Oil Conservation Commission; Division;

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Section
70-2-1

Short title.

Section
70-2-2

[Waste prohibited.]

Section
70-2-3

Waste; definitions.

Section
70-2-4

Oil conservation commission; members; term; officers; quorum; power to administer oaths.

Section
70-2-5

Oil conservation division; director; state petroleum engineer.

Section
70-2-6

Commission's and division's powers and duties.

Section
70-2-7

Rules of procedure in hearings; manner of giving notice; record of rules, regulations and orders.

Section
70-2-8

Subpoena power; immunity of natural persons required to testify.

Section
70-2-9

Failure or refusal to comply with subpoena; refusal to testify; body attachment; contempt.

Section
70-2-10

Perjury; punishment.

Section
70-2-11

Power of commission and division to prevent waste and protect correlative rights.

Section
70-2-12

Enumeration of powers.

Section
70-2-12.1

Disposition of produced water; no permit required.

Section
70-2-12.2

Adoption of rules; appeals.

Section
70-2-13

Additional powers of commission or division; hearings before examiner; hearings de novo.

Section
70-2-14

Requirement for financial assurance.

Section
70-2-15

Allocation of allowable production among fields when division limits total amount of production.

Section
70-2-16

Allocation of allowable production in field or pool.

Section
70-2-17

Equitable allocation of allowable production; pooling; spacing.

Section
70-2-18

Spacing or proration unit with divided mineral ownership.

Section
70-2-19

Common purchasers; discrimination in purchasing prohibited.

Section
70-2-20

Repealed.

Section
70-2-21

Purchase, sale or handling of excess oil, natural gas or products prohibited.

Section
70-2-22

Rules and regulations to effectuate prohibitions against purchase or handling of excess oil or natural gas; penalties.

Section
70-2-23

Hearings on rules, regulations and orders; notice; emergency rules.

Section
70-2-24

Reports of governmental departments or agencies as to market demand to be deemed prima facie correct.

Section
70-2-25

Rehearings; appeals.

Section
70-2-26

Review of oil conservation commission decision; appeals.

Section
70-2-27

Temporary restraining order or injuction [injunction]; grounds; hearing; bond.

Section
70-2-28

Actions for violations.

Section
70-2-29

Actions for damages; institution of actions for injunctions by private parties.

Section
70-2-30

[Violation of court order grounds for appointment of receiver.]

Section
70-2-31

Violations of the Oil and Gas Act; penalties.

Section
70-2-31.1

Reporting requirement.

Section
70-2-32

Seizure and sale of illegal oil or gas or products; procedure.

Section
70-2-33

Definitions.

Section
70-2-34

Regulation, conservation and prevention of waste of carbon dioxide, helium and other non-hydrocarbon gases.

Section
70-2-35

Legal representation before the federal energy regulatory commission.

Section
70-2-36

Removing or altering marks of identification; penalty.

Section
70-2-36.1

Repealed.

Section
70-2-37

Oil and gas reclamation fund created; disposition of fund.

Section
70-2-38

Oil and gas reclamation fund administered; plugging wells on federal land; right of indemnification; annual report; contractors selling equipment for salvage.

Section
70-2-39

Fees; appropriation.