... Lawrence Bengal, director of the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission, said at year's end. "And the drilling is ... late 2010. All the activity meant more work for Oil and Gas Commission inspectors. And even with four employees ...

... and Economic Development Committee on Thursday endorsed a proposal to require that a majority of the state's Oil and Gas Commission members have experience in the industry. The bill by Rep. Garry Smith, D-Camden, would require that a majority ...

... Tuesday, lawmakers voted 20-7 in favor of legislation requiring that a majority of the nine-member Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission be experienced in the development, production and transportation of oil or gas. Sen. Gene Jeffress, D-Louann ...

... Environmental Quality only checked what hazardous materials or air pollution the facility gave off, while the state's Oil and Gas Commission only regulates well sites and drilling equipment. The state fire marshal, a trooper with the Arkansas State Police ...

... clause and will be taxed at a 1.5 percent rate, not 5 percent. This comes from Lawrence Bengal of the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission. - Advertisement - At the same time, the state Finance and Administration told Associated Press reporter Andrew ...

... 2014, according to figures prepared by the state Oil and Gas Commission. - Advertisement - "When you get to 100 percent ... want them always drilling new wells." Beebe said Oil and Gas Commission officials told him that wells in the ...

... legislative session to do just that. The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission reported that it had only eight inspectors to regulate ... from the increase in the severance tax. Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission director Lawrence Bengal has ...

... on natural gas, would pay for more oversight by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and the state Oil and Gas Commission. "There still remains a requirement to be vigilant," Beebe said. Hunters likely will be the first to notice ...

... list in 1989. Beebe has said that he wants the commission to share some of the revenue from the leases with the Oil and Gas Commission and the Department of Environmental Quality for environmental protection and regulation from the drilling activity ...

... probably reach an agreement on sharing the revenue with the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and the Oil and Gas Commission by January. The governor has said he wants some of the money from the leases to go toward environmental protection ...