Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.
Section 318.2 - DefinitionsFor purposes of Sections 1 through 8 of this act:
1. "Operator" means a mineral owner or lessee who is engaged in drilling or preparing to drill for oil or gas; and2. "Surface owner" means the owner or owners of record of the surface of the property on which the drilling operation is to occur.Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 318.2
Added by Laws 1982, HB 1460, c. 341, § 1, emerg. eff. 7/1/1982.