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15-72-321. Enlarged operation of salt water disposal unit established by previous order.
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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 notice and hearing, require salt water disposal unit operation of a pool.
(b) In each case, the petition shall be accompanied by a copy of the proposed salt water disposal unit operating agreement with respect to the operation of the unit as so enlarged, in the form meeting the requirements of § 15-72-316(b)(3).
(c) In each instance, the unit operating agreement shall be executed by persons owning interests in oil and gas in the entire unitized area so enlarged in sufficient numbers to comply with the requirements of § 15-72-317(a)(1). However, if the unit operating agreement then in effect with respect to the unit area to which an additional portion of a pool is to be added contains provisions under the terms of which additions to the unit area may be made, the application for enlargement of the unitized area need only be accompanied by an agreement, executed by persons owning interests in oil and gas under the area to be added to the unit area in numbers sufficient to comply with the requirements of § 15-72-317(a)(1), for the inclusion, in accordance with the plan provided in the unit operating agreement involved, of the additional area to the unit area then existing.
(d) In either case, the new order, in providing for allocation of unit production from the enlarged unit area, shall first treat the unit area previously established as a single tract. The portion of unit production so allocated thereto shall then be allocated among the separately owned tracts included in the previously established unit area in the same proportion as those specifi
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-72-321
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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 notice and hearing, require salt water disposal unit operation of a pool.
(b) In each case, the petition shall be accompanied by a copy of the proposed salt water disposal unit operating agreement with respect to the operation of the unit as so enlarged, in the form meeting the requirements of § 15-72-316(b)(3).
(c) In each instance, the unit operating agreement shall be executed by persons owning interests in oil and gas in the entire unitized area so enlarged in sufficient numbers to comply with the requirements of § 15-72-317(a)(1). However, if the unit operating agreement then in effect with respect to the unit area to which an additional portion of a pool is to be added contains provisions under the terms of which additions to the unit area may be made, the application for enlargement of the unitized area need only be accompanied by an agreement, executed by persons owning interests in oil and gas under the area to be added to the unit area in numbers sufficient to comply with the requirements of § 15-72-317(a)(1), for the inclusion, in accordance with the plan provided in the unit operating agreement involved, of the additional area to the unit area then existing.
(d) In either case, the new order, in providing for allocation of unit production from the enlarged unit area, shall first treat the unit area previously established as a single tract. The portion of unit production so allocated thereto shall then be allocated among the separately owned tracts included in the previously established unit area in the same proportion as those specified therefor in the previous order. In no event shall the new order alter the relative values of tract factors of the previously established unit area, except by consent of all parties owning interests in the tract affected.
(e) An order of the commission entered under this section shall be effective as to the enlarged salt water disposal unit area and to all persons owning interest in oil and gas therein to the same extent as an order entered under § 15-72-317, and it shall contain provisions with respect to the enlarged unit area to meet the requirements of § 15-72-318. The provisions of §§ 15-72-319 and 15-72-320 shall be applicable to obligations incurred in the operation of the enlarged salt water disposal unit area.
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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 the need to establish a salt water disposal unit for an entire pool.
(b) The petition shall contain the following:
(1) A description of the proposed unit area;
(2) A statement of the nature of the proposed salt water disposal unit operation; and
(3) A conformed copy of the proposed salt water disposal unit operating agreement which may be a composite of executed counterparts of the agreement.
(c) The petition may be filed by one (1) or more persons authorized in the salt water disposal unit agreement to file it with the commission.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-72-316
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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 shall issue an order requiring salt water disposal unit operation in accordance with the terms of the proposed unit operating agreement:
(1) The proposed salt water disposal unit agreement has, or counterparts thereof have, been executed by persons who at the time of filing of the petition, owned of record legal title to at least an undivided seventy-five percent (75%) interest in the right to drill into and produce oil and gas from the total proposed unit area and by persons who at that time, owned of record legal title to seventy-five percent (75%) of royalty and overriding royalty payable with respect to oil and gas produced from the entire unit area;
(2) Salt water disposal unit operation of the pool proposed to be unitized is reasonably necessary to prevent waste, to increase ultimate recovery of oil or gas, and to protect correlative rights; and
(3) The value of the additional oil and gas to be recovered from the proposed unit area as a result of the proposed salt water disposal unit operation will exceed the additional cost incident to conducting the operation.
(b) The order and the provisions of the salt water disposal unit operating agreement shall, thereafter, be effective as to and binding upon each person owning an interest in the unit area, or in oil or gas produced therefrom or the proceeds thereof.
(c) With respect to an interest which is encumbered of record with a mortgage or deed of trust, both the grantor and grantee therein shall, for the purposes of subdivision (a)(1) of this section be considered as the re
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-72-317
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 15-72-317. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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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 salt water disposal unit area;
(2) An allocation, whereby the portion of production allocated to the owner of each tract included in the unit operating agreement shall be a basis for such charges to be made against each tract for the disposal of salt water produced by the operation of the unit as a whole and shall be considered as expenses of unit operation for the disposal of salt water;
(3) The time at which the salt water disposal unit operation shall commence; and
(4) Those additional provisions, not in conflict with or inconsistent with the salt water disposal unit operating agreement, which the Oil and Gas Commission determines to be appropriate for the prevention of waste, water pollution, and the protection of all interested parties.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-72-318
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 15-72-318. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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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 all times be several and not joint or collective. In no event shall an owner of the oil and gas rights in the separately owned tract be chargeable with, obligated, or directly or indirectly liable for more than the amount apportioned, assessed, or otherwise charged to his or her interest in the separately owned tract pursuant to the plan of unitization.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-72-319
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 15-72-319. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.