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9-17-6
Section 9-17-6 Oil and Gas Board - Powers and duties generally. (a) The board shall
have jurisdiction and authority over all persons and property necessary to administer and
enforce effectively the provisions of this article and all other articles relating to the
conservation of oil and gas. (b) The board shall have the authority and it shall be its duty
to make such inquiries as it may think proper to determine whether or not waste, over which
it has jurisdiction, exists or is imminent. In the exercise of such power the board shall
have the authority to perform the following: (1) Collect data. (2) Make investigation and
inspection. (3) Examine properties, leases, papers, books, and records, including drilling
records, logs, and other geological and geophysical data. (4) Examine, check, test, and gauge
oil and gas wells, tanks, plants, processing facilities, structures, natural gas pipelines
and gathering lines, and storage and transportation equipment and facilities, and other modes...
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9-17-13
Section 9-17-13 Integration of interests; cycling operations; orders of board; procedures.
(a) When any mineral or other related interests deriving from two or more separately owned
tracts of land are embraced within an established or a proposed drilling or production unit,
or when there are separately owned interests in all or a part of an established or proposed
drilling or production unit, or any combination of such, the persons owning the interests
therein may validly agree to integrate or pool the interests and to develop the interests
and associated lands as a drilling or production unit. Where, however, the owners have not
agreed to so integrate or pool the interests, the board shall, for the prevention of waste
or to avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells, require the persons owning such interests to
do so and to develop their interests and the associated lands as a drilling or production
unit. (b) The board, in order to prevent waste and avoid the drilling of unnecessary...
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4-3-47
Section 4-3-47 Powers of authority generally. The authority shall have the following
powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof
in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time (which
may be in perpetuity) specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To sue and be sued
in its own name in civil actions, excepting actions in tort against the authority; (3) To
adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To adopt and
alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business; (5) To acquire, receive,
take and hold, whether by purchase, option to purchase, gift, lease, devise or otherwise,
property of every description, whether real, personal or mixed, whether in one or more counties
and whether within or without the corporate limits of any authorizing subdivision, and to
manage said property and to develop any property and to sell, exchange, lease or...
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22-27-2
Section 22-27-2 Definitions. For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AGENCY. Any controlling
agency, public or private, elected, appointed, or volunteer utilizing methods approved by
the health department or the department for the purpose of controlling and supervising the
collection or management of solid wastes or recyclable materials. (2) ALTERNATIVE COVER. Material
other than earth used to cover a landfill or sanitary landfill. An alternative cover shall
be approved by the Department of Environmental Management in compliance with federal law and
United States Environmental Protection Agency rules or guidance to achieve a level of performance
equal to or greater than earthen cover material. (3) ASHES. The solid residue from burning
of wood, coal, coke, or other combustible material used for heating, from incineration of
solid wastes, or for the production of electricity at electric generating...
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40-23-4
Section 40-23-4 Exemptions. (a) There are exempted from the provisions of this division
and from the computation of the amount of the tax levied, assessed, or payable under this
division the following: (1) The gross proceeds of the sales of lubricating oil and gasoline
as defined in Sections 40-17-30 and 40-17-170 and the gross proceeds from those sales of lubricating
oil destined for out-of-state use which are transacted in a manner whereby an out-of-state
purchaser takes delivery of such oil at a distributor's plant within this state and transports
it out-of-state, which are otherwise taxed. (2) The gross proceeds of the sale, or sales,
of fertilizer when used for agricultural purposes. The word "fertilizer" shall not
be construed to include cottonseed meal, when not in combination with other materials. (3)
The gross proceeds of the sale, or sales, of seeds for planting purposes and baby chicks and
poults. Nothing herein shall be construed to exempt or exclude from the computation of...
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40-20-1
Section 40-20-1 Definitions. For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall
have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) DEPARTMENT. The state Department
of Revenue. (2) ANNUAL. The calendar year or the taxpayer's fiscal year, when permission is
obtained from the department to use a fiscal year as a tax period in lieu of a calendar year.
(3) VALUE. The sale price or market value at the mouth of the well. If the oil or gas is exchanged
for something other than cash, if there is no sale at the time of severance or if the relation
between the buyer and the seller is such that the consideration paid, if any, is not indicative
of the true value or market price, then the department shall determine the value of the oil
or gas subject to the tax hereinafter provided for, considering the sale price for cash of
oil or gas of like quality. (4) OIL. Crude petroleum oil and other hydrocarbons regardless
of gravity which are produced at the well in liquid form by ordinary...
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40-20-2
Section 40-20-2 Levy and amount of tax upon business of producing or severing oil or
gas from soil, etc., generally. (a)(1) There is hereby levied, to be collected hereafter,
as herein provided, annual privilege taxes upon every person engaging or continuing to engage
within the State of Alabama in the business of producing or severing oil or gas, as defined
herein, from the soil or the waters, or from beneath the soil or the waters, of the state
for sale, transport, storage, profit, or for use. The amount of such tax shall be measured
at the rate of eight percent of the gross value of the oil or gas at the point of production
except as provided in subsequent subdivisions of this subsection. Provided, however, that
the tax on offshore production, produced from depths greater than 8,000 feet below mean sea
level, shall not be computed as a percentage of gross value at the point of production, as
provided in this article, but shall be computed as a percentage of gross proceeds, as...
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9-17-12
Section 9-17-12 Limitations on regulations; drilling or production units; producers'
shares. (a) Whether or not the total production from a pool is limited or prorated, no rule,
regulation, or order of the board shall be such in terms or effect that it will do the following:
(1) That it shall be necessary at any time for the producer from or the owner of, a tract
of land in the pool, or an interest associated therewith or derived therefrom, in order that
he or she may obtain the tract's just and equitable share or the just and equitable share
of the interest of the production of such pool, as the share is set forth in this section,
to drill and operate any well or wells on such tract in addition to the well or wells as can
without waste produce the share. (2) As to occasion net drainage from a tract or any interest
associated therewith or derived therefrom, unless there is drilled and operated upon the tract
a well or wells in addition to such well or wells thereon as can without waste...
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9-17-130
Section 9-17-130 Legislative findings and declaration. The Legislature of the State
of Alabama finds and declares that the protection of Alabama's environment is vital to the
economy of this state; that coalbed methane gas wells are an important source of natural gas
for use in industry and by consumers thereof in Alabama and are becoming increasingly common
in Alabama as the technology for such wells advances; that the broadest possible promotion
of public and private interests requires that coalbed methane gas wells be properly plugged
when abandoned; that delays therein may affect the environment or public health, safety and
welfare; that adequate financial resources be readily available to provide for the expeditious
plugging of such wells and to provide a means for doing so without delay; that the Legislature
has heretofore authorized the State Oil and Gas Board of Alabama to require that operators
of such wells provide evidence of financial responsibility to cover the costs of...
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9-17-25
Section 9-17-25 Tax for expenses of administration and enforcement of article - Levied;
exemptions; payment. (a) For the purpose of defraying the expenses connected with the administration
and enforcement of this article, including the expense of the inspections, tests, analyses,
and all other expenses connected with the supervision and protection of crude petroleum oil
and natural gas in the State of Alabama, there is hereby levied on the producer a tax equal
in amount to two percent of the gross value, at the point of production, of the crude petroleum
oil or natural gas produced for sale, transport, storage, profit, or for use from any well
or wells in the State of Alabama. Provided, however, that the tax on offshore production,
produced from depths greater than 8,000 feet below mean sea level, shall not be computed as
a percentage of gross value at the point of production, as provided in this section,
but shall be computed as a percentage of gross proceeds, as provided in Section...
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