Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-86.2: Waste in production of oil - industrial use of water

produced

A. The term "waste", as applied to the production of oil, in

addition to its ordinary meaning, shall include economic waste,

underground waste, including water encroachment in the oil or gas

bearing strata; the use of reservoir energy for oil producing

purposes by means or methods that unreasonably interfere with

obtaining from the common source of supply the largest ultimate

recovery of oil; surface waste and waste incident to the production

of oil in excess of transportation or marketing facilities or

reasonable market demands. The production of oil in the State of

Oklahoma in such manner and under such conditions as to constitute

waste, as in Sections 86.1 et seq. of this title defined, is hereby

prohibited, and the Corporation Commission shall have authority, and

is charged with the duty, to make rules, regulations and orders for

the prevention of such waste, and for the protection of all fresh

water strata and oil or gas bearing strata encountered in any well

drilled for oil or gas.

B. Provided, the Commission shall work in conjunction with the

Secretary of Energy and Environment, the Oklahoma Water Resources

Board and the Department of Environmental Quality to encourage

industrial use of water produced in oil and natural gas operations.