§ 6-8-1-8 — Rate of taxation

A tax at a rate equal to the greater of:
(1) one percent (1%) of the value of the petroleum; or
(2) three cents ($0.03) per one thousand (1,000) cubic feet (MCF)
for natural gas and twenty-four cents ($0.24) per barrel for oil;
is hereby imposed as of the time of the severance of such petroleum
from the land, upon all producers and owners thereof as an excise for
the privilege of severing the same from the land and producing the
same from the well, except when the gas from any well is used to pump
or treat the same or when such gas is piped to a landowner's private
buildings for the landowner's own use.
Formerly: Acts 1947, c.278, s.8. As amended by P.L.109-1988,
SEC.12.