Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-581.4
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Exemptions - Owners ineligible to elect to market share
Official statutory text
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 into
prior to January 1, 1990. This subsection shall not apply to
participating mineral owners who were sharing in any contract on
January 1, 1992 and continue to share in such contract on September
1, 1992. Such participating mineral owners shall be subject to all
other provisions of this act;
2. Sales pursuant to contracts which provide for:
a. an initial term of more than three (3) years,
b. a guarantee or warranty for delivery of fixed volumes
of gas without limitation to specified wells or
reserves, and
c. delivery of such volumes;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 52. Oil and Gas Page 251
3. Sales of natural gas liquids extracted as a result of
mechanical processing of the natural gas stream for the removal of
liquid components other than methane.
B. Owners in a well shall not be entitled to elect to market
share pursuant to the provisions of the Natural Gas Market Sharing
Act if in such well, such owners:
1. Are subject to a balancing agreement or other written
agreement which expressly provides for the taking, sharing,
marketing or balancing of gas in a manner other than as provided for
in the Natural Gas Market Sharing Act;
2. Have terminated their contract with a purchaser for value
received, until the expiration of the remainder of the term provided
in such contract;
3. Have terminated market sharing within the previous twelve
(12) months; or
4. Are currently overproduced owners.
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 into
prior to January 1, 1990. This subsection shall not apply to
participating mineral owners who were sharing in any contract on
January 1, 1992 and continue to share in such contract on September
1, 1992. Such participating mineral owners shall be subject to all
other provisions of this act;
2. Sales pursuant to contracts which provide for:
a. an initial term of more than three (3) years,
b. a guarantee or warranty for delivery of fixed volumes
of gas without limitation to specified wells or
reserves, and
c. delivery of such volumes;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 52. Oil and Gas Page 251
3. Sales of natural gas liquids extracted as a result of
mechanical processing of the natural gas stream for the removal of
liquid components other than methane.
B. Owners in a well shall not be entitled to elect to market
share pursuant to the provisions of the Natural Gas Market Sharing
Act if in such well, such owners:
1. Are subject to a balancing agreement or other written
agreement which expressly provides for the taking, sharing,
marketing or balancing of gas in a manner other than as provided for
in the Natural Gas Market Sharing Act;
2. Have terminated their contract with a purchaser for value
received, until the expiration of the remainder of the term provided
in such contract;
3. Have terminated market sharing within the previous twelve
(12) months; or
4. Are currently overproduced owners.
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