{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-52-52-87.5","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-87.5","heading":"Applications for approval of increased density wells –","body":"Notice and hearing.\n\nA. When any application is filed with the Corporation\n\nCommission for approval of an increased density well in any drilling\n\nand spacing unit, notice of the hearing to be held upon such\n\napplication shall be given by the applicant to:\n\n1. Those persons, including government entities, entitled to\n\noil or gas or the proceeds of oil or gas produced from the common\n\nsource of supply in the drilling and spacing unit for which the\n\napplication for an increased density well has been filed; and\n\n2. The operator, as shown by the records of the Commission, of\n\neach well which is commencing or currently producing from the same\n\ncommon source of supply in the drilling and spacing unit or any\n\nseparate tract of land immediately surrounding the drilling and\n\nspacing unit for such an increased density well.\n\nB. If the applicant is seeking approval of an increased density\n\nwell to be completed in a common source of supply for which the\n\nCommission has established field rules, and for which no application\n\nfor an increased density well in such common source of supply has\n\nbeen approved by the Commission subsequent to January 1, 1998, and\n\nprior to the effective date of this act, notice shall also be given\n\nto the operator, as shown by the records of the Commission, of each\n\nwell commencing or currently producing from that same common source\n\nof supply governed by the field rules.\n\nC. If the applicant is the operator of a well commencing or\n\ncurrently producing from the same common source of supply applicable\n\nto the increased density well in a drilling and spacing unit or a\n\nseparate tract of land immediately surrounding the drilling and\n\nspacing unit for such increased density well, notice shall also be\n\ngiven to each owner, as shown by the records of the operator, with a\n\nworking interest in such well in such common source of supply.\n\nD. The notices required by subsections A, B and C of this\n\nsection shall be given by mailing by regular mail no less than\n\nfifteen (15) days prior to the date of the hearing.\n\nE. No person except for those persons provided for in this\n\nsection shall be entitled to notice of the hearing on an application\n\nfor approval of an increased density well in any drilling and\n\nspacing unit.\n\nF. The Commission shall require that notice of the hearing be\n\npublished one time at least fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing\n\nin a newspaper of general circulation published in each county in\n\nwhich the lands embraced in the application are located. If the\n\nincreased density well is to be completed in a common source of\n\nsupply for which the Commission has established field rules and for\n\nwhich no application for an increased density well in such common\n\nsource of supply has been approved by the Commission subsequent to\n\nJanuary 1, 1998, and prior to the effective date of this act, notice\n\nof the hearing shall also be published one time at least fifteen\n\n(15) days prior to the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation\n\npublished in each county in which the lands subject to the field\n\nrules are located.","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":"31adbb3b4e8e4183c0e23966b3a0011050f9ec32768854a0a2a2fd12c4f190e2","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-52-52-87.4","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-52-52-87.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}