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 82-3-1305. Venting and flaring. (a) The venting and flaring requirements in K.A.R. 82-3-208 and K.A.R. 82-3-314 shall not apply to any horizontal well. (b) The fo…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1306. High-volume pumps. The restrictions on and requirements for the use of high-volume pumps in K.A.R. 82-3-131 shall not apply to any horizontal well. (Au…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1307. Well completion report. Each operator of a horizontal well shall comply with the affidavit requirements in K.A.R. 82-3-106 and K.A.R. 82-3-130 by submi…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-131. Vacuum and high volume pumps; application and approval. (a) Upon application, the installation and use of vacuum pumps in fields that are nearly deplete…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-132. Re-entry notification. Every operator shall notify the conservation division or a district office at least 48 hours before re-entering an abandoned or p…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-133. Penalties for unlawful production. (a) The production of oil or gas in violation of the provisions of a basic proration order, or otherwise in violation…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-133a. Balancing overages and underages in nonprorated areas; penalty. For purposes of determining whether a particular oil or gas well subject to statewide f…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-134. Revoked. (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 55-152, K.S.A. 55-604, 55-704; effective May 1984; revoked April 23, 1990.)

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-135. Notice of hearings. (a) Scope. The notice requirements in this regulation apply to each hearing arising under any rule or regulation or statutory provis…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-135a. Notice of application. (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…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-135b. Protesters. 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…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-136. Transfer of operator responsibility. (a) If operator responsibility is transferred, the past operator shall report this transfer to the conservation div…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-137. Change in purchasers. If a purchaser of production changes and if that production is subject to a proration order issued by the commission, the operator…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-138. New pool application. (a) Application requirements. Each application for a new pool certificate shall be submitted to the conservation division on the f…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-139. Revoked. (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 1987 Supp. 55-152, K.S.A. 55-602, 55-604, as amended by L. 1988, Ch. 356, Sec. 168, 55-704; effective Ma…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-140. Tertiary recovery project certification. (a) Any interested party may file an application for certification of a tertiary recovery project. Each applica…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1400. Hydraulic fracturing treatment; definitions. The terms and definitions in K.A.R. 82-3-101 shall apply to K.A.R. 82-3-1400 through 82-3-1402, in additio…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1401. Hydraulic fracturing treatment; chemical disclosure. (a) Applicability. This regulation shall apply to each hydraulic fracturing treatment that uses mo…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1402. Hydraulic fracturing treatment; disclosure of trade secrets. (a) Director. (1) The manufacturer, supplier, service company, or operator shall provide t…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-141. Revoked. (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 1989 Supp. 55-164, 55-604; effective May 1, 1988; amended April 23, 1990; revoked Aug. 29, 1997.)

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-142. Revoked. (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 1988 Supp. 55-604, K.S.A. 55-704; effective May 8, 1989; revoked April 23, 1990.)

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-143. Revoked. (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 55-604, as amended by L. 1988, Ch. 356, Sec. 168, 55-704; effective May 8, 1989; revoked April 23, 1990.…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-144. Abandoned well plugging reimbursement. (a) Reimbursement process. Each person seeking reimbursement under K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 55-180(f), and amendments th…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-200. Prevention of waste, protection of correlative rights, and prevention of discrimination between pools. (a) Any person having the right to drill, complet…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-201. Oil production in prorated areas: balancing of underages. Whenever an oil well producing in a prorated area fails to produce its allowable, this shortag…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-202. Productivities, methods of determining, when required. The productivity of all wells in prorated pools in this state shall be determined in accordance w…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-203. Production allowable. (a) An allowable shall be assigned to each well in a nonprorated pool. The allowable shall be set by the following schedule and sh…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-204. Reports by producers. The producer or operator of each well in prorated pools, including minimum wells, shall file each month a verified statement showi…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-205. Revoked. (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 55-604, as amended by L. 1988, Ch. 356, Sec. 168; effective, T-83-44, Dec. 8, 1982; effective May 1, 198…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-206. Oil conservation assessment. In order to pay the conservation division expenses and administration costs not otherwise provided for, an oil conservation…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-207. Oil drilling unit. This regulation shall apply to all oil wells not covered by a special commission order. (a) Standard drilling unit. The standard dril…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-208. Venting or flaring of casinghead gas. (a) The venting or flaring of non-sour casinghead gas may be permitted by the director if the operator files an af…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-209. Flaring of sour gas. (a) Sour casinghead gas may be flared only if permitted by commission order, with consideration of the following factors: (1) The a…

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 82-3-301. Revoked. (Authorized by K.S.A. 55-704; implementing K.S.A. 1982 Supp. 55-703; effective, T-83-44, Dec. 8, 1982; effective May 1, 1983; revoked Jan. 14, …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-302. Revoked. (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 55-704; effective, T-83-44, Dec. 8, 1982; effective May 1, 1983; revoked May 1, 1988.)

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 82-3-308. Revoked. (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 1982 Supp. 55-703; effective, T-83-44, Dec. 8, 1982; effective May 1, 1983; revoked Aug. 29, 1997.)

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-309. Revoked. (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 1982 Supp. 55-703; effective, T-83-44, Dec. 8, 1982; effective May 1, 1983; revoked Aug. 29, 1997.)

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 82-3-313. Revoked. (Authorized by K.S.A. 55-604, 55-704; implementing K.S.A. 55-602, 55-603, 55-703, as amended by L. 1985, Ch. 183, Sec. 1; effective May 1, 1986…

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…