Title 52, Title 52 — Oil and Gas

As used in Title 52, the term "Corporation Commission" or "Commission" shall mean the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma, or any employee, agent, deputy or representative of the Commission as shall be authorized by law or the Commission to perform any duty, responsibility or func…

natural gas. Any firm, co-partnership, association, or combination of individuals may become a body corporate under the laws of this state for the purpose of producing, transmitting, or transporting natural gas to points within or without this state by complying with the general …

Supplying gas to landowner. Every gas pipeline corporation or individual in this state is hereby given authority to build, construct and maintain gas pipelines, over, under, across or through all highways, bridges, streets, or alleys in this state, or any public place therein, un…

The Commission may cause depositions of witnesses residing within or without the state to be taken in any proceeding pending before it in any manner provided by law for taking depositions in civil actions in courts of record; and any deposition so taken shall be sealed up and end…

The Commission shall have power with or without any notice of hearing to make and promulgate rules of procedure not inconsistent with the provisions of this act to govern the filing, prosecution, hearing, and determination of proceedings authorized to be brought before the Commis…

of fines and penalties. Punishment for contempt by the Commission of any person, guilty of any disrespectful or disorderly conduct in the presence of the Commission while in session, or for disobedience of its subpoena, summons or other process, may be by fine not exceeding One T…

Citation. Proceedings as for contempt for disobedience or violation of the provisions of this act or of the orders, rules, regulations and judgments of the Commission made, issued and/or rendered under the provisions of this act, may be commenced by the filing with the Commission…

assistants and deputies. The Proration Umpire, his assistant and deputies shall have the right at all times to go upon and inspect oil and gas properties from which oil or gas is being produced, pipelines, tank farms, and pump stations, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the…

production - Motion or petition for order - Temporary orders. The Commission shall have the power to order closed, and by the Proration Umpire, his assistant and deputies, to close any well or wells which have been overproduced or which are being overproduced in violation of this…

Upon the filing of any motion or petition for order or orders of enforcement, as provided in the preceding section of this act, the Secretary of the Commission, in the name of the Commission and by him as its Secretary, shall issue a notice to the defendant or defendants named in…

Except as otherwise provided or authorized in this act, service of any notice, petition or other pleading, citation, summons, subpoena, order of the Commission of which service is required, and execution, commitment or other process, in any proceeding before the Commission under …

Every person who, having taken an oath that he will testify, declare or depose before the Commission, in any proceeding, or at any hearing before said Commission, authorized and provided for under the provisions of this act, shall willfully and contrary to such oath state any mat…

Any person who shall verify under oath any report, map or drawing or other statement or document authorized or required by the provisions of this act, or by any order, rule or regulation of the Commission made under the provisions of this act to be filed with the Commission or wi…

Evidence - Proceedings and hearings. In any proceeding or at any hearing before the Commission wherein the Commission shall require or shall deem it advisable to ascertain and/or find the reasonable market demand and/or the transportation or marketing facilities for oil that may …

Appeals - Supreme Court. No collateral attack shall be allowed upon orders, rules and regulations of the Commission made hereunder, but the sole method of reviewing such orders and inquiring into and determining their validity, justness, reasonableness or correctness shall be by …

Any person affected by any legislative or administrative order of the Commission shall have the right at any time to apply to the Commission to repeal, amend, modify, or supplement the same. Such application shall be in writing and shall be heard as expeditiously as possible afte…

In the manner now provided by law for taking appeals to the Supreme Court from orders, rules or regulations of the Commission affecting transportation and transmission companies, appeals may be taken to the Supreme Court from any order, rule or regulation made, issued or promulga…

Any person who knowingly and willfully delays or obstructs any Proration Umpire, any assistant or deputy of the Proration Umpire, or any agent or employee of the Commission, in the performance of any duty enjoined upon such proration umpire, assistant or deputy of such Proration …

If two or more persons conspire to violate any provision of this act, or any lawful order, rule, or regulation of the Commission fixing the method, manner, amount and rate of production of oil or gas from any common source of supply in the State of Oklahoma or conspire to produce…

Appeal - Supersedeas. Where the Commission shall make and issue any order, rule, or regulation for the prevention or prohibition of any waste prohibited by this act, or by any order, rule, or regulation of the Commission, authorized by this act, and the same has been or is being …

Whoever corruptly gives, offers or promises to give to any member of the Commission, Proration Umpire, assistant or deputy of a Proration Umpire, Proration Attorney, or agent or employee of the Commission, any gift or gratuity whatsoever with an intent to influence any such offic…

Any member of the Commission, Proration Umpire, assistant, deputy, agent or employee of the Proration Umpire, Proration Attorney, or any agent or employee of the Commission who asks, receives or agrees to receive any gift or gratuity upon any agreement or understanding that his a…

In all cases involving the offering, promising, giving or receiving any gift, or gratuity, made criminal by Sections 34 and 35 of this act, and in all cases for conspiracy under Section 32 of this act, the party to such crime or crimes who shall first furnish information in relat…

Any grant of specific power or powers, and any imposition of any specific duty or duties upon the Commission by the provisions of this act shall not be construed to restrict or limit the general powers granted and the general duties imposed upon the Commission with respect to the…

supplies. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall provide such rooms, furniture, and supplies as shall be necessary for the Conservation Division in implementing their duties as prescribed by the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Conservation Act. No expense incurred in impleme…

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

The enactment of this act shall not terminate any proceeding or proceedings now pending before the Commission, including those wherein is sought the issuance and promulgation of orders, rules or regulations by the Commission under the provisions of an act of the Legislature appro…

Rules and regulations. This act is subject to all of the procedural requirements of Chapter 131, Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1933, including the right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the state on the part of any person aggrieved by any action under said subsections, and the Corpo…

counties, or other political subdivisions. A municipality, county or other political subdivision may enact reasonable ordinances, rules and regulations concerning road use, traffic, noise and odors incidental to oil and gas operations within its boundaries, provided such ordinanc…

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 s…

Commission and Department of Environmental Quality. A. The Corporation Commission is vested with exclusive jurisdiction, power and authority, and it shall be its duty, to make and enforce such rules and orders governing and regulating the handling, storage and disposition of salt…

A. The Corporation Commission shall not, by a rule or order, prohibit the storage in earthen ponds of the deleterious substances described in Section 139 of this title, but shall by rule or order prescribe standards, conditions, or limitations for the use of such ponds, and shall…

applications with Commission or appear before Commission - Appeals. A. In all matters pertaining to the making, issuing and enforcement of its rules or orders made pursuant to the provisions of this act the Corporation Commission shall have and exercise all the powers and authori…

agencies. Each environmental agency in pursuance of its duties with respect to the protection of the environment and natural resources of the state is authorized and it shall be its duty to assist and cooperate with the Commission in the performance of its duties under this act b…

Any person, firm or corporation violating any rule, regulation or order of the Commission authorized by this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be punished by a fine not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or exceeding Two Hundred Fifty Dollar…

The provisions of this act shall not repeal, but are supplemental to any and all other provisions of law having for their purpose the prevention of the pollution of surface or subsurface waters in this state; provided, however, the provisions of this act and any order issued here…

Commission orders. The Corporation Commission of Oklahoma is hereby granted the right of condemnation by eminent domain for the purpose of obtaining rights-of-way when necessary to enforce orders issued by the Corporation Commission, provided, the right of condemnation hereby gra…

Every person, firm or corporation operating an oil and gas mining lease in the State of Oklahoma, and having been directed by order or orders of the Corporation Commission to dispose of water or other deleterious substances therefrom, upon proper showing at a hearing before the C…

The exercise of the rights of eminent domain shall be in the same manner and by like proceedings as provided for railroad corporations of this state, and all costs, fees and awards shall be paid by the person instituting such action, and title to the rights- of-way easements shal…

Qualifications. There is hereby created within the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma, herein called "Commission", a Conservation Division, the duties and functions of which, subject to the supervision and direction of the Commission, shall be to aid the Commission in the adminis…

The Commission is hereby authorized to employ three oil and gas referees who shall be in the unclassified service. Any person filling the position of oil and gas referee shall be a graduate of an accredited college or university with a degree in law, geology, petroleum engineerin…

The Corporation Commission is authorized to employ Oil and Gas Appellate Referees. Any person filling the position of Oil and Gas Appellate Referee shall be a duly licensed attorney in the State of Oklahoma and shall be familiar with the statutes and rules governing oil and gas o…

The Corporation Commission shall establish and maintain a system providing telephonic capability for hearing of matters assigned to the conservation docket so that testimony at unprotested hearings may be offered by telephone and parties and witnesses need not be present in the c…

Subject to the traveling and subsistence limitations applicable to state employees generally, and to the extent approved by the Corporation Commission, employees of the Oil and Gas Conservation Division shall be paid all necessary traveling and subsistence expenses incurred in th…

orders, etc. The Commission shall have the authority to designate those employees in the Oil and Gas Conservation Division who shall each possess the authority to make investigations, serve orders, issue field citations, subpoenas or notices issued by the Commission or the Conser…

Foreign corporations formed for the purpose of, or engaged in the business of transporting or transmitting natural gas by means of pipe lines, shall be licensed and permitted to conduct such business within this state by complying with the general corporation laws of the State of…

finding agency - Uniform conservation and tax laws. The Governor, or such representative as he may appoint, is authorized to meet with representatives of the Governors of other petroleum-producing states, and of the United States, for the purpose of agreeing upon a compact among …

No compact made under the authority of this act shall bind this state unless and until: (a). Said compact shall be ratified by the Legislatures of two of the States of Texas, California, Kansas and New Mexico, and the Legislature of this state, and Congress shall consent thereto.…

The "Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas" entered into by the Governor of this state and the representatives of certain other oil-producing states at Dallas, Texas, on the 16th day of February, 1935, is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed by the State of Oklahoma. Adde…

An Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas ARTICLE I. This agreement may become effective within any compacting state at any time as prescribed by that state, and shall become effective within those states ratifying it whenever any three of the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Calif…