Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-36.2: Public interest and welfare

The underground storage of natural gas which promotes

conservation thereof, which permits the building of reserves for

orderly withdrawal in periods of peak demand, which makes more

readily available our natural gas resources to the domestic,

commercial and industrial consumers of this state, and which

provides a better year-round market to the various gas fields,

promotes the public interest and welfare of this state.

Therefore in the manner hereinafter provided the Commission may

find and determine that the underground storage of natural gas as

hereinbefore defined is in the public interest.