Oklahoma Statutes
Title 52. Oil and Gas

§52-1. Corporation Commission or Commission defined. - As used in Title 52, the term "Corporation Commission" or...

§52-1.1. Corporations for producing, transmitting or transporting natural gas. - Any firm, co-partnership, association, or combination of individuals may become...

§52-2. Foreign gas pipeline corporations - License. - Foreign corporations formed for the purpose of, or engaged in...

§52-3. Eminent domain. - No association, combination, co-partnership or corporation shall have or exercise...

§52-4. Right-of-way must be granted by charter and damages paid - Damages. - The laying, constructing, building and maintaining a gas pipeline for...

§52-5. Construction and operation of pipelines - Safety regulations - Markers - Promulgation of rules - Personnel - Expenses. - A. The Corporation Commission is hereby authorized, directed and empowered...

§52-5.1. Cooperation with other agencies. - The Corporation Commission is hereby authorized to cooperate with any...

§52-5.2. Deposit of monies collected in Corporation Commission Revolving Fund. - All monies collected by the Corporation Commission under the provisions...

§52-7. Necessity of incorporation. - No person, firm or association or corporation shall ever be...

§52-8. Plat and information showing trunk lines - Filing with Corporation Commission. - Before any gas pipeline corporation shall acquire any right-of-way, or...

§52-9. Domestic pipeline companies - Erection of pumping stations. - All domestic gas pipeline corporations in this state are hereby...

§52-10. Pipeline companies may cross highways, bridges, etc. - Supplying gas to landowner. - Every gas pipeline corporation or individual in this state is...

§52-21. Businesses and persons subject to act - Vested rights excepted. - Every corporation, joint-stock company, limited copartnership, partnership or other person,...

§52-22. Pipeline right-of-way - Eminent domain - Highways. - For the purpose of acquiring necessary right-of-way, every such person...

§52-23. Pipeline operators common purchasers - Requirements - Exemptions. - Every corporation, joint-stock company, limited copartnership, partnership or other person,...

§52-24. Pipeline companies declared common carriers - Discrimination - Exemptions. - Every corporation, joint stock company, limited copartnership, partnership or other...

§52-24.1. Refusal to purchase or transport natural gas - Complaint - Hearing - Orders. - Any person, firm or municipality aggrieved by reason of the...

§52-24.2. Definitions. - As used herein the term person, firm or municipality shall...

§52-24.4. Definitions. - For the purposes of this act: 1. “Gathering” is the...

§52-24.5. Discriminatory fees – Open access – Commission authority. - A. No gatherer shall charge any fee or require any...

§52-25. Parties not complying with act not to own gas wells, etc. - It shall be unlawful for any corporation, joint stock company,...

§52-26. Prerequisite to carrying gas - Filing acceptance and plats - Records for Corporation Commission. - Before any corporation, joint stock company, limited copartnership, partnership or...

§52-27. Right-of-way - Highways - Eminent domain - Foreign corporations - Negligent injuries. - Every domestic pipeline company in this state is hereby given...

§52-28. Filing records or plats with Corporation Commission - Extension of time. - Upon a sworn statement of the necessities which would justify...

§52-29. Production levels of gas wells - Rulemaking - Hardship wells - Field rules. - A. Every corporation, joint stock company, limited copartnership, partnership or...

§52-30. Meters - Reports. - No corporation, joint stock company, limited copartnership, partnership or person...

§52-30.1. Electronic natural gas measuring systems - Audit of certain leases and collection of royalties. - A. The Commissioners of the Land Office and the Gross...

§52-31. Violation of act - Punishment. - Any person, copartnership, or corporation, its agent or employees, violating...

§52-32. Violations - Receivership - procedure. - The Corporation Commission shall, upon being reasonably satisfied that any...

§52-33. Evidence - Certified transcripts of reports of gas companies. - A properly certified transcript of the report of any such...

§52-34. Enforcement by Corporation Commission - Appeals. - The Corporation Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to enforce...

§52-36.1. Definitions. - As used in this act, Section 36.1 et seq. of...

§52-36.2. Public interest and welfare. - The underground storage of natural gas which promotes conservation thereof,...

§52-36.3. Condemnation of subsurface stratum or formation - Operation of storage facilities - Limitations. - Any public utility may condemn for its use for the...

§52-36.4. Certificate of Commission. - Any public utility desiring to exercise the right of eminent...

§52-36.5. Petition to district court - Examination and determination - Subsequent proceedings. - Any public utility having first obtained a certificate from the...

§52-36.6. Ownership of gas. - All natural gas which has previously been reduced to possession,...

§52-36.7. Partial invalidity. - If any section, paragraph, sentence or phrase of this act...

§52-41. Gas from interstate pipelines - License from Corporation Commission. - All domestic gas pipeline corporations in this state, which are...

§52-44. Gas to be furnished through meters at meter rates - Exceptions. - All persons, firms, corporations or other business organizations engaged in...

§52-45. Violations of act misdemeanor - Punishment. - Any person, firm, corporation or other business organization who shall...

§52-46.1. Ammonia - Commercial fertilizers - Transportation by pipeline. - Pipeline companies operating in this state as common carriers and...

§52-46.2. Hearing and determination of applications - Appeals. - Applications for authority to operate under Section 1 of this...

§52-46.3. Eminent domain. - All companies authorized by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to operate...

§52-46.4. Rules and regulations. - The Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall make such reasonable rules and...

§52-47.1. Short title. - Sections 1 through 8 of this act shall be known...

§52-47.2. Definitions. - As used in the Hazardous Liquid Transportation System Safety Act:...

§52-47.3. Powers and duties of Commission. - The Corporation Commission shall have the power and duty to:...

§52-47.4. Inspection, operation and maintenance plan. - A. Any person who operates or owns a hazardous liquid...

§52-47.5. Determination of hazardous transportation system - Corrective action - Emergencies. - A. The Commission may find a transportation system to be...

§52-47.6. Violations - Penalties. - A. Any person who has been determined by the Commission...

§52-47.7. Action to redress or restrain violation. - The Commission may request the Attorney General to bring an...

§52-47.8. Appeals. - Any person aggrieved by any order of the Commission issued...

§52-51. Oil companies must comply with statute - "Petroleum" defined. - Every corporation, joint stock company, partnership or other person, exercising...

§52-52. Right-of-way. - For the purpose of acquiring necessary right-of-way, every such person...

§52-53. Foreign corporations. - Corporations of other states or territories, or of the United...

§52-54. Common purchasers of oil - Required to purchase - Discrimination prohibited. - Every corporation, joint stock company, partnership or other person, claiming...

§52-55. Chapter inapplicable to businesses not of public consequence. - All persons, firms, associations, and corporations are exempt from the...

§52-56. Oil carriers are common carriers - Discrimination prohibited. - Every corporation, joint-stock company, partnership or person, engaged in the...

§52-57. Oil carriers not to be interested in producing. - It shall be unlawful for any corporation, joint-stock company, partnership...

§52-58. Acceptance of laws and plats to be filed. - Before any corporation, joint stock company, partnership or person, shall...

§52-59. Domestic pipeline companies have right-of-way. - Every domestic pipeline company in this state is hereby given...

§52-60. Eminent domain extended to oil pipelines same as railroads. - Any oil pipeline company, organized under the laws of this...

§52-61. Eminent domain, who may have - Foreign corporations. - All persons, natural or artificial, except foreign corporations, shall have...

§52-62. Commission may extend time for filing plats. - Upon a sworn statement of the necessities which would justify...

§52-63. Penalty for violations. - Any person, co-partnership, or corporation, its agent or employee, violating...

§52-64. Suspension of penalty, when. - Whenever the operation of a valid order of a competent...

§52-65. Certified transcript shall be evidence. - A properly certified transcript of the report of any such...

§52-67. Authorization for construction, siting, expansion or operation of crude oil or refined petroleum product pipeline facilities – Schedule of approval. - A. The Corporation Commission shall cooperate with and comply with...

§52-86.1. Definitions. - For the purposes of this act: 1. "Commission" means the...

§52-86.2. Waste in production of oil - industrial use of water produced - A. The term "waste", as applied to the production of...

§52-86.3. Waste of gas - Meaning - Prevention - Prohibition - Protection of fresh water and oil or gas bearing strata. - The term "waste", as applied to gas, in addition to...

§52-86.4. Common source of supply - Orders, rules and regulations. - The Commission is hereby empowered after notice of hearing to...

§52-86.5. Procedural requirements. - This act shall be subject to all of the procedural...

§52-86.6. Short title - Oil and Gas Produced Water and Waste Recycling and Reuse Act. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...

§52-86.7. Definitions – Purpose – Property rights – Operator rights and responsibilities – Liability - Disposal. - A. As used in this act: 1. "Commission" means the...

§52-86.8. Compliance with the Oklahoma Brine Development Act. - Notwithstanding any other provision in this act, if oil and...

§52-87.1. Common source of supply of oil - Well spacing and drilling units. - Whenever the production from any common source of supply of...

§52-87.2. Protest of applications relating to spacing units - Proper parties - Intervention - Report by Corporation Commission. - A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section,...

§52-87.3. Application or petition for location exception - Notice of hearing. - A. When any petition or application is filed with the...

§52-87.4. Affidavit of election for drilling well under pooling order. - An affidavit evidencing any election for the drilling of a...

§52-87.5. Applications for approval of increased density wells – Notice and hearing. - A. When any application is filed with the Corporation Commission...

§52-87.6. Short title - Extended Horizontal Well Development Act - Definitions. - A. Sections 87.6 through 87.9 of this title shall be...

§52-87.7. Corporation Commission jurisdiction. - Corporation Commission Jurisdiction. The Corporation Commission shall have jurisdiction, upon...

§52-87.8. Horizontal wells – Allocation of costs, production, and proceeds – Application for approval. - A. Under the conditions contained in this section, the Corporation...

§52-87.9. Horizontal well unitization for targeted reservoirs. - A. Horizontal Well Unitization for Targeted Reservoirs. Under limited circumstances...

§52-91. Meters on pipelines - Commission to designate type - Inspection - Cost of operation. - The Commission is hereby empowered and authorized by its orders,...

§52-92. Reports - Oil purchased or transported - Forms - Verification. - The Commission is hereby authorized and empowered by orders, rules...

§52-93. Operators - Books - Oil produced and sold. - Every operator in any prorated common source of supply shall,...

§52-94. Maps and drawings - Location of pipelines and connections - Verification. - The Commission may require any and all operators in any...

§52-95. Reports - Quantity of oil produced and moved - Penalty. - The Commission shall by order require every operator in each...

§52-96. Verification of reports, statements, maps and drawings. - When by an order, rule or regulation of the Commission...

§52-97. Commission - Jurisdiction to make orders, rules and regulations - Hearings. - The Commission upon its own motion, or upon the petition...

§52-98. Powers of Commission - Marshal of Commission. - In all matters pertaining to the making, issuing and enforcement...

§52-99. Filing of papers and documents - Use as evidence. - When under any provision of this act or of any...

§52-100. Witnesses - Depositions. - The Commission may cause depositions of witnesses residing within or...

§52-101. Procedure - Rules of - Enforcement of orders and rules. - The Commission shall have power with or without any notice...

§52-102. Contempt - Punishment - Enforcement of fines - Disposition of fines and penalties. - Punishment for contempt by the Commission of any person, guilty...

§52-103. Contempt - Proceedings - How commenced - Complaint - Citation. - Proceedings as for contempt for disobedience or violation of the...

§52-104. Right of entry and inspection by conservation officer, his assistants and deputies. - The Proration Umpire, his assistant and deputies shall have the...

§52-105. Power to close wells - Orders regulating flow and production - Motion or petition for order - Temporary orders. - The Commission shall have the power to order closed, and...

§52-106. Notice on filing of motion or petition. - Upon the filing of any motion or petition for order...

§52-107. Process - Service - How made - Return. - Except as otherwise provided or authorized in this act, service...

§52-108. Oaths - Felony of perjury. - Every person who, having taken an oath that he will...

§52-109. False verification of documents as perjury - Punishment. - Any person who shall verify under oath any report, map...

§52-110. Market demand - Transportation and marketing facilities - Evidence - Proceedings and hearings. - In any proceeding or at any hearing before the Commission...

§52-111. Collateral attack on orders, rules and regulations - Appeals - Supreme Court. - No collateral attack shall be allowed upon orders, rules and...

§52-112. Application to amend or modify orders - Hearing - Appeal. - Any person affected by any legislative or administrative order of...

§52-113. Appeals - Power of Supreme Court - Supersedeas - Bond. - In the manner now provided by law for taking appeals...

§52-114. Obstructing or delaying performance of duties a felony. - Any person who knowingly and willfully delays or obstructs any...

§52-115. Conspiracy to violate act - Punishment. - If two or more persons conspire to violate any provision...

§52-116. Violation of orders, rules and regulations - Injunction - Appeal - Supersedeas. - Where the Commission shall make and issue any order, rule,...

§52-117. Bribery - Punishment. - Whoever corruptly gives, offers or promises to give to any...

§52-118. Bribery - Accepting bribe - Punishment. - Any member of the Commission, Proration Umpire, assistant, deputy, agent...

§52-119. Bribery - State's evidence - Immunity. - In all cases involving the offering, promising, giving or receiving...

§52-120. Powers - Grant of not to restrict general powers. - Any grant of specific power or powers, and any imposition...

§52-132. Office of Management and Enterprise Services - Rooms and supplies. - The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall provide such...

§52-134. Partial invalidity - Effect. - If any section, paragraph, sentence or phrase of this act...

§52-135. Pending actions not terminated. - The enactment of this act shall not terminate any proceeding...

§52-136. Application of procedural requirements - Right of appeal - Rules and regulations. - This act is subject to all of the procedural requirements...

§52-137.1. Regulation of oil and gas activities by municipalities, counties, or other political subdivisions. - A municipality, county or other political subdivision may enact reasonable...

§52-138. Partial invalidity, effect of. - If any section, paragraph, sentence or phrase of this act...

§52-139. Jurisdiction, powers and authority of Corporation Commission and Department of Environmental Quality. - A. The Corporation Commission is vested with exclusive jurisdiction, power...

§52-140. Earthen storage ponds - Remedial action. - A. The Corporation Commission shall not, by a rule or...

§52-141. Rules and orders - Powers of Commission - Power to file applications with Commission or appear before Commission - Appeals. - A. In all matters pertaining to the making, issuing and...

§52-142. Cooperation and assistance of other environmental agencies. - Each environmental agency in pursuance of its duties with respect...

§52-143. Penalties. - Any person, firm or corporation violating any rule, regulation or...

§52-144. Provisions supplemental - Exceptions. - The provisions of this act shall not repeal, but are...

§52-146. Right of condemnation by eminent domain to enforce Commission orders. - The Corporation Commission of Oklahoma is hereby granted the right...

§52-147. Institution of condemnation proceedings by lessees. - Every person, firm or corporation operating an oil and gas...

§52-148. Court procedure. - The exercise of the rights of eminent domain shall be...

§52-149. Conservation Division - Creation - Personnel - Duties - Qualifications. - There is hereby created within the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma,...

§52-149.1. Oil and gas referees. - The Commission is hereby authorized to employ three oil and...

§52-149.2. Oil and Gas Appellate Referees. - The Corporation Commission is authorized to employ Oil and Gas...

§52-149.3. Teleconference hearings. - The Corporation Commission shall establish and maintain a system providing...

§52-152. Salaries, costs and expenses - Payment. - Subject to the traveling and subsistence limitations applicable to state...

§52-153. Persons having authority to make investigations, serve orders, etc. - The Commission shall have the authority to designate those employees...

§52-201. Compacts with other states authorized - Objectives - Fact finding agency - Uniform conservation and tax laws. - The Governor, or such representative as he may appoint, is...

§52-202. Interstate compacts - When binding. - No compact made under the authority of this act shall...

§52-203. Interstate Compact ratified and confirmed. - The "Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas" entered into...

§52-204. Terms and provisions of compact. - An Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas ARTICLE I....

§52-205. Governor as official representative of state - Powers and duties - Assistant representatives. - The Governor is hereby designated as the official representative of...

§52-206. Clerical, technical and legal assistants - Expenses - Office. - The assistant representative referred to in Section 205 of this...

§52-207. Interstate Oil Compact Fund - Purpose for which used - Disposition of unexpended balance. - A. There is hereby created in the Office of the...

§52-208. Duration of Act - Withdrawal from Compact - Credit of funds to General Revenue Fund. - The provisions of this act, Section 201 et seq, of...

§52-211. Further extensions - Withdrawal from Compact - Determination and necessary steps. - The Governor of Oklahoma is further authorized and empowered for...

§52-231. Ownership of gas. - All natural gas under the surface of any land in...

§52-232. Drilling rights. - Subject to the provisions of Sections 29 and 239 of...

§52-233. Sale of gas - Prices and amounts of gas to be taken - Delivery. - Any person, firm or corporation, taking gas from a gas...

§52-234. Misappropriation of gas - Liability for damages and penalties. - Any person, firm or corporation, taking more than his or...

§52-235. Misappropriation of gas - Felony of grand larceny. - Any person or agent of a corporation, who takes gas,...

§52-236. Waste prohibited. - The production of natural gas in the State of Oklahoma,...

§52-237. Waste defined. - The term waste, as used herein in addition to its...

§52-238. Conservation of gas. - Whenever natural gas in commercial quantities, or a gas-bearing stratum,...

§52-239. Common source of supply - Apportionment and regulation to prevent waste. - Any person, firm or corporation, having the right to drill...

§52-240. "Common purchaser" - Discrimination in purchases prohibited - Regulation of purchases. - Every person, firm or corporation, now or hereafter engaged in...

§52-241. Enforcement of act - Hearings before Corporation Commission. - Any person, firm or corporation, or the Attorney General, on...

§52-242. Appeals to Supreme Court. - Appellate jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court of...

§52-243. Corporation Commission - Authority to make rules and regulations. - The Corporation Commission shall have authority to make regulations for...

§52-244. Pipeline companies - Acceptance of act as prerequisite to right to operate. - Before any person, firm or corporation shall have, possess, enjoy...

§52-245. Mine Inspector - Duties unchanged. - Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to interfere...

§52-246. Partial invalidity - Effect. - The invalidity of any section, subdivision, clause, or sentence of...

§52-247. Violation - Penalties. - In addition to any penalty that may be imposed by...

§52-248. Declaration of policy. - Whereas, agriculture constitutes one of the basic foundations of this...

§52-249. Definition. - As used in this act, the term "premises" means a...

§52-250. Natural gas - Pumping of water for irrigation - Preferred use. - From and after the effective date of this act, every...

§52-251. Prices, terms and conditions - Determination. - The prices, terms and conditions upon which natural gas shall...

§52-252. Procedure - Appeals. - In all proceedings under this act, the procedure shall be...

§52-253. Initiation of proceedings. - Proceedings before the Corporation Commission under this act may be...

§52-254. Obligation of well operators. - Nothing in this act shall create in any manner an...

§52-255. Controversies pending. - Pending the determination of any controversy before the Corporation Commission...

§52-256. Penalties. - Any owner or operator of a well who fails to...

§52-257. Order granting emergency relief. - The Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall issue an order determining the...

§52-271. Waste prohibited. - The production of crude oil or petroleum in the State...

§52-272. Production and sale regulated - Corporation Commission, authority of. - The taking of crude oil or petroleum from any oil-bearing...

§52-273. Waste defined - Regulations to prevent. - The term "waste" as used herein, in addition to its...

§52-274. Common source of supply - Restrictions on production when full production would cause waste - Powers of Corporation Commission - Discrimination prohibited. - Whenever the full production from any common source of supply...

§52-275. Wells gauged - Regulation by Corporation Commission - Agents. - For the purpose of determining such production, a gauge of...

§52-276. Enforcement of act - Hearings before Corporation Commission. - Any person, firm, or corporation, or the Attorney General on...

§52-277. Appeals to Supreme Court - Effect on orders. - Appellate jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court in...

§52-278. Violation - Penalties. - In addition to any penalty that may be imposed by...

§52-279. Partial invalidity. - The invalidity of any section, subdivision, clause or sentence of...

§52-287.1. Legislative finding. - The Legislature finds and determines that it is desirable and...

§52-287.2. Power and authority of Commission. - Subject to the limitations of this act the Corporation Commission...

§52-287.3. Matters to be found by Corporation Commission - Requisites of petition. - If upon the filing of a petition therefor and after...

§52-287.4. Order - Units and unit areas - Plan of unitization. - The order of the Commission shall define the area of...

§52-287.5. Ratification or approval of plan by lessees and owners. - No order of the Commission creating a unit and prescribing...

§52-287.6. Procedure - Notice - Appeals. - Except as otherwise herein expressly provided, all proceedings had under...

§52-287.7. Unlawful operation. - From and after the effective date of an order of...

§52-287.8. Status and powers of unit - Liability for expenses - Liens. - Each unit created under the provisions of this act shall...

§52-287.9. Modification of property rights, leases and contracts - Title to property - Distribution of proceeds - Delivery in kind - Effect of operations - Matters not affected. - Property rights, leases, contracts, and all other rights and obligations...

§52-287.10. Enlargement of area - Creation of new units - Amendment of plan. - The unit area of a unit may be enlarged to...

§52-287.11. Participation by public lands. - The Commissioners of the Land Office, or other proper board...

§52-287.12. Receipts as income. - Neither the unit production or proceeds from the sale thereof,...

§52-287.13. Definitions. - For the purposes of this act, unless the context otherwise...

§52-287.15. Agreements not violative of laws governing monopolies or restraint of trade. - No agreement between or among lessees or other owners of...

§52-288.1. Short title. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...

§52-288.2. Definitions. - As used in the Oklahoma Energy Education and Marketing Act,...

§52-288.3. Oklahoma Energy Resources Board. - There is hereby re-created until July 1, 2024, the Oklahoma...

§52-288.4. Board - Composition - Qualifications - Terms - Vacancies - Additional members - First meeting - Compensation and expenses. - A. The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board shall be composed of...

§52-288.5. Board - Powers, duties and responsibilities. - The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board shall have the following powers,...

§52-288.5A. Committee for Sustaining Oklahoma's Energy Resources. - A. There is hereby created the Committee for Sustaining Oklahoma's...

§52-288.5B. Sustaining Oklahoma's Energy Resources Revolving Fund. - There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving...

§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...

§52-288.5D. Levying fee to fund Commission. - A. To fund the activities of the Committee for Sustaining...

§52-288.5E. Refund of fees levied on production. - A. Any person subject to the fee levied by Section...

§52-288.6. Board - Annual meeting - Regular meeting - Quorum - Additional meeting - Appointment of Director. - A. There shall be an annual meeting of the Board...

§52-288.7. Energy Resources Revolving Fund. - A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a...

§52-288.8A. Levy of assessment - Remitting - Rate - Collection. - A. To fund the activities of the Oklahoma Energy Resources...

§52-288.9A. Refunds. - A. Any person subject to the assessment levied by Section...

§52-288.11. Investment of funds - Utilizing funds to influence governmental action or policy. - A. The Board may invest, pending disbursement, funds collected through...

§52-288.12. Act not to preempt or supersede other state or national programs - Application to rules and amendment of rules - Support of national program. - Nothing in this act may be construed to preempt or...

§52-291. Confinement of gas until used. - Any person, co-partnership, or corporation in possession, either as owner,...

§52-292. Waste from gas pipeline - Unlawful if unnecessary. - It shall be unlawful for any person, co-partnership, or corporation,...

§52-293. Flambeau lights unlawful. - It shall be unlawful to use natural gas for illuminating...

§52-294. Lights - Daytime use prohibited. - The person, firm, company or corporation consuming said gas, and...

§52-295. Burning gas during day. - No gas shall be used or burned for illuminating purposes...

§52-296. Refuse from wells - Disposition. - No inflammable product from any oil or gas well shall...

§52-296.1. Securing of crude oil storage tanks. - The owner or operator who owns or has control over...

§52-302. Firing oil or gas, or interfering with appliances unlawful. - It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person...

§52-303. Penalty for violations. - Any person, co-partnership or corporation violating any of the provisions...

§52-305. Well drilling within 100 feet of underground coal mines prohibited. - No well for oil or gas shall be drilled within...

§52-306. Workable coal beds or seams defined. - All coal beds or seams thirty (30) inches to thirty-six...

§52-307. Drilling of wells through workable seams - Regulations. - Any well drilled for oil, gas, salt water disposal or...

§52-308. Plugging. - The owner or manager shall not permit any well drilled...

§52-309. Findings and declarations. - The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the...

§52-310. Leaking wells - Entry upon land to plug, replug or repair - Emergencies. - A. If, after notice and hearing, the Commission finds that:...

§52-311. Liability for damages. - Any person entering upon the land on which the well...

§52-312. Responsibility for future remedial work. - Any person who plugs, replugs, or repairs a well in...

§52-313. No admission of liability or discharge of action. - The fact that any person has initiated or supported a...

§52-314. Right of action for costs involved - Lien - Any person who had no obligation to plug, replug, or...

§52-315. Supplemental remedy. - Nothing in this act shall relieve any person or persons...

§52-316. Proceedings. - All proceedings under this act including the filing of applications,...

§52-317. "Person" defined. - The term "person" as used in this act means any...

§52-317.1. Seeping natural gas - Jurisdiction, power, and authority of the Corporation Commission. - A. The Corporation Commission is vested with jurisdiction, power, and...

§52-318. Remedial work - Contracts upon competitive bids. - When the Corporation Commission undertakes to plug, replug, or repair...

§52-318.1. Agreement as to compliance with drilling and plugging regulations - Evidence of financial responsibility - Bond - Cost of plugging - Notice - Remedial operations. - A. Any person who drills or operates any well for...

§52-318.1a. Confidentiality of financial statement. - Pursuant to the Oklahoma Open Records Act, the Commission is...

§52-318.2. Definitions. - For purposes of Sections 1 through 8 of this act:...

§52-318.3. Notice of intent to drill - Negotiating surface damages. - Before entering upon a site for oil or gas drilling,...

§52-318.4. Undertakings which may be posted as damage deposit. - A. Every operator doing business in this state shall file...

§52-318.5. Negotiating surface damages - Appraisers - Report and exceptions thereto - Jury trial. - A. Prior to entering the site with heavy equipment, the...

§52-318.6. Appeal of decision on exceptions to report of appraiser or verdict upon jury trial - Execution of instruments of conveyance. - Any aggrieved party may appeal from the decision of the...

§52-318.7. Effect of act on existing contractual rights and contracts to establish correlative rights - Indian lands. - Nothing herein contained shall be construed to impair existing contractual...

§52-318.8. Effect of act on jurisdiction, authority and power of Corporation Commission. - Nothing in this act shall be construed as repealing or...

§52-318.9. Violation of act - Damages. - Upon presentation of clear, cogent and convincing evidence that the...

§52-318.21. Short title - Seismic Exploration Regulation Act - Definitions. - A. Sections 318.21 through 318.23 of this title shall be...

§52-318.22. Seismic exploration operations - Registration - Permits - Requirements - Penalty. - A. The Corporation Commission is hereby directed and authorized to...

§52-318.23. Seismic test hole blasting - Damages. - A. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation...

§52-320. "Growing crops" defined. - As respects exploration and drilling for oil or gas, plugging...

§52-320.1. Restriction on location of habitable structures. - A. After the effective date of this act, it shall...

§52-320.2. Unlawful use of safety equipment in oil or gas production. - After the effective date of this act, it shall be...

§52-391. Sale of petroleum products under deception as to quality or identity. - It shall be unlawful for a person, firm or corporation,...

§52-392. Marked containers or distributing equipment - Use in selling petroleum products. - It shall be unlawful for a person, firm or corporation,...

§52-393. Trademark - Imitation. - It shall be unlawful for a person, firm or corporation...

§52-394. Selling under false mark or name. - It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation...

§52-395. Mixing or blending. - It shall be unlawful for a person, firm or corporation...

§52-396. Aiding violations of act. - It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation...

§52-397. Violation of provisions - Misdemeanor. - Any person, firm or corporation, who violates any of the...

§52-398. Definitions - Persons liable for violations by firm or corporation. - The term "person" as used in this act shall include...

§52-399. Partial invalidity - Effect. - The sections of this act and each part of such...

§52-420.1. Short title - Definitions. - A. The provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 52 of...

§52-420.2. State Liquefied Petroleum Gas Administrator - Deputies and enforcement officers. - A. There is hereby created a State Liquefied Petroleum Gas...

§52-420.3. Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board. - A. There is hereby re-created the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas...

§52-420.3A. Liability of sellers, suppliers, handlers, or transporters of liquified petroleum gas. - A. A person is not liable for damages and no...

§52-420.4. Registration permits - Fees - Insurance requirements. - A. No person, firm or corporation shall manufacture, fabricate, assemble...

§52-420.5. Fees on sale, purchase, rental and/or use of refillable cylinders and containers - Penalties. - A. The Board is authorized to establish a fee, to...

§52-420.6. Suspension or revocation of registration permits - Appeals - Rules governing sale or transfer. - A. The State Liquefied Petroleum Gas Administrator is authorized to...

§52-420.7. Inspections - Proving metering systems - Display of permit - Complaints and arrests - Condemnation of systems and appliances - Duties of Attorney General. - A. It shall be the duty of the Administrator to...

§52-420.8. Violations of law or rule. - Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions...

§52-420.9. Specifications for commercial propane, butane and mixtures - Identification of vehicles - Motor carriers - Transportation out of state - Retail deliveries. - A. All liquefied petroleum gases designated as commercial propane, commercial...

§52-420.10. Appointment of administrative staff. - The Administrator is empowered and authorized to appoint from time...

§52-420.11. Disposition of funds and fees - Annual report - Liquefied Petroleum Gas Fund - Expenditures. - A. All funds and fees, from whatsoever source derived, collected...

§52-420.14. Nonresidents - Prohibition on storage or dispensing. - The State Liquefied Petroleum Gas Administrator shall not issue or...

§52-420.15. Safety schools for liquefied petroleum dealers. - The LP-Gas Board shall provide for the holding of safety...

§52-420.17. Inspectors' uniforms - Maintenance and cleaning allowance. - An expense allowance of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per month for...

§52-420.20. Short title. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...

§52-420.21. Definitions. - As used in the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research, Marketing...

§52-420.22. Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Commission - Creation. - A. There is hereby created until July 1, 2015, the...

§52-420.23. Commission membership - Appointment - Qualifications - Geographical distribution - Employment - Term of office - Vacancies - Chairperson - Travel reimbursement. - A. The Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Commission...

§52-420.24. Commission powers and duties. - The Commission shall have the power and duty to: 1....

§52-420.25. Commission meetings - Appointment of Director. - A. There shall be an annual meeting of the Commission...

§52-420.26. LP Gas Research, Marketing and Safety Revolving Fund. - There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving...

§52-420.27. Assessment on first sale or import of odorized LP gas - Records of remitted fees - Entry upon business premises - Suspension or revocation of registration permit. - A. To fund the activities of the Commission an assessment...

§52-420.28. Assessment collection - Penalties. - A. Each operator of a loading rack or owner of...

§52-420.29. Assessment refund. - A. Any person subject to the assessment levied by Section...

§52-420.29-1. Exports exempted from assessment. - A. No fee shall be collected on any deliveries of...

§52-420.29-2. Application for refund by purchaser. - Any purchaser who pays a fee to a loading rack...

§52-420.29-3. Petition to Commission for refund. - Any operator of a loading rack or owner of LP...

§52-420.30. Certain programs not preempted - Designation of funds for payment of certain programs. - Nothing in the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research, Marketing and...

§52-420.31. Oklahoma Propane Education and Safety Council – Powers and duties. - A. Effective November 1, 2015, the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas...

§52-421.1. Liquefied petroleum gas emergency - Declaration by Governor. - A. The Governor of Oklahoma is hereby authorized, for and...

§52-471. Short title. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...

§52-472. Terms defined - Pressure - Conversion to standard conditions. - The term "cubic foot of gas" or "standard cubic foot...

§52-473. Determination of factors by Commission - Determination and report of volumes. - (a) It shall be the duty of the Corporation Commission...

§52-474. Sales, purchases and deliveries - Adjustment of contract prices. - Each and every sale, and each and every purchase, delivery...

§52-475. Penalty for violations - Civil actions. - Any person, association of persons, or corporation who, as purchaser...

§52-476. Partial invalidity. - Subject to the provisions to Section 4, hereof, if any...

§52-477. Jurisdiction of Commission not restricted. - Nothing in this act shall in any wise limit or...

§52-521. Leasing of mineral interests of owners who cannot be located. - In an action filed by any person, firm or corporation...

§52-522. Procedure. - (a) The plaintiff shall file a verified petition setting forth...

§52-523. Negotiations by receiver - Deposit of funds - Discharge - Costs. - Such receiver shall proceed immediately to enter into negotiations with...

§52-524. Natural gas - Preferred use. - The use of natural gas, on the premises in which...

§52-525. Agricultural use of natural gas - Price - Installation of lines - Cessation of delivery. - Subject to prior contractual rights, every person, firm or corporation...

§52-526. Irrigation pumps - Providing natural gas - Price - Installation of lines - Cessation of delivery. - Subject to prior contractual rights, every person, firm or corporation...

§52-527. Method of measuring amount of gas. - It shall be permissible, when agreeable to all parties mentioned...

§52-528. State Corporation Commission - Powers and duties - Duty of Operators. - The State Corporation Commission is hereby vested with jurisdiction over...

§52-529. Liability of operators - Jurisdiction - Venue. - Any owner or operator of a well who fails to...

§52-548. Short title. - Sections 1 through 7 of this act shall be known...

§52-549.1. Short title. - SHORT TITLE This act shall be known and may be...

§52-549.2. Definitions. - DEFINITIONS As used in the Oil and Gas Owners’ Lien...

§52-549.3. Oil and gas lien. - NATURE, EXTENT AND DURATION OF OIL AND GAS LIEN A....

§52-549.4. Perfection of oil and gas lien. - PERFECTION OF OIL AND GAS SECURITY INTEREST An oil and...

§52-549.5. Oil and gas commingling. - COMMINGLING If oil or gas in which there exists more...

§52-549.6. Rights of purchaser. - RIGHTS OF PURCHASERS A purchaser takes free of any oil...

§52-549.7. Relative priority of oil and gas lien. - PRIORITY RELATIVE TO OTHER LIENS OR SECURITY INTERESTS Except for...

§52-549.8. Not affected by act. - TITLE The provisions of this act shall not affect: 1....

§52-549.9. Waiver, relinquishment, release. - WAIVER No interest owner shall be required, as a condition...

§52-549.10. Expiration of oil and gas lien - Enforcement of lien. - EXPIRATION OF LIEN - ENFORCEMENT - JOINDER AND CONSOLIDATION -...

§52-549.11. Rights of operator. - RIGHTS OF OPERATOR NOT IMPAIRED This act does not impair...

§52-549.12. Cumulative rights. - RIGHTS CUMULATIVE A. The provisions of this act and the...

§52-551. Definitions. - As used in this act: 1. "Holder" means any person...

§52-552. Escrow accounts. - A. The Corporation Commission shall require the establishment of an...

§52-553. Mineral Owner's Fund. - There is hereby created in the State Treasury the "Mineral...

§52-554. Transmission of funds - Escrow report - Claims against Mineral Owner's Fund. - A. The Corporation Commission shall, by the close of the...

§52-555. Investment of funds - Apportionment of interest. - The State Treasurer shall invest the monies in the Mineral...

§52-556. Custody of Mineral Owner's Fund - Transfer of monies to Unclaimed Property Fund. - The State Treasurer shall retain custody of the Mineral Owner's...

§52-557. Conditions for oil well plugging approval. - The Corporation Commission shall not finally approve the plugging of...

§52-558. Implementation of act – Rules - Prospective operation. - A. The Corporation Commission and the State Treasurer are to...

§52-570.1. Short title. - Sections 1 through 15 of this act shall be known...

§52-570.2. Definitions. - As used in the Production Revenue Standards Act: 1. "Owner"...

§52-570.3. Application of act. - The Production Revenue Standards Act shall apply to all owners...

§52-570.4. Sharing of and payment of proceeds - Operator's capacity and duties - Alternative royalty disbursement procedure. - A. In each month, each royalty interest owner shall share...

§52-570.5. Designation of person for certain royalty, accounting and remittance functions. - A. The owners owning a majority in interest of the...

§52-570.6. Selling royalty gas in kind - Consumption and accounting for royalty gas. - A. A royalty interest owner who has a right to...

§52-570.7. Out-of-balance wells. - A. For purposes of the Production Revenue Standards Act a...

§52-570.8. Working interest owner's statement to operator - Nomination of gas for producing owner's account - Producing owner's report - Gas meter owner's statement - First purchaser's or shipper's statement - Records to be maintained - Operator's ri... - A. Within sixty (60) days after receiving a written request...

§52-570.9. Production rights of owner - Ownership and payment of proceeds - Working interest owner's rights, duties and liability - Effect of act. - A. Each owner entitled to produce shall at a minimum...

§52-570.10. Payment of proceeds from sale of oil and gas production. - A. All proceeds from the sale of production shall be...

§52-570.11. Division orders. - A division order is an instrument for the purpose of...

§52-570.12. Information to be included with payments to interest owner - Calculation of revenue decimals - Measurement of gas volume reported – Electronic dissemination. - A. The following information for each property and month of...

§52-570.13. Promulgation of rules. - The Corporation Commission shall promulgate rules, as needed, in furtherance...

§52-570.14. Jurisdiction of district courts - Rulemaking power of Corporation Commission - Right of action of injured owner and costs of suit - Statute of limitations. - A. The district courts within this state shall have the...

§52-570.15. Performance pursuant to act - Satisfaction of duties and obligation. - Notwithstanding the effective dates of various provisions of the Production...

§52-581.1. Short title. - Sections 18 through 26 of this act and Section 546...

§52-581.2. Purpose and intent of act. - It is the purpose and intent of the Natural Gas...

§52-581.3. Definitions. - As used in the Natural Gas Market Sharing Act: 1....

§52-581.4. Exemptions - Owners ineligible to elect to market share. - A. The following sales are exempt from the provisions of...

§52-581.5. Election to market share - Procedure. - A. For wells producing natural gas or casinghead gas, any...

§52-581.6. Election to market share - Effect. - An election to market share pursuant to the terms of...

§52-581.7. Amount of gas produced from well. - On and after the effective date of the Natural Gas...

§52-581.8. Distribution of revenues from sale of production. - Proper distribution of revenues from the sale of production from...

§52-581.9. Construction and application of act. - Nothing in this act shall be construed as setting the...

§52-581.10. Enforcement powers of Corporation Commission - Promulgation of rules - Administration fees - Judicial remedies - Costs and expenses - Statute of limitations - Jurisdiction of district courts. - A. The Corporation Commission is herein empowered to promulgate rules...

§52-601. Short title. - This act shall be known as the "Energy Resources Conservation...

§52-602. Legislative intent. - The Legislature recognizes that hydrocarbons are a limited natural resource...

§52-603. Definitions. - As used in this act: 1. "Commission" means the Corporation...

§52-604. Transfers prohibited. - No person shall effect, aid or assist in effecting a...

§52-605. Exempted transfers. - The following transfers are exempted from the provisions of this...

§52-606. Valid transfers - Application for approval of transfer - Standards for approval - Waiver - Hearings, adjudications and appeals - Contracts for certain services. - A. A transfer shall not be valid or effective unless...

§52-607. Fees and costs. - A. Upon filing an application with the Commission for approval...

§52-608. Hearing relating to act or enforcement - Entities that may initiate - Jurisdiction - Time and place - Notice. - Any transferee, transferor, the Attorney General on behalf of the...

§52-609. Powers and authority of Commission. - In all matters pertaining to the making, issuing and enforcing...

§52-610. Violations - Fines and penalties - Collection of fines. - Any person who shall disobey or violate any of the...

§52-611. Injunctions. - The Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma or any...

§52-612. Nonresident transferees - Service of process. - A transferee who is a nonresident of this state, and...

§52-613. Statute of limitations. - No action or other proceeding shall be commenced under this...

§52-614. Application of act. - This act shall apply to any transfer consummated after the...

§52-801. Exploration Rights Act of 2011. - Sections 3 through 7 of this act shall be known...

§52-802. Definitions. - As used in the Exploration Rights Act of 2011: 1....

§52-803. Surface estate – Interference with solar energy agreement – Notice - A. Unless specifically provided otherwise in an instrument transferring or...

§52-804. Eminent domain. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, whether...

§52-805. Cumulative rights. - The provisions of the Exploration Rights Act of 2011, and...

§52-901. Short title. - Sections 1 through 3 of this act shall be known...

§52-902. Construction of oil and gas contracts, statutes and governmental orders. - The sanctity of private agreements, and the consistent and predictable...

§52-903. Failure to pay proceeds from production - Remedies. - Except for the right to enforce lien rights under private...

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Oklahoma Statutes Title 52. Oil and Gas

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Title 52. Oil and Gas