The commissioner may, upon application and after a public hearing, suspend operations and production on a producing lease. On his own motion and after a public hearing, the commissioner, in the interest of conservation, may suspend operations on any lease, but in any such case he shall extend the lease term for the period of any suspension.
History: 1953 Comp., § 7-15-10, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 158, § 10.