News from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Procedures for processing oil and gas cases through the Oklahoma Corporation Commission will be examined, explained and demonstrated in a one-day seminar on May 7 at Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City, 900 N. Portland Ave.

Administrative law judges, other Corporation Commission officials and several private-practice oil and gas attorneys, engineers and consultants will present five instruction programs, two mock trial presentations and a question and answer panel.

The seminar, presented by the OSU-Oklahoma City Training and Development Center, is recommended for oil and gas attorneys who practice before the commission and petroleum industry employees and consultants who may present testimony at hearings or prepare application forms, Dana Murphy, seminar moderator, said.

"There are many requirements for compliance with Oklahoma’s oil and gas laws. This seminar seeks to make meeting those requirements as easy and efficient as possible, said Murphy, an oil and gas administrative law judge and geologist.

Instruction programs include permitting injections wells, preparing oil and gas forms, the status of proposed oil and gas rules and rules changes, issues in oil and gas hearings and preparation for technical conferences and hearings.

Mock trials will simulate notice testimony in spacing and pooling cases and engineering testimony for a protested increased density case.

The seminar cost is $75. Information and registration forms are available by calling OSU-Oklahoma City at (405) 945-3278.

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