Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-86.2
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Waste in production of oil - industrial use of water
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A. The term "waste", as applied to the production of oil, in
addition to its ordinary meaning, shall include economic waste,
underground waste, including water encroachment in the oil or gas
bearing strata; the use of reservoir energy for oil producing
purposes by means or methods that unreasonably interfere with
obtaining from the common source of supply the largest ultimate
recovery of oil; surface waste and waste incident to the production
of oil in excess of transportation or marketing facilities or
reasonable market demands. The production of oil in the State of
Oklahoma in such manner and under such conditions as to constitute
waste, as in Sections 86.1 et seq. of this title defined, is hereby
prohibited, and the Corporation Commission shall have authority, and
is charged with the duty, to make rules, regulations and orders for
the prevention of such waste, and for the protection of all fresh
water strata and oil or gas bearing strata encountered in any well
drilled for oil or gas.
B. Provided, the Commission shall work in conjunction with the
Secretary of Energy and Environment, the Oklahoma Water Resources
Board and the Department of Environmental Quality to encourage
industrial use of water produced in oil and natural gas operations.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 52. Oil and Gas Page 50
A. The term "waste", as applied to the production of oil, in
addition to its ordinary meaning, shall include economic waste,
underground waste, including water encroachment in the oil or gas
bearing strata; the use of reservoir energy for oil producing
purposes by means or methods that unreasonably interfere with
obtaining from the common source of supply the largest ultimate
recovery of oil; surface waste and waste incident to the production
of oil in excess of transportation or marketing facilities or
reasonable market demands. The production of oil in the State of
Oklahoma in such manner and under such conditions as to constitute
waste, as in Sections 86.1 et seq. of this title defined, is hereby
prohibited, and the Corporation Commission shall have authority, and
is charged with the duty, to make rules, regulations and orders for
the prevention of such waste, and for the protection of all fresh
water strata and oil or gas bearing strata encountered in any well
drilled for oil or gas.
B. Provided, the Commission shall work in conjunction with the
Secretary of Energy and Environment, the Oklahoma Water Resources
Board and the Department of Environmental Quality to encourage
industrial use of water produced in oil and natural gas operations.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 52. Oil and Gas Page 50
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