Title 52 — Title 52 — Oil and Gas

52 O.S. § 297 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 433, § 1

52 O.S. § 298 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 433, § 1

52 O.S. § 299 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 433, § 1

No association, combination, co-partnership or corporation shall have or exercise the right of eminent domain within this state for the purpose of constructing or maintaining a gas pipeline within this state, or shall be permitted to take private or public property for their use …

No corporation, joint stock company, limited copartnership, partnership or person doing business under the provisions of this act shall purchase, collect, transport, convey or sell any gas from any wells in this state except such gas as is run through properly constructed meters,…

certain leases and collection of royalties. A. The Commissioners of the Land Office and the Gross Production Tax Division of the Oklahoma Tax Commission are hereby authorized to enter into such contracts and agreements as are necessary to purchase electronic measuring systems for…

52 O.S. § 300 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 433, § 1

52 O.S. § 301 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 433, § 1

unlawful. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person maliciously to set fire to any gas or oil escaping from wells, broken or leaking mains, pipes, valves, tanks or other appliances used by any person or corporation in conveying gas or oil, or to interfere in any manner …

Any person, co-partnership or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), in any court having competent jurisdiction in t…

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prohibited. No well for oil or gas shall be drilled within one hundred (100) feet from any mined area of an active underground coal mine, or abandoned underground mine connected to an active underground mine. Added by 1955, p. 255, § 1.

All coal beds or seams thirty (30) inches to thirty-six (36) inches in thickness, less than one thousand (1,000) feet below the surface, and all coal beds or seams more than thirty-six (36) inches in thickness, less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet below the surface, s…

Any well drilled for oil, gas, salt water disposal or any other purpose in connection with the production of oil and gas, through a workable vein or seam of coal shall be drilled in such manner as will, if practicable, exclude all oil, gas or gas pressure from the coal seam, exce…

The owner or manager shall not permit any well drilled for oil, gas, salt water disposal or any other purpose in connection with the production of oil and gas, through a workable coal seam to remain unplugged after such well is no longer used for the purpose for which it was dril…

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…

309, § 1, emerg. eff. June 8, 2006.

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 …

52 O.S. § 319 Repealed by Laws 1971, c. 25, § 2, eff. March 22, 1971

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…

52 O.S. § 321 Repealed by Laws 2018, c. 27, § 60, eff. Nov. 1, 2018

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52 O.S. § 324 Repealed by Laws 1945, p. 171, § 6, eff. July 1, 1945