Kan. Admin. Regs. § 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
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.
(b) Replacement wells. In the case of a
replacement well, any accumulated overage or underage shall be transferred to
the replacement well.
(c)
Application for exception. A gas well in a prorated common source of supply
that requires exceptions to any provision of the applicable basic proration
order may be granted an allowable by the commission only after an application
has been filed with the conservation division. Each application shall show the
following:
(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;
(4) a statement of the exception being
requested and the reasons the exception should be granted;
(5) a plat showing the location and
approximate depths of all wells and dry holes that have been drilled within one
mile from the acreage to be attributed;
(6) the applicant's license number;
(7) the names and addresses of
each person owning a royalty or working interest in the acreage to be
attributed, and a certificate of mailing indicating the date on which service
of a copy of the application was made to each person;
(8) the names and addresses of all operators
of producing acreage abutting or adjoining the acreage to be attributed, and a
certificate of mailing indicating the date on which service of a copy of the
application was made to each operator;
(9) the names and addresses of all lessees of
record of nonproducing acreage abutting or adjoining the acreage to be
attributed, and a certificate of mailing indicating the date on which service
of a copy of the application was made to each lessee;
(10) the names and addresses of all owners of
record of the minerals in, or royalty of unleased acreage abutting or
adjoining, the acreage to be attributed, and a certificate of mailing
indicating the date on which service of a copy of the application was made to
each owner;
(11) the names and
addresses of all persons owning the royalty or leasehold interests in acreage
abutting or adjoining the acreage to be attributed that is operated by the
applicant or on which the applicant has a lease or an interest in the lease,
and a certificate of mailing indicating the date on which service of a copy of
the application was made to each person;
(12) a statement advising each person listed
in paragraphs (7) through (11) of this subsection that the person has 15 days
in which to file a protest to the application with the conservation division
pursuant to the provisions of K.A.R. 82-3-135b ; and
(13) any other relevant information that the
commission may require.
(d) Notice of the application. In addition to
mailing a copy of the application to each of the persons described in
subsection (c), notice of the application shall be published in at least one
issue of the official county newspaper of each county in which lands affected
by the application are located and in the "Wichita Eagle" newspaper.
(e) Protest. After notice of the application
is published pursuant to subsection (d) and mailed to the persons described in
subsection (c), the application shall be held in abeyance for 15 days from the
date of publication or mailing, whichever is later, pending the filing of any
protest pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-135b. If a valid protest is filed or if, on the
commission's own motion, it is deemed that there should be a hearing on the
application, a hearing shall be held. The applicant shall publish notice of the
hearing pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-135.
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