Question

In an effort to control oil prices and Oklahoma's economy, the state passed _______________ laws, calculating limits on oil production.
A. drilling


B. proration


C. regulatory


D. oil cap

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Proration

Explanation:

Prorationing is an obvious remedy for the problem of

“distressed oil.” In market-demand prorationing, a state

conservation agency first restricts statewide production to the

estimated market demand and then allocates the statewide total

back to fields, reservoirs, and finally to individual wells.27 Thus,

every producing well is assigned an “allowable.” This seeks to

accumulatively reduce the state’s production to equal the market

demand. Oklahoma’s market-demand law, passed in 1915, was

the first proration statute in the country.