Okla. Stat. tit. 60, § 60-6
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Land defined
Official statutory text
A. Land is the solid material of the earth, whatever may be the
ingredients of which it is composed, whether soil, rock or other
substance, and includes any pore space.
B. 1. As used in this section, “pore space” means any
interstitial space not occupied by soil or rock, within the solid
material of the earth, and any cavity, hole, hollow or void space
within the solid material of the earth.
2. As used in this section, pore space is real property and,
until title to the pore space or rights, interests or estates in the
pore space are separately transferred, pore space is property of the
person or persons holding title to the land surface above it.
3. Notwithstanding the ownership of the pore space, nothing in
this section shall alter or be construed to alter the ownership of,
or rights associated with the oil or gas, as those terms are defined
in Section 86.1 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes, that may be
within the pore space.
ingredients of which it is composed, whether soil, rock or other
substance, and includes any pore space.
B. 1. As used in this section, “pore space” means any
interstitial space not occupied by soil or rock, within the solid
material of the earth, and any cavity, hole, hollow or void space
within the solid material of the earth.
2. As used in this section, pore space is real property and,
until title to the pore space or rights, interests or estates in the
pore space are separately transferred, pore space is property of the
person or persons holding title to the land surface above it.
3. Notwithstanding the ownership of the pore space, nothing in
this section shall alter or be construed to alter the ownership of,
or rights associated with the oil or gas, as those terms are defined
in Section 86.1 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes, that may be
within the pore space.
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