Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-149.2: Oil and Gas Appellate Referees

The Corporation Commission is authorized to employ Oil and Gas

Appellate Referees. Any person filling the position of Oil and Gas

Appellate Referee shall be a duly licensed attorney in the State of

Oklahoma and shall be familiar with the statutes and rules governing

oil and gas operations in Oklahoma. The Oil and Gas Appellate

Referees shall hear all exceptions and appeals from recommendations

of an Administrative Law Judge for cases on the conservation docket,

except for exceptions and appeals from Administrative Law Judge

recommendations of conservation docket cases which the Commission

determines it will hear en banc without intermediate review. The

Oil and Gas Appellate Referees shall file a report and make

recommendations to the Commission for the disposition of such

exceptions and appeals. The Commission shall promulgate such rules

as may be necessary to implement this section.