3-29 - Application to commence drilling injection well; duration of permit

Before any person shall commence the drilling of an injection well, such person shall file with the board his application for a permit to drill, accompanied by a fee of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00), or some lesser sum as may be fixed by order of the board, payable to the State Oil and Gas Board. If the application complies in all respects with the rules and regulations of the board relating thereto, a permit shall be issued by the supervisor upon approval by the State Oil and Gas Board, after notice and hearing. Any such permit, when issued and the fee paid thereon, shall be good for a period of one (1) year from the date thereof; and in the event drilling has commenced within one (1) year, the permit shall be good for the life of the well commenced, unless during the course of drilling or production the operator is changed.
Laws, 1982, ch. 485, § 32(3); Laws, 1989, ch. 444, § 3; Laws, 2009, ch. 443, § 2, eff. 7/1/2009.