Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-237: Waste defined

The term waste, as used herein in addition to its ordinary

meaning, shall include escape of natural gas in commercial

quantities into the open air, the intentional drowning with water of

a gas stratum capable of producing gas in commercial quantities,

underground waste, the permitting of any natural gas well to

wastefully burn and the wasteful utilization of such gas.