§ 53-3-163. Action for provable damages
If any property owner whose interest has been acquired under the provisions of Sections 53-3-151 through 53-3-165, either through negotiation or through eminent domain proceedings, shall file a legal action for provable damages as a result of alleged negligent use of the property acquired by the condemnor, the proof of said damages shall constitute a […]
§ 53-3-165. Storage in offshore waters prohibited
No provisions of Sections 53-3-151 through 53-3-165 shall operate so as to authorize the establishment of underground storage of natural gas or compressed air in the offshore waters of the State of Mississippi.
§ 53-3-115. Time and manner of giving notice
The notice provided for in Sections 53-3-101 through 53-3-119 shall be given in the time and manner as required by law and the rules and regulations of the oil and gas board for hearings by said board and shall be completed at least thirty days before the date set for the hearing. The secretary of […]
§ 53-3-73. Fee for permit
Any person, firm or corporation applying for a permit to construct a facility under Sections 53-3-71 through 53-3-75 shall pay to the state oil and gas supervisor a fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00).
§ 53-3-75. Restrictions and prohibitions
The right to construct, operate and maintain any facility as described in Section 53-3-71 in, on, under or across land which is submerged or wherever the tide may ebb and flow shall be subject to the following: The paramount right of the United States to control commerce and navigation; The right of the public to […]
§ 53-3-101. Applications; hearings
The State Oil and Gas Board upon the application of any interested person shall, after notice as herein provided, hold a hearing to consider the need for the operation as a unit of an entire field, or of an entire pool or pools, or of any portion or portions or combinations thereof, within a field, […]
§ 53-3-103. Oil and Gas Board may order unit operation
The State Oil and Gas Board may issue an order requiring such unit operation, if it finds that: Unit operation of the field or of any pool or pools, or of any portion or portions or combinations thereof within the field, is reasonably necessary in order to effectively carry on secondary recovery, pressure maintenance, repressuring […]
§ 53-3-105. Provisions and requirements of board’s order
The order issued by the State Oil and Gas Board shall be fair and reasonable under all of the circumstances and shall protect the rights of interested parties and shall include: A description of the geographical area and a description of the pool or pools, or of any portion or portions or combinations thereof affected […]
§ 53-3-107. When order becomes effective
An order requiring unit operations pursuant to Section 53-3-103, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall not be effective unless and until the plan of unitization and the agreements incorporating the provisions of Section 53-3-105 have been signed or, in writing, ratified, adopted or approved by the owners or lessees of at least seventy-five percent (75%) interest […]
§ 53-3-109. Amendment of orders; extension of units and inclusion of additional pools
The State Oil and Gas Board, after notice and hearing, by entry of new or amending orders, may from time to time enlarge the unit area by approving agreements adding to the unit operation a pool or pools or any portion or portions or combinations thereof not theretofore included, and extensions of existing pools. Any […]