Sec. 26. (a) This section applies when a royalty is required to be paid under this chapter:

(1) for oil, at the option of the commission:

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(A) at the mouth of the wells into tanks provided by the commission; or

(B) into the pipeline with which the wells are connected, to the commission’s credit; and

(2) for gas, including casinghead gas or other gaseous substance.

     (b) The lessee shall account to the commission for the market value of the oil or gas at the well for all that is sold by the lessee or used by the lessee in the manufacture of gasoline or other products. At the election of the commission, instead of delivering the royalty, when oil in kind, the lessee shall purchase the oil at the oil’s market value at the well when produced.

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-4-3-22.]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.31.