(a) All crude petroleum oil produced in this state shall be measured in gauge-tanks. The pipelines through which the crude petroleum oil is conveyed from oil wells to the gauge-tanks shall be placed on the surface of the ground and no bypasses shall extend from the pipelines between the oil wells and gauge-tanks. However, this section shall not apply to oil wells in operation prior to the date of the passage of this act.
(b) The Oil and Gas Commission shall have supervision and control of the measurement of crude petroleum oil produced in this state as set forth in subsection (a) of this section. The commission shall make a daily record of the measurement of the crude petroleum oil, and it is authorized and empowered to make reasonable and necessary rules for the enforcement of the purposes of this section.