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9-17-6
in subdivisions (1), (2), (3), and (4) of this subsection, including the duty to plug each
dry or abandoned well and to restore the well site for each dry or abandoned well and associated
production and processing facility and plant upon the abandonment of such well, facility,
or plant and to reclaim all surfaces disturbed during surface mining operations for the recovery
of oil from oil sands. (6) To prevent wells from being drilled, operated, or produced in such
a manner as to cause injury to neighboring leases or property and to protect neighboring
leases or property from being damaged or injured by operations to recover oil from oil sands.
(7) To prevent the drowning by water of any stratum or part thereof capable of producing oil
or gas in paying quantities and to prevent the premature and irregular encroachment of water
which reduces or tends to reduce the total ultimate recovery of oil or gas from any pool.
(8) To require the operation of wells with efficient gas-oil...
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9-17-13
the circumstances allocation of production on this basis shall be considered as a just and
reasonable allocation which will afford to each person owning each tract or interest within
the unit the opportunity to recover or receive his or her just and equitable share of the
oil and gas produced from the unit. Nothing herein or in any order issued pursuant hereto
shall be construed to subject any nonconsenting owner who is subject to a risk compensation
fee, as hereinabove provided, to any personal liability for any damages caused by or
resulting from any negligent act or other tort committed by the operator or by any consenting
owner in the course of developing and operating a pooled or integrated unit; nor shall anything
herein or in any order issued pursuant hereto prevent the operator and any other owner or
owners in the unit from entering into any agreement that contains provisions respecting the
pooling, integration, or development of their tracts or interests in the pooled or...
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4-3-47
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 grant an
option to purchase any property (whether developed or undeveloped) owned, leased or controlled
by it; (6) To make, enter into, execute and perform such contracts, agreements, leases and
other instruments and to take such other action as may be necessary or convenient to...
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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
sales of materials, equipment, and machinery that, at any time, enter into and become a component
part of ships, vessels, towing vessels or barges, or drilling ships, rigs or barges, or seismic
or geophysical vessels, other watercraft and commercial fishing vessels of over five tons
load displacement as registered with the U.S. Coast Guard and licensed by the State of Alabama
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Additionally, the gross proceeds from the
sale or sales of lifeboats, personal flotation devices, ring life buoys, survival craft
equipment, distress signals, EPIRB's, fire extinguishers, injury placards, waste management
plans and logs, marine sanitation devices, navigation rulebooks, navigation lights, sound
signals, navigation day shapes, oil placard cards, garbage placards, FCC SSL, stability instructions,
first aid equipment, compasses, anchor and radar reflectors, general alarm systems, bilge
pumps, piping, and discharge and electronic position fixing...
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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
the ownership, operation, or maintenance of plants, facilities, machinery, pipelines, gathering
lines, or any equipment whatsoever, which are, or may be, necessary or convenient to the production,
treating, processing, ownership, storage, sale, purchase, marketing, or transportation of
such oil or gas; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit, limit or restrict
a county, city, town, or municipality from imposing and collecting ad valorem taxes on any
property, real or personal, not otherwise now exempted by law; further, the limitation
herein imposed upon counties, cities, towns, and municipalities shall not apply to any county,
city, town, or municipality which does not receive a share of the severance tax levied upon
production other than offshore production as defined in Section 40-20-1 under the provisions
of this article. The limitation herein imposed upon counties, cities, towns, and municipalities
shall remain in full force and effect in regard to offshore...
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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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