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KS Stat § 55-1207 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 12 - Underground Storage Of Natural Gas|55-1207 Leasing of state-owned lands for underground storage of natural gas; conditions.

55-1207. Leasing of state-owned lands for underground storage of natural gas; conditions. The director of the state department of administration, with the approval of the state finance council, may lease to a person, firm or corporation lands owned by the state of Kansas for the underground storage of natural gas by such person, firm or corporation. All such leases shall be on such terms and conditions as the director of the state department of administration, with the approval of the state finance council, shall prescribe, except that every such lease shall be for a period of 20 years and as long as such lands are actually used by the lessee or its assignees for the underground storage of natural gas. Every such lease shall describe the subsurface stratum or formation in such lands which is to be utilized for such storage. Any lease granted pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be without prejudice to the rights of the state as the owner of such lands, or any lessee of the oil and gas rights thereof, to develop other subsurface strata or formations so leased in such manner as will comply with existing or hereafter promulgated rules and regulations of the state corporation commission issued for the purpose of protecting underground gas storage stratum or formation as provided by K.S.A. 55-1203, and amendments thereto.All proceeds of such leases shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state general fund. The proceeds of any such leases which shall be derived from the lease of lands which are held by the state of Kansas for the use and benefit of a state institution shall be kept by the state treasurer in a separate fund for the use and benefit of such state institution under rules and regulations adopted by the state agency having control and management of such state institution.History: L. 1961, ch. 420, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 200; July 1.
KS Stat § 55-1208 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 12 - Underground Storage Of Natural Gas|55-1208 Abandonment of underground natural gas storage facility; notification; hearings by corporation commission.

55-1208. Abandonment of underground natural gas storage facility; notification; hearings by corporation commission. (a) When the owner of an underground natural gas storage facility has permanently abandoned the storage facility and that facility was certificated by the state corporation commission pursuant to K.S.A. 55-1201 et seq., the owner shall file with the commission a notice of abandonment. If any such storage facility was certificated pursuant to federal authority, the owner shall file a copy of any federal abandonment authority with the commission. Unless such notice of abandonment authority has been filed with the commission, there shall be a presumption that the storage facility and all rights associated with it remain as certificated. In either case the owner shall file an instrument with the register of deeds office in the appropriate county or counties, stating that such storage has ceased and, except in cases in which the owner of the storage facility has purchased the fee, that the ownership of all property acquired by the owner, both mineral and surface, has reverted to those who owned the property at the time of the acquisition or their heirs, successors or assigns.(b) The state corporation commission may conduct an administrative hearing pursuant to the Kansas administrative procedures act upon application for abandonment of an underground natural gas storage facility if such facility was certificated by the commission.History: L. 1993, ch. 101, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 55-1209 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 12 - Underground Storage Of Natural Gas|55-1209 Plat map of location of underground natural gas facility required.

55-1209. Plat map of location of underground natural gas facility required. The owner of an underground natural gas storage facility shall provide to the state corporation commission a plat map identifying the location of such facility and a description of the geological formation or formations to be used for storage.History: L. 1993, ch. 101, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 55-1210 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 12 - Underground Storage Of Natural Gas|55-1210 Property rights to injected natural gas established.

55-1210. Property rights to injected natural gas established. (a) All natural gas which has previously been reduced to possession, and which is subsequently injected into underground storage fields, sands, reservoirs and facilities, whether such storage rights were acquired by eminent domain or otherwise, shall at all times be the property of the injector, such injector's heirs, successors or assigns, whether owned by the injector or stored under contract.(b) In no event shall such gas be subject to the right of the owner of the surface of such lands or of any mineral interest therein, under which such gas storage fields, sands, reservoirs and facilities lie, or of any person, other than the injector, such injector's heirs, successors and assigns, to produce, take, reduce to possession, either by means of the law of capture or otherwise, waste, or otherwise interfere with or exercise any control over such gas. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to affect the right of the owner of the surface of such lands or of any mineral interest therein to drill or bore through the underground storage fields, sands, reservoirs and facilities in such a manner as will protect such fields, sand, reservoirs and facilities against pollution and the escape of the natural gas being stored.(c) With regard to natural gas that has migrated to adjoining property or to a stratum, or portion thereof, which has not been condemned as allowed by law or otherwise purchased:(1) The injector, such injector's heirs, successors and assigns shall not lose title to or possession of such gas if such injector, such injector's heirs, successors or assigns can prove by a preponderance of the evidence that such gas was originally injected into the underground storage.(2) The injector, such injector's heirs, successors and assigns, shall have the right to conduct such tests on any existing wells on adjoining property, at such injector's sole risk and expense including, but not limited to, the value of any lost production of other than the injector's gas, as may be reasonable to determine ownership of such gas.(3) The owner of the stratum and the owner of the surface shall be entitled to such compensation, including compensation for use of or damage to the surface or substratum, as is provided by law, and shall be entitled to recovery of all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, if litigation is necessary to enforce any rights under this subsection (c) and the injector does not prevail.(d) The injector, such injector's heirs, successors and assigns shall have the right to compel compliance with this section by injunction or other appropriate relief by application to a court of competent jurisdiction.History: L. 1993, ch. 102, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 55-1301 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 13 - Unitization|55-1301 Additional powers and duties of the state corporation commission.

55-1301. Additional powers and duties of the state corporation commission. In addition to the jurisdiction, powers and duties conferred or imposed upon the state corporation commission, herein called "commission," by articles 6 and 7 of chapter 55 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, with respect to the prevention of waste and the conservation of oil and gas and the protection of the correlative rights of persons entitled to share in the production thereof, the commission shall for said purposes have, and it shall be its duty to exercise, the further jurisdiction, powers and duties conferred or imposed upon it by this act.History: L. 1967, ch. 299, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 55-1302 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 13 - Unitization|55-1302 Definitions.

55-1302. Definitions. As used in this act:(a) Except where the context otherwise requires, the terms used or defined in articles 6 and 7 of chapter 55 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, shall have the same meaning when used in this act.(b) "Pool" means an underground accumulation of oil and gas in one or more natural reservoirs in communication so as to constitute a single pressure system so that production from one part of the pool affects the pressure throughout its extent.(c) "Oil and gas" means crude oil, natural gas, casinghead gas, condensate, or any combination thereof.(d) "Waste," in addition to its meaning as used in articles 6 and 7 of chapter 55 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, includes both economic and physical waste resulting from the development and operation separately of tracts that can best be operated as a unit.(e) "Working interest owner" means the owner of tracts or interests who, in the absence of a unitization order, would have the right to drill and operate a well or wells on the separately owned tracts comprising a unit.History: L. 1967, ch. 299, § 2; L. 2004, ch. 115, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 55-1303 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 13 - Unitization|55-1303 Requisites of application; hearings.

55-1303. Requisites of application; hearings. Any working interest owner may file an application with the commission requesting an order for the unit operation of a pool or part thereof. The application shall contain: (a) A description of the land and pool or part thereof to be so operated, termed the unit area;(b) a statement of the type of operations contemplated for the unit area;(c) a copy of a proposed plan of unitization which the applicant considers fair, reasonable and equitable;(d) a copy of a proposed operating plan covering the manner in which the unit will be supervised and managed and costs allocated and paid;(e) an allegation of the facts required to be found by the commission under K.S.A. 55-1304 and amendments thereto.Upon filing of an application for an order providing for the unit operation of a pool or part thereof, the commission shall conduct a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.History: L. 1967, ch. 299, § 3; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 174; July 1, 1989.
KS Stat § 55-1304 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 13 - Unitization|55-1304 Matters to be found by the commission precedent to issuance of unitization order; hearings.

55-1304. Matters to be found by the commission precedent to issuance of unitization order; hearings. The commission may make an order providing for the unitization and unit operation of such pool or part thereof sought to be unitized, if, upon application of any working interest owner and after notice and hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act, the commission finds all of the following conditions exist:(a) (1) The primary production from a pool or a part thereof sought to be unitized has reached a low economic level and, without introduction of artificial energy, abandonment of oil or gas wells is imminent; or (2) the unitized management, operation and further development of the pool or the part thereof sought to be unitized is economically feasible and reasonably necessary to prevent waste within the reservoir and thereby increase substantially the ultimate recovery of oil or gas;(b) the value of the estimated additional recovery of oil or gas substantially exceeds the estimated additional cost incident to conducting such operations; and(c) the proposed operation is fair and equitable to all interest owners.History: L. 1967, ch. 299, § 4; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 175; L. 2000, ch. 15, § 1; Mar. 30.
KS Stat § 55-1306 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 13 - Unitization|55-1306 Unit operations.

55-1306. Unit operations. All operations, including, but not limited to, the commencement, drilling, or operation of a well upon any part of the unit area shall be deemed for all purposes the conduct of such operations upon each separately owned tract in the unit area by the several owners thereof. The portion of the unit production allocated to a separately owned tract in a unit area shall, when produced, be deemed, for all purposes, to have been actually produced from such tract by a well drilled thereon. Operations conducted pursuant to an order of the commission providing for unit operations shall constitute a fulfillment of all the express or implied obligations of each lease or contract covering lands in the unit area to the extent that compliance with such obligations cannot be had because of the order of the commission.The portion of the unit production allocated to any tract, and the proceeds from the sale thereof, shall be the property and income of the several persons to whom, or to whose credit, the same are allocated or payable under the order providing for unit operations.No division order or other contract relating to the sale or purchase of production from a separately owned tract shall be terminated by the order providing for unit operations, but shall remain in force and apply to oil and gas allocated to such tract until terminated in accordance with the provisions of such division order or contract.Except to the extent that the parties affected so agree no order providing for unit operations shall be construed to result in a transfer of all or any part of the title of any person to the oil and gas rights in any tract in the unit area. All property, whether real or personal, that may be acquired in the conduct of unit operations hereunder shall be acquired for the account of the working interest owners within the unit area, and shall be the property of such owners in the proportion that the expenses of unit operations are charged.The obligation or liability of each working interest owner, both nonoperator and operator, in the several separately owned tracts in the unit for the payment of unit expense at all times shall be several and not joint or collective, and a working interest owner of the oil or gas rights in the separately owned tract shall not be chargeable with, obligated or liable, directly or indirectly, for more than the amount apportioned, assessed or otherwise charged to his or her interest in the separately owned tract pursuant to the order of unitization.History: L. 1967, ch. 299, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 55-1307 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 13 - Unitization|55-1307 Enlargement of area and creation of new units.

55-1307. Enlargement of area and creation of new units. The unit area of a unit may be enlarged to include adjoining portions of the same common source of supply, including the unit area of another unit, and a new unit created for the unitized management, operation and further development of such enlarged unit area, or the plan of unitization may be otherwise amended, all in the same manner, upon the same conditions and subject to the same limitations as herein provided with respect to the creation of a unit in the first instance, except, that where an amendment to a plan of unitization relates only to the rights and obligations as between working interest owners, the requirement that the same be approved by the owners of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the production or proceeds thereof that will be credited to interests which are free of costs, such as royalties, overriding royalties and production payments of the unit area shall have no application.History: L. 1967, ch. 299, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 55-1308 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 13 - Unitization|55-1308 Existing rights, rights in unleased land, and royalties and lease burdens.

55-1308. Existing rights, rights in unleased land, and royalties and lease burdens. Property rights, leases, contracts, and other rights or obligations shall be regarded as amended and modified only to the extent necessary to conform to the provisions and requirements of this act and to any valid order of the commission providing for the unit operation of a pool or a part thereof, but otherwise shall remain in full force and effect. For the purpose of this act the owner, or owners, of oil and gas rights in and under an unleased tract of land shall be regarded as a working interest owner to the extent of a 7/8 interest in and to such rights and a royalty owner to the extent of the remaining 1/8 interest therein, except that, if the commission finds that, under the prevailing industry practice in the area where the unit is located, oil and gas leases contain a higher amount of royalty than 1/8 royalty interest, then the owner or owners shall be regarded as a royalty interest owner to the extent of the royalty interest determined by the commission to be in accordance with prevailing industry practice and a working interest owner as to the remainder of the owner's or owners' interest in such tract of land.A 1/8 part of the production allocated to each tract under an order providing for the unit operation of a pool or a part thereof, shall in all events be and remain free and clear of any cost or expense of developing or operating the unit and of any lien therefor as an unencumbered source from which to pay the royalties or other cost free obligations due or payable with respect to the production from such tract. If a lease or other contract pertaining to a tract or interest stipulates a royalty, overriding royalty, production payment or other obligation in excess of 1/8 of the production or proceeds therefrom, then the working interest owner subject to such excess payment or other obligation shall bear and pay the same.History: L. 1967, ch. 299, § 8; L. 2000, ch. 15, § 3; Mar. 30.
KS Stat § 55-1309 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 13 - Unitization|55-1309 Employment of consultant to advise commission.

55-1309. Employment of consultant to advise commission. Whenever in any contested proceeding before the commission for the unitization and unit operation of a pool or a part of a pool, the commission determines that the engineering, geological, or other technical issues are such that it is in need of additional engineering, geological or other technical evidence as an aid to a proper understanding and appraisal of the issues and evidence, it may employ a qualified disinterested technical consultant for that purpose. All opinions, conclusions, evidence and testimony of such consultant shall be presented in an open hearing subject to examination by any interested party as well as the commission. The cost and expense of the employment of such a consultant shall be payable out of the funds of the commission.History: L. 1967, ch. 299, § 9; July 1.
KS Stat § 55-1310 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 13 - Unitization|55-1310 Procedures on unit operation plans; application of laws; notices; hearings, place of; publication of notice of applications and hearings; cost.

55-1310. Procedures on unit operation plans; application of laws; notices; hearings, place of; publication of notice of applications and hearings; cost. All of the provisions and requirements of K.S.A. 55-605, 55-606, 55-607, 55-608, 55-609 and 55-611, and amendments thereto, with reference to the institution of proceedings, notices, hearings, subpoenaing of witnesses, oaths, orders, contempt, enforcement, injunctions, penalties for violation of the act or orders of the commission, costs and other procedure and procedural requirements shall apply to and govern action by the commission and the interested persons under this act the same as such provisions and requirements of the sections apply to and govern the action by the commission and the interested persons under the provisions of articles 6 and 7 of chapter 55 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated. The place of hearing on the application shall be as designated by the commission.In addition to the notice provided for by K.S.A. 55-605, and amendments thereto, or such additional notice as the commission may require, notice of the filing of applications and hearings held pursuant to this act shall be given as follows: Upon the filing of an application for the unit operation of a pool or a part of a pool, the applicant shall file with the commission a list showing the names and addresses of all oil and gas lessees and other oil and gas interest owners owning interests in the pool or the part of the pool underlying the lands described in the application and whose names and addresses applicant has been able to discover after diligent search and inquiry, which list shall also include lessors, mineral owners and mortgagees of oil and gas interests of record. Notice of the application and the time and place of the hearing shall be properly mailed by the applicant, postage prepaid, at least 10 days prior to the date set for the hearing, to all persons whose names and addresses are shown on the list. In addition notices of all applications filed pursuant to this act and the time and the place of the hearing shall be published in at least one issue of a newspaper authorized by law to publish legal notices in the county or counties in which the lands involved are located and in such other newspaper as the commission may designate at least 10 days prior to the date set for the hearing.History: L. 1967, ch. 299, § 10; L. 1974, ch. 231, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 43, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 55-1311 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 13 - Unitization|55-1311 Agreements not violative of laws governing monopolies or restraint of trade.

55-1311. Agreements not violative of laws governing monopolies or restraint of trade. No agreement between or among lessees or other owners of oil and gas rights in oil and gas properties entered into pursuant hereto or with a view or for the purpose of bringing about the unitized development or operation of such properties, shall be held to violate any of the statutes of this state prohibiting monopolies or acts, arrangements, agreements, contracts, combinations, or conspiracies in restraint of trade or commerce.History: L. 1967, ch. 299, § 11; July 1.
KS Stat § 55-1312 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 55 - Oil And Gas|Article 13 - Unitization|55-1312 Rendition for taxation of property used by unit; assessment and taxation.

55-1312. Rendition for taxation of property used by unit; assessment and taxation. It shall be the duty of the unit operator to make and file all necessary ad valorem tax renditions and returns with the proper taxing authorities covering all property of each working interest owner used or held by the operator in the unit operations. All such property of the several working interest owners shall be assessed and taxed together as a single unit. If such property is not reported for taxation by the unit operator, assessment and taxation of the working interest owners' property of the unit shall be made as a unit by the county assessor. All such ad valorem taxes shall be paid by the unit operator initially as a part of the costs of unit operations with each working interest owner's share thereof to be the same as other costs of unit operations. Each working interest owner shall pay or cause to be paid all production, severance and other taxes that may be imposed upon or in respect of the production of that owner's share of the unitized substances.History: L. 1967, ch. 299, § 12; L. 2000, ch. 15, § 4; Mar. 30.