Chapter 72 - Oil and Gas Production and Conservation
- Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
- § 15-72-101 - Declaration of policy.
- § 15-72-102 - Definitions.
- § 15-72-103 - Penalty.
- § 15-72-104 - Falsifying or failing to keep records -- Willfully violating the Safe Drinking Water Act.
- § 15-72-105 - Prohibition on wasting oil or gas.
- § 15-72-106 - Court review by aggrieved person -- Injunction.
- § 15-72-107 - Notice prerequisite to temporary restraining order or injunction.
- § 15-72-108 - Injunctions for enforcement.
- § 15-72-109 - Application to drill -- Applicant address.
- § 15-72-110 - Appeals.
- Subchapter 2 - Wells and Drilling Generally
- § 15-72-201 - Definitions.
- § 15-72-202 - Penalties for violation of certain sections.
- § 15-72-203 - Prerequisite to exploring or drilling -- Notice to surface owner.
- § 15-72-204 - Prerequisite for drilling permit -- Operator's proof of financial responsibility.
- § 15-72-205 - Notice of intent to drill -- Permit and fee.
- § 15-72-206 - Casing oil or gas wells -- Keeping sands separate.
- § 15-72-207 - Log requirements generally.
- § 15-72-208 - Proper confinement of gas by possessor of well.
- § 15-72-209 - Right of others to confine gas.
- § 15-72-210 - Gas leaks in pipelines, machinery, etc.
- § 15-72-211 - Flambeau lights.
- § 15-72-212 - Failure to control wild wells.
- § 15-72-213 - Surface owner's lien for damages caused by operator neglect.
- § 15-72-214 - Surface owner's claim for damages caused by operator neglect.
- § 15-72-215 - [Repealed.]
- § 15-72-216 - Requirement that dry or abandoned wells be plugged -- Notice of abandonment.
- § 15-72-217 - Plugging dry or abandoned well by lessee or operator.
- § 15-72-218 - Plugging dry or abandoned well by another.
- § 15-72-219 - Compensation of surface owners and surface tenants for damages -- Restoration of land.
- Subchapter 3 - Pools and Drilling Units
- § 15-72-301 - Applicability of 15-72-307 -- 15-72-314.
- § 15-72-302 - Just and equitable shares -- Preventing waste, avoiding risks, etc. -- Drilling units.
- § 15-72-303 - Authority to integrate production in drilling units.
- § 15-72-304 - Integration orders generally.
- § 15-72-305 - Allocation of production and cost following integration order -- Procedure.
- § 15-72-306 - Limitation on production if no integration.
- § 15-72-307 - Formation of units not in restraint of trade.
- § 15-72-308 - Petition for unit operation -- Hearing.
- § 15-72-309 - Findings to support order requiring unit operation -- Issuance.
- § 15-72-310 - Order requiring unit operation -- Contents.
- § 15-72-311 - Obligation or liability of owners for expenses.
- § 15-72-312 - Operator's lien.
- § 15-72-313 - New unit operation order in pool established by previous order.
- § 15-72-314 - Unit area oil and gas -- Product of tract.
- § 15-72-315 - Unitization of entire pool as one operating unit.
- § 15-72-316 - Salt water disposal unit operation of a pool -- Petition.
- § 15-72-317 - Findings to support order requiring salt water disposal unit operation.
- § 15-72-318 - Order requiring salt water disposal unit operation -- Contents.
- § 15-72-319 - Salt water disposal unit operation -- Expenses.
- § 15-72-320 - Salt water disposal unit -- Operator's lien.
- § 15-72-321 - Enlarged operation of salt water disposal unit established by previous order.
- § 15-72-322 - Oil and gas from salt water disposal unit -- Product of tract.
- § 15-72-323 - Notice of public hearings.
- § 15-72-324 - Limitation on production.
- Subchapter 4 - Illegal Oil and Gas
- § 15-72-401 - Prohibition on dealing in illegal oil and gas.
- § 15-72-402 - Finding oil and gas to be contraband -- Bringing action for seizure and sale.
- § 15-72-403 - Summons.
- § 15-72-404 - Order of seizure.
- § 15-72-405 - Conservator.
- § 15-72-406 - Sale -- Application of proceeds.
- § 15-72-407 - Other causes of action.
- Subchapter 5 - Secondary Recovery
- Subchapter 6 - Underground Storage of Gas
- § 15-72-601 - Title.
- § 15-72-602 - Definitions.
- § 15-72-603 - Public interest and welfare -- Authority of commission.
- § 15-72-604 - Condemnation of subsurface strata or formations -- Limitations.
- § 15-72-605 - Prerequisite to eminent domain -- Certificate.
- § 15-72-606 - Petition for eminent domain -- Subsequent proceedings.
- § 15-72-607 - Ownership of gas.
- § 15-72-608 - Rules and regulations.
- Subchapter 7 - Exploration
- Subchapter 8 - Emergency Petroleum Set-Aside Act
- Subchapter 9 - Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas
- Subchapter 10 - Enhanced Recovery