Arkansas Code Title 15. Natural Resources and Economic Development § 15-72-502. Commission authorities

The Oil and Gas Commission is authorized and directed to make investigations and to research, as in the judgment of the commission is appropriate, to ascertain the advisability of the employment of a secondary recovery method or methods in any pool within the State of Arkansas containing oil and gas, and to this end is authorized to employ the personnel who in its judgment are necessary for the performance of the work.