Oklahoma § 52-87.2 Protest of applications relating to spacing units -

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 52-87.2 — Protest of applications relating to spacing units -

Oklahoma § 52-87.2

Title 52Oil And Gas

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Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-87.2 (2026).

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Proper parties - Intervention - Report by Corporation Commission.

A.Except as provided in subsection B of this section, only those persons, or the duly authorized agent, representative or attorney of those persons, who are mineral owners or owners of the right to drill a well for oil and gas on the lands embraced within the subject area of an application or the owners of correlative rights within the common source of supply or supplies embraced within an application to the extent such owners are directly affected by such application, shall be proper parties to: 1. protest any application to establish, reestablish, or reform a spacing unit, 2. protest any application requesting authority for an additional well or wells within an established spacing unit brought pursuant to the provisions o

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Proper parties - Intervention - Report by Corporation Commission. A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, only those persons, or the duly authorized agent, representative or attorney of those persons, who are mineral owners or owners of the right to drill a well for oil and gas on the lands embraced within the subject area of an application or the owners of correlative rights within the common source of supply or supplies embraced within an application to the extent such owners are directly affected by such application, shall be proper parties to: 1. protest any application to establish, reestablish, or reform a spacing unit, 2. protest any application requesting authority for an additional well or wells within an established spacing unit brought pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (a) or (d) of Section 87.1 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or 3. present testimony or evidence at any hearing arising thereunder or relating thereto. B. No other person shall be entitled to notice of such proceeding or shall be entitled to appear as a party of record therein, except that the Corporation Commission may permit persons other than those specified in subsection A of this section leave to intervene in a proceeding upon a finding, based upon clear and convincing evidence, that such person has a substantial right intended to be protected by Section 87.1 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes which may adversely be affected by the outcome of such proceeding. Any finding required by this section shall be made by the Corporation Commission, sitting en banc, within ten (10) days of the filing of a motion to intervene by such person and such proceeding shall be stayed during such ten-day period. C. At the end of each calendar quarter the Corporation Commission shall file a written report with the Office of the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate describing all such findings made by the Corporation Commission pursuant to this section during such period.