Code of Alabama
Chapter 17 - Oil and Gas.
Article 1 - Conservation and Regulation of Production.

Section 9-17-1 - Definitions. - Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have...

Section 9-17-2 - Declaration of Public Policy; Purpose of Article. - The prevention of waste of oil and gas and the...

Section 9-17-3 - Oil and Gas Board - Created; Composition; Compensation and Members Emeritus. - (a) There is created and established a board, to be...

Section 9-17-3.1 - Oil and Gas Board — Exemption From Sunset Law. - Commencing on February 8, 2018, the State Oil and Gas...

Section 9-17-4 - Oil and Gas Board - Quorum; Votes Required for Promulgation of Rules, Regulations or Orders. - Two members of the board shall constitute a quorum, but...

Section 9-17-5 - Oil and Gas Board - Representation in Litigation; Administration of Oaths. - The Attorney General shall be attorney for the board; provided,...

Section 9-17-6 - Oil and Gas Board - Powers and Duties Generally. - (a) The board shall have jurisdiction and authority over all...

Section 9-17-7 - Oil and Gas Board - Rules of Procedure for Hearings, etc.; Promulgation, etc., of Rules, Regulations or Orders Generally; Promulgation, etc., of Emergency Rules, Regulations or Orders. - (a) The board shall prescribe its rules of order or...

Section 9-17-8 - Oil and Gas Board - Powers as to Witnesses; Enforcement of Subpoenas Issued by Board. - (a) The board or any member thereof is hereby empowered...

Section 9-17-9 - State Oil and Gas Supervisor. - The State Geologist shall be, ex officio, the State Oil...

Section 9-17-10 - Employment of Personnel. - (a) The Oil and Gas Supervisor, with the concurrence of...

Section 9-17-11 - Waste Prohibited. - Waste of oil or gas as defined in this article...

Section 9-17-12 - Limitations on Regulations; Drilling or Production Units; Producers' Shares. - (a) Whether or not the total production from a pool...

Section 9-17-13 - Integration of Interests; Cycling Operations; Orders of Board; Procedures. - (a) When any mineral or other related interests deriving from...

Section 9-17-14 - Limitations Upon Rules, Regulations or Orders Establishing Limits on Production Allowable Within State or From Separate Pools; Production of More Than Established Allowable Production or Production in Unauthorized Manner. - (a) Whenever the board limits the total amount of oil...

Section 9-17-15 - Judicial Review of Rules, Regulations or Orders. - Any interested person aggrieved by any rule, regulation or order...

Section 9-17-16 - Injunctions - Issuance Against Board, Etc. - (a) No temporary restraining order or injunction of any kind...

Section 9-17-17 - Injunctions - Issuance Against Persons Violating, etc., Provisions of Article, Rules, Etc. - Whenever it shall appear that any person is violating or...

Section 9-17-18 - Injunctions - Appeals. - In any civil action where the board, in the name...

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. - (a) Nothing contained or authorized in this article and no...

Section 9-17-21 - Illegal Oil, Gas or Product - Sale, Acquisition, Processing, Handling, Etc. - (a) The sale, purchase or acquisition or the transportation, refining,...

Section 9-17-22 - Illegal Oil, Gas or Product - Seizure, Condemnation and Sale. - Apart from and in addition to any other remedy or...

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. - In order to protect further the natural gas fields and...

Section 9-17-24 - Notification Requirement; Hearing; Fees; Alabama Oil and Gas Board Special Fund. - (a) Any person desiring or proposing to drill any well...

Section 9-17-25 - Tax for Expenses of Administration and Enforcement of Article - Levied; Exemptions; Payment. - (a) For the purpose of defraying the expenses connected with...

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. - (a) It shall be the duty of every person producing...

Section 9-17-27 - Tax for Expenses of Administration and Enforcement of Article - Recovery of Tax Improperly Collected. - In the event that any collection of tax is improperly...

Section 9-17-31 - Tax for Expenses of Administration and Enforcement of Article - Disposition and Expenditure. - All funds collected pursuant to the tax levied on the...

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... - (a) Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any provision...

Section 9-17-33 - Disposition of Proceeds From Sale of Oil or Gas Production. - (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall...

Section 9-17-34 - Additional Definitions. - In addition to the definitions contained in Section 9-17-1, which...

Section 9-17-35 - Tax Based on Gross Proceeds for Offshore Production. - (a) The tax levied upon the producers of offshore production,...