Title 52 — Title 52 — Oil and Gas

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The Legislature finds and determines that it is desirable and necessary, under the circumstances and for the purposes hereinafter set out, to authorize and provide for unitized management, operation and further development of the oil and gas properties to which this act is applic…

of plan. The unit area of a unit may be enlarged to include adjoining portions of the same common source of supply, including the unit area of another unit, and a new unit created for the unitized management, operation and further development of such enlarged unit area, or the pl…

The Commissioners of the Land Office, or other proper board or officer of the state having the control and management of state land, and the proper board or officer of any political, municipal, or other subdivision or agency of the state, are hereby authorized and shall have the …

Neither the unit production or proceeds from the sale thereof, nor other receipts shall be treated, regarded, or taxed as income or profits of the unit; but instead, all such receipts shall be the income of the several persons to whom or to whose credit the same are payable under…

For the purposes of this act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) The term "lessee" refers not only to lessees under oil and gas leases but also to the owners of unleased lands or mineral rights having the right to develop the same for oil and gas. (b) Any reference to a s…

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or restraint of trade. No agreement between or among lessees or other owners of oil and gas rights in oil and gas properties, entered into pursuant hereto or with a view or for the purpose of bringing about the unitized development or operation of such properties, shall be held t…

Subject to the limitations of this act the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma, hereinafter referred to as the "Commission", is hereby vested with jurisdiction, power and authority, and it shall be its duty to make and enforce such orders and do such things as may be …

Requisites of petition. If upon the filing of a petition therefor and after notice and hearing, all in the form and manner and in accordance with the procedure and requirements hereinafter provided, the Corporation Commission shall find (a) that the unitized management, operation…

The order of the Commission shall define the area of the common source of supply or portion thereof to be included within the unit area and prescribe with reasonable detail the plan of unitization applicable thereto. Each unit and unit area shall be limited to all or a portion of…

No order of the Commission creating a unit and prescribing the plan of unitization applicable thereto shall become effective unless and until the plan of unitization has been signed, or in writing ratified or approved by lessees of record of not less than sixty- three percent (63…

Except as otherwise herein expressly provided, all proceedings had under this act including the filing of petitions, the giving of notices, the conduct of hearings and other action taken by the Commission shall be in the form and manner and in accordance with the procedure and pr…

From and after the effective date of an order of the Commission creating a unit and prescribing the plan of unitization applicable thereto, the operation of any well producing from the common source of supply or portion thereof within the unit area defined in the order by persons…

Liens. Each unit created under the provisions of this act shall be a body politic and corporate, capable of suing, being sued and contracting as such in its own name. Each such unit shall be authorized on behalf and for the account of all the owners of the oil and gas rights with…

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 shall be regarded as amended and modified to the extent necessary to conform to the provisions a…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Energy Education and Marketing Act". Added by Laws 1992, c. 257, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 184, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1993.

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governmental action or policy. A. The Board may invest, pending disbursement, funds collected through assessments only in obligations of the United States or any agency thereof, in general obligations of any state, in any interest-bearing account or certificate of deposit of a ba…

programs - Application to rules and amendment of rules - Support of national program. Nothing in this act may be construed to preempt or supersede any other program relating to oil or natural gas promotion or marketing organized and operated under the laws of the State of Oklahom…

As used in the Oklahoma Energy Education and Marketing Act, Section 288.1 et seq. of this title: 1. "Board" means the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board; 2. "Person" means any individual, group of individuals, or any partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or employee th…

There is hereby re-created until July 1, 2031, the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board which shall be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law. The purpose of the Board is to coordinate a program designed to demonstrate to the general public the importance of the Oklahoma…

- Additional members - First meeting - Compensation and expenses. A. The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board shall be composed of at least eighteen (18) members. The eighteen members shall be independent oil or natural gas producers, or representatives of major oil companies which do…

The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board shall have the following powers, duties and responsibilities: 1. To administer and enforce the provisions of the Oklahoma Energy Education and Marketing Act; 2. To establish an office for the Board within the State of Oklahoma; 3. To elect a ch…

A. There is hereby created the Committee for Sustaining Oklahoma's Energy Resources which shall be under the direction and supervision of the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board and shall be for the purpose of encouraging new processes or technological advancements to sustain the oil…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Committee for Sustaining Oklahoma's Energy Resources to be designated the "Sustaining Oklahoma's Energy Resources Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, a…

Marginally Producing Oil - terminating terms - transferring funds. A. Effective July 1, 2013, all duties, assets and obligations of the Commission on Marginally Producing Oil and Gas Wells created pursuant to Section 700 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be transferred t…

A. To fund the activities of the Committee for Sustaining Oklahoma's Energy Resources for the purpose of encouraging and funding research and development of new technologies in the oil and natural gas industry and to support activities relating to marginally producing oil and gas…

A. Any person subject to the fee levied by Section 703 of this title may request a refund as provided in this section of the fee paid on production for the preceding calendar year. Upon compliance with the provisions of this section and rules promulgated by the Committee for Sust…

Additional meeting - Appointment of Director. A. There shall be an annual meeting of the Board at which the annual report and proposed budget will be presented. The Board shall, at the call of the chairperson, hold at least three other regular meetings each year. The chairperson …

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board to be designated the "Energy Resources Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations and shall consist of all monies received b…

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A. To fund the activities of the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board, an assessment shall be levied in the amount of one-tenth of one percent (1/10 of 1%) of the gross revenues received at the wellhead for oil, natural gas, casinghead gas or condensate produced from each well in the …

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A. Any person subject to the assessment levied by Section 288.8A of this title may request a refund as provided in this section of the assessment paid on production for the preceding calendar year. Upon compliance with the provisions of this section and rules promulgated by the B…

wells - Field rules. A. Every corporation, joint stock company, limited copartnership, partnership or other person now or hereafter claiming or exercising the right to produce natural gas within the limits of this state, as owner, lessee, licensee, or by virtue of any other right…

Any person, co-partnership, or corporation in possession, either as owner, lessee, agent or manager of any well producing natural gas, in this state in order to prevent the said gas wasting by escape, shall immediately after penetrating the gas-bearing rock, in any well hereafter…

It shall be unlawful for any person, co-partnership, or corporation, either as owner, lessee, agent or manager of any pipeline in this state, through which natural gas flows from wells utilized for the production of gas only, to allow any unnecessary leak or waste to occur from s…

It shall be unlawful to use natural gas for illuminating purposes in what are known as flambeau lights; but nothing herein shall prohibit the use of "Jumbo" burners or other burners in glass globes consuming no more gas than such "Jumbo" burners, nor the burning of flambeau light…

The person, firm, company or corporation consuming said gas, and using burners in open air or in or around derricks, shall turn off said gas not later than eight o'clock in the morning of each day such lights or burners are used, and shall not turn on or relight the same between …

No gas shall be used or burned for illuminating purposes between the hours of eight o'clock a.m. and five o'clock p.m., unless the use of the same is regulated by meter. R.L.1910, § 4323.

No inflammable product from any oil or gas well shall be permitted to run into any tank, pool or stream used for watering stock; and all waste of oil and refuse from tanks or wells shall be drained into proper receptacles at a safe distance from the tanks, wells or buildings, and…

The owner or operator who owns or has control over a production crude oil storage tank shall be required to do one of the following: 1. Install and maintain a locking or sealing device on the thief hatch of the tank; 2. Reduce the opening of the thief hatch to not greater than si…