Agency 82, Article 3 — Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-300. Assignment of gas allowables in prorated pools; notice. (a) Request for allowable. A gas well in a prorated common source of supply that is in conforman…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-300a. Reinstatement of cancelled underage. (a) A cancelled underage for any gas well producing from a common source of supply governed by a basic proration o…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-303. Determination of open flow of a gas well. In the absence of field rules to the contrary, the open flow capacity of a gas well shall be determined by flo…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-304. Tests of gas wells. (a) Initial test. (1) Each operator shall conduct a multipoint back-pressure test and a one-point stabilized flow test, as specified…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-305. Gas to be metered. (a) Well, lease, or unitized property. All gas, when produced or sold, shall be metered with an approved meter of sufficient capacity…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-306. Report of gas produced. (a) Each party who owns, maintains, or operates the metering device used to record gas produced from each well in any prorated g…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-307. Gas conservation assessment. In order to pay the conservation division expenses and other costs in connection with the administration of the gas conserv…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-310. Natural gas pipeline maps. Upon the request of the conservation division, each operator shall file natural gas pipeline maps of a size and scale prescri…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-311. Drilling through gas storage formations. (a) Any person, firm, or corporation who, for any purpose, drills or causes the drilling of a well or test hole…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-311a. Drilling through CO<sub>2</sub> storage facility or CO<sub>2</sub> enhanced oil recovery reservoirs. (a) Each person, firm, or …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-312. Gas allowables and drilling unit. This regulation shall apply to all gas wells not covered by a special commission order. (a) Daily allowable. The daily…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-314. Venting or flaring of gas other than casinghead gas. (a) Coalbed natural gas. (1) Without a hearing, the venting or flaring of coalbed natural gas may b…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-400. Injection allowed only by permit; penalty. (a) Authority to inject. Injection shall be permitted only after both of the following conditions are met: (1…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-401. Application for injection well; content. (a) Application form; content. The original and two copies of each application shall be signed and verified by …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-402. Notice of application; objection. (a) Notice required. Each applicant shall give notice of the application either to those persons listed in K.A.R. 82-3…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-403. Permitting factors; application approval. (a) Permitting factors. When a permit authorizing injection is issued, the following factors shall be consider…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-404. Notice of commencement and discontinuance of injection operations; cessation of production from dually completed well; penalty. (a) Immediately upon the…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-405. Casing and cement. Injection wells shall be cased and the casing cemented so that damage will not be caused to hydrocarbon sources or fresh and usable w…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-406. Injection well tubing and packer requirements. (a) Each well permitted after December 8, 1982 shall meet one of the following requirements: (1) The well…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-407. Mechanical integrity requirements; penalty. (a) Each injection well shall be completed, equipped, operated, and maintained in a manner that will prevent…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-408. Duration of injection well permits; modification penalty. (a) Permits authorizing injection into wells shall remain valid for the life of the well, unle…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-409. Record retention; annual report; penalty. (a) Each operator of an injection well shall perform the following: (1) Keep current, accurate records of the …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-410. Transfer of authority to inject; penalty. (a) Authority to operate an injection well shall not be transferred from one operator to another without the a…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-411. Authorization for existing injection wells. Each injection well authorized by order of the commission on or before December 8, 1982 shall be considered …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-412. Assessment of costs. An assessment to pay the costs incurred by the conservation division in reviewing, processing, and approving each injection applica…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-600. Pit permits; penalty; application and approval. (a) Pits shall not be used to contain fluids resulting from oil and gas activities until approved by the…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-600a. Pit permit revocation. A pit permit may be revoked by the director of the conservation division if fresh or usable water resources are in danger of bec…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-601a. Pit construction; sensitive groundwater areas; reporting. (a) Freeboard. All drilling, work-over, burn, and containment pits shall be constructed with …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-601b. Sensitive groundwater areas; exception procedure. (a) Each operator of an emergency pit in a sensitive groundwater area as designated by "table III: es…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-602. Closure of pits; disposal of pit contents; closure form; drilling fluid management; surface restoration. (a) Closure of pits. (1) Unless otherwise speci…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-603. Spill notification and cleanup; penalty; lease maintenance. (a) Spill prevention. Each operator shall act with reasonable diligence to prevent spills an…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-603a. Spill notification to landowner or representative; penalty. (a) Notification required. Each operator shall make good faith efforts to notify the landow…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-604. Discharges into emergency pits and diked areas; removal of fluids; penalties. (a) Notification of discharge. Each operator shall notify the appropriate …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-606. Chemical dumping prohibited; penalty. (a) The dumping or release of chemical substances and other nonexempt waste associated with any drilling or produc…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-607. Disposal of dike and pit contents. (a) Each operator shall perform one of the following when disposing of dike or pit contents: (1) Remove the liquid co…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-608. Transfer of refuse. (a) Each operator shall file a form prescribed by the commission within 30 days after the operator transfers refuse from any pit or …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-700. Definitions. As used in these regulations for cathodic protection facilities, the following terms shall have the meanings specified: (a) "Annular space"…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-701. Intent to drill cathodic protection boreholes; notification; penalty; exemption. This regulation shall apply in Kansas except for groundwater management…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-702. Construction of cathodic protection boreholes, measurements, logging, reports, penalty. This regulation shall apply in Kansas except for groundwater man…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-703. Surface construction requirements, appurtenances, vault and belowground construction, penalty. This regulation shall apply in Kansas except for groundwa…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-704. Plugging methods and procedures for cathodic protection boreholes, site restoration, submission of plugging report, penalty. This regulation shall apply…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-705. Groundwater management districts #2 and #5: permit to drill cased and uncased cathodic protection boreholes; notification; exceptions; drilling pit appl…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-706. Groundwater management districts #2 and #5: drilling contractor; logging; construction; reports. This regulation shall apply only within the boundaries …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-707. Groundwater management districts #2 and #5: anode, anode conductor, and anode conductor grout requirements for cased and uncased boreholes. This regulat…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-708. Groundwater management districts #2 and #5: surface construction requirements for cased cathodic protection boreholes. This regulation shall apply only …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-709. Groundwater management districts #2 and #5: construction specifications for uncased cathodic boreholes. This regulation shall apply only within the boun…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-710. Groundwater management districts #2 and #5: abandonment, plugging methods, and procedures for cathodic protection boreholes, reports, and restoration. T…