Section 9-17-156 – Exemption From Taxation and Certain Gas Deemed Injected.
Section 9-17-156 Exemption from taxation and certain gas deemed injected. No storage operator shall be subject to any privilege or other tax on production, severance, extraction or withdrawal of gas that has been injected into a storage facility when such gas is extracted or withdrawn from such storage facility, and, specifically, no such gas shall […]
Section 9-17-157 – Secondary or Tertiary Operations.
Section 9-17-157 Secondary or tertiary operations. Nothing in this article shall apply to the conduct of gas storage operations as a part of or in conjunction with any secondary or tertiary recovery methods being utilized with respect to a unit pool in a unit area heretofore or hereafter established by the board pursuant to Article […]
Section 9-17-150 – Definitions.
Section 9-17-150 Definitions. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-40 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and terms have the following meanings in this article: (1) CODE. The Code of Alabama 1975, as amended. (2) GAS. […]
Section 9-17-151 – Legislative Declaration; Jurisdiction.
Section 9-17-151 Legislative declaration; jurisdiction. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-40 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) (1) The underground storage of gas which promotes the conservation thereof, which permits the accumulation of large quantities of gas in reserve for orderly withdrawal […]
Section 9-17-152 – Board Approval; Recordation of Order; Certificate of Effectiveness; Dissolution of Fields and Units; Determination of Commercial Reserves; Creation of Cavities.
Section 9-17-152 Board approval; recordation of order; certificate of effectiveness; dissolution of fields and units; determination of commercial reserves; creation of cavities. (a) The use of an underground reservoir as a storage facility for gas is hereby authorized, provided that the board shall first enter an order, after notice and hearing pursuant to the provisions […]
Section 9-17-153 – Protection Against Pollution and Escape of Gas; Property Rights.
Section 9-17-153 Protection against pollution and escape of gas; property rights. (a) The board shall issue such orders, rules and regulations as may be necessary for the purpose of protecting any such storage facility against pollution, invasion, and the escape or migration of gas therefrom, including such necessary orders, rules and regulations as may pertain […]
Section 9-17-154 – Eminent Domain.
Section 9-17-154 Eminent domain. (a) Any storage operator is hereby empowered, after obtaining approval of the board as herein required, to exercise the right of eminent domain in the manner provided by law, to acquire all surface and subsurface rights and interests necessary or useful for the purpose of operating the storage facility (including easements […]
Section 9-17-155 – Right of Landowner to Drill and Make Other Use of Land.
Section 9-17-155 Right of landowner to drill and make other use of land. The right of eminent domain granted by Section 9-17-154 shall be without prejudice to the right of the owner of said land or of other rights or interests therein to drill or bore through the storage facility so appropriated in such manner […]