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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL NO. 132 By: Burns and Green of the
Senate
and
Boles of the House
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to the Corporation Commission;
amending 17 O.S. 2021, Section 53, which relates to
plugging wells; establishing maximum time period for
plugging certain wells; defining terms; directing
rule promulgation; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 17 O.S. 2021, Section 53, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 53. A. The Corporation Commission is hereby authorized
to promulgate rules for the plugg ing of all abandoned idle oil and
gas wells. Abandoned wells Idle wells shall be plugged under the
direction and supervision of Commission employees as may be
prescribed by the Commission. Provided, however, the Commission
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shall not order any oil or gas well to be plugged or closed if the
well is located on an otherwise producing oil or gas lease as
defined by the Commission, unless such well poses an imminent threat
to the public health and safety which shall be determined by the
Commission after conduct ing a public hearing on the matter.
B. An idle gas well shall be plugged if it has not produced gas
within the last ten (10) years, provided that the operator, owner,
or other responsible parties may be granted an exception by
demonstrating good cause to the Corporation Commission. Good cause
may include, but is not limited to, evidence regarding the gas
well's future use for production, injection, carbon storage, and
geothermal energy generation, pursuant to Corporation Commission
rules.
C. An operator with multiple idle gas wells that have not
produced gas for ten (10) years prior to the effective date of this
act shall reduce the number of idle gas wells by plugging or
producing from such wells, provided that the operator, owner, or
other responsible parties may be granted an exemption by
demonstrating good cause to the Corporation Commission. Good cause
may include, but is not limited to, evidence regarding the gas
well's future use for production, injection, carbon storage, and
geothermal energy gene ration, pursuant to Corporation Commission
rules. The reduction of idle gas wells shall be as follows:
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1. Not later than July 1, 2028, by reducing the number of idle
gas wells by at least twenty -five percent (25%);
2. Not later than July 1, 2031, by red ucing the number of idle
gas wells by at least fifty percent (50%); and
3. Not later than July 1, 2035, by plugging or producing from
all remaining idle gas wells.
D. As used in this section:
1. "Idle well" or "idle gas well" means a nonproducing well
with respect to which there has been no commercial production (i.e.,
from which there has been no sale of crude oil or natural gas) for
the preceding ten (10) years; and no reasonable case is made by the
named operator for its future use, including, without limitation,
for production, injection, carbon storage, and geothermal energy
generation;
2. "Nonproducing well" means a well that was drilled for the
purpose of producing hydrocarbons and that is currently shut -in or
temporarily abandoned;
3. "Shut-in" means a well that is completed, not producing, but
is mechanically capable of production and has requisite surface
facilities; and
4. "Temporarily abandoned” means a well that is completed, not
producing, and is not shut -in.
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E. The Commission shall promu lgate rules to effectuate the
provisions of this section and establish any necessary enforcement
measures.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
OVERSIGHT, dated 04/24/2025 - DO PASS, As Amended.