{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-52-52-291","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-291","heading":"Confinement of gas until used","body":"Any person, co-partnership, or corporation in possession, either\n\nas owner, lessee, agent or manager of any well producing natural\n\ngas, in this state in order to prevent the said gas wasting by\n\nescape, shall immediately after penetrating the gas-bearing rock, in\n\nany well hereafter drilled, shut in and confine the gas in said well\n\nuntil and during such time as the gas therein shall be utilized for\n\nlights, fuel or power purposes: Provided, that this section shall\n\nnot apply to any well operated for oil: Provided, further, that\n\nwhen in the course of drilling, gas production is developed, four\n\n(4) days' free time shall be allowed in which to determine whether\n\nthe well shall be shut and saved for a gas well or drilled further\n\nfor the purpose of producing oil.","path":["OK Code","Title 52"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os52.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"e968fbd9b8806f1fd7912fe992e4b31fb68db84a86397fc31fd7e4fec509701a","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-52-52-29","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-52-52-292"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}