2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 353 - MINERAL CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 353.570 Permit required -- May authorize operation prior to issuance of permit.
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353.570 Permit required -- May authorize operation prior to issuance of
permit.
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No person shall drill or deepen a well, or reopen a plugged well for the
production of oil or gas or for the injection of water, gas or other fluid into any
oil or gas producing formation (except seismograph test holes) after June 16,
1960, or drill or deepen a water supply well, and geological or structure test
holes after June 16, 1966, until such person shall obtain a permit from the
department, except as provided in KRS 353.730.
When any applicant for a permit as required by this section has complied with
the provisions of this chapter and all rules and regulations promulgated
hereunder, the department shall issue the permit.
The department may authorize the commencement of the drilling, deepening or
reopening of any well prior to the issuance of a permit therefor; except if the
location of the well is known to be underlaid by a coal-bearing stratum and
consent of the owner, operator, and lessee of the coal-bearing stratum has not
been granted. Consent shall be implied, when the coal-bearing stratum is
owned by the oil and gas lessor or lessee, and the coal is not under lease to
any third party.
Effective:July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 359, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1998. -Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 147, sec. 1. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 103,
sec. 9.
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