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Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-403 - Permitting factors; application approval

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Permitting
			 factors. When a permit authorizing injection is issued, the following factors
			 shall be considered by the conservation division:
(1) Maximum injection rate;
(2) maximum surface pressure, formation
			 pressure, pressure at the formation face, or all of the above;
(3) the type of injection fluid and the rock
			 characteristics of the injection zone and the overlying strata;
(4) the adequacy and thickness of the
			 confining zone or zones between the injection interval and the base of the
			 lowest fresh and usable water; and
(5) the construction of all oil and gas wells
			 within a 1/4-mile radius of the proposed injection well, including all
			 abandoned, plugged, producing, and other injection wells, to ensure that fluids
			 introduced into the proposed injection zone will be confined to that zone. If
			 deemed necessary by the conservation division to ensure the protection of fresh
			 and usable water, this radius may be determined pursuant to
			 40 C.F.R.
			 146.6(a)(2), as published
			 July 1, 2000, which is hereby adopted by reference.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-404 - Notice of commencement and discontinuance of injection operations; cessation of production from dually completed well; penalty

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Immediately
			 upon the commencement of injection operations, the applicant shall notify the
			 conservation division of the date of commencement.
(b) Within 90 days after permanent
			 discontinuance of injection operations, the operator of the project shall
			 notify the conservation division of the date of the discontinuance and the
			 reasons for discontinuance, and shall follow the provisions of K.A.R. 82-3-111.
(c) Cessation of production from
			 dually completed well. Upon cessation of commercial production from the
			 producing interval of a dually completed injection well, the injection
			 authority shall be canceled by the conservation division unless the operator,
			 through the filing of a modification, shows all of the following:
(1) The perforations at the producing
			 interval are sealed.
(2) The
			 casing above the injection packer has mechanical integrity according to K.A.R.
			 82-3-407.
(3) The tubing-casing
			 annulus is filled with a corrosion-inhibiting fluid.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-405 - Casing and cement

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
Injection wells shall be cased and the casing cemented so that
				damage will not be caused to hydrocarbon sources or fresh and usable water
				resources. Steel surface casing shall be set and cemented in the following
				manner:
(a) In existing wells to be
			 converted to injection use, all additional casing that is next to the bore hole
			 shall be cemented by circulating cement to the surface from a point at least 50
			 feet below the base of the lowest known fresh and usable water. If cement fails
			 to circulate to the surface, staged squeezes shall be required to protect and
			 isolate fresh and usable water resources. Cementing shall be completed with a
			 portland cement blend, except as provided by K.A.R. 82-3-106(d)(3).
(b) The operator shall notify the appropriate
			 district office before the cementing of the additional casing. A backside
			 squeeze, the uncontrolled placement of cement in the annular space between the
			 surface casing and the production casing from the surface down, shall be
			 permitted only upon request to the appropriate district office. Each request
			 shall be granted only upon the approval of the cement evaluation method to be
			 utilized and submitted as verification of cement placement.
(c) An exception to the cementing
			 requirements of subsection (a) may be granted by the director or the director's
			 designee. A written request for exception shall be submitted to the
			 conservation division and shall include cement evaluation logs demonstrating
			 that the proposed alternate process adequately protects fresh and usable water
			 resources. The alternate process shall be proposed to be performed between the
			 casing and the borehole at a point at least 50 feet below the base of the
			 lowest known fresh and usable water resources to ensure protection of fresh and
			 usable water resources.
(d) If the
			 injection zone lies stratigraphically above the Wellington salt and the
			 wellbore has penetrated into or through the salt, a cement plug of at least 50
			 feet in length shall be placed in the borehole or casing below the injection
			 zone and above the salt. However, if the plug is inside the casing, the annular
			 space between the casing and the well bore shall be protected with cement
			 through the same interval.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-406 - Injection well tubing and packer requirements

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each well
			 permitted after December 8, 1982 shall meet one of the following requirements:
(1) The well shall be equipped to inject
			 through tubing below a packer.
(2)
			 A packer run on the tubing shall be set in casing opposite a cemented interval
			 at a point immediately above the uppermost perforation or open-hole interval.
			 The annulus between the tubing and the casing shall be filled with a
			 corrosion-inhibiting fluid or hydrocarbon liquid.
(3) With the prior approval of the
			 conservation division, packerless or tubingless completions may be authorized
			 under the provisions of subsection (b) or (c) of this regulation.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-408 - Duration of injection well permits; modification penalty

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Permits
			 authorizing injection into wells shall remain valid for the life of the well,
			 unless revoked by the commission for just cause.
(b) Modifications of any injection well
			 permit may be made only upon application to the conservation division. Each
			 application shall be submitted on the form furnished by the conservation
			 division. The applicant shall give notice of the application to modify
			 according to the provisions of K.A.R. 82-3-135a.
(c) An operator shall not be required to file
			 an application to modify any injection well permit but shall file with the
			 conservation division a notice of modification on a form furnished by the
			 conservation division for permit modifications for one or more of the following
			 purposes:
(1) The operator seeks to decrease
			 the maximum injection pressure.
(2) The operator seeks to decrease the
			 maximum injection rate.
(3) The
			 operator seeks to add or delete leases disposing into the well but will not
			 exceed the maximum authorized injection rate and pressure.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-409 - Record retention; annual report; penalty

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each operator
			 of an injection well shall perform the following:
(1) Keep current, accurate records of the
			 amount and kind of fluid injected into the injection well; and
(2) preserve the records required in
			 paragraph (a)(1) above for five years.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-410 - Transfer of authority to inject; penalty

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Authority to
			 operate an injection well shall not be transferred from one operator to another
			 without the approval of the conservation division. The transferring operator
			 shall notify the conservation division in writing, on a form prescribed by the
			 commission and in accordance with K.A.R. 82-3-136, of the intent to transfer
			 authority to operate an injection well from one operator to another. In
			 addition to the requirements of K.A.R. 82-3-136, the written notice shall
			 contain the following information:
(1) The
			 name and address of the present operator and the operator's license number;
(2) the name and location of the
			 well being transferred;
(3) the
			 order or permit number and date of the order or permit authorizing injection;
(4) the zone or zones of
			 injection;
(5) the proposed
			 effective date of transfer;
(6)
			 the signature of the present operator and the date signed;
(7) the name and address of the new operator
			 and the operator's license number; and
(8) the signature of the new operator and the
			 date signed.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-411 - Authorization for existing injection wells

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
Each injection well authorized by order of the commission on or
				before December 8, 1982 shall be considered an existing injection well.
				Injection shall be prohibited in any existing well unless the operator had
				filed, on or before May 1, 1983, an inventory of existing injection wells on
				the form prescribed by the commission.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-412 - Assessment of costs

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
An assessment to pay the costs incurred by the conservation
				division in reviewing, processing, and approving each injection application
				shall be payable upon the filing of an application as follows:
(a) Enhanced recovery injection wells.
(1) A fee of $200 shall be assessed to each
			 applicant for injection authority to cover the review only of the initial pilot
			 well. A fee of $100 shall be assessed on each additional well included in the
			 initial injection application except where the well depth of each additional
			 well is less than 1,000 feet. Each additional well having a depth of less than
			 1,000 feet shall be assessed a fee of $50.
(2) A fee of $100 for each well shall be
			 assessed to each applicant for any modification to the initial injection well
			 permit or permit adding an injection well or wells except where the well depth
			 of each additional well sought to be modified in the initial order or permit is
			 less than 1,000 feet. Each modification adding an injection well having a depth
			 of less than 1,000 feet shall be assessed a fee of $50 for each added well.
(3) A fee of $100 shall be
			 assessed to each applicant for any modification to the initial injection well
			 order or permit seeking to make a significant change in the construction of an
			 injection well, to add an injection well to an authorized waterflood, or to
			 increase either the maximum injection pressure or the maximum injection rate.
(4) A fee of $50 shall be assessed
			 for any other modification of the initial injection order or permit. However,
			 no fee shall be assessed for those modifications specified in K.A.R.
			 82-3-408(c).
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-600 - Pit permits; penalty; application and approval

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Pits shall not
			 be used to contain fluids resulting from oil and gas activities until approved
			 by the commission. Pits shall be permitted only upon application to and
			 approval by the commission. Use of a pit without a pit permit shall be
			 punishable by a $500 penalty. Pit permits shall be considered granted unless
			 denied within 10 days after the commission's receipt of the application.
The following types of pits may be authorized by the
				commission:
(1) Drilling pit, which
			 shall include reserve pits and working pits;
(2) work-over pit;
(3) emergency pit;
(4) settling pit;
(5) burn pit; and
(6) haul-off pit.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-600a - Pit permit revocation

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
A pit permit may be revoked by the director of the conservation
				division if fresh or usable water resources are in danger of becoming polluted
				by the use of the pit or if the operator of a pit is not in compliance with the
				permit requirements. Each pit for which the permit has been revoked shall be
				closed according to
				K.A.R.
				82-3-602.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-601a - Pit construction; sensitive groundwater areas; reporting

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Freeboard. All
			 drilling, work-over, burn, and containment pits shall be constructed with a
			 minimum of 12 inches of freeboard. All emergency and settling pits shall be
			 constructed with a minimum of 30 inches of freeboard.
(b) Pit construction. If required by the
			 conservation division to be sealed, pits shall be constructed so that the
			 bottoms and sides have a hydraulic conductivity no greater than 1 * 10-7
			 cm/sec. during their use. The hydraulic conductivity shall be established by
			 liners, which shall include any of the following:
(1) A natural clay liner;
(2) a soil-mixture liner composed of soil
			 mixed with cement, bentonite, clay-type, or other additives to be applied to
			 pits whose walls do not exceed a slope of three to one;
(3) a recompacted clay liner composed of in
			 situ or imported clay soils that are compacted or restructured to be applied to
			 pits whose walls do not exceed a slope of three to one;
(4) a manufactured liner composed of
			 synthetic material to be applied to pits in a manner that ensures its integrity
			 while the pit is open;
(5) a
			 combination of two or more types of liners described in paragraphs (b)(1)
			 through (4); or
(6) any other
			 liner or groundwater protection system acceptable to the conservation division.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-601b - Sensitive groundwater areas; exception procedure

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each operator
			 of an emergency pit in a sensitive groundwater area as designated by "table
			 III: established sensitive groundwater areas for surface ponds," dated March
			 2000 and hereby adopted by reference, may request an exception to the
			 requirements of K.A.R. 82-3-601a(c).
(b) Each request for an exception shall be
			 made in writing to the director of the conservation division and shall be
			 submitted with the application for a pit permit. The request shall contain
			 supporting data to show why the exception should be granted.
(c) An on-site investigation may be conducted
			 by the director or a designee to determine whether the exception request is
			 warranted.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-602 - Closure of pits; disposal of pit contents; closure form; drilling fluid management; surface restoration

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Closure of pits.
(1) Unless otherwise specified in writing by
			 the commission, each operator shall close the following:
(A) Drilling pits or haul-off pits within 365
			 calendar days after the spud date of a well;
(B) work-over pits within 90 days after
			 work-over operations have ceased; and
(C) settling pits, burn pits, and emergency
			 pits within 30 days after cessation or abandonment of the lease.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-603 - Spill notification and cleanup; penalty; lease maintenance

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Spill
			 prevention. Each operator shall act with reasonable diligence to prevent spills
			 and safely confine saltwater, oil, and refuse in tanks, pipelines, pits, or
			 dikes.
(b) Notification.
(1) Each operator shall notify the
			 appropriate district office in accordance with subsection (c) immediately upon
			 discovery or knowledge of any spill that has reached or threatens to reach
			 surface water or that has impacted or threatens to impact groundwater. Each
			 operator shall take immediate action in accordance with procedures specified or
			 approved by the district office to contain and prevent the saltwater, oil, or
			 refuse from reaching surface water or impacting groundwater.
(2) Except as otherwise specified in this
			 regulation, each operator shall notify the appropriate district office of any
			 spill, as defined in K.A.R. 82-3-101 . This notification shall meet the
			 requirements of subsection (c) and shall be made not later than the next
			 business day following the date of discovery or knowledge of the
			 spill.
(3) The notification
			 requirement for spills in paragraph (b)(2) shall not apply to very minor
			 amounts of saltwater, oil, or refuse that unavoidably or unintentionally leak
			 or drip from pumps, machinery, pipes, valves, fittings, well rods, or tubing
			 during the conduct of normal prudent operations and that are not confined in
			 dikes or pits or within the vicinity of the well. This exception shall not
			 apply to ongoing, continual, or repeated leaks or drips, or to leaks or drips
			 that are the result of intentional spillage or abnormal operations, including
			 unrepaired or improperly maintained pumps, machinery, pipes, valves, and
			 fittings.
(4) For purposes of this
			 regulation, the point of "discovery or knowledge" shall mean that point when
			 the operator knew or reasonably should have known of the spill.
(5) The notification requirement in this
			 subsection shall apply even if the operator knows or believes that the
			 appropriate district office is already aware of the spill.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-603a - Spill notification to landowner or representative; penalty

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Notification
			 required. Each operator shall make good faith efforts to notify the landowner
			 or the landowner's representative of any spill or escape that is required to be
			 reported to the conservation division under K.A.R. 82-3-603(b)(1) or
(b)(2). This notification to the landowner or
			 landowner's representative shall meet the requirements of subsection (b) and
			 shall be made no later than five business days following the discovery or
			 knowledge of the spill or escape.
(b) Required information. Each notification
			 shall include the following information:
(1)
			 The operator's name;
(2) the lease
			 name and approximate spill location;
(3) the time and date the spill or escape
			 occurred;
(4) a description of the
			 escaped materials, including each type and amount; and
(5) the methods being used to clean up the
			 spill.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-604 - Discharges into emergency pits and diked areas; removal of fluids; penalties

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a)
			 Notification of discharge. Each operator shall notify the appropriate district
			 office within 24 hours of discovery or knowledge of any oil field-related
			 discharge of five or more barrels of saltwater, oil, or refuse into an
			 emergency pit or diked area.
(b)
			 Removal of fluids from pit or dike. Each operator of an emergency pit or diked
			 area shall remove any fluid from the pit or diked area within 48 hours after
			 discovery or knowledge, or as authorized by the appropriate district office,
			 and shall dispose of the fluid according to K.A.R. 82-3-607 . The operator
			 shall submit forms pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-608, unless the fluid is removed to
			 an on-site tank.
(c) "Discovery or
			 knowledge" defined. For purposes of this regulation, the point of "discovery or
			 knowledge" shall mean that point when the operator knew or reasonably should
			 have known of the discharge.
(d)
			 Penalties. The failure to timely notify the district office of an oil
			 field-related discharge into an emergency pit or diked area in accordance with
			 subsection (a), or the failure to timely remove fluids from an emergency pit or
			 diked area in accordance with subsection (b), shall be punishable by the
			 following penalties:
(1) $250 for the first
			 violation;
(2) $500 for the second
			 violation; and
(3) $1,000 and an
			 operator license review for the third violation.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-606 - Chemical dumping prohibited; penalty

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) The dumping or
			 release of chemical substances and other nonexempt waste associated with any
			 drilling or production operation, as listed in K.A.R. 28-31-3, into pits or
			 diked areas shall be strictly prohibited. Nonexempt waste shall include the
			 following:
(1) Unused acids, or any other
			 unused substances brought onto the lease for potential use in drilling or
			 production operations;
(2) oil and
			 gas service company wastes, including empty drums, spent solvents, rinsate,
			 spilled chemicals, and waste acid;
(3) used equipment lubrication oils and
			 hydraulic fluids; and
(4) sanitary
			 wastes, drums, insulation, and other miscellaneous solid waste.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-607 - Disposal of dike and pit contents

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each operator shall perform one of the
			 following when disposing of dike or pit contents:
(1) Remove the liquid contents to a disposal
			 well or other oil and gas operation approved by the commission or to road
			 maintenance or construction locations approved by the department;
(2) dispose of reserve pit waste down the
			 annular space of a well completed according to the alternate I requirements of
			 K.A.R. 82-3-106, if the waste was generated during the drilling and completion
			 of the well; or
(3) dispose of the
			 remaining solid contents in any manner required by the commission. The
			 requirements may include any of the following:
(A) Burial in place, in accordance with the
			 grading and restoration requirements in K.A.R. 82-3-602(e) ;
(B) removal of the contents to an on-site
			 disposal area approved by the commission;
(C) removal of the contents to an off-site
			 disposal area on acreage owned by the same landowner or to another producing
			 lease or unit operated by the same operator, if prior written permission from
			 the landowner has been obtained; or
(D) removal of the contents to a permitted
			 off-site disposal area approved by the department.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-608 - Transfer of refuse

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each
			 operator shall file a form prescribed by the commission within 30 days after
			 the operator transfers refuse from any pit or diked area or refuse relating to
			 any remediation or cleanup activity.
(b) The failure to timely submit the form
			 specified in subsection (a) shall be punishable by the following penalties:
(1) $250 for the first violation;
(2) $500 for the second violation;
			 and
(3) $1,000 and an operator
			 license review for the third violation.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-701 - Intent to drill cathodic protection boreholes; notification; penalty; exemption

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
This regulation shall apply in Kansas except for groundwater
				management districts #2 and #5. Each owner, operator, or person responsible for
				drilling a cathodic protection borehole in groundwater management district #2
				or #5 shall apply directly to the manager of that groundwater management
				district in accordance with
				K.A.R.
				82-3-705.
(a) Except as set forth in subsection (e) of
			 this regulation, each owner, operator, or person responsible for drilling a
			 cathodic protection borehole shall submit written notice of the intention to
			 drill to the conservation division for permit approval before the commencement
			 of drilling operations.
(1) The applicant
			 shall file the notice with the conservation division at least 60 days before
			 commencing any drilling.
(2) Each
			 notice shall be submitted on a form prescribed by the commission. The notice
			 shall be filled in completely and signed by the operator or the operator's
			 agent. The notice shall contain the following:
(A) The name and address of the owner and, if
			 different from the owner, the name of the operator, and the operator license
			 number;
(B) the date on which
			 drilling is anticipated to begin;
(C) the well name or number designation,
			 quarter section, section, range, township, county, and the distance of the
			 proposed drilling location from the section's nearest corner, in exact footage;
(D) the estimated total depth of
			 the borehole;
(E) the type of
			 drilling equipment to be used;
(F)
			 the depth to the bottom of the deepest freshwater at the drill site;
(G) the depth to the bottom of any usable
			 water formation at the drill site; and
(H) any other relevant information requested
			 by the commission.
(3)
			 When a "cathodic protection borehole intent" form is filed, the owner,
			 operator, or person responsible shall submit an "application for surface pit"
			 form in accordance with K.A.R. 82-3-600 and, if required by K.A.R. 82-3-602, a
			 pit closure form.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-703 - Surface construction requirements, appurtenances, vault and below-ground construction, penalty

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
This regulation shall apply in Kansas except for groundwater
				management districts #2 and #5. Each owner, operator, or person responsible for
				the construction of a cathodic protection borehole located in groundwater
				management district #2 or #5 shall be subject to
				K.A.R.
				82-3-706 through
				K.A.R.
				82-3-709.
(a) All surface construction features of a
			 cathodic protection borehole shall be designed to minimize physical damage to
			 the installation, prevent entry of fluids and contaminants, and prevent
			 unauthorized access.
(1) The operator shall
			 equip the surface access to each borehole with a waterproof cap, cover, or
			 equivalent housing.
(2) At the
			 land surface contact, the cathodic surface casing or vault cover shall be
			 designed to deter unauthorized access.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-704 - Plugging methods and procedures for cathodic protection boreholes, site restoration, submission of plugging report, penalty

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
This regulation shall apply in Kansas except for groundwater
				management districts #2 and #5. Each owner, operator, or person responsible for
				the plugging of a cathodic protection borehole located in groundwater
				management district #2 or #5 shall be subject to
				K.A.R.
				82-3-710.
(a) The operator, owner, or agent of the
			 owner shall plug each cathodic protection borehole in accordance with the
			 following procedures:
(1) At least 72 hours
			 before the actual plugging, the operator, owner, or agent of the owner shall
			 contact the appropriate conservation division district office for plugging
			 instructions and approval.
(2)
			 Before the actual plugging, the operator shall remove any cables and anodes,
			 the vent pipe and anode conductor, and any other materials originally installed
			 in the borehole to a level necessary to ensure that the borehole is properly
			 plugged and to facilitate proper plugging.
(3) The operator shall cut off the cathodic
			 surface casing at least three feet below the land surface.
(4) The operator shall plug each borehole
			 with grout from at least five feet below the bottom of the cathodic surface
			 casing to the top of the cathodic surface casing. The operator shall place
			 grout with a tremie pipe or any other method approved by the appropriate
			 conservation division district office where the facility or borehole is located
			 if the method provides adequate protection of fresh and usable waters.
(5) Where subsurface pressures
			 cause artesian flow, the operator shall maintain a pressure sufficient for
			 placement of the grout plug long enough for the plug to set.
(6) The operator shall fill any vent pipe not
			 removed from the borehole with grout.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-705 - Groundwater management districts #2 and #5: permit to drill cased and uncased cathodic protection boreholes; notification; exceptions; drilling pit application

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
This regulation shall apply only within the boundaries of
				groundwater management districts #2 and #5.
(a) Except as specified in subsection (g), it
			 shall be a violation of this regulation for the operator, owner, or person
			 responsible to drill or construct either a cased or uncased cathodic protection
			 borehole without first applying for and obtaining a permit to drill and
			 construct a cathodic protection borehole.
(b) Each individual seeking a permit shall
			 submit an application to the appropriate GMD office at least 60 days before
			 planned construction, on a form furnished by the appropriate GMD. The permit
			 application shall contain the following:
(1)
			 The name and address of the owner;
(2) the quarter section, section, range,
			 township, and county;
(3) the
			 distance from the borehole to the section's southeast corner, in exact footage;
(4) the top and bottom depths of
			 any freshwater aquifer;
(5) the
			 total borehole depth;
(6) the
			 number and depths of the anodes;
(7) the top and bottom depths of the anode
			 conductor or anode conductor grout; and
(8) any other relevant information requested
			 by the manager of the appropriate GMD.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-706 - Groundwater management districts #2 and #5: drilling contractor; logging; construction; reports

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
This regulation shall apply only within the boundaries of
				groundwater management districts #2 and #5.
(a) Only a driller or water well contractor
			 licensed with the Kansas department of health and environment under
			 K.S.A.
			 82a-1201 et seq., and amendments thereto,
			 shall drill and construct each cathodic protection borehole.
(b) The total depths of the borehole and the
			 bottom of the cathodic surface casing shall not exceed the authorized depths in
			 the approved permit to drill and construct a cathodic protection borehole.
(c) The cathodic protection
			 borehole shall be logged according to the following requirements:
(1) The drill cuttings shall be sampled and
			 recorded at intervals not greater than five feet or more frequently, if needed,
			 to produce an accurate lithologic or driller's log of the complete cathodic
			 protection borehole.
(2) The
			 electrical readings or log and any other geophysical readings or logs of the
			 complete cathodic protection borehole shall be recorded and made a permanent
			 record.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-707 - Groundwater management districts #2 and #5: anode, anode conductor, and anode conductor grout requirements for cased and uncased boreholes

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
This regulation shall apply only within the boundaries of
				groundwater management districts #2 and #5.
(a) Each operator, owner, or person
			 responsible shall install anodes and anode conductor in each cased cathodic
			 protection borehole starting five feet below the bottom of the cathodic surface
			 casing.
(b) Each operator, owner,
			 or person responsible shall install anodes and anode conductor grout in uncased
			 boreholes according to the following requirements:
(1) Each anode for use in a public water
			 supply system shall meet or exceed the requirements specified in section 4.2.3,
			 "anode materials," in the American water works association's standard D104-01,
			 as approved in 2001. Section 4.2.3 of this document is hereby adopted by
			 reference.
(2) Each anode shall be
			 installed from a minimum of three feet above the shale or impermeable bedrock
			 surface to a maximum of 20 feet below land surface.
(3) The anode conductor grout shall be placed
			 from the total depth to five feet above the anode nearest the land surface,
			 using a grout tremie pipe or as recommended by the grout manufacturer.
(4) The anode conductor grout
			 shall be certified by the national sanitation foundation to meet the criteria
			 specified in section 8 of "drinking water treatment chemicals health effects,"
			 NSF/ANSI 60-2003e, as revised in October 2003. Section 8 of this document,
			 titled "miscellaneous water supply products" and consisting of pages 27 through
			 34, is hereby adopted by reference.
(5) Anode conductor grout containing
			 bentonite clay or any other similar material shall not be used if the salinity
			 equals or exceeds 2,000 mg/L chloride in any portion of an aquifer.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-708 - Groundwater management districts #2 and #5: surface construction requirements for cased cathodic protection boreholes

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
This regulation shall apply only within the boundaries of
				groundwater management districts #2 and #5.
(a) Each operator, owner, or person
			 responsible shall ensure that the top of the cathodic protection borehole
			 casing of each cased borehole meets one of the following requirements:
(1) Terminates a minimum of three feet above
			 land surface or one foot above the highest known flood elevation greater than
			 three feet above land surface;
(2)
			 is equipped with a water-resistant and structurally sound vault; or
(3) terminates a minimum of three feet below
			 land surface.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-709 - Groundwater management districts #2 and #5: construction specifications for uncased cathodic boreholes

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
This regulation shall apply only within the boundaries of
				groundwater management districts #2 and #5.
Each operator, owner, or person responsible shall ensure that
				the requirements of this regulation are met.
(a) The construction features of each uncased
			 cathodic protection borehole shall prevent physical damage to the installation
			 and prevent the entry of pollutants and contaminants into fresh and usable
			 groundwater.
(b) Each uncased
			 borehole shall be grouted from the top of the anode conductor grout to three
			 feet below land surface with either of the following:
(1) Grout; or
(2) anode conductor grout.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-710 - Groundwater management districts #2 and #5: abandonment, plugging methods, and procedures for cathodic protection boreholes, reports, and restoration

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
This regulation shall apply only within the boundaries of
				groundwater management districts #2 and #5.
(a) A cathodic protection borehole shall be
			 deemed abandoned when any of the following conditions exists:
(1) The cathodic protection borehole is not
			 completed due to unforeseen circumstances.
(2) The cathodic protection borehole either
			 threatens to contaminate or contaminates a freshwater aquifer.
(3) Uncontrollable fluid or gas flow is
			 present in the cathodic protection borehole.
(4) The cathodic protection borehole is not
			 operational or is in a state of disrepair.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-800 - Licensing

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
Each person operating any gas-gathering system within the state
				of Kansas shall be licensed by the commission. Any person claiming an exemption
				from reporting under
				L.
				1997, Ch. 132, §
				22 shall be licensed.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-801 - Report furnished by persons offering gas-gathering services; penalty

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each person
			 offering gas-gathering services shall file with the commission the following
			 data on forms prescribed by the commission:
(1) data on rates paid for natural gas
			 purchased at the wellhead on each gas-gathering system or part thereof if
			 purchased by the gatherer;
(2)
			 data on contract rates charged for gas-gathering services on each gas-gathering
			 system or part thereof;
(3) any
			 special contract terms relating to the volume and characteristics of the gas
			 that will be purchased or transported by the person offering gas-gathering
			 services;
(4) the number of wells
			 connected to the gas-gathering system or part thereof;
(5) a legible map showing the location of the
			 gas-gathering system drawn to a scale of .5 inch equals one mile and clearly
			 indicating section, township, and range; and
(6) other related data 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 82-3-802 - Gas-gathering services and access, complaint, hearing

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each person
			 offering any gas-gathering services or facilities essential to providing these
			 services shall do so in a manner that is just, reasonable, not unjustly
			 discriminatory, and not unduly preferential to persons seeking services or
			 access to facilities.
(b) Each
			 person performing gas-gathering services shall engage in practices and charge
			 fees for such services that are just, reasonable, not unjustly discriminatory,
			 and not unduly preferential.
(c)
			 Any consumer of gas-gathering services, any person seeking direct purchase of
			 natural gas at the wellhead, any royalty owner, or any natural gas producer may
			 request that the commission investigate and initiate proceedings to review a
			 fee, term, or practice being used by a person offering gas-gathering services.
(d) As a condition to commission
			 action, the person under subsection (c) requesting the action shall file a
			 complaint that includes the following:
(1) A
			 statement that the complainant has presented the complaint, in writing, to the
			 person offering gas-gathering services and has requested a meeting to discuss
			 the complaint. A copy of this document shall accompany the complaint;
(2) a statement that the requested
			 meeting took place and no resolution was reached or that the person offering
			 gas-gathering services refused to meet;
(3) a detailed factual statement alleging how
			 the fee, term or practice violates subsections (a) or (b);
(4) a statement of the precise remedy being
			 requested that will make the fee, term, or practice consistent with the
			 standards established in this section;
(5) if the complainant is a producer of
			 natural gas, a copy of the analysis of the complainant's gas, including the
			 nitrogen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, water and other contaminant
			 content; the volume; the Btu; and the pressure at the wellhead;
(6) if available, a map showing the location
			 of the affected wells and all known gas-gathering systems in the area; and
(7) proof of service of the
			 complaint on the gas gatherer.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-803 - Abuse of complaint procedure

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
No person shall abuse the complaint process in any manner,
				including causing a delay in the proceedings that may damage a party's ability
				to pursue or defend the complaint. Any action deemed necessary to protect the
				rights of a party against abuse of the complaint process may be taken by the
				commission.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-804 - Notice of termination

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
A public utility providing service from a gas-gathering system
				shall provide written notice to the executive director of the commission at its
				Topeka office and to the person receiving service, not later than November 1
				preceding the calendar year of service, that it cannot serve the needs of the
				person receiving service. The utility shall explain in detail any reasons it is
				unable to perform the service. Investigation of the proposed termination and
				reporting to the commission shall be made by the utilities division with the
				assistance of the conservation division of the commission. Any further action
				taken by the commission shall be conducted under chapter 66.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-900 - Enhanced recovery severance tax exemption, application, hearing, penalty

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Any operator
			 seeking exemption from the severance tax provisions pursuant to
			 K.S.A.
			 79-4217, and amendments thereto, shall submit
			 an application to the director of the conservation division. The commission
			 staff shall assign a certifying number to each application upon receipt. The
			 determination as to whether or not the production enhancement project qualifies
			 for exemption shall be made and certified by the director of the conservation
			 division or the director's designee. In the event of an adverse decision at the
			 director's level, an appeal may be made by requesting a hearing before the full
			 commission pursuant to the Kansas administrative procedures act.
(b) Upon the certification by the director of
			 the conservation division or by the commission after hearing, the certification
			 shall be forwarded by the conservation division to the operator for submission
			 to the department of revenue.
(c)
			 All records submitted in connection with an application for exemption from the
			 severance tax under this provision shall be retained by the corporation
			 commission. These records shall be subject to the confidentiality provision of
			 K.A.R. 82-3-107(e). The records shall be retained for no fewer than fours years
			 and shall be open at all times to the department of revenue.
(d) Either the first purchaser and the
			 operator or an operator who has duly elected to report the severance tax shall
			 be notified by the department of revenue of its acceptance of the certification
			 from the state corporation commission.
(e) The willful filing of false documents,
			 fraudulent documents, or both, in order to obtain an exemption from the
			 severance tax with the conservation division shall constitute a simultaneous
			 false filing with the department of revenue under
			 K.S.A.
			 79-4225, and amendments thereto, and its
			 provisions shall apply with respect to civil penalties, criminal prosecution,
			 or both.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-901 - Determination of base production

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
"Base production," as defined in
				K.S.A.
				79-4217(b)(6)(A)(2), and
				amendments thereto, shall be determined with respect to production decline by
				the operator certifying under penalty of perjury as to the 12-month history of
				any well or wells that are part of the production enhancement project. The
				production decline curve shall be prepared and certified to by either a
				petroleum geologist or petroleum engineer under penalty of perjury.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-902 - Relief from severance tax; when available

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
Relief from the severance tax under
				K.S.A.
				79-4217, and amendments thereto, shall be
				available only to a well that has been in existence for no fewer than 12 months
				in order that an accurate production decline curve can be calculated and
				substantiated, except if the increase in production is a result of projects
				utilizing secondary recovery projects or new discoveries from the use of new
				technology, as defined in
				K.S.A.
				79-4217(b)(6)(A)(4) (iii) or
				(vii), and amendments thereto. If the increase in production is the result of
				new technology, the base production shall be zero. Base production for
				secondary recovery projects shall be as determined under
				K.A.R.
				82-3-906.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 3 - PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS › Section 82-3-903 - Certification of well history; right to review

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
As part of the certification process, the operator shall
				certify that the history file of each well or wells substantiates that the
				efforts taken with respect to a work-over as defined in
				K.S.A.
				79-4217, and amendments thereto, are more
				than routine maintenance, routine repair, and like-for-like replacement of
				downhole equipment. The right to review any of this documentation shall be
				reserved by the commission.