Title 52, Title 52 — Oil and Gas

The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest to protect the waters and lands of the state against pollution and, for that purpose, it is necessary and desirable in the exercise of the police power of the state to provide additional means whereby wells dril…

Any person, copartnership, or corporation, its agent or employees, violating any of the provisions of this act, or any order of a court of competent jurisdiction of this state, or the Corporation Commission, pursuant to the jurisdiction conferred by this act, shall, upon convicti…

- Emergencies. A. If, after notice and hearing, the Corporation Commission finds that: 1. A well drilled for the exploration, development, or production of oil or gas, or as an injection or disposal well, is abandoned and unplugged or improperly plugged or is causing or is likely…

Any person entering upon the land on which the well is located to plug, replug, or repair the same, pursuant to the authority and in accordance with the order of the Commission, shall not be liable or held responsible for any damages resulting from operations reasonably necessary…

Any person who plugs, replugs, or repairs a well in accordance with an order of the Commission under this act shall not be held to have assumed responsibility for future remedial work on said well or be liable in damages or otherwise for conditions subsequently arising from or in…

The fact that any person has initiated or supported a proceeding before the Commission or has remedied or attempted to remedy the condition of any well under the authority of this act shall not be construed as an admission of liability or received in evidence against such person …

Any person who had no obligation to plug, replug, or repair the well but who does so under the provisions of this act shall have a cause of action against the person or persons who by law were obligated to properly plug, replug, or repair the well for the reasonable cost and expe…

Nothing in this act shall relieve any person or persons otherwise legally responsible from any obligation to properly plug, replug, or repair a well and shall not limit the authority of the Commission to require the proper plugging, replugging, or repair of the well, but is inten…

All proceedings under this act including the filing of applications, giving of notices, the conduct of hearings and other action taken by the Commission, and appeals therefrom shall be in the form and manner and in accordance with the procedure provided in Sections 84 to 135, inc…

The term "person" as used in this act means any individual, business association or corporation, partnership, governmental or political subdivision, public corporation, body politic and corporate public authority, trust or any other legal entity. Added by Laws 1965, c. 191, § 9, …

of the Corporation Commission. A. The Corporation Commission is vested with jurisdiction, power, and authority, and it shall be its duty, to promulgate and enforce rules, and issue and enforce orders relating to seeping natural gas. B. For purposes of this section, "seeping natur…

When the Corporation Commission undertakes to plug, replug, or repair any well or wells as authorized and provided in Sections 309 and 310 of this title, all such remedial work shall be done by contracts let upon competitive bids. Except for expenditures made from the Corporation…

regulations - Evidence of financial responsibility - Bond - Cost of plugging - Notice - Remedial operations. A. Any person who drills or operates any well for the exploration, development or production of oil or gas, or as an injection or disposal well, within this state, shall f…

Pursuant to the Oklahoma Open Records Act, the Commission is authorized to provide for the confidentiality of any financial statement filed pursuant to Section 318.1 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Copies of such financial statements may only be obtained upon written reques…

For purposes of Sections 1 through 8 of this act: 1. "Operator" means a mineral owner or lessee who is engaged in drilling or preparing to drill for oil or gas; and 2. "Surface owner" means the owner or owners of record of the surface of the property on which the drilling operati…

Definitions. A. Sections 318.21 through 318.23 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Seismic Exploration Regulation Act". B. As used in the Seismic Exploration Regulation Act: 1. "Seismic exploration" means the drilling of seismograph test holes and use of surface…

- Requirements - Penalty. A. The Corporation Commission is hereby directed and authorized to promulgate rules governing the operations of seismographic exploration for the purpose of protecting the interests and property of the citizens of this state. B. Any person, firm, corpora…

A. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or entity to conduct any seismic test hole blasting within two hundred (200) feet of any habitable dwelling, building or water well without written permission from the owner of the property. B. The surface owner shall be e…

Before entering upon a site for oil or gas drilling, except in instances where there are non-state resident surface owners, non- state resident surface tenants, unknown heirs, imperfect titles, surface owners, or surface tenants whose whereabouts cannot be ascertained with reason…

A. Every operator doing business in this state shall file a corporate surety bond, letter of credit from a banking institution, cash, or a certificate of deposit with the Secretary of State in the sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) conditioned upon compliance with S…

exceptions thereto - Jury trial. A. Prior to entering the site with heavy equipment, the operator shall negotiate with the surface owner for the payment of any damages which may be caused by the drilling operation. If the parties agree, and a written contract is signed, the opera…

or verdict upon jury trial - Execution of instruments of conveyance. Any aggrieved party may appeal from the decision of the court on exceptions to the report of the appraisers or the verdict rendered upon jury trial. Such appeal shall not serve to delay the prosecution of the wo…

contracts to establish correlative rights - Indian lands. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to impair existing contractual rights nor shall it prohibit parties from contracting to establish correlative rights on the subject matter contained in this act. This act shall n…

Corporation Commission. Nothing in this act shall be construed as repealing or limiting the jurisdiction, authority and power of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. Added by Laws 1982, c. 341, § 7, operative July 1, 1982.

Upon presentation of clear, cogent and convincing evidence that the operator willfully and knowingly entered upon the premises for the purpose of commencing the drilling of a well before giving notice of such entry or without the agreement of the surface owner, the court may, in …

The Corporation Commission shall, upon being reasonably satisfied that any corporation has violated the provisions of this act, recommend to the Attorney General that a receiver be appointed for such corporation. Upon receipt of the recommendation by the Attorney General, he shal…

As respects exploration and drilling for oil or gas, plugging or repair of oil or gas wells and provisions in contracts for either, the term "growing crops" shall be construed to include but not be limited to native grasses and trees. Added by Laws 1975, c. 203, § 1, emerg. eff. …

A. After the effective date of this act, it shall be unlawful to locate any habitable structure within: 1. A radius of one hundred twenty-five (125) feet from the wellbore of an active well; or 2. A radius of fifty (50) feet from the center of any surface equipment or other equip…

production. After the effective date of this act, it shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally or maliciously injure, deface, alter, destroy or tamper with any safety equipment that is not their own and is used in the drilling or production of an oil or gas well, unless c…

companies. A properly certified transcript of the report of any such corporation, association, or person, shall, as against the makers thereof, be prima facie evidence of the truth of any matter therein contained. Added by Laws 1913, c. 99, p. 174, § 13, emerg. eff. March 26, 191…

The Corporation Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to enforce all the provisions of this act, including the employment of requisite help and gas experts to carry out the same, except where jurisdiction is conferred on some other branch of the state government by the Co…

As used in this act, Section 36.1 et seq. of this title, (a) "underground storage" shall mean storage in a subsurface stratum or formation of the earth; (b) "natural gas" shall mean gas either while in its original state or after the same has been processed by removal therefrom o…

The underground storage of natural gas which promotes conservation thereof, which permits the building of reserves for orderly withdrawal in periods of peak demand, which makes more readily available our natural gas resources to the domestic, commercial and industrial consumers o…

Operation of storage facilities - Limitations. Any public utility may condemn for its use for the underground storage of natural gas any subsurface stratum or formation in any land which the Commission shall have found to be suitable and in the public interest for the underground…

Any public utility desiring to exercise the right of eminent domain as to any property for use for underground storage of natural gas shall, as a condition precedent to the filing of its petition in the district court, obtain from the Commission a certificate setting out findings…

determination - Subsequent proceedings. Any public utility having first obtained a certificate from the Commission as hereinbefore provided, desiring to exercise the right of eminent domain for the purpose of acquiring property for the underground storage of natural gas shall do …

All natural gas which has previously been reduced to possession, and which is subsequently injected into underground storage fields, sands, reservoirs and facilities, shall at all times be deemed the property of the injector, his heirs, successors or assigns. In no event shall su…

If any section, paragraph, sentence or phrase of this act shall be declared unconstitutional or void for any reason by any court of final jurisdiction, such decision shall not, in any way, invalidate or affect any other section, paragraph, sentence or phrase of this act, but the …

or identity. It shall be unlawful for a person, firm or corporation, to store, sell, expose for sale or offer for sale, any liquid fuels, lubricating oils, greases or other similar products in any manner whatsoever, which deceives, tends to deceive, or has the effect of deceiving…

selling petroleum products. It shall be unlawful for a person, firm or corporation, to store, sell, expose for sale or offer for sale in or from any container, tank, pump, or other distributing device or equipment, any other liquid fuels, lubricating oils, grease, or other simila…

It shall be unlawful for a person, firm or corporation to imitate the design, symbol, emblem, color scheme, trade name, trademark, or the markings of any buildings or equipment of any other marketer of liquids, fuels, lubricating oils, greases or other similar products, except wi…

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to expose for sale, offer for sale or sell under a trademark, trade name, or any other distinguishing mark, any liquid fuels, lubricating oils, greases or other like products other than those manufactured or distributed by …

It shall be unlawful for a person, firm or corporation to mix, blend or compound, the liquid fuels, lubricating oils, greases or similar products of any manufacturer or any distributor with the products of any other manufacturer or distributor or to adulterate the same and expose…

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to aid or assist any other person in the violation of the provisions of this act by depositing or delivering into a tank, receptacle, or any other container, a liquid fuel, lubricating oils, greases or similar products, oth…

Any person, firm or corporation, who violates any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for the first offense or b…

corporation. The term "person" as used in this act shall include every natural person; the term "firm" shall include co-partnerships and associations. If a firm or corporation shall commit a misdemeanor, according to the provisions of this act, every director, officer, agent, emp…

The sections of this act and each part of such sections are hereby declared to be independent sections and parts of sections, and the holding of a section or part thereof or the application to any person or circumstances to be invalid or ineffective, or unconstitutional shall not…

Damages. The laying, constructing, building and maintaining a gas pipeline for the transportation or transmission of natural gas along, over, under, across or through the highways, roads, bridges, streets, or alleys in this state, or of any county, city, municipal corporation or …

Commission. All domestic gas pipeline corporations in this state, which are now, or shall hereafter fully comply with the laws of this state, and all municipal corporations, owning or operating a gas plant, or which may hereafter own or operate a gas plant, may contract with and …

A. The provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Regulation Act”. B. For purposes of the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Regulation Act: 1. “Administrator” means the State Liquefied Petro…