Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-243: Corporation Commission - Authority to make rules and

regulations.

The Corporation Commission shall have authority to make

regulations for the prevention of waste of natural gas, and for the

protection of all natural gas, fresh water, and oil-bearing strata

encountered in any well drilled for oil or natural gas, and to make

such other rules and regulations, and to employ or appoint such

agents, with the consent of the Governor, as may be necessary to

enforce this act.