Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-291: Confinement of gas until used

Any person, co-partnership, or corporation in possession, either

as owner, lessee, agent or manager of any well producing natural

gas, in this state in order to prevent the said gas wasting by

escape, shall immediately after penetrating the gas-bearing rock, in

any well hereafter drilled, shut in and confine the gas in said well

until and during such time as the gas therein shall be utilized for

lights, fuel or power purposes: Provided, that this section shall

not apply to any well operated for oil: Provided, further, that

when in the course of drilling, gas production is developed, four

(4) days' free time shall be allowed in which to determine whether

the well shall be shut and saved for a gas well or drilled further

for the purpose of producing oil.