{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-52-52-51","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-51","heading":"Oil companies must comply with statute - \"Petroleum\"","body":"defined.\n\nEvery corporation, joint stock company, partnership or other\n\nperson, exercising or claiming the right to carry or transport crude\n\noil or petroleum, or any of the products thereof, by or through\n\npipelines, for hire or otherwise, or exercising or claiming the\n\nright to engage in the business of producing crude oil or petroleum,\n\nor of refining it, or manufacturing any of the products thereof, or\n\nof storing crude oil or petroleum produced by it, or any other\n\nperson, or engaging in the business of buying, selling or dealing in\n\ncrude oil or petroleum, within the limits of this state, shall not\n\nhave or possess the right to conduct or engage in said business or\n\noperation, in whole or in part, as above described, or have or\n\npossess the right to locate, maintain, or operate the necessary\n\npipelines, fixtures and equipment thereunto belonging, or used in\n\nconnection therewith, concerning the said business of carrying or\n\ntransporting crude oil or petroleum as aforesaid, on, over, along,\n\nacross, through, in or under any present or future highway, or part\n\nthereof, within this state, or have or possess the right of eminent\n\ndomain, or any other rights, concerning said business or operations,\n\nin whole or in part, except as authorized by and subject to the\n\nprovisions of this article, and except such rights as may already\n\nexist which are valid, vested, and incapable of revocation by any\n\nlaw of this state or of the United States. The word \"petroleum\" as\n\nused herein means all crude oil and its manufactured products, not\n\nincluding natural gas.","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":"5ba115a73cb4116bf5b1d4e68838513383070e0748236913a9fb4769dabcd751","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-52-52-5.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-52-52-52"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}