Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-273: Waste defined - Regulations to prevent

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

meaning, shall include economic waste, underground waste, surface

waste, and waste incident to the production of crude oil or

petroleum in excess of transportation or marketing facilities or

reasonable market demands. The Corporation Commission shall have

authority to make rules and regulations for the prevention of such

wastes, and for the protection of all freshwater strata, and oil and

gas bearing strata, encountered in any well drilled for oil.