Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-54
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Common purchasers of oil - Required to purchase -
Official statutory text
Discrimination prohibited.
Every corporation, joint stock company, partnership or other
person, claiming or exercising the right to carry or transport crude
oil or petroleum or any of the products thereof, by pipeline for
hire or otherwise, within the limits of this state, as allowed by,
and upon compliance with the requirements of this article, as owner,
lessee, licensee, or by virtue of any other right or claim, which is
engaged in the business of purchasing crude oil or petroleum
therein, shall be deemed a common purchaser thereof, and shall
purchase all of the petroleum in the vicinity of, or which may be
reasonably reached by its pipelines, or gathering branches, without
discrimination in favor of one producer or one person as against
another, and shall fully perform all the duties of a common
purchaser; but if it shall be unable to perform the same, or shall
be legally excusable from purchasing and transporting all of the
petroleum produced, then it shall purchase and transport petroleum
from each person and producer ratably, in proportion to the average
daily production; and such common purchasers are hereby expressly
prohibited from discriminating in price or amount for like grades of
oil, or facilities as between producers or persons; and in the event
such purchaser is likewise a producer, it is hereby prohibited from
discriminating in favor of its own production, or storage, or
production or storage in which it may be interested, directly or
indirectly in whole or in part, and its own production and storage
shall be treated as that of any other person or producer.
R.L. 1910, § 4307.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 52. Oil and Gas Page 44
Every corporation, joint stock company, partnership or other
person, claiming or exercising the right to carry or transport crude
oil or petroleum or any of the products thereof, by pipeline for
hire or otherwise, within the limits of this state, as allowed by,
and upon compliance with the requirements of this article, as owner,
lessee, licensee, or by virtue of any other right or claim, which is
engaged in the business of purchasing crude oil or petroleum
therein, shall be deemed a common purchaser thereof, and shall
purchase all of the petroleum in the vicinity of, or which may be
reasonably reached by its pipelines, or gathering branches, without
discrimination in favor of one producer or one person as against
another, and shall fully perform all the duties of a common
purchaser; but if it shall be unable to perform the same, or shall
be legally excusable from purchasing and transporting all of the
petroleum produced, then it shall purchase and transport petroleum
from each person and producer ratably, in proportion to the average
daily production; and such common purchasers are hereby expressly
prohibited from discriminating in price or amount for like grades of
oil, or facilities as between producers or persons; and in the event
such purchaser is likewise a producer, it is hereby prohibited from
discriminating in favor of its own production, or storage, or
production or storage in which it may be interested, directly or
indirectly in whole or in part, and its own production and storage
shall be treated as that of any other person or producer.
R.L. 1910, § 4307.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 52. Oil and Gas Page 44
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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