Okla. Stat. tit. 52 § 152
Subject to the traveling and subsistence limitations applicable to state employees generally, and to the extent approved by the Corporation Commission, employees of the Oil and Gas Conservation Division shall be paid all necessary traveling and subsistence expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and functions. The Commission is further authorized to incur such other costs and expenses for equipment, facilities, supplies, services and other operating costs as determined by the Commission to be reasonably necessary and proper for the functioning of the Oil and Gas Conservation Division and the administration and enforcement by the Commission of its powers, duties and functions with respect to oil and gas conservation and the prevention of pollution. All salaries and authorized expenses of the employees of the Oil and Gas Conservation Division and all other authorized cost and expense incurred for or on account of the Oil and Gas Conservation Division or for the administration and enforcement by the Commission of its powers, duties and functions with respect to oil and gas conservation and the prevention of pollution, may be paid out of funds appropriated to the Commission for such purpose.
Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 152