Missouri Laws 259.010 – Council established

There shall be a “State Oil and Gas Council” composed of the following members in accordance with the provisions of section 259.020:

(1) The state geologist;

Department: the department of natural resources. See Missouri Laws 259.050
following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
Gas: all natural gas and all other fluid hydrocarbons which are produced at the wellhead and not hereinbelow defined as oil. See Missouri Laws 259.050
Oil: crude petroleum oil and other hydrocarbons regardless of gravity which are produced at the wellhead in liquid form and the liquid hydrocarbons known as distillate or condensate recovered or extracted from gas, other than gas produced in association with oil and commonly known as casinghead gas. See Missouri Laws 259.050
State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

(2) One member from the department of economic development;

(3) One member from the Missouri public service commission;

(4) One member from the clean water commission;

(5) One member from the Missouri University of Science and Technology petroleum engineering program;

(6) One member from the Missouri Independent Oil and Gas Association; and

(7) Two members from the public.

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