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15-76-308. Formation of brine production units.
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15-76-308. Formation of brine production units.
(a)(1) All producers, as defined in § 15-76-302, may make application to the Oil and Gas Commission for the establishment of brine production units and brine expansion units.
(2) Each application shall be scheduled for public hearing by the commission to be held no later than the next regularly scheduled hearing of the commission that will afford proper notice to be given.
(b) Unless a smaller area is requested by a petitioner and established by order of the commission, a brine production unit or a brine expansion unit established by order of the commission shall comprise no fewer than one thousand two hundred eighty (1,280) contiguous surface acres which are reasonably established to be underlain by a common aquifer.
(c)(1) A proposed brine production unit shall be approved by the commission if the existing or proposed plan of development is such as to drain efficiently the area of the unit and to protect the correlative rights of each owner therein.
(2) Each brine production unit as created by the commission under this subchapter shall constitute a brine production unit as long as a producing well is located therein which is capable of producing brine in paying quantities.
(d)(1) A proposed brine expansion unit shall be approved by the commission as a stand-alone brine expansion unit if the existing or proposed plan of development establishes that the operation of an existing brine production unit can be expanded, enhanced, or made more efficient by the placement of one (1) or more production wells or brine injection wells in an expanded area immediately adjacent to the existing brine production unit, if the plan of development is such as to:
(A) Drain efficiently the area of the brine expansion unit; and
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-76-308
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15-76-308. Formation of brine production units.
(a)(1) All producers, as defined in § 15-76-302, may make application to the Oil and Gas Commission for the establishment of brine production units and brine expansion units.
(2) Each application shall be scheduled for public hearing by the commission to be held no later than the next regularly scheduled hearing of the commission that will afford proper notice to be given.
(b) Unless a smaller area is requested by a petitioner and established by order of the commission, a brine production unit or a brine expansion unit established by order of the commission shall comprise no fewer than one thousand two hundred eighty (1,280) contiguous surface acres which are reasonably established to be underlain by a common aquifer.
(c)(1) A proposed brine production unit shall be approved by the commission if the existing or proposed plan of development is such as to drain efficiently the area of the unit and to protect the correlative rights of each owner therein.
(2) Each brine production unit as created by the commission under this subchapter shall constitute a brine production unit as long as a producing well is located therein which is capable of producing brine in paying quantities.
(d)(1) A proposed brine expansion unit shall be approved by the commission as a stand-alone brine expansion unit if the existing or proposed plan of development establishes that the operation of an existing brine production unit can be expanded, enhanced, or made more efficient by the placement of one (1) or more production wells or brine injection wells in an expanded area immediately adjacent to the existing brine production unit, if the plan of development is such as to:
(A) Drain efficiently the area of the brine expansion unit; and
(B) Protect the correlative rights of each owner of the brine expansion unit.
(2) Each brine expansion unit as created by the commission under this subchapter shall constitute a unit as long as a producing well is located within:
(A) The brine expansion unit; or
(B) The adjacent brine production unit that is capable of producing brine in paying quantities.
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15-76-302. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Aquifer” means any subsurface geological interval in which brine may lie or from which brine is being produced and saved or sold for the primary purpose of extracting chemical substances contained in the subsurface geological interval;
(2)(A) “Brine” means salt water, whether contained in or removed from an aquifer, and all other chemical substances produced with or extracted from such salt water except for commercial production of oil and gas.
(B) “Brine” does not include brine produced as an incident to the production of oil and gas, unless the brine is saved or sold for the purpose of extracting the chemical substances in the brine;
(3) “Brine expansion unit” means each separate composite area of land so designated by order of the Oil and Gas Commission as an expansion area adjacent to an existing brine production unit for the production of brine or the injection of effluent;
(4) “Brine production unit” means each separate composite area of land so designated by order of the commission for the production of brine and the injection of effluent;
(5) “Commission” means the Oil and Gas Commission;
(6) “Director” means the Director of Production and Conservation;
(7) “Effluent” means the liquid remaining after extraction of any chemical substances from brine and any other material or chemicals in solution therein or associated therewith;
(8) “Injection well” means a well utilized for injecting effluent or other substances into an aquifer for disposal purposes;
(9) “Just and equitable share of brine” of an owner in:
(A) A brine production unit or brine expansion unit containing one (1) or more production wells means that part of the actual production of brine from the brine production unit or b
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-76-302
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 15-76-302. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.