Determination of common purchaser. — Alaska Code § 31.15.020
Alaska Code § 31.15.020 — Determination of common purchaser.. Reproduced from the official Alaska Statutes, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 31.15.020. Determination of common purchaser.
(a) Where a purchaser is purchasing from a field and the commission finds that the purchaser has unjustly and unreasonably discriminated in purchases with regard to oil offered for sale in favor of one or more owners of oil produced in the field, the commission shall order the purchaser to be a common purchaser with respect to oil offered for sale from the field.
(b) Where a purchaser is purchasing from fields in reasonably close proximity to each other and the commission finds that the purchaser has unjustly and unreasonably discriminated in purchases with regard to oil offered for sale in favor of one or more of the fields, the commission shall order the purchaser to be a common purchaser with respect to oil offered for sale from each field involved.
(c) A purchaser cannot be ordered to be a common purchaser on the basis of purchases of oil taken in kind by the United States or the state, or on the basis of the payment of royalties, overriding royalties, net profits, carried interests or similar interests, whether in kind or in value or on the basis of a producer taking its own production.
Source: official Alaska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Alaska Statutes § 31.15.020
- Jurisdiction: Alaska
- Code: Alaska Statutes
- Subject: Determination of common purchaser.
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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