(a) The operator may have a lien on all of the property owned by each owner within the unit area to secure the payment of his or her proportionate part of the expenses of unit operation.
(b) The lien may be established by filing an affidavit with the circuit clerk of the county in which the property involved or any part thereof is located. This affidavit shall set forth an itemized statement of the amount due and the interest of the owner in the unit and may be enforced in the manner as now provided for the enforcement of laborers' liens.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development
Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine
Chapter 72 - Oil and Gas Production and Conservation
Subchapter 3 - Pools and Drilling Units
§ 15-72-301. Applicability of §§ 15-72-307 — 15-72-314
§ 15-72-302. Just and equitable shares — Preventing waste, avoiding risks, etc. — Drilling units
§ 15-72-303. Authority to integrate production in drilling units
§ 15-72-304. Integration orders generally
§ 15-72-305. Allocation of production and cost following integration order — Procedure
§ 15-72-306. Limitation on production if no integration
§ 15-72-307. Formation of units not in restraint of trade
§ 15-72-308. Petition for unit operation — Hearing
§ 15-72-309. Findings to support order requiring unit operation — Issuance
§ 15-72-310. Order requiring unit operation — Contents
§ 15-72-311. Obligation or liability of owners for expenses
§ 15-72-313. New unit operation order in pool established by previous order
§ 15-72-314. Unit area oil and gas — Product of tract
§ 15-72-315. Unitization of entire pool as one operating unit
§ 15-72-316. Salt water disposal unit operation of a pool — Petition
§ 15-72-317. Findings to support order requiring salt water disposal unit operation
§ 15-72-318. Order requiring salt water disposal unit operation — Contents
§ 15-72-319. Salt water disposal unit operation — Expenses
§ 15-72-320. Salt water disposal unit — Operator's lien
§ 15-72-321. Enlarged operation of salt water disposal unit established by previous order
§ 15-72-322. Oil and gas from salt water disposal unit — Product of tract