Arkansas Code Title 15, Subtitle 6, Chapter 72, Subchapter 3 - Pools and Drilling Units

• § 15-72-301 - Applicability of §§ 15-72-307 -- 15-72-314.
  The provisions of §§ 15-72-307 -- 15-72-314 shall be applicable to each pool or any portion thereof in the State of Arkansas.
• § 15-72-302 - Just and Equitable Shares -- Preventing Waste, Avoiding Risks, Etc. -- Drilling Units.
  (a) Whether or not the total production from a pool is limited or prorated, no rule, regulation, or order of the Oil and Gas...
• § 15-72-303 - Authority to Integrate Production in Drilling Units.
  (a) When two (2) or more separately owned tracts are embraced within an established drilling unit, when there are separately owned interests in all...
• § 15-72-304 - Integration Orders Generally.
  (a) All orders requiring integration shall be made after notice and an opportunity for a hearing and shall be upon terms and conditions that...
• § 15-72-305 - Allocation of Production and Cost Following Integration Order -- Procedure.
  (a) (1) The order of the Oil and Gas Commission creating a drilling unit shall provide that effective as of the commencement of the...
• § 15-72-306 - Limitation on Production If No Integration.
  Should the owners of separate tracts embraced within a drilling unit fail to agree upon the integration of the tracts and the drilling of...
• § 15-72-307 - Formation of Units Not in Restraint of Trade.
  The formation of any drilling unit or salt water disposal unit as provided in this subchapter and the operation of that unit under order...
• § 15-72-308 - Petition for Unit Operation -- Hearing.
  (a) Upon the filing of a petition as provided in this section, the Oil and Gas Commission after notice shall hold a public hearing...
• § 15-72-309 - Findings to Support Order Requiring Unit Operation -- Issuance.
  (a) If after hearing and considering the petition and evidence offered in support thereof the Oil and Gas Commission makes the following findings, it...
• § 15-72-310 - Order Requiring Unit Operation -- Contents.
  The order requiring unit operation shall be fair and reasonable under all circumstances and shall include: (1) A description of the unit area; (2)...
• § 15-72-311 - Obligation or Liability of Owners for Expenses.
  The obligation or liability of each owner in the several separately owned tracts for the payment of unit expenses shall at all times be...
• § 15-72-312 - Operator's Lien.
  (a) The operator may have a lien on all of the property owned by each owner within the unit area to secure the payment...
• § 15-72-313 - New Unit Operation Order in Pool Established by Previous Order.
  (a) The Oil and Gas Commission, upon the filing of a petition in a form complying with the requirements of § 15-72-308, may after...
• § 15-72-314 - Unit Area Oil and Gas -- Product of Tract.
  The portion of oil or gas produced from the unit area and allocated to a separately owned tract shall be deemed, for all purposes,...
• § 15-72-315 - Unitization of Entire Pool As One Operating Unit.
  (a) Where the Oil and Gas Commission has received a proper petition praying an order for the operation of an entire pool as a...
• § 15-72-316 - Salt Water Disposal Unit Operation of a Pool -- Petition.
  (a) Upon the filing of a petition as hereinafter provided, the Oil and Gas Commission after notice shall hold a public hearing to consider...
• § 15-72-317 - Findings to Support Order Requiring Salt Water Disposal Unit Operation.
  (a) If, after hearing and considering the petition and evidence offered in support thereof, the Oil and Gas Commission makes the following findings, it...
• § 15-72-318 - Order Requiring Salt Water Disposal Unit Operation -- Contents.
  The order requiring salt water disposal unit operation shall be fair and reasonable under all circumstances and shall include: (1) A description of the...
• § 15-72-319 - Salt Water Disposal Unit Operation -- Expenses.
  The obligation or liability of each owner in the several separately owned tracts for the payment of salt water disposal unit expense shall at...
• § 15-72-320 - Salt Water Disposal Unit -- Operator's Lien.
  (a) The operator may have a lien on all of the property owned by each owner within the salt water disposal unit area to...
• § 15-72-321 - Enlarged Operation of Salt Water Disposal Unit Established by Previous Order.
  (a) The Oil and Gas Commission, upon the filing of a petition in a form complying with the requirements of § 15-72-316, may, after...
• § 15-72-322 - Oil and Gas From Salt Water Disposal Unit -- Product of Tract.
  The portion of oil and gas produced from the salt water disposal unit and allocated to a separately owned tract shall be deemed, for...
• § 15-72-323 - Notice of Public Hearings.
  If public hearings are required, notice of public hearings before the Oil and Gas Commission as provided for in this subchapter shall be given...
• § 15-72-324 - Limitation on Production.
  (a) Whenever the Oil and Gas Commission limits the total amount of oil or gas which may be produced in this state, the limit...

Last modified: November 15, 2016