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353.610 Conditions under which permits may be issued -- Exceptions.
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Except as provided in KRS 353.500 to 353.720, no permits shall be issued for
the drilling, deepening, or reopening of any shallow well for the production of
oil, unless the proposed location of the well shall be at least three hundred
thirty (330) feet from the nearest mineral boundary of the premises upon which
the well is to be drilled, deepened or reopened; and, the proposed location
must be at least six hundred sixty (660) feet from the nearest oil producing
well. This subsection shall not be construed to regulate the distance between
wells which do not produce oil from the same pool.
Except as provided in KRS 353.500 to 353.720, no permit shall be issued for
the drilling, deepening or reopening of any shallow well for the production of
gas unless the proposed location of the well shall be at least five hundred (500)
feet from the nearest mineral boundary of the premises upon which such well is
to be drilled, deepened or reopened; and, the proposed location must be at
least one thousand (1,000) feet from the nearest gas producing well. This
subsection shall not be construed to regulate the distance between wells which
do not produce gas from the same pool.
This section shall not apply:
(a) To wells drilled, deepened, or reopened for the injection of water, gas or
other fluids into an oil or gas producing formation.
(b) To any well drilled, deepened or reopened in a pool or portion thereof,
which is included in a secondary recovery program commenced or
proposed, if the location or proposed location of the well conforms to a
geometric pattern already established on all premises which will be offset
and affected by the well.
(c) To wells drilled or deepened as water supply wells and geological or
structure test holes; or
(d) To premises within the limits of any incorporated city, town or village
which has enacted or enacts hereafter an ordinance regulating the
location or spacing of wells for the production of oil and gas at distances
of not less than the distances prescribed in this section.
(e) To wells for the production of oil to be drilled, deepened, or reopened and
completed at a depth of less than two thousand (2,000) feet where there
are no workable beds of coal at lesser depths and the formation from
which the oil is expected to be extracted is not appreciably affected by
factors, as determined by the commissioner, other than natural drainage.
The location of wells for the production of oil coming within this exception
shall be at least two hundred (200) feet from the nearest boundary of the
premises upon which the well is to be drilled, deepened or reopened; and
the proposed location must be at least four hundred (400) feet from the
nearest oil producing well. This subsection shall not be construed to
regulate the distance between wells which do not produce from the same
pool.
Effective:June 24, 2003
History: Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 150, sec. 12, effective June 24, 2003. -Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 134, sec. 1. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 45,
sec. 4. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 147, sec. 3. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts
ch. 103, sec. 13.
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