Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-51
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Oil companies must comply with statute - "Petroleum"
Official statutory text
defined.
Every corporation, joint stock company, partnership or other
person, exercising or claiming the right to carry or transport crude
oil or petroleum, or any of the products thereof, by or through
pipelines, for hire or otherwise, or exercising or claiming the
right to engage in the business of producing crude oil or petroleum,
or of refining it, or manufacturing any of the products thereof, or
of storing crude oil or petroleum produced by it, or any other
person, or engaging in the business of buying, selling or dealing in
crude oil or petroleum, within the limits of this state, shall not
have or possess the right to conduct or engage in said business or
operation, in whole or in part, as above described, or have or
possess the right to locate, maintain, or operate the necessary
pipelines, fixtures and equipment thereunto belonging, or used in
connection therewith, concerning the said business of carrying or
transporting crude oil or petroleum as aforesaid, on, over, along,
across, through, in or under any present or future highway, or part
thereof, within this state, or have or possess the right of eminent
domain, or any other rights, concerning said business or operations,
in whole or in part, except as authorized by and subject to the
provisions of this article, and except such rights as may already
exist which are valid, vested, and incapable of revocation by any
law of this state or of the United States. The word "petroleum" as
used herein means all crude oil and its manufactured products, not
including natural gas.
R.L. 1910, § 4304.
Every corporation, joint stock company, partnership or other
person, exercising or claiming the right to carry or transport crude
oil or petroleum, or any of the products thereof, by or through
pipelines, for hire or otherwise, or exercising or claiming the
right to engage in the business of producing crude oil or petroleum,
or of refining it, or manufacturing any of the products thereof, or
of storing crude oil or petroleum produced by it, or any other
person, or engaging in the business of buying, selling or dealing in
crude oil or petroleum, within the limits of this state, shall not
have or possess the right to conduct or engage in said business or
operation, in whole or in part, as above described, or have or
possess the right to locate, maintain, or operate the necessary
pipelines, fixtures and equipment thereunto belonging, or used in
connection therewith, concerning the said business of carrying or
transporting crude oil or petroleum as aforesaid, on, over, along,
across, through, in or under any present or future highway, or part
thereof, within this state, or have or possess the right of eminent
domain, or any other rights, concerning said business or operations,
in whole or in part, except as authorized by and subject to the
provisions of this article, and except such rights as may already
exist which are valid, vested, and incapable of revocation by any
law of this state or of the United States. The word "petroleum" as
used herein means all crude oil and its manufactured products, not
including natural gas.
R.L. 1910, § 4304.
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