Title 52 — Title 52 — Oil and Gas

Before any corporation, joint stock company, partnership or person, shall have, possess, enjoy or exercise the right of eminent domain, right-of-way, right to locate, maintain or operate pipelines, fixtures or equipment thereunto belonging, or used in connection therewith, as aut…

Sections 18 through 26 of this act and Section 546 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be known and may be cited as the "Natural Gas Market Sharing Act". Added by Laws 1992, c. 190, § 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.

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 by which the purpose of the Natural Gas Market Sharing Act shall …

It is the purpose and intent of the Natural Gas Market Sharing Act to protect the rights and correlative rights of all owners in wells producing natural gas including but not limited to casinghead gas and to afford all such owners an equal opportunity to produce and market their …

As used in the Natural Gas Market Sharing Act: 1. "Designated marketer" means the operator of the well or a producing owner substituted for the operator as provided in Section 22 of this act; 2. "Electing owner" means any owner who elects to produce and market its share of produc…

A. The following sales are exempt from the provisions of the Natural Gas Market Sharing Act: 1. Sales pursuant to contracts for an initial term of more than one (1) year entered into prior to January 1, 1985, or any successor, replacement, or rollover contract thereto entered int…

A. For wells producing natural gas or casinghead gas, any owner not having a gas sales contract shall be entitled to elect to share in the sale of production, to the extent set forth in the Natural Gas Market Sharing Act. An electing owner shall give written notice of his electio…

An election to market share pursuant to the terms of the Natural Gas Market Sharing Act grants to any producing owner thereby required to share its market the authority to market its proportionate share of gas attributable to the working interest of such electing owner during the…

On and after the effective date of the Natural Gas Market Sharing Act, an owner of a well producing natural gas or casinghead gas may produce from the well that amount of gas which may be lawfully produced therefrom; however, the foregoing shall not diminish the rights of each ow…

Proper distribution of revenues from the sale of production from the well shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 540 of this title and the Production Revenue Standards Act, Sections 1 through 15 of this act. Added by Laws 1983, c. 77, § 5, emerg. eff. May 3, 1983. Am…

Nothing in this act shall be construed as setting the price, terms or conditions under which a purchaser takes the production of a well or setting any restrictions, limitations, floor or ceiling on the price to be paid for such production, nor shall anything in this act require a…

Every domestic pipeline company in this state is hereby given authority to build, construct, lay and maintain oil pipelines over, under, across, or through all highways, bridges, streets or alleys in this state, or any public place therein, under the supervision of the inspector …

52 O.S. § 6 Repealed by Laws 1968, c. 73, § 3, eff. March 25, 1968

Any oil pipeline company, organized under the laws of this state shall have power to exercise the right of eminent domain in like manner as railroad companies for the purpose of securing rights-of- way and sites for pumping stations, storage tanks and depots. R.L. 1910, § 3186.

This act shall be known as the "Energy Resources Conservation Act". Added by Laws 1985, c. 2, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 13, 1985.

The Legislature recognizes that hydrocarbons are a limited natural resource and that their exploration, production and development contribute significantly to the general welfare of the people of the State of Oklahoma through the creation of jobs, the development of economic grow…

As used in this act: 1. "Commission" means the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma; 2. "Energy resource assets" means assets located in this state which consist of oil, gas, coal and other hydrocarbons in solid, liquid or gaseous form or any combinations of such forms, any rights …

No person shall effect, aid or assist in effecting a transfer in violation of this act. Added by Laws 1985, c. 2, § 4, emerg. eff. Feb. 13, 1985.

The following transfers are exempted from the provisions of this act: 1. Transfers in the ordinary course of business. For the purposes of this act, transfers in the ordinary course of business shall include but not be limited to: a. the granting of a lease to explore and produce…

Standards for approval - Waiver - Hearings, adjudications and appeals - Contracts for certain services. A. A transfer shall not be valid or effective unless exempted under Section 5 of this act or approved by the Commission. B. Prior to or simultaneous with the making of an offer…

A. Upon filing an application with the Commission for approval of a transfer under Section 6 of this act, the transferee shall pay to the Commission: 1. A nonrefundable fee of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00); and 2. After the hearing, the additional costs actually incurred in e…

initiate - Jurisdiction - Time and place - Notice. Any transferee, transferor, the Attorney General on behalf of the state, or the Commission on its own motion may institute proceedings or apply for a hearing before the Commission upon any question relating to this act or its enf…

In all matters pertaining to the making, issuing and enforcing of its orders, rules and regulations made under the provisions of this act, the Commission shall have and exercise, without limitation, all of the following additional powers and authority: 1. To enforce the provision…

All persons, natural or artificial, except foreign corporations, shall have the right of eminent domain, and any right or privilege hereby conferred, when necessary to make effective the purposes of this article and the rights thereby conferred. Foreign corporations organized und…

Any person who shall disobey or violate any of the provisions of this act or any of the orders, rules, regulations or adjudications of the Commission made pursuant to this act shall be punished for contempt. Punishment by the Commission in proceedings for contempt shall be impris…

The Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma or any person entitled to institute proceedings or apply for a hearing under Section 8 of this act may in the name of the state bring an action in the district courts of this state for an injunction, enjoining and prohibiting any pers…

A transferee who is a nonresident of this state, and any persons acting in concert or participating with or controlling such transferee, who makes or solicits an offer to effect a transfer, or who makes an agreement to effect a transfer, shall be deemed: 1. To have agreed to be s…

No action or other proceeding shall be commenced under this act challenging the validity or effectiveness of any transfer later than three (3) years after the effective date of such transfer. Added by Laws 1985, c. 2, § 13, emerg. eff. Feb. 13, 1985.

This act shall apply to any transfer consummated after the effective date of this act. Added by Laws 1985, c. 2, § 14, emerg. eff. Feb. 13, 1985.

Upon a sworn statement of the necessities which would justify a judicial continuance, the Corporation Commission is authorized to extend the time for the filing of the said plats, not, however, to exceed sixty (60) days. R.L. 1910, § 4314.

Any person, co-partnership, or corporation, its agent or employee, violating any of the provisions of this article, or any order of the competent courts of this state, or the Corporation Commission, pursuant to the jurisdiction conferred by this article, shall, upon conviction th…

Whenever the operation of a valid order of a competent court or the Corporation Commission is duly suspended, according to law, the punitive provisions of this article shall likewise be suspended in their operation as to the transactions adjudicated in said court; and, further, a…

A properly certified transcript of the report of any such corporation, association or person shall, as against the maker thereof, be prima facie evidence of the truth of any matter therein contained. R.L. 1910, § 4317.

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operation of crude oil or refined petroleum product pipeline facilities – Schedule of approval. A. The Corporation Commission shall cooperate with and comply with deadlines established by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in regards to authorization for the construction, s…

No person, firm or association or corporation shall ever be permitted to transmit or transport natural gas by pipelines in this state or in this state construct or operate a pipeline for the transmission of natural gas, except such persons, firms, associations, or corporations be…

52 O.S. § 700 Repealed by Laws 2013, c. 199, § 6, eff. July 1, 2013

52 O.S. § 701 Repealed by Laws 2013, c. 199, § 6, eff. July 1, 2013

52 O.S. § 702 Repealed by Laws 2013, c. 199, § 6, eff. July 1, 2013

7, eff. July 1, 2013.

7, eff. July 1, 2013.

52 O.S. § 705 Repealed by Laws 2013, c. 199, § 6, eff. July 1, 2013

52 O.S. § 706 Repealed by Laws 2013, c. 199, § 6, eff. July 1, 2013

52 O.S. § 707 Repealed by Laws 2013, c. 199, § 6, eff. July 1, 2013

Corporation Commission. Before any gas pipeline corporation shall acquire any right-of- way, or exercise the right of eminent domain within this state, or construct any pipelines for the transportation of gas, it shall file in the office of the Corporation Commission a plat showi…

Sections 3 through 7 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the “Exploration Rights Act of 2011”. Added by Laws 2011, c. 197, § 3.

As used in the Exploration Rights Act of 2011: 1. “Act” means the Exploration Rights Act of 2011; 2. “Minerals” means oil, natural gas and other minerals of similar type or character that may be produced or associated with the oil or natural gas, regardless of whether title to, o…

– Notice A. Unless specifically provided otherwise in an instrument transferring or retaining title to the mineral estate separate from the surface estate, and subject to, and consistent with, the provisions of the surface damages statutes and all other applicable laws, rules and…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, whether expressly or by implication, except as specifically authorized by Section 36.3 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes, no mineral estate shall be subject to or taken by eminent domain proceedings, unless the owner …

The provisions of the Exploration Rights Act of 2011, and the rights granted under the act, are intended to be cumulative with all other rights a person may otherwise have at law or in equity. Added by Laws 2011, c. 197, § 7.