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 82-3-114. Plugging methods and procedure. (a) Plugging of producing, storage, and injection wells. In addition to any other applicable requirements in these regul…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-115. Plugging methods and procedure for core and other stratigraphic holes; fees. The methods and procedure for plugging core and other stratigraphic holes s…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-115a. Intent to drill seismic shot holes; notification; penalty; exemption. (a) Each owner, operator, or persons responsible for a seismic operation shall gi…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-115b. Plugging methods and procedures for seismic shot holes; retention of logs; penalty; exception; fees. (a) Each seismic shot hole shall be plugged in acc…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-116. Core and other stratigraphic holes to be plugged; affidavit. Before any core or other stratigraphic hole is abandoned, it shall be plugged in accordance…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-117. Plugging report; penalty. (a) Within 60 days after plugging any well drilled for discovery of oil or gas, for underground porosity gas storage, for disp…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-118. Costs. The owner or operator of each plugged well shall pay a fee to the commission, as assessed, at a cost of $.0325 per foot of well depth plugged. Th…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-119. Revoked. (Authorized by K.S.A. 55-152; implementing K.S.A. 55-152, 55-156, 55-157; effective, T-83-44, Dec. 8, 1982; effective May 1, 1983; amended May …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-120. Operator or contractor licenses: application; financial responsibility; denial of application; penalty. (a)(1) No operator or contractor shall undertake…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1200. Definitions; compressed air energy storage. The terms and definitions in K.A.R. 82-3-101, with some definitions modified as follows, shall apply to the…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1201. Licensing; financial assurance. (a) License required. (1) No operator shall perform either of the following without first obtaining or renewing a licen…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1202. Signatory; signature for reports. (a) Each operator shall designate one signatory to sign and verify any permit application, amendment application, and…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1203. Permit required; permit application. (a) No operator shall test, construct, convert, operate, or abandon a storage facility, or drill, complete, servic…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1204. Notice of application; publication; protest. (a) Each operator applying for a permit shall provide a copy of the application to the following: (1) Each…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1205. Permit amendment. (a) Each operator shall file an application to amend that operator's permit if any of the following conditions is met: (1) The propos…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1206. Permit transfer. (a) No operator shall transfer a permit to another operator without the prior approval of the director. (b) The transferring operator …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1207. Permit modification, suspension, and cancellation. (a) A permit may be modified, suspended, or canceled by the director after notice and opportunity fo…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1208. Site selection. (a) No operator shall test, construct, convert, or operate a storage facility without a site selection plan approved by the director. T…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1209. Design and construction of storage well. (a) Each operator shall drill and complete each storage well, including the conversion of an existing well of …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-120a. Revoked. (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 55-155 and 55-164; effective Aug. 29, 1997; revoked Jan. 25, 2002.)

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-121. Designation of an agent. Every person, firm or corporation operating within the state shall designate an agent who will be responsible for certification…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1210. Storage facility construction and integrity. (a) Each operator shall equip the storage facility according to a storage facility integrity plan signed b…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1211. Storage well workover. (a) Each operator shall submit a workover plan to the conservation division at least 10 days before performing any downhole or w…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1212. Operation, monitoring, and measurement requirements for cavern storage wells. (a) Each operator shall monitor each cavern storage well according to the…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1213. Operation, monitoring, and measurement requirements for reservoir storage wells. (a) Each operator shall monitor each reservoir storage well according …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1214. Long-term monitoring, measurement, and testing for cavern storage facilities and cavern storage wells. (a) Each operator shall perform long-term monito…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1215. Long-term monitoring, measurement, and testing for reservoir storage facilities and reservoir storage wells. (a) Each operator shall perform long-term …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1216. Safety and emergency response plan. (a) Each operator shall construct, convert, operate, and abandon the storage facility in accordance with a safety a…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1217. Safety inspection. (a) Each operator shall perform a safety inspection of the storage facility at least once every 12 months. One extension of one mont…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1218. Plugging-monitoring status. (a) Any operator may place a cavern storage well in plugging-monitoring status according to a plugging-monitoring status pl…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1219. Storage well plugging. (a) Any operator may plug any storage well pursuant to a well plugging plan signed by a licensed professional engineer or licens…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-122. Operators; complaints; hearing. A hearing may be conducted by the commission if it finds that there is reasonable cause to believe, or upon a written co…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1220. Temporary abandonment of reservoir storage wells and reservoir storage facilities. (a) Each operator of a reservoir storage well shall, within 90 days …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1221. Decommissioning and abandonment of a storage facility. (a) No operator shall permanently abandon a storage facility unless an application is approved b…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1222. Reporting required; record retention. (a) Each operator shall meet the requirements in subsection (b) if any safety inspection reveals any regulatory o…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1223. Fees. (a) Each operator shall submit a fee of $18,890 for each storage facility and $305 for each storage well annually on or before January 31. The op…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-123. Well bore; commingling of production. (a) Applicability. Commingling of production from more than one source of supply shall be permitted if the total p…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-123a. Well bore; commingling of fluids. (a) When applicable. Well bore commingling of fluids from one or more intervals with fluids from a production interva…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-124. Dual or multiple-completed wells. (a) When applicable. Production from more than one common source of supply through the same well bore shall be permitt…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-125. Surface commingling of production. The production from one common source of supply may be commingled on the surface with that from another common source…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-126. Tank and truck identification; penalty. (a) Tanks. All oil tanks, tank batteries, tanks used for salt water collection or disposal, and tanks used for s…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-127. Documentation required for transportation and storage. (a) Transportation. (1) Every person that uses a motor vehicle to transport crude petroleum oil, …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-128. Reports and permits; penalty. Verification of any information necessary to administer these rules and regulations or any commission order may be require…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-129. Revoked. (Authorized by K.S.A. 1989 Supp. 55-604; implementing K.S.A. 1989 Supp. 55-176, 55-609; effective, T-83-44, Dec. 8, 1982; effective May 1, 1983…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-130. Completion reports; penalty. (a) Within 120 days of the spud date or commencement of recompletion of a well, the operator shall file an original and two…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1300. Definitions; horizontal wells. The terms and definitions in K.A.R. 82-3-101, with some of those definitions modified as follows, shall apply to these r…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1301. Horizontal wells. The regulations applicable to wells, as defined in K.A.R. 82-3-101, shall apply to horizontal wells, except as specifically provided …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1302. Notice of intention to drill; setback. (a) Before commencing the drilling of any horizontal well, each operator shall submit to the conservation divisi…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1303. Oil and gas allowables. (a) The oil allowables specified in K.A.R. 82-3-203 and the standard daily allowable for gas wells specified in K.A.R. 82-3-312…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Corporation Commission Article 3.—Production and Conservation of Oil and Gas 82-3-1304. Gas well test exemption. The gas well testing requirements in K.A.R. 82-3-303 and K.A.R. 82-3-304 shall not apply to any horizontal well. (Authorized b…