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Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-123a - Well bore; commingling of fluids

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) When
			 applicable. Well bore commingling of fluids from one or more intervals with
			 fluids from a production interval shall be permitted after application and
			 approval by the conservation division.
(b) Application. Each original application
			 for commingling and one copy shall be filed with the conservation division. The
			 application shall contain the following information:
(1) A plat map showing the location of the
			 subject well, the location of other wells on the lease, the location of offset
			 wells within a 12-mile radius of the subject well, and, for each well, the name
			 of the lessee of record or the operator;
(2) the intervals to be commingled, with
			 proposed perforations or open holes noted;
(3) a well construction diagram of the
			 subject well;
(4) any available
			 water chemistry data demonstrating the compatibility of the fluids to be
			 commingled; and
(5) an estimate of
			 the amount of fluids to be commingled.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-124 - Dual or multiple-completed wells

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) When
			 applicable. Production from more than one common source of supply through the
			 same well bore shall be permitted if separation of each source of supply is
			 maintained and after application and approval by the commission has been
			 obtained.
(b) Application.
			 Whenever an operator or producer desires to complete a well in more than one
			 common source of supply, an original and one copy of an application requesting
			 approval of dual or multiple completion shall be filed with the conservation
			 division. The application shall be submitted to the commission on the form
			 provided by the commission and shall be accompanied by the following:
(1) A description of the well with a plat
			 attached showing the location of the subject well, the location of all other
			 wells on the lease, the location of all offset wells within a 12-mile radius of
			 the subject well, and for each of these wells, the name of the lessee of record
			 or the operator. Well depths and producing sources of supply shall be properly
			 designated on the plat;
(2) the
			 names and upper and lower limits of the common sources of supply involved in
			 the dual or multiple completion;
(3) a wireline log of the subject well;
(4) a complete description of the
			 proposed installation including the size, weight, depth, and condition of all
			 casing and tubing, the size of all drilled holes, the amount of cement used and
			 the location of the tops of cement behind each casing string, the location or
			 intended location of casing perforations, the type of packer to be used and the
			 depth at which it is to be set. A diagram of the proposed installation shall be
			 attached to the application;
(5) a
			 description of the proposed plan for separately measuring and accounting for
			 the production for each source of supply;
(6) a description of storage facilities;
(7) a description and diagram of
			 the proposed wellhead to pipeline installation; and
(8) the applicant's license number.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-125 - Surface commingling of production

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
The production from one common source of supply may be
				commingled on the surface with that from another common source of supply before
				delivery to a purchaser. However, the commission may prohibit surface
				commingling whenever this action is deemed advisable.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-126 - Tank and truck identification; penalty

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Tanks. All oil
			 tanks, tank batteries, tanks used for salt water collection or disposal, and
			 tanks used for sediment oil treatment or storage shall be identified by a sign
			 posted on, or not more than 50 feet from the tank or tank battery. The sign
			 shall be of durable construction and shall be large enough to be legible under
			 normal conditions at a distance of 50 feet. The sign shall identify:
(1) the name and license number of the
			 operator;
(2) the name of the
			 lease being served by the tank; and
(3) the location of the tank by unit name,
			 section, township, range, and county.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-127 - Documentation required for transportation and storage

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Transportation.
(1) Every person that uses a motor vehicle to
			 transport crude petroleum oil, sediment oil, water or brine produced in
			 assocation with the production of oil or gas shall possess a run ticket or
			 equivalent documents containing the following:
(A) the name and address of the transporter;
(B) the name and license number of
			 the operator of the lease;
(C) the
			 name of the lease or facility from which the above-named fluids were taken and
			 the location of the tank by unit letter, section, township, range and county;
(D) the date and time that fluids
			 were loaded for transportation and unloaded at the destination;
(E) the estimated volume of fluids, or the
			 opening and closing tank gauges or meter readings;
(F) the signature of the driver;
(G) the name and location of the disposal,
			 storage, processing or refining facility to which the fluid is being
			 transported; and
(H) the name and
			 address of the party receiving shipment.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-128 - Reports and permits; penalty

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
Verification of any information necessary to administer these
				rules and regulations or any commission order may be required by the
				conservation division. The failure to verify requested information shall be
				punishable by a $100 penalty.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-130 - Completion reports; penalty

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Within 120 days
			 of the spud date or commencement of recompletion of a well, the operator shall
			 file an original and two copies of an affidavit of completion with the
			 conservation division, except as provided by subsection (b).
(b) If the time requirement for cementing the
			 additional casing, pursuant to 82-3-106(c)(2)(B), is greater than 120 days, the
			 time for filing the affidavit of completion and two copies shall be extended
			 accordingly.
(c) The affidavit of
			 completion shall be filed regardless of the manner in which the well is
			 completed or recompleted, including a well that is dry and abandoned. The
			 affidavit of completion shall be submitted on forms furnished by the
			 commission. The affidavit shall be accompanied by wireline logs of the well, if
			 run. The failure to file the affidavit of completion within the time required
			 shall be punishable by a $500 penalty.
(d) Each operator shall attach legible
			 documentation to the affidavit of completion, showing the type, amount, and
			 method of cementing used on all casing strings in the wellbore. The
			 documentation may consist of invoices, job logs, job descriptions, or other
			 similar service company reports.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-131 - Vacuum and high volume pumps; application and approval

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Upon
			 application, the installation and use of vacuum pumps in fields that are nearly
			 depleted and the installation and use of high volume pumps may be permitted by
			 the commission. A high volume pump shall mean one that is capable of producing
			 total fluids in excess of 2,500 barrels per day. No application for commission
			 approval shall be required for the installation and use of vacuum or high
			 volume pumps in a field that is unitized for secondary recovery operations.
(b) The original and one copy of
			 the application shall be filed with the conservation division. The application
			 shall contain the following information:
(1)
			 The applicant's license number;
(2) the name, location, and producing
			 formation of the well or wells to be pumped;
(3) a plat map showing the subject well or
			 wells, the location of all oil and gas wells on the lease, and the location of
			 all offset wells within a 12-mile radius of the subject well or wells and their
			 operators' names;
(4) the
			 anticipated maximum daily production of oil, water, and gas;
(5) for vacuum pump applications, an estimate
			 of the remaining recoverable hydrocarbon reserves underlying the subject lease;
(6) for high volume pump
			 applications, the size and capacity of the pump to be used and the estimated
			 oilwater ratio; and
(7) any
			 additional relevant information that the commission may require.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-132 - Re-entry notification

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
Every operator shall notify the conservation division or a
				district office at least 48 hours before re-entering an abandoned or plugged
				well. An agent of the commission may conduct on-site inspection of the drilling
				operations. A report shall be filed by the agent of the commission or, in the
				absence of an observing agent, by the operator, stating where cement was
				encountered when drilling out plugs.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-133 - Penalties for unlawful production

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) The production
			 of oil or gas in violation of the provisions of a basic proration order, or
			 otherwise in violation of the statutes or the rules and regulations of the
			 commission, shall be deemed unlawful and shall be presumed to violate
			 correlative rights and to constitute waste.
(b) Upon the commission's receipt of a
			 complaint or on its own motion, and upon a determination that a well has
			 unlawfully produced, the operator of that well may be ordered by the commission
			 to shut in the well. The well shall remain shut in until the unlawful
			 production is made up. The violating operator may make application for an
			 exception to the order by showing that the unlawful production was necessary to
			 protect correlative rights or to prevent waste. The exception may be granted by
			 the commission after proper notice and hearing.
(c) Upon a determination by the commission
			 that a well has produced unlawfully, the following may be ordered:
(1) The surface equipment of the unlawfully
			 produced well to be sealed or padlocked for any period of time that the
			 commission may determine;
(2)
			 production of the unlawfully produced well at a reduced rate to ensure the
			 protection of correlative rights and the prevention of waste;
(3) a penalty of $500; or
(4) any combination of the orders enumerated
			 in paragraphs (c)(1), (2), and (3).
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-133a - Balancing overages and underages in nonprorated areas; penalty

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
For purposes of determining whether a particular oil or gas
				well subject to statewide field rules and regulations is overproduced or
				underproduced, the following requirements shall apply:
(a) Operators shall retain records of
			 production volumes for each individual oil and gas well subject to the
			 statewide rules and regulations each month. These records shall show any
			 underage or overage under the applicable statewide rules and regulations.
			 Notwithstanding any other applicable record retention requirements, for
			 purposes of this regulation, these records shall be retained for a minimum of
			 five years.
(b) Production volumes
			 for oil wells shall be balanced on a quarterly basis. Any overage for oil wells
			 shall be made up in the calendar quarter following the quarter in which it was
			 accrued. Accrued underage shall be used in the quarter after it is accrued, or
			 it shall be canceled.
(c)
			 Production volumes for gas wells shall be balanced on the semiannual basis of
			 April through September and October through March. Any overage shall be made up
			 in the six-month period following the six-month period in which it was accrued.
			 Accrued underage shall be used in the six-month period after it is accrued, or
			 it shall be canceled.
(d) Records
			 kept for the subsequent year shall show the amounts that were made up during
			 the time period denoted in subsection (b) or (c), and these amounts shall not
			 be counted against the production allowable in the subsequent year.
(e) Any underage that is not made up within
			 the time designated in subsections (b) and (c) shall be canceled and may not be
			 reinstated except through application to the commission and for good cause
			 shown.
(f) Any overage that is not
			 made up within the time designated in subsections (b) and (c) may be eliminated
			 or reduced, at the discretion of the commission, through application to the
			 commission for retroactive assignment of allowable and for good cause shown.
(g) Any overage that is not made
			 up within the time designated in subsections (b) and (c) shall subject the well
			 and operator to the penalties for overproduction.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-135 - Notice of hearings

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Scope. The
			 notice requirements in this regulation apply to each hearing arising under any
			 rule or regulation or statutory provision for the conservation of crude oil and
			 natural gas or for the protection of fresh and usable water, heard by the
			 commission or any agent appointed by the commission.
(b) Hearings initiated by the attorney
			 general or the commission.
(1) Notice of the
			 hearing shall be published by the commission in the Wichita Eagle newspaper and
			 in the Kansas Register. Notice of the hearing shall also be published in the
			 official county newspaper of each county in which the lands affected by the
			 hearing are located. If that county does not have an official county newspaper,
			 notice may be published in any newspaper satisfying the requirements of
			 K.S.A.
			 64-101 in a county in which the lands
			 affected by the hearing are located.
(2) A copy of the notice of the hearing shall
			 be mailed by the commission to each person who has filed for the purpose of
			 receiving notice. The notice shall be mailed not less than 10 days prior to the
			 hearing date.
(3) Any additional
			 notice required by any rule, regulation or statute which applies to the hearing
			 or which is necessary to provide due process to any person whose property may
			 be affected by the hearing shall be provided by the commission.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-135a - Notice of application

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a)
			 Scope. Except as otherwise provided in K.A.R. 82-3-100, 82-3-108, 82-3-109,
			 82-3-138, 82-3-203, 82-3-208, 82-3-209, 82-3-300, and 82-3-300a, the notice
			 requirements in this regulation shall apply to each application for an order or
			 permit filed pursuant to any regulation, special order, or statutory provision
			 for the conservation of crude oil and natural gas or for the protection of
			 fresh and usable water.
(b)
			 Production matters. Except as otherwise provided in K.A.R. 82-3-100, 82-3-108,
			 82-3-109, 82-3-138, 82-3-203, 82-3-208, 82-3-209, 82-3-300, and 82-3-300a, each
			 applicant for an order filed pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-100 through K.A.R.
			 82-3-314 shall give notice of the application on or before the date the
			 application is filed with the conservation division by mailing or delivering a
			 copy of the application to the following:
(1)
			 Each operator or lessee of record within a one-half mile radius of the well or
			 of the subject acreage; and
(2)
			 each owner of record of the minerals in unleased acreage within a one-half mile
			 radius of the well or of the subject acreage.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-135b - Protesters

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
Each protest against the granting of an application for an
				order or permit filed pursuant to
				K.A.R.
				82-3-135a shall be considered under the
				following conditions and requirements:
(a) A protest may be filed by any person
			 having a valid interest in the application. Each protest shall be submitted in
			 writing and shall provide the name and address of the protester and the title
			 and docket number of the proceeding. The protest shall include a clear and
			 concise statement of the direct and substantial interest of the protester in
			 the proceeding, including specific allegations as to the manner in which the
			 grant of the application will cause waste, violate correlative rights, or
			 pollute the water resources of the state of Kansas.
(b) If the protester opposes only a portion
			 of the proposed application, the protester shall state with specificity the
			 objectionable portion.
(c)
(1) The protest shall be filed with the
			 conservation division according to the following deadlines:
(A) For each protest of production matters,
			 within 15 days after publication of the notice of the application required in
			 K.A.R. 82-3-135a; and
(B) for each
			 protest of environmental matters, within 30 days after publication of the
			 notice of the application required in K.A.R. 82-3-135a.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-136 - Transfer of operator responsibility

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) If operator
			 responsibility is transferred, the past operator shall report this transfer to
			 the conservation division within 30 days of the change upon a form prescribed
			 by the commission.
(b) The past
			 operator shall furnish a list of all active and inactive wellbores on the
			 lease, unit, gas storage facility, or secondary recovery unit with the notice
			 of transfer.
(c) Transfers shall
			 not be made to any individual, partnership, corporation, or municipality not
			 currently licensed as an operator, gas gatherer, or gas storage operator.
(d) Within 90 days of any
			 transfer, the new operator shall change the tank battery identification sign
			 provided for in K.A.R. 82-3-126 to show the new operator information.
(e) Violations of this regulation
			 shall be punishable by a penalty of up to $1,000 for the first violation,
			 $2,000 for a second violation, and $3,000 plus license review for a third
			 violation.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-137 - Change in purchasers

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
If a purchaser of production changes and if that production is
				subject to a proration order issued by the commission, the operator shall
				report this change to the conservation division within 30 days of the change in
				the purchaser.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-138 - New pool application

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Application
			 requirements. Each application for a new pool certificate shall be submitted to
			 the conservation division on the form provided by the conservation division and
			 shall be accompanied by the following:
(1)
			 The affidavit of completion;
(2) a
			 copy of the results of a state-supervised production test, showing volumes of
			 oil, gas, and water;
(3) a
			 certificate of mailing verifying that notice of the application was provided as
			 required in K.A.R. 82-3-135a(b);
(4) the exhibits and evidence needed to
			 substantiate the applicant's claim of a new pool; and
(5) any other relevant information required
			 by the conservation division.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-140 - Tertiary recovery project certification

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Any interested
			 party may file an application for certification of a tertiary recovery project.
			 Each application for certification of a tertiary recovery project to the Kansas
			 department of revenue shall be submitted to the conservation division and shall
			 be accompanied by the following:
(1) The
			 project name and its legal description;
(2) the type of tertiary recovery process to
			 be implemented;
(3) exhibits and
			 evidence required to support the application for certification; and
(4) any other relevant information that may
			 be required by the commission.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-200 - Prevention of waste, protection of correlative rights, and prevention of discrimination between pools

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Any person
			 having the right to drill, complete and operate wells from which oil from any
			 common source of supply or pool is produced may produce on a monthly basis not
			 more than that amount of crude oil from any well or lease than the allowable
			 specified by the commission.
(b)
			 Oil market demand.
(1) A monthly hearing may
			 be held by the commission to determine the total statewide oil allowable.
(2) The statewide oil allowable
			 shall be the amount of crude petroleum that can be produced daily throughout
			 the state, during the next succeeding proration period, without causing waste.
(3) The total statewide allowable
			 shall be allocated by the commission among the prorated pools, leases and
			 wells.
(4) Any crude oil which is
			 removed from a lease shall be charged against the allowable established for
			 that lease, except in cases where permission is granted to use waste oil for
			 oiling roads leading to the lease.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-201 - Oil production in prorated areas: balancing of underages

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
Whenever an oil well producing in a prorated area fails to
				produce its allowable, this shortage or underage shall be carried forward for
				two months upon the monthly proration report of the commission. The well shall
				be permitted to produce the underage in addition to its designated allowable.
				If the commission determines, however, that a proration unit is incapable of
				producing its allowable, the accrued underages shall be cancelled. Whenever
				shortages are attributable to the lack of transportation facilities, these
				shortages shall not be accrued for more than 60 days from the date of the
				initial productivity test, except as otherwise ordered by the commission.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-202 - Productivities, methods of determining, when required

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
The productivity of all wells in prorated pools in this state
				shall be determined in accordance with the following rules.
(a) Type of test. The productivity of each
			 well shall be determined by a physical test conducted in the manner in which
			 the well is normally produced. The initial physical test shall be conducted
			 within 30 days of the filing of the affidavit of completion for the well.
(b) Supervision. Each test shall
			 be conducted under the supervision of the commission.
(c) Notice and witnesses. Each operator of a
			 well on which a test is to be conducted shall notify the commission's agent at
			 least 12 hours before the beginning of a test. Any offset operator may witness
			 the test.
(d) Temporary allowable
			 of a well. After the operator files an affidavit of completion, a temporary
			 allowable for the well shall be established and shall be effective for 30 days.
(e) Production considered. Only
			 pipeline oil produced during the test shall be considered in determining a
			 well's productivity.
(f) Pool and
			 productivity tests.
(1) Pool and productivity
			 tests shall be taken initially and on an annual basis, except on wells which
			 produced less than 25 barrels of oil per day at the time of the last current
			 test.
(2) Those wells producing
			 less than 25 barrels of oil per day shall be exempt from further testing unless
			 the well becomes capable of producing more than 25 barrels of oil per day or
			 unless otherwise ordered by the commission.
(3) Whenever, due to some act or omission of
			 the operator, more than 15 months have lapsed since the last productivity test
			 for a well was conducted, the well shall not be entitled to an allowable until
			 tested, unless otherwise exempt.
(4) Any well that was tested less than three
			 months before the date of a scheduled pool test shall not be required to take
			 the pool test.
(5) Operators shall
			 be notified 10 days before the start of a pool test.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-203 - Production allowable

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) An
			 allowable shall be assigned to each well in a nonprorated pool. The allowable
			 shall be set by the following schedule and shall take effect on the date of
			 first production:
Depth of Producing Interval
Daily Production Allowable (barrels per well per day)
0-4000'
100
4001-6000'
200
Below 6000'
300
(b)
			 Any interested party may file an application for an exception to this
			 regulation with the conservation division. The application shall include the
			 following:
(1) The location of the well and
			 the acreage attributed to the well;
(2) the allowable requested;
(3) the geological name of the producing
			 formation;
(4) the top and bottom
			 depths of the producing formation;
(5) a list of the persons provided notice
			 pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-135a and the date that notice was provided;
			 and
(6) any other relevant
			 information that the commission may require.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-204 - Reports by producers

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
The producer or operator of each well in prorated pools,
				including minimum wells, shall file each month a verified statement showing the
				amount of crude petroleum actually produced by each well and lease. The
				verified statement shall be filed with the conservation division on or before
				the 15th day of each month following the month in which the production
				occurred. The filing of production reports by producers shall be required for
				the purpose of obtaining allowables.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-206 - Oil conservation assessment

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
In order to pay the conservation division expenses and
				administration costs not otherwise provided for, an oil conservation assessment
				shall be made as follows:
(a) A charge
			 of 144.00 mills on each barrel of crude oil or petroleum marketed or used each
			 month shall be assessed to each producer. The charge and assessment shall apply
			 only to the first purchase of oil from the producer.
(b) Each month, the first purchaser of the
			 production shall perform the following:
(1)
			 Deduct the assessment per barrel of oil marketed or used from the lease before
			 paying for production;
(2) remit
			 the assessment in a single check to the conservation division when making
			 regular oil payments; and
(3)
			 account for the deductions on the regular payment statements to producers,
			 royalty owners, and other interested persons.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-207 - Oil drilling unit

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
This regulation shall apply to all oil wells not covered by a
				special commission order.
(a) Standard
			 drilling unit. The standard drilling unit shall be 10 acres, except that the
			 standard drilling unit for the counties and well depths listed in K.A.R.
			 82-3-108 (b) shall be 2.5 acres.
(b) Exceptions. Exceptions to the standard
			 drilling unit may be granted by the commission to prevent waste or to protect
			 correlative rights.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-208 - Venting or flaring of casinghead gas

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) The venting or flaring of non-sour
			 casinghead gas may be permitted by the director if the operator files an
			 affidavit with the conservation division that states all of the following:
(1) The well produces 25 mcfd or less of
			 casinghead gas.
(2) The casinghead
			 gas volume is uneconomic to market due to pipeline or marketing
			 expenses.
(3) The operator has made
			 a diligent effort to obtain a market for the gas.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-209 - Flaring of sour gas

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Sour
			 casinghead gas may be flared only if permitted by commission order, with
			 consideration of the following factors:
(1)
			 The availability of a market or of pipeline facilities;
(2) probable recoverable gas
			 reserves;
(3) the necessity for
			 maintenance of gas pressure in the formation;
(4) the feasibility of reinjection of sour
			 gas;
(5) any anticipated change in
			 the gas-oil ratio;
(6) the hydrogen
			 sulfide content of the gas;
(7) the
			 feasibility of desulfurization of the gas;
(8) the proposed flaring facility;
(9) the applicant's compliance with the
			 department's air quality regulations; and
(10) any other relevant fact.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-300 - Assignment of gas allowables in prorated pools; notice

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Request for
			 allowable. A gas well in a prorated common source of supply that is in
			 conformance with all provisions of the applicable basic proration order shall
			 be granted an allowable by the commission on the date of filing the latest of
			 the following:
(1) A form as prescribed by
			 the commission requesting an allowable for a gas well in a prorated pool;
(2) an acreage plat verifying the
			 location of the well and a description of the acreage to be attributed to the
			 well;
(3) the results of the
			 state-supervised test as required by the applicable basic proration order; and
(4) in the case of a replacement
			 well, either of the following:
(A)
			 Documentation that the operator has plugged the original well, caused the
			 productive perforations to be squeezed, or otherwise isolated the productive
			 zone; or
(B) an affidavit filed
			 with the commission stating that the well is disconnected and surface equipment
			 is sealed in preparation to be plugged or returned to other use within one year
			 of the date of being sealed.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-300a - Reinstatement of cancelled underage

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) A cancelled
			 underage for any gas well producing from a common source of supply governed by
			 a basic proration order which provides for the reinstatement of cancelled
			 underage shall not be reinstated by the commission unless an application has
			 been filed with the conservation division and duly verified.
Each application shall show:
(1) The exact location of the well and the
			 acreage attributed to the well;
(2) the common source of supply from which
			 the well is producing;
(3) the
			 name and address of the purchaser, if known, and a certificate of mailing
			 indicating the date the application was served;
(4) the volume of underage available to be
			 reinstated and the date of its cancellation;
(5) the applicant's license number; and
(6) any other information the
			 commission may require.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-304 - Tests of gas wells

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(a) Initial
			 test.
(1) Each operator shall conduct a
			 multipoint back-pressure test and a one-point stabilized flow test, as
			 specified in
			 K.A.R.
			 82-3-303, on each gas well producing at least
			 250 mcf per day. The tests shall be conducted within 30 days of the first gas
			 sales. The test results shall be filed with the commission within 60 days of
			 the first gas sales.
(2) Each
			 operator shall conduct a 24-hour shut-in pressure test on each gas well
			 producing less than 250 mcf per day. Each test shall be conducted within 120
			 days of the first gas sales. The test results shall be filed with the
			 commission within 150 days of the first gas sales.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-305 - Gas to be metered

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(a) Well, lease, or
			 unitized property. All gas, when produced or sold, shall be metered with an
			 approved meter of sufficient capacity. Gas may be metered from a lease or
			 unitized property as a whole if it is shown that ratable taking can be
			 maintained. Meters shall not be required for gas produced and used on the lease
			 for development purposes and lease operations or for use in primary dwellings.
(b) Meters: calibration, testing,
			 charts, and records. Each party who owns, maintains, or operates the metering
			 device used to record gas sales from each well or lease in gas fields shall at
			 a minimum test and calibrate the metering device on an annual basis by a method
			 approved by the conservation division and retain the record of the testing and
			 calibration for at least two years. Each party shall also retain for at least
			 two years the original field record consisting of magnetic tapes, meter charts,
			 electronic records, or records of gas purchases. All information retained shall
			 be made available to the conservation division upon request.
(c) By-passes. By-passes shall not be
			 connected around meters in a manner that will permit the improper taking of
			 gas.
(d) Penalties. Each failure
			 to comply with any of the requirements of this regulation shall be punishable
			 by a $1,000 penalty.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-306 - Report of gas produced

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(a) Each party who
			 owns, maintains, or operates the metering device used to record gas produced
			 from each well in any prorated gas field shall file a monthly volume report
			 showing the amount of gas actually metered on each well. The volume report
			 shall be filed with the conservation division on or before the 20th day of the
			 succeeding month in which the production occurred. Extensions of the time
			 period within which the volume report shall be filed may be granted by the
			 director. The form or electronic format used for reporting the volume shall be
			 furnished or approved by the commission.
(b) Each party who owns, maintains, or
			 operates the metering device used to record gas produced from each lease or
			 well in any gas field under statewide general rules and regulations may be
			 directed by the commission to file a volume report showing the amount of gas
			 actually metered on each lease or well for a specified time period. The form or
			 electronic format used for reporting the volume shall be furnished or approved
			 by the commission.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-307 - Gas conservation assessment

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
In order to pay the conservation division expenses and other
				costs in connection with the administration of the gas conservation regulations
				not otherwise provided for, an assessment shall be made as follows:
(a) A charge of 20.50 mills shall be assessed
			 on each 1,000 cubic feet of gas sold or marketed each month. The assessment
			 shall apply only to the first purchaser of gas.
(b) Each month, the first purchaser of the
			 production shall perform the following:
(1)
			 Before paying for the production, deduct an amount equal to the assessment for
			 every 1,000 cubic feet of gas produced and removed from the lease;
(2) remit the amounts deducted, in a single
			 check if the purchaser desires, to the conservation division when the purchaser
			 makes regular gas payments for this period; and
(3) show all deductions on the regular
			 payment statements to producers, royalty owners, and other interested
			 persons.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-310 - Natural gas pipeline maps

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
Upon the request of the conservation division, each operator
				shall file natural gas pipeline maps of a size and scale prescribed by the
				commission, indicating the location, size, and extensions of the pipeline, and
				any portions abandoned or not used.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-311 - Drilling through gas storage formations

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Any person,
			 firm, or corporation who, for any purpose, drills or causes the drilling of a
			 well or test hole that penetrates or bores through any underground stratum or
			 formation utilized for the underground storage of natural gas shall seal off
			 the natural gas storage stratum or formation by either of the following:
(1) The methods and materials recommended by
			 the operator of the gas storage facility and approved by the commission or its
			 duly authorized representative; or
(2) any methods and materials that the
			 commission determines to be fair, equitable, and reasonable.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-311a - Drilling through CO2 storage facility or CO2 enhanced oil recovery reservoirs

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each
			 person, firm, or corporation that, for any purpose, drills or causes the
			 drilling of a well or test hole that penetrates or bores through any stratum or
			 formation utilized for CO2 storage or
			 CO2 enhanced oil recovery shall seal off the
			 CO2 stratum or formation by either of the following:
(1) The methods and materials recommended by
			 the operator of the CO2 storage facility or
			 CO2 enhanced oil recovery project and approved by the
			 director or the director's authorized representative; or
(2) any methods and materials that the
			 director determines to be fair and reasonable.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-312 - Gas allowables and drilling unit

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
This regulation shall apply to all gas wells not covered by a
				special commission order.
(a) Daily
			 allowable. The daily allowable for each well shall be 50 percent of the well's
			 actual open-flow potential, as measured by the testing procedures specified in
			 K.A.R. 82-3-303. Each well in compliance with K.A.R. 82-3-304 shall be entitled
			 to a minimum allowable of 250 mcf per day.
(b) Coalbed natural gas exemption. Coalbed
			 natural gas wells that are exempt from the requirements of K.A.R. 82-3-304(a)
			 and (c) shall be exempt from subsection (a) of this regulation.
(c) Standard drilling unit. The standard
			 drilling unit shall be 10 acres.
(d) Drilling unit exceptions. Exceptions to
			 the standard drilling unit may be granted by the commission to prevent waste or
			 to protect correlative rights.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-314 - Venting or flaring of gas other than casinghead gas

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Coalbed natural
			 gas.
(1) Without a hearing, the venting or
			 flaring of coalbed natural gas may be permitted by the commission if the
			 requirements specified in this subsection are met. The operator shall file an
			 affidavit with the conservation division. The affidavit shall be submitted on a
			 form supplied by the commission and shall meet the following requirements:
(A) Identify the geographic area included in
			 the proposed pilot project;
(B)
			 state that there are no gathering or pipeline facilities available;
(C) state that venting or flaring of gas is
			 necessary to dewater wells while they are being tested to determine the
			 economic feasibility of installing gathering or other facilities to make the
			 gas marketable and to determine the required capacity of the facilities;
(D) state the maximum daily volume
			 of gas anticipated to be vented or flared; and
(E) state that the applicant will comply with
			 the department's applicable air quality regulations.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-400 - Injection allowed only by permit; penalty

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(a) Authority to
			 inject. Injection shall be permitted only after both of the following
			 conditions are met:
(1) The operator has
			 filed an application for injection authority with the conservation division in
			 accordance with K.A.R. 82-3-401 and provided notice in accordance with K.A.R.
			 82-3-402.
(2) The conservation
			 division has issued a written permit granting the application.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-401 - Application for injection well; content

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(a) Application
			 form; content. The original and two copies of each application shall be signed
			 and verified by the operator, and filed with the conservation division on a
			 form approved by the commission, and shall provide the following information:
(1) The name, location, surface elevation,
			 total depth, and plug-back depth of each injection well;
(2) a plat showing the location of all oil
			 and gas wells, including producing wells, abandoned wells, drilling wells and
			 dry holes within a 1/2-mile radius of the injection well, and indicating
			 producing formations and the subsea top of the producing formations;
(3) the name and address of each operator of
			 a producing or drilling well within a 1/2-mile radius of the injection well;
(4) the name, description, and
			 depth of each injection interval. The application shall indicate whether the
			 injection is through perforations, an open hole, or both;
(5) the depths of the tops and bottoms of all
			 casing and cement used or to be used in the injection or disposal well;
(6) the size of the casing and
			 tubing and the depth of the tubing packer;
(7) an electric log run to the surface or a
			 log showing lithology or porosity of geological formations encountered in the
			 injection well, including an elevation reference. If such a log is unavailable,
			 an electric log to surface or a log showing lithology or porosity of geological
			 formations encountered in wells located within a one-mile radius of the subject
			 well;
(8) a description of the
			 fluid to be injected, the source of injected fluid, and the estimated maximum
			 injection pressure and average daily rate of injection in barrels per day;
(9) an affidavit that notice has
			 been provided in accordance with K.A.R. 82-3-402;
(10) information showing that injection into
			 the proposed zone will be contained within the zone and will not initiate
			 fractures through the overlying strata that could enable the fluid or formation
			 fluid to enter fresh and usable water strata. Fracture gradients shall be
			 computed and furnished to the conservation division by the applicant, if
			 requested by the conservation division;
(11) the applicant's license number;
(12) any other information that
			 the conservation division requires; and
(13) payment of the application fee required
			 by K.A.R. 82-3-412.