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§ 53-3-1. Definitions for certain sections - Unless the context otherwise requires, words and terms appearing in...
§ 53-3-3. Waste unlawful - Waste of oil or gas as defined in Section 53-1-3...
§ 53-3-5. Drilling and production regulated - The state oil and gas board shall have the power...
§ 53-3-7. Integration of interests; pooling agreements and orders - The portion of the production allocated to the owner of...
§ 53-3-9. Allowable production; meters - Whenever the state oil and gas board has fixed for...
§ 53-3-15. Certificate of compliance required before connection with pipe lines; cancellation - Owners or operators of oil or gas wells shall, before...
§ 53-3-17. Illegal transactions - The sale, purchase, or acquisition, or the transportation, refining, processing,...
§ 53-3-19. Procedure for seizure and sale of illegal gas and oil as contraband - Apart from, and in addition to, any other remedy or...
§ 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...
§ 53-3-25. Application for permit to drill in search of oil or gas - Before any person shall commence the drilling of any well...
§ 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...
§ 53-3-29. Application to commence drilling injection well; duration of permit - Before any person shall commence the drilling of an injection...
§ 53-3-31. Application to rework abandoned well to injection well; duration of permit - Before any person shall commence operations to rework an abandoned...
§ 53-3-33. Application to rework operating well or injection well - Before any person shall commence operations to rework an operating...
§ 53-3-37. Penalties for violations concerning reports - Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of...
§ 53-3-39. Payment of interest on royalty proceeds which have not been disbursed - Purchasers of oil or gas production from any oil or...
Cooperative Development and Operation Under Leases -
Facilities for Exploration, Production, or Transportation of Oil or Gas in Navigable Waters
§ 53-3-71. Construction, operation and maintenance of facilities for exploration, production, or transportation of oil or gas in navigable waters - Any person, firm or corporation duly authorized to engage in...
§ 53-3-73. Fee for permit - Any person, firm or corporation applying for a permit to...
§ 53-3-75. Restrictions and prohibitions - The right to construct, operate and maintain any facility as...
Unitization of Oil and Gas Fields and Pools
§ 53-3-101. Applications; hearings - The State Oil and Gas Board upon the application of...
§ 53-3-103. Oil and Gas Board may order unit operation - The State Oil and Gas Board may issue an order...
§ 53-3-105. Provisions and requirements of board's order - The order issued by the State Oil and Gas Board...
§ 53-3-107. When order becomes effective - An order requiring unit operations pursuant to Section 53-3-103, Mississippi...
§ 53-3-109. Amendment of orders; extension of units and inclusion of additional pools - The State Oil and Gas Board, after notice and hearing,...
§ 53-3-111. How production allocated - The portion of unit production allocated to a separately owned...
§ 53-3-113. Authority of unit operator; production by others prohibited - From and after the effective date of an order of...
§ 53-3-115. Time and manner of giving notice - The notice provided for in Sections 53-3-101 through 53-3-119 shall...
§ 53-3-117. Administration of Sections 53-3-101 through 53-3-119 - In administering Sections 53-3-101 through 53-3-119, the oil and gas...
§ 53-3-119. Court review of order of oil and gas board by appeal to the chancery court - Any interested person adversely affected by any provision of Sections...
Underground Storage of Natural Gas or Compressed Air
§ 53-3-151. Definitions - As used in Sections 53-3-151 through 53-3-165: (a) "underground storage"...
§ 53-3-153. Legislative declaration - The underground storage of natural gas or compressed air which...
§ 53-3-155. Underground storage authorized pursuant to board's order - The use of an underground reservoir, stratum or formation as...
§ 53-3-157. Protection against pollution or against escape of natural gas or compressed air; property rights - The State Oil and Gas Board shall issue such orders,...
§ 53-3-159. Right of eminent domain - Any company, person or association of persons, municipality, association of...
§ 53-3-161. Right of landowner to drill and make other use of land - The right of condemnation granted by Section 53-3-159, shall be...
§ 53-3-163. Action for provable damages - If any property owner whose interest has been acquired under...
§ 53-3-165. Storage in offshore waters prohibited - No provisions of Sections 53-3-151 through 53-3-165 shall operate so...
Transportation of Crude Oil
§ 53-3-201. Required documentation for transportation of crude oil - The State Oil and Gas Board shall adopt regulations to...
§ 53-3-203. Enforcement; penalty - Any law enforcement officer or the supervisor of the State...