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AR Code § 15-72-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 72 - Oil and Gas Production and Conservation|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-72-104. Falsifying or failing to keep records — Willfully violating the Safe Drinking Water Act

 (a) Any person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject, upon conviction in any court of competent jurisdiction, to a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six (6) months, or to both fine and imprisonment if that person, for the purpose of evading this act, or of evading any rule or order made hereunder:  (1) Shall intentionally make or cause to be made any false entry or statement of fact in any report required to be made by this act or by any rule or order made hereunder;  (2) Shall make or cause to be made any false entry in any account, record, or memorandum kept by any person in connection with the provisions of this act or of any rule or order made hereunder;  (3) Shall omit to make, or cause to be omitted, full, true, and correct entries in the accounts, records, or memoranda, of all facts and transactions pertaining to the interest or activities in the petroleum industry of that person as may be required by the Oil and Gas Commission under authority given in this act or by any rule or order made hereunder;  (4) Shall remove out of the jurisdiction of the state or shall mutilate, alter, or by any other means falsify any book, record, or other paper pertaining to the transactions regulated by this act, or by any rule or order made hereunder.    (b) Any person who willfully violates any program requirement under the applicable provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act, Pub. L. No. 93-523, as amended, for the control of underground injection shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalty provided in subsection (a) of this section.
AR Code § 15-72-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 72 - Oil and Gas Production and Conservation|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-72-105. Prohibition on wasting oil or gas

 Waste of oil or gas as defined in this act is prohibited.
AR Code § 15-72-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 72 - Oil and Gas Production and Conservation|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-72-106. Court review by aggrieved person — Injunction

 (a) Any interested person adversely affected by any statute of this state with respect to conservation of oil or gas, or both; by any provisions of this act; by any rule or order made by the Oil and Gas Commission hereunder; or by any act done or threatened hereunder, and who has exhausted his or her administrative remedy, may obtain court review and seek relief by a suit for injunction against the commission as defendant or against the members of the commission by suit in the circuit court of the county in which the property involved is located.  (b) The suit shall have precedence over all other causes, proceedings, or suits on the docket of a different nature, and the attorney representing the commission may have the case set for trial after ten (10) days' notice to the plaintiff or his or her attorney.  (c) In the trial, the burden of proof shall be upon the plaintiff, and all pertinent evidence with respect to the validity and reasonableness of the order of the commission complained of shall be admissible.  (d) The statute, provision of this act, or the rule or order complained of shall be taken as prima facie valid, and such presumption shall not be overcome in connection with any application for injunctive relief, including temporary restraining order, by verified bill or affidavit of or in behalf of the applicant.  (e) The right of review accorded by this section shall be inclusive of all other remedies, but the right of appeal shall lie as hereinafter set forth.
AR Code § 15-72-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 72 - Oil and Gas Production and Conservation|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-72-107. Notice prerequisite to temporary restraining order or injunction

 (a) No temporary restraining order or injunction of any kind shall be granted against the Oil and Gas Commission or members thereof, or against the Attorney General, or against any agent, employee, or representative of the commission, restraining the commission or any of its members, agents, employees, or representatives, or the Attorney General from enforcing any statute of this state or any rule or order made thereunder except after three (3) days' notice served upon some person in the principal office of the commission of the time, place, and court before which application for the order shall be made.  (b) If the commission shall so request at the hearing, it shall be entitled to a trial on the merits within ten (10) days after the granting of any temporary order. If the plaintiff is not ready for trial at that time, the court shall be authorized to dissolve the temporary restraining order.
AR Code § 15-72-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 72 - Oil and Gas Production and Conservation|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-72-108. Injunctions for enforcement

 (a) Whenever it shall appear that any person is violating, or threatening to violate, any statute of this state with respect to the conservation of oil or gas, or both, or any provision of this act, or any rule or order made thereunder by any act done in the operation of any well producing oil or gas or by omitting any act required to be done thereunder, the Oil and Gas Commission through its counsel or the Attorney General may bring suit against that person in the circuit court in the county in which the well in question is located, to restrain the person from continuing the violation or from carrying out the threat of violation.  (b) In the suit the commission may obtain injunctions, prohibitory and mandatory, including temporary restraining orders and temporary injunctions, as the facts may warrant, including, when appropriate, an injunction restraining any person from moving or disposing of illegal oil, illegal gas, or illegal product. Any or all such commodities may be ordered to be impounded or placed under the control of an agent appointed by the court if, in the judgment of the court, the action is advisable.  (c) If the defendant cannot be personally served with summons in that county, personal jurisdiction of that defendant in the suit may be obtained by service made on any employee or agent of that defendant working on or about the oil or gas well involved in the suit and by the commission's mailing a copy of the complaint in the action to the defendant at the address of the defendant then recorded with the Director of the Oil and Gas Commission.
AR Code § 15-72-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 72 - Oil and Gas Production and Conservation|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-72-109. Application to drill — Applicant address

 Each application for the drilling of a well in search of oil or gas in this state shall include the address of the residence of the applicant or of each applicant, which address shall be the address of each person involved in accordance with the records of the Director of the Oil and Gas Commission until the address is changed on the records of the Oil and Gas Commission after written request.
AR Code § 15-72-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 72 - Oil and Gas Production and Conservation|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-72-110. Appeals

 In all proceedings brought under authority of this act, of any oil or gas conservation statute of this state, or of any rule or order issued thereunder and in all proceedings instituted for the purpose of contesting the validity of any provision of the act, of any oil or gas conservation statute, or of any rule or order issued thereunder, appeals may be taken in accordance with the general laws of the State of Arkansas relating to appeals. However, in all appeals from judgments or decrees in suits to contest the validity of any provision of this act, or any rule of the Oil and Gas Commission hereunder, the appeals when docketed in the Supreme Court shall take precedence over other cases on the docket of that court and may be advanced as that court may order and direct.
AR Code § 15-72-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 72 - Oil and Gas Production and Conservation|Subchapter 2 - Wells and Drilling Generally|§ 15-72-201. Definitions

 As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Operator” means the person who has the right to enter upon the lands of another for the purpose of exploring, drilling, and developing for the production of brine, oil, gas, and all other petroleum hydrocarbons;  (2) “Person” means any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, fiduciary, or representative of any kind; and  (3) “Surface owner” means the owner or owners of record of the surface of the property on which the drilling operation is to occur.
AR Code § 15-72-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 72 - Oil and Gas Production and Conservation|Subchapter 2 - Wells and Drilling Generally|§ 15-72-202. Penalties for violation of certain sections

 (a) Any person, firm, or corporation violating § 15-72-206, § 15-72-208(a), § 15-72-217, § 15-72-208(b), § 15-72-210, or § 15-72-211 is subject to a civil penalty for each violation not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), to be assessed by the Oil and Gas Commission.  (b) If the civil penalty is not recovered by the commission within the time frame specified by the commission, the civil penalty and a reasonable attorney's fee to be fixed by the court may be recovered in an action brought by the commission in the name of the State of Arkansas.  (c) The civil penalty and attorney's fees collected shall be turned into the general road fund of the county where a leak is located to be used on the roads, bridges, and highways of the county, in the discretion of the county court.
AR Code § 15-72-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 72 - Oil and Gas Production and Conservation|Subchapter 2 - Wells and Drilling Generally|§ 15-72-204. Prerequisite for drilling permit — Operator's proof of financial responsibility

 (a) Before the Oil and Gas Commission issues a permit to drill, an operator who is doing business in this state and is not subject to the provisions of § 15-71-116 shall file proof of financial responsibility with the commission.  (b) Before the commission transfers a well and issues a producer's certificate of compliance and authorization to transport oil or gas, a person who acquires the right of an operator of an existing well and is not subject to the provisions of § 15-71-116 shall file proof of financial responsibility with the commission.
AR Code § 15-72-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 72 - Oil and Gas Production and Conservation|Subchapter 2 - Wells and Drilling Generally|§ 15-72-205. Notice of intent to drill — Permit and fee

 (a) Before any well shall be drilled in search of oil or gas, the person desiring to drill the well shall notify the commission upon a form the commission may prescribe and shall pay a fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) or any sum the commission may prescribe for each well; provided, in no event shall the fee exceed three hundred dollars ($300).  (b) The drilling of any well is prohibited until the notice is given and the fee has been paid and permit granted.
AR Code § 15-72-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 72 - Oil and Gas Production and Conservation|Subchapter 2 - Wells and Drilling Generally|§ 15-72-206. Casing oil or gas wells — Keeping sands separate

 (a) The owner or operator of any well put down for the purpose of exploring for, or producing, oil or gas, shall, during the course of drilling, case off all fresh or salt water from each oil-producing or gas-producing sand encountered while drilling, the casing to be set in the well in such manner as to exclude all water from penetrating the first into a lower oil-bearing or gas-bearing sand, the well shall be cased in such manner as to exclude all fresh or salt water from all oil-bearing or gas-bearing sands encountered during the course of the drilling operations.  (b) Should any well so drilled produce oil or gas in paying quantities through the first or any succeeding oil-bearing or gas-bearing sand, the oil or gas shall be conserved by either casing or mudding it off, so as to confine it in the gas-bearing or oil-bearing sand where found.
AR Code § 15-72-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 72 - Oil and Gas Production and Conservation|Subchapter 2 - Wells and Drilling Generally|§ 15-72-207. Log requirements generally

 (a) It shall be the duty of the owner of any well drilled for gas or oil to keep a careful and accurate log of the drilling of the well.  (b) The log shall show:  (1) The character and depth of the formation passed through or encountered in the drilling of the well; and  (2) The location and depth of the water-bearing strata, together with the character of the water encountered from time to time; and  (3) At what point the water was shut off, if at all, and if not, so state in the log; and  (4) The depth at which oil-bearing or gas-bearing strata is encountered; and  (5) The character of the oil-bearing or gas-bearing strata; and  (6) Whether all water overflowing or underlying the oil-bearing or gas-bearing strata was successfully and permanently shut off, so as to prevent the percolation or penetration into the oil-bearing or gas-bearing strata.    (c) The log shall:  (1) Be verified by the person in charge of the drilling;  (2) Be attested as correct by the owners of the well;  (3) Be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the well is located, and preserved by him or her in the public records; and  (4) Definitely describe the location of the well.
AR Code § 15-72-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 72 - Oil and Gas Production and Conservation|Subchapter 2 - Wells and Drilling Generally|§ 15-72-208. Proper confinement of gas by possessor of well

 (a) Any person, copartnership, corporation, owner, lessee, or manager in possession of any well producing natural gas, in order to prevent the gas from wasting by escape shall, within four (4) days after penetrating the gas-bearing sand in any well drilled, shut in and confine the gas in the well until the gas therein shall be utilized for light, fuel, or steam power.  (b)  (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation having possession or control of any gas well, whether as contractor, owner, lessee, or manager, to allow or permit the flow of natural gas of any such well to flow into the open air without being confined to such well or pipe or other safe receptacles for a longer period than three (3) days after the gas shall have been struck and produced in that well.  (2) If the well cannot be confined within three (3) days, the person controlling the well shall continue with the utmost diligence to confine it as soon as possible.    (c) Failure to comply with subsection (b) of this section shall subject the person failing to the penalties and procedure set out in § 15-72-202 (b).
AR Code § 15-72-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 72 - Oil and Gas Production and Conservation|Subchapter 2 - Wells and Drilling Generally|§ 15-72-209. Right of others to confine gas

 In addition to the penalties described in § 15-72-202 for failure to confine natural gas, any person or corporation lawfully in possession of lands upon which the gas well is situated or adjoining or adjacent thereto or in the vicinity of the well may enter upon the lands on which such well is situated and take possession of the well from which the gas is allowed to escape in violation of § 15-72-202, after the failure for ten (10) hours of the party in control thereof to use the utmost diligence to confine the gas, pack and tube the well, and shut in and secure the flow of gas, and may maintain a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state against the owner, lessee, agent, or manager of the well, and each of them, jointly or severally, to recover the cost and expense of the tubing and packing, together with attorney's fees to be taxed as part of the cost.
AR Code § 15-72-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 72 - Oil and Gas Production and Conservation|Subchapter 2 - Wells and Drilling Generally|§ 15-72-210. Gas leaks in pipelines, machinery, etc

 (a) It is the duty of any person discovering any leak in any pipeline for the transportation of natural gas, or in any machinery, apparatus, or device used in the regulation, distribution, or transportation thereof immediately to notify the owner of the pipeline or other appliance and also to notify the gas inspector of the leak.  (b) It is the duty of the owner of the pipeline or other apparatus from which gas is escaping to immediately repair it.  (c) It is the duty of the gas inspector on receiving reliable information of the leak or on personal knowledge thereof immediately to notify the owner of the pipeline or appliance of the leak and to immediately repair it.  (d) Should the owner of the pipeline, apparatus, appliance, or device fail to at once repair the leak or use the utmost diligence to do so, he or she shall be subject to the penalty set out in § 15-72-202 (b).
AR Code § 15-72-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 72 - Oil and Gas Production and Conservation|Subchapter 2 - Wells and Drilling Generally|§ 15-72-211. Flambeau lights

 (a)  (1) The use of natural gas for illuminating purposes in what are known as “flambeau” lights is a wasteful and extravagant use thereof and is dangerous to the public good, and it shall therefore be unlawful for any company, corporation, or person to use natural gas for illuminating purposes in what are known as flambeau lights in cities, towns, highways, or elsewhere.  (2) This shall not be construed as to prohibit the use of the gas in what are known as “jumbo” burners, enclosed in glass globes or lamps, or by the use of other burners of similar character so enclosed as will consume no more gas than jumbo burners.  (3) This shall not apply to those engaged in drilling wells while the well is being drilled.    (b) A violation of this section shall subject the person so violating it to the penalties and proceedings provided in § 15-72-202 (b), which is made applicable hereto.
AR Code § 15-72-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 72 - Oil and Gas Production and Conservation|Subchapter 2 - Wells and Drilling Generally|§ 15-72-212. Failure to control wild wells

 (a) In order to protect the natural gas fields and oil fields in this state, it is declared to be unlawful for any person to negligently permit any gas or oil well to go wild or to get out of control.  (b) The owner of any wild well shall, after twenty-four (24) hours' written notice by the Oil and Gas Commission given to him or her or to the person in possession of the well, make reasonable effort to control such well.  (c) The commission shall have the right to take charge of the work of controlling any wild well and shall have the right to proceed through its own agents or by contract with a responsible contractor to control the well or otherwise to prevent the escape or loss of gas or oil from the well all at the reasonable expense of the owner of the well if the owner of the well fails within twenty-four (24) hours after service of the notice provided for in subsection (b) of this section to:  (1) Control the well if control could reasonably be achieved within the period; or  (2) Begin in good faith upon service of the notice operations to control the well; or  (3) Prosecute diligently such operations.    (d) In order to secure to the commission the payment of the reasonable cost and expense of controlling or plugging the well, the commission shall retain the possession of the well and shall be entitled to receive and retain the rents, revenues, and incomes therefrom until the costs and expense incurred by the commission shall be repaid. When all costs and expenses have been repaid, the commission shall restore possession of the well to the owner. However, in the event the income received by the commission shall not be sufficient to reimburse the commission as provided for in this section, the commission shall have a lien or privilege upon all of the property of the owner of the well, except property exempt by law. The commission shall then proceed to enforce the lien or privilege by suit brought in any court of competent jurisdiction the same as any other civil action and the judgment so obtained shall be executed in the same manner now provided by law for execution of judgments. Any excess over the amount due the commission which the property seized and sold may bring, after payment of court costs, shall be paid over to the owner of the well.
AR Code § 15-72-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine|Chapter 72 - Oil and Gas Production and Conservation|Subchapter 2 - Wells and Drilling Generally|§ 15-72-213. Surface owner's lien for damages caused by operator neglect

 Any surface owner who is damaged or threatened with damage by the neglect of the operator will have a lien upon the fixtures or equipment owned by the operator, with all oil, gas, and other hydrocarbons produced therefrom which may be run to the credit of the operator to secure payment for all damages that can be lawfully recovered under the terms of the oil and gas lease or leases covering the particular property and under which drilling operations are being undertaken by the operator. The lien shall also secure payment for any other damages that the surface owner would be entitled to recover from the operator under the laws of the State of Arkansas.