Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-36.6
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Ownership of gas
Official statutory text
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 such gas be subject to the right of the owner of the
surface of said lands or of any mineral interest therein, under
which said gas storage fields, sands, reservoirs, and facilities
lie, or of any person other than the injector, his heirs, successors
and assigns, to produce, take, reduce to possession, waste, or
otherwise interfere with or exercise any control thereover. With
regard to natural gas in a stratum, or portion thereof, which has
not been condemned or otherwise purchased under the provisions of
this act:
1. The injector, his heirs, successors and assigns shall not
lose title to such gas if such injector, his heirs, successors or
assigns can prove by a preponderance of the evidence that such gas
was originally injected into the underground storage;
2. The injector, his heirs, successors and assigns, shall have
the right to conduct such tests, at his sole risk and expense
including, but not limited to, the value of any lost production of
other than the injector's gas, as may be reasonable to determine
ownership of such gas; and
3. The owner of the stratum shall be entitled to such
compensation as is provided by law.
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 such gas be subject to the right of the owner of the
surface of said lands or of any mineral interest therein, under
which said gas storage fields, sands, reservoirs, and facilities
lie, or of any person other than the injector, his heirs, successors
and assigns, to produce, take, reduce to possession, waste, or
otherwise interfere with or exercise any control thereover. With
regard to natural gas in a stratum, or portion thereof, which has
not been condemned or otherwise purchased under the provisions of
this act:
1. The injector, his heirs, successors and assigns shall not
lose title to such gas if such injector, his heirs, successors or
assigns can prove by a preponderance of the evidence that such gas
was originally injected into the underground storage;
2. The injector, his heirs, successors and assigns, shall have
the right to conduct such tests, at his sole risk and expense
including, but not limited to, the value of any lost production of
other than the injector's gas, as may be reasonable to determine
ownership of such gas; and
3. The owner of the stratum shall be entitled to such
compensation as is provided by law.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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