Arkansas Administrative Code

15 CAR § 275-209. Dry gas well plugging methods and procedures. (a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) "Cased well" means a well in which production casing has been set and cemented; (2) "Cement" means a Class A or Class H neat cement with a minimum weight of fourteen and …

15 CAR § 275-210. Seismic core and other exploratory holes to be plugged — Methods — Records. (a) Before any hole is abandoned which is drilled for seismic, core, or other exploratory purposes below the freshwater formation, it shall be the duty of the owner or driller of any suc…

15 CAR § 275-211. Domestic natural gas wells and conversion of permitted oil and natural gas wells for use as domestic natural gas or freshwater supply wells. (a) Domestic natural gas wells. (1)(A) Any well drilled by persons for use as a domestic, livestock, or agriculture natur…

15 CAR § 275-212. Organization reports. (a)(1) Every person or entity engaged in any operation or activity regulated by the Oil and Gas Commission, shall file with the commission an organization report on a form prescribed by the Director of Production and Conservation, prior to …

15 CAR § 275-213. Casing requirements. (a) In all established fields, casing requirements shall be governed by the specific field rules for that field, and are not superseded by this section. (b)(1)(A) All freshwater sands shall be fully protected by the setting and cementing of …

15 CAR § 275-214. Blowout prevention. (a) All proper and necessary precautions shall be taken for keeping the well under control during drilling operations, including but not limited to the use of blowout preventers and high pressure fittings attached to properly anchored and cem…

15 CAR § 275-215. Well drilling pits and completion pits requirements. (a) Applicability. (1) This section applies to all pits constructed during the drilling, completion, and testing of a: (A) Brine, oil, gas, or oil and gas production well; (B) Brine injection or disposal well;…

15 CAR § 275-216. Wellhead fittings. Christmas tree fittings or wellhead connections shall have a working pressure or a test pressure in keeping with the expected depth of the well.

15 CAR § 275-217. Requirements for well completion utilizing fracture stimulation. (a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) “Additive” means any substance or combination of substances, including proppant, having a specified purpose that is combined with a hydraulic fracturin…

15 CAR § 275-218. Tubing. (a)(1) All oil wells shall be equipped with and produced through tubing. (2) Bottom of tubing on flowing wells shall not be higher than top of producing interval. (3) If tubing is perforated, the perforations shall not extend above the top of the produci…

15 CAR § 275-219. General lease operating requirements. (a) Definitions for purposes of this section: (1) “Crude oil tank battery” means crude oil storage tanks and other vessels commonly used in the production and temporary storage of crude oil; (2) “DEQ” means the Division of E…

15 CAR § 275-220. Deviation tests. (a)(1) The maximum point at which a well penetrates the producing formation shall not unreasonably vary from the vertical drawn from the center of the hole at the surface. (2) Deviations in excess of the following shall be deemed to be unreasona…

15 CAR § 275-221. Vacuum pumps prohibited. (a) The use of vacuum pumps or other devices for the purpose of putting a vacuum on any gas or oil-bearing stratum is prohibited except in fields using vacuum pumps on January 1, 1939, unless otherwise approved by the Oil and Commission …

15 CAR § 275-222. Notice of fire, breaks, or blowouts and remediation of associated spills of crude oil and produced water. (a) Definition for purposes of this section. “Permit holder” means the operator or person who: (1) Is duly authorized to develop a lease or unit as owner or…

15 CAR § 275-223. Determining and naming common sources of supply. (a) Wells shall be classified as to the common sources of supply from which they produce, and common sources of supply shall be determined and named by the Oil and Gas Commission, provided that in the event any pe…

15 CAR § 275-224. Takings to be ratable. (a) Every person, now or hereafter engaged in the business of purchasing and selling crude oil or natural gas in this state, shall purchase, without discrimination in favor of one (1) producer against another, or in favor of any one (1) so…

15 CAR § 275-225. Dual completion of wells. (a) A permit holder may elect to complete a well in such a manner as to permit the production of oil or gas from one (1) formation through the tubing and oil or gas from a separate formation through the annular space between the tubing …

15 CAR § 275-226. Establishment of field rules. (a)(1) An application for the purpose of establishing field rules, and well spacing and drilling units for a new reservoir or pool, except within the covered lands specified in 15 CAR § 275-230 or 15 CAR § 275-231, shall be submitte…

15 CAR § 275-227. Authorization for Director of Production and Conservation to administratively approve applications for exceptional well locations. (a)(1) The Director of Production and Conservation or his or her designee is authorized to issue a drilling permit for a well propo…

15 CAR § 275-228. Rule for operation in hydrogen sulfide (H2S) areas. (a)(1) Each operator who conducts operations in known areas of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) with minimum concentrations of fifteen parts per million (15 ppm) under atmospheric conditions or one hundred parts per mill…

15 CAR § 275-229. Seismic rules. (a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) “Field seismic operations” means any geophysical method performed on the surface of the land utilizing certain instruments operating under the laws of physics respecting vibration or sound to determine…

15 CAR § 275-230. Establishment of drilling units for gas production from conventional and unconventional sources of supply occurring in certain prospective areas not covered by field rules. (a) For purposes of this section, “unconventional sources of supply” means those common s…

15 CAR § 275-231. Establishment of drilling units for gas production from all sources of supply occurring in certain producing areas in Franklin, Logan, Scott, Sebastian, and Yell counties. (a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) “Conventional sources of supply” means all c…

15 CAR § 275-232. Establishment of well setback requirements for dry gas production wells occurring in established fields in Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Madison, Pope, Scott, Yell, Sebastian, and Washington counties. (a) Applicability. (1) Except as provided in subdivisio…

15 CAR § 275-301. Fields or pools in which production will be controlled. All common sources of supply of crude oil discovered after January 1, 1937, if so found necessary by the Oil and Gas Commission, will have the production of oil controlled or regulated as provided in Acts 1…

15 CAR § 275-302. Reports by producers. (a)(1) Each producer of oil in any field, and each producer of hydrocarbons in liquid form at the wellhead by ordinary production methods from a gas well in any field, shall execute in triplicate and file with the Oil and Gas Commission, El…

15 CAR § 275-303. Oil assessment. Oil conservation assessment, in order to pay the costs in connection with oil and gas conservation administration not otherwise provided for, shall be made as follows: (1)(A) There shall be assessed a charge not to exceed fifty (50) mills (Acts 2…

15 CAR § 275-304. Establishment of well setback requirements for oil production wells. (a) This rule pertains to oil well setback provisions specified in certain established field rules in Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada, Ouachita, and Uni…

15 CAR § 275-401. Natural gas to be metered. (a) Wellhead production meters. (1) For protection of correlative rights of all parties, the operator of a natural gas well shall meter or cause to be metered all natural gas produced from a well, utilizing a standard industry meter ap…

15 CAR § 275-402. Monthly natural gas production reports. (a)(1) All natural gas produced and sold from oil wells and from gas wells within the State of Arkansas, except natural gas taken into a gasoline, cycling, or other extraction plant gathering system, which is required to b…

15 CAR § 275-403. Gas assessment. (a) An assessment to pay the conservation expenses and other costs in connection with administration of gas conservation not otherwise provided for may be made as follows: (1)(A) There shall be assessed against the persons involved a charge not t…

15 CAR § 275-404. Measuring gas at custody transfer points. (a) No meter or meter run used for measuring gas at custody transfer points will be equipped with a manifold which will allow gas flow to be diverted or bypassed around the metering element with the following exceptions:…

15 CAR § 275-405. Back pressure tests for natural gas production allowable determination. (a) Applicability. This section shall only apply to dry natural gas wells for which it is necessary to determine the PRU deliverability in accordance with 15 CAR §§ 275-105, 275-230, 275-231…

15 CAR § 275-406. General rule for the regulation of natural gas pipelines. (a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) “Jurisdictional pipeline” means any onshore natural gas pipeline regulated under Federal Regulation 49 C.F.R. pt. 192, as amended, which is within the jurisdi…

15 CAR § 275-407. Authority to commingle. (a)(1) This section authorizes the Director of Production and Conservation or his or her designee to approve certain commingle requests as detailed in this section. (2) This section: (A) Is applicable for administrative approval of commin…

15 CAR § 275-408. Additional completions within common sources of supply within a drilling unit. (a) This section is applicable for administrative approval by the Director of Production and Conservation of additional completions within common sources of supply within established …

15 CAR § 275-409. Noise level requirements for nonwellhead compressor facilities. (a) Applicability. (1) The provisions of this section apply to all nonwellhead compressor facilities or stations used in the production process, as defined in Arkansas Code § 15-71-110, as amended, …

15 CAR § 275-410. Procedures for determining the production allowable for dry natural gas production wells. (a) Applicability. (1) This section shall only apply to dry natural gas wells for which it is necessary to determine the PRU deliverability in accordance with 15 CAR §§ 275…

15 CAR § 275-411. Requirements for lease rights gas supply lines. (a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) “Director” means the Director of Production and Conservation; (2) “Existing lease rights gas supply line” means a pipeline under jurisdiction of the Oil and Gas Commiss…

15 CAR § 275-412. General rule for the regulation of underground natural gas and other gas storage projects. (a) Authority and applicability. (1)(A) The underground storage of gas: (i) Promotes conservation; (ii) Permits the building of reserves for orderly withdrawal in periods …

15 CAR § 275-501. Pipelines, purchasers, and transporters. (a) No carrier by pipeline and no gathering system shall transport oil from any lease or wells if the said pipeline or gathering system has reason to believe the owner or operator of said lease or wells to which it is con…

15 CAR § 275-502. Reports from oil pipelines, transporters, and storers. (a) Each transporter of oil within the State of Arkansas shall furnish for each calendar month a Transporter’s and Storer’s Monthly Report, containing complete information and data indicated by such form res…

15 CAR § 275-503. Exploration and production fluid gathering, handling, and transportation. (a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) "Class II fluids" means: (A) Produced water and/or other fluids brought to the surface in connection with drilling, completion, or fracture tr…

15 CAR § 275-504. Gathering and transportation of hazardous liquids by pipeline — Permitting and operational requirements. (a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) “Jurisdictional pipeline” means any onshore hazardous liquid pipeline regulated under federal regulation 49 C.F…

15 CAR § 275-601. Refinery reports. (a) Each refiner of oil within the State of Arkansas shall furnish for each calendar month a Refiner’s Monthly Report, containing the information and data indicated by such form, respecting oil and products involved in such refiner’s operations…

15 CAR § 275-602. Gasoline plant reports. (a) Each operator of a gasoline plant, cycling plant, or any other plant at which gasoline, butane, propane condensate, kerosene, oil, or other liquid products are extracted from natural gas within the State of Arkansas, shall furnish for…

15 CAR § 275-701. Abandoned or leaking well and well site remediation. (a) This section is applicable for the following types of wells: (1) Oil and gas production wells; (2) Water supply wells used in enhanced oil and gas recovery projects; (3) UIC Class II disposal and Class II …

15 CAR § 275-702. Plugging of orphan wells. (a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) “Director” means the Oil and Gas Commission Director of Production and Conservation; (2) “Orphan well” means a well for which a permit holder can not be located, there is no record the well …

15 CAR § 275-703. Transfer of wells in the Abandoned and Orphaned Well Plugging Program. (a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) “Commission” means the Oil and Gas Commission; (2) “Director” means the Director of Production and Conservation; and (3) “Well” as used in this s…

15 CAR § 275-801. Class II disposal, Class II commercial disposal, and Class V well permit application procedures. (a) Definitions. (1) “Class II commercial disposal well" means a permitted Class II well in which Class II fluids are injected, for which the permit holder receives …