Chapter 55 OIL AND GAS
- Article 1 OIL AND GAS WELLS; REGULATORY PROVISIONS
- 55-101. Natural gas for residents of platted land outside city; laying and maintenance of pipes.
- 55-102. Control and management of oil and gas wells; unlawful acts, penalties; flaring, venting or use of gas permitted, when.
- 55-103. "Flambeau" lights; "jumbo" or similar burners.
- 55-104. Same; street lights to be turned off during day.
- 55-105. Same; penalty.
- 55-106. Interference with pipes for gas; permission.
- 55-107. Connections with gas mains, permission.
- 55-108. Setting fire to escaping gas; interference with wells.
- 55-109. Penalty for violating 55-106 to 55-108; civil damages.
- 55-110, 55-111
- 55-112. Transportation of gas; standards for.
- 55-113
- 55-114. Penalty for violation of 55-112.
- 55-115
- 55-116
- 55-117
- 55-118
- 55-119
- 55-120
- 55-121
- 55-122
- 55-123, 55-124
- 55-125 to 55-127
- 55-128
- 55-128a
- 55-128b
- 55-128c
- 55-128d
- 55-129
- 55-130
- 55-131
- 55-132
- 55-132a, 55-132b
- 55-133
- 55-134
- 55-135
- 55-136, 55-137
- 55-138
- 55-139
- 55-140
- 55-140a
- 55-140b
- 55-141
- 55-141a
- 55-142
- 55-143. Conservation fee fund; authorized expenditures; accounting procedures; reduction of fees and assessments, when.
- 55-144 to 55-149. Reserved.
- 55-150. Definitions.
- 55-151. Application of intent to drill wells, required information; notification of surface owner; fee and contents; information to department of health and environment and county clerk; approval of a
- 55-152. Rules and regulations; recommendations of advisory committee; annual review of drilling methods.
- 55-153. Advisory committee on regulation of oil and gas activities.
- 55-154. Certification of compliance with statutes and rules and regulations.
- 55-155. Licensure of operators and contractors; requirements; notification of surface owner.
- 55-156. Protection of water prior to abandoning of well; penalty for noncompliance.
- 55-157. Cementing in surface casing and additional pipe prior to testing, completion or abandonment of well; penalty for noncompliance.
- 55-158. Submission of bond logs and surveys; penalties.
- 55-159. Notification of commission prior to setting surface casing or plugging; inspections; penalty.
- 55-160. Notification of commission prior to reentering plugged well; inspections.
- 55-161. Investigation of abandoned wells, when; costs.
- 55-162. Finding reasonable cause to believe that person has violated act or rules and regulations; hearing; procedure; order; immediate remedial action; reconsideration and judicial review; investigat
- 55-163. Commission and secretary to enter into interagency agreement; submission to governor and legislature.
- 55-164. Administrative penalties; procedure; costs and attorney fees; disposition of moneys.
- 55-165. Maintenance of information on wells.
- 55-166. Well plugging assurance fund.
- 55-167. Same; transfers to fund.
- 55-168. Same; insufficient funds; affect.
- 55-169. Kansas surface owner notice act; citation.
- 55-169, 55-170. Reserved.
- 55-169a. Same; definitions.
- 55-169b. Same; authorization for rules and regulations.
- 55-171. Permit required for the storage or disposal of salt water, oil or refuse in surface ponds.
- 55-172. Salt water, oil or refuse from wells; prevention of escape.
- 55-173. Notice prior to abandonment and plugging of wells; notification of surface owner.
- 55-174. Penalty for failure to notify of intent to drill.
- 55-175. Appointment of agents by the commission.
- 55-176. Commission's costs assessed against operators and agents; disposition of moneys.
- 55-177. Removal of structures and abutments from lands after abandoning wells; exception.
- 55-178. Complaint concerning pollution from abandoned wells; contents.
- 55-179. Investigation of complaint by the commission; findings; responsibility for remedial action; costs; hearings; orders.
- 55-180. Testing and investigation of pollution; plugging expenses; liens.
- 55-181. Administration and enforcement of rules, regulations and orders.
- 55-182. Agents of commission; right of ingress and egress; restoration of premises.
- 55-183. Rules and regulations; publication; fees, taxes and other charges required to be fixed by rules and regulations.
- 55-184. Act supplemental.
- 55-185
- 55-186. Spill notification requirements.
- 55-187 to 55-190. Reserved.
- 55-191. Definitions.
- 55-192. Abandoned oil and gas well fund.
- 55-193. Same; transfers to fund.
- 55-194. Annual report.
- 55-195 to 55-1,100. Reserved.
- 55-1,101. Definitions.
- 55-1,102. Filing of rates and other information required; use of information; disclosure.
- 55-1,103. Limitations on manner of offering services and facilities.
- 55-1,104. Commission review of fees, terms, practices; complaint; procedure.
- 55-1,105. Rules and regulations.
- 55-1,106. Exemptions from rate averaging or pricing systems.
- 55-1,107. Issuance of more than one certificate of convenience and necessity; exit fees prohibited.
- 55-1,108. Contractual obligations, when amended.
- 55-1,109. Notice of lack of capacity to serve required.
- 55-1,110. Severability.
- 55-1,111. Commission review of exit tap on gathering system, access, service, abandonment; procedure.
- 55-1,112 to 55-1,114 Reserved.
- 55-1,115. Underground storage of hydrocarbons; corporation commission regulation of underground porosity storage of natural gas.
- 55-1,116. Same; fee fund.
- 55-1,117. Same; department of health and environment regulation of other underground storage.
- 55-1,117a. Same; department of health and environment regulation of underground crude oil storage.
- 55-1,118. Same; fee fund.
- 55-1,119. Same; penalties for violations of rules and regulations.
- 55-1,120. Same; salt solution mining wells; abandonment, legal responsibility for.
- 55-1,121. Same; fee fund.
- 55-1,122. Same; representatives of secretary; right of ingress and egress.
- Article 2 LEASES AND LIENS
- 55-201. Duty of lessee to have forfeited lease released; publication notice; affidavit to be recorded; notice to landowner; remedies.
- 55-202. Same; action to obtain release; damages, costs and attorney's fees; attachment.
- 55-203, 55-204
- 55-205. Record of lease as notice for definite term; extension upon contingency, affidavit.
- 55-206. Demand for release before bringing action; evidence.
- 55-207. Lien of contractor on gas and oil leasehold or pipeline for labor and material; filing of statement.
- 55-208. Lien of subcontractor or materialman on gas and oil leasehold or pipeline.
- 55-209. Lien statement for labor or materials; filing and record in district court.
- 55-210. Same; enforcement of liens.
- 55-211. Lease of school grounds for drilling for oil and gas.
- 55-211a. Lease of lands by municipal corporations, board of park commissioners, improvement districts or other public agency or quasi-municipal corporation; disposition of moneys.
- 55-211b. Same; validation of prior leases.
- 55-212. Lien of transporter of oil-field equipment, labor and materials; definitions.
- 55-213. Same; extent of lien.
- 55-214. Lien of transporter of oil-field equipment; filing of statement; service of notice; removal of equipment to another county.
- 55-215. Same; time for actions.
- 55-216. Certain leases unrecorded prior to January 1, 1952, void.
- 55-217. Same; certain assignments executed prior to January 1, 1925, not to be recorded.
- 55-218. Same; expunging certain purported assignments from records.
- 55-219. Receiver for minority mineral interest in action where location of defendant-owner unknown.
- 55-220. Same; contents of petition; hearing; notice; dismissal as to certain defendants; appointment of receiver.
- 55-221. Same; duties of receiver; duties of court.
- 55-222. Severability.
- 55-223. Implied covenant to explore and develop minerals established; burden upon lessee.
- 55-224. Same; presumption of breach of covenant, when.
- 55-225. Same; presumption overcome by proof of compliance.
- 55-226. Same; remedies for breach; authority of court.
- 55-227. Same; action for breach not permissible, when.
- 55-228. Same; waiver of presumption prohibited.
- 55-229. Same; substantive rights and remedies saved; presumption cumulative.
- Article 3 COUNTY GAS INSPECTOR
- 55-301. Gas inspector; appointment; term.
- 55-302. Oath and bond.
- 55-303. Reports to inspector.
- 55-304. Duties of inspector.
- 55-305. Inspection of gas wells; records.
- 55-306. Pipeline inspection duties; notice of leakage or waste; cost of repairs and attorney's fees; penalty for permitting leakage or waste.
- 55-307. Duties of owners of natural gas wells or pipelines.
- 55-308. Deputies; appointment; qualifications; bonds; equipment.
- 55-309. Penalties.
- 55-310. Compensation of inspector and deputies.
- Article 4 PETROLEUM PRODUCTS INSPECTION
- 55-401
- 55-402
- 55-403
- 55-404
- 55-405
- 55-406
- 55-407
- 55-408
- 55-409
- 55-410
- 55-411
- 55-412, 55-413
- 55-414
- 55-415
- 55-416
- 55-417
- 55-418
- 55-419
- 55-420
- 55-421
- 55-422. Petroleum products inspection law; definitions.
- 55-423. Standards for petroleum products established by the secretary.
- 55-424. Duties of secretary; entry upon premises; samples collected; stop-sale order.
- 55-425. Standards for tests; test methods and equipment.
- 55-426. Fees, amount.
- 55-427. Monthly report of sales and payment of fees; interest and penalty when delinquent; petroleum inspection fee fund.
- 55-428
- 55-429
- 55-430 to 55-432
- 55-433
- 55-434. Penalties.
- 55-435. Invalidity of part.
- 55-436. Administration and enforcement; jurisdiction of secretary of agriculture over inspections.
- 55-437. Same; transfer of powers, duties and functions.
- 55-438. Same; transfer of officers and employees; retention of benefits and rights; service deemed continuous.
- 55-439. Same; resolution of conflicts by governor; succession to property and records.
- 55-440. Same; civil and criminal actions saved.
- 55-441. Same; transfer of appropriations; assumption of liability for compensation of transferred officers and employees.
- 55-442. Rules and regulations.
- 55-443. Penalties; appeal procedure.
- 55-444. Secretary's rights.
- 55-445. Injunction, restraining order.
- 55-446
- 55-447. Servicing or repairing a dispensing device; exceptions.
- Article 5 TRANSPORTATION AND SALE OF OILS AND LIQUID FUELS
- 55-501. Pipelines declared common carriers.
- 55-502. Receptacles; duty to receive and transport oil; certificate.
- 55-503. Charges for transportation.
- 55-504. Supervision and control by state commission; rules; rates in excess of statutory provisions, when.
- 55-505
- 55-506. Transportation of liquid fuels over highways; purpose.
- 55-507. Liquid-fuel carrier's license; certificates for vehicles.
- 55-508. Liquid-fuel carrier's license; application, fee, certificates; suspension or revocation; notice and hearing.
- 55-509
- 55-510
- 55-511. Exhibit of certificate of license and bill of sale, bill of lading or manifest; required statement thereon.
- 55-512. Marking of vehicles; determinations of weight, measure or volume of tanks; rules and regulations.
- 55-513
- 55-514
- 55-515. Deputies, inspectors, agents and employees; powers and duties; stopping of vehicles; prosecution.
- 55-516. Violations; vehicles and fuels declared nuisances and contraband; confiscation; liens.
- 55-517. Duties of county and district attorneys and law enforcement officers; fees.
- 55-518. Proceeds of sales to state highway fund.
- 55-519
- 55-520, 55-521
- 55-522
- 55-523
- 55-524
- 55-525. Motor fuels defined.
- 55-526
- 55-527. Limitation of MTBE in motor vehicle fuel; contingent on EPA waiver.
- Article 6 CRUDE OIL OR PETROLEUM; PRODUCTION AND SALE
- 55-601. Waste prohibited.
- 55-602. Waste defined; rules and regulations; person defined.
- 55-602a
- 55-603. Production regulated; prevention of unreasonable discrimination.
- 55-604. Powers of commission; proration of production; approval of plan or distribution.
- 55-604a. Severability.
- 55-605. Enforcement of act; jurisdiction of commission over proceedings and hearings; notice; emergency rule, regulation or order; punishment for contempt; conduct of investigations and hearings by ce
- 55-606. Rehearing; judicial review.
- 55-607. Penalty for violations of 55-601 to 55-609.
- 55-608. Injunction and other remedies.
- 55-609. Assessment of costs of administering 55-601 to 55-613; disposition of moneys.
- 55-609a. Invalidity of 55-601 to 55-609.
- 55-609b. Invalidity of 55-602 to 55-606.
- 55-609c
- 55-610. Buying or selling of illegally produced crude oil or petroleum unlawful.
- 55-611. Same; penalties.
- 55-612, 55-613
- Article 7 PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF NATURAL GAS
- 55-701. Waste of natural gas prohibited.
- 55-702. Definitions.
- 55-703. Regulation of production of natural gas by commission; considerations in determination of production from common sources of supply; exception for certain cities of second class.
- 55-703a. Well spacing and orderly development.
- 55-704. Rules and regulations authorized; notice and hearings.
- 55-704a
- 55-705
- 55-705a
- 55-705b. Natural gas well allowable grants; procedure.
- 55-706. Proceedings before commission upon petition; designation of certain officers or employees to conduct investigations and hearings; powers; findings and recommendations.
- 55-707. Judicial review of commission's actions.
- 55-708. Penalties for violations.
- 55-709. Injunction and other remedies.
- 55-710. Receivership upon violation of act.
- 55-711. Assessment of costs of administering 55-701 to 55-713; disposition of moneys.
- 55-711a
- 55-712. Enforcement of act; agents.
- 55-713. Invalidity of part.
- Article 8 INTERSTATE COMPACT TO CONSERVE OIL AND GAS
- 55-801. Representative may be appointed to agree upon compact with petroleum-producing states; objectives of compact.
- 55-802. When compact binding.
- 55-803. "Interstate compact to conserve oil and gas" ratified.
- 55-804. Text of such compact.
- 55-805 to 55-808
- 55-809 to 55-812
- 55-813 to 55-816
- 55-817 to 55-821
- 55-822 to 55-826
- 55-827 to 55-831
- 55-832 to 55-836
- 55-837 to 55-841
- 55-842 to 55-846
- 55-847 to 55-851
- 55-852 to 55-856
- 55-857 to 55-861
- 55-862. Further extension of compact to conserve oil and gas to September 1, 1979; amendment of compact; notice, withdrawal.
- 55-863. Same; text of compact set out in 55-804 with exception of amendment.
- 55-864. Same; substance of agreement executed by governor.
- 55-865. Same; official representative of Kansas; appointment, oath, expenses.
- 55-866. Same; withdrawal from compact; notice.
- Article 9 SALT WATER
- Article 10 DISPOSAL OF BRINES AND MINERALIZED WATERS
- 55-1001, 55-1002
- 55-1003. Disposal of oil-field or gas-field brines and mineralized waters; plans and specifications; approval; disposal wells; notice and hearing; judicial review; eminent domain.
- 55-1004. Unlawful to dispose of certain waste in oil-field disposal wells at excessive pressures; penalties.
- 55-1005. Disposal wells for salt brines and other oil field wastes; minimum depth; penalty.
- 55-1006
- 55-1007. Same; injunctions, when.
- Article 11 LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
- Article 12 UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF NATURAL GAS
- 55-1201. Definitions.
- 55-1202. Public interest and welfare.
- 55-1203. Appropriation of certain property.
- 55-1204. Underground storage of natural gas; certificate of commission; notice and hearing; assessment of costs; disposition of moneys.
- 55-1205. Eminent domain procedure.
- 55-1206
- 55-1207. Leasing of state-owned lands for underground storage of natural gas; conditions.
- 55-1208. Abandonment of underground natural gas storage facility; notification; hearings by corporation commission.
- 55-1209. Plat map of location of underground natural gas facility required.
- 55-1210. Property rights to injected natural gas established.
- Article 13 UNITIZATION
- 55-1301. Additional powers and duties of the state corporation commission.
- 55-1302. Definitions.
- 55-1303. Requisites of application; hearings.
- 55-1304. Matters to be found by the commission precedent to issuance of unitization order; hearings.
- 55-1305. Commission orders.
- 55-1306. Unit operations.
- 55-1307. Enlargement of area and creation of new units.
- 55-1308. Existing rights, rights in unleased land, and royalties and lease burdens.
- 55-1309. Employment of consultant to advise commission.
- 55-1310. Procedures on unit operation plans; application of laws; notices; hearings, place of; publication of notice of applications and hearings; cost.
- 55-1311. Agreements not violative of laws governing monopolies or restraint of trade.
- 55-1312. Rendition for taxation of property used by unit; assessment and taxation.
- 55-1313. Certificates to be recorded.
- 55-1314. Act supplemental.
- 55-1315. Invalidity of part.
- 55-1316. Definition of "pool"; legislative intent.
- 55-1317. Unitization without KCC order, when.
- Article 14 PRICING OF NATURAL GAS
- 55-1401. Citation of act.
- 55-1402. Definitions.
- 55-1403. Applicability of act to natural gas purchase contracts.
- 55-1404. Effect of indefinite price escalator clauses of certain natural gas purchase contracts on price of natural gas.
- 55-1405. Same; limited effect of indefinite escalator clauses; price calculated monthly; exceptions.
- 55-1406. Same; effect of indefinite price escalator clauses on gas produced from new wells or reservoirs and stripper wells; price calculated monthly; category determinations.
- 55-1407. Recovery of production and conservation fees and taxes.
- 55-1408. Voluntary renegotiation of price provisions.
- 55-1409. Enforcement of act by commission; rules and regulations.
- 55-1410. Judicial review of commission's actions.
- 55-1411. Price limitations to terminate December 31, 1984; reports by commission; end-use allocation by commission, when.
- 55-1412. Credit of gross profits of emergency or spot sales of natural gas in interstate commerce to customers; duties of commission.
- 55-1413. Certain natural gas distributors to apportion the savings accrued from the operation of this act to its customers.
- 55-1414. Profits of pipelines from certain natural gas sales apportioned to customers.
- 55-1415. Invalidity of part.
- 55-1416 to 55-1423
- 55-1424. Natural gas purchase contracts; definitions.
- 55-1425. Same; provision preventing certain taxes from inclusion in purchase price prohibited.
- 55-1426. Same; production taxes allowed in purchase price, when; taxes included deemed approved for purpose of purchased gas cost adjustments.
- 55-1427. Same; act not applicable to direct purchases for irrigation purposes.
- Article 15 REGULATIONS CONCERNING FIELD EQUIPMENT, CRUDE OIL AND RELATED PRODUCTS
- 55-1501. Definitions.
- 55-1502. Equipment dealers; records required; penalties for violations.
- 55-1503. Carriers required to permit inspection of cargo; penalties for violations.
- 55-1504. Person possessing crude oil; documentation required; penalties for violations.
- 55-1505. Tampering with field equipment identification; penalties for violations.
- Article 16 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- 55-1601. Lapsing and reversion of mineral interests; definition.
- 55-1602. Same; lapse and reversion, when.
- 55-1603. Same; use of mineral interest defined.
- 55-1604. Same; statement of claim, contents; filing, when and where; effect of failure to file.
- 55-1605. Same; notice of lapse by succeeding owner; contents; prima facie evidence, when.
- 55-1606. Same; recordation by register of deeds of statement of claim or proof of notice.
- 55-1607. Same; waiver of law prohibited.
- 55-1608, 55-1609. Reserved.
- 55-1610. Development of minerals within city; definitions.
- 55-1611. Same; authorizing ordinance, requirements.
- 55-1612. Same; protective ordinances permitted, when.
- 55-1613. Same; act not applicable to certain drilling units.
- 55-1614. Interest payments on payments from oil or gas production; definitions.
- 55-1615. Same; interest on certain payments required; commencement and amount of payments; exception.
- 55-1616. Same; force and effect of waivers.
- 55-1617. Same; jurisdiction of court to settle disputes; attorney fees.
- 55-1618. Same; nonapplicability to certain interest payments.
- 55-1619. Same; rights of payee not limited or impaired.
- 55-1620. Oil and gas payments to interest owners; information required to be included.
- 55-1621. Same; contractual obligations or rights not affected.
- 55-1622. Oil and gas payments to interest owners; specific listing of information; when.
- 55-1622a. Annual notice to royalty interest owners, required contents.
- 55-1622b. Failure to provide required information; mediation; civil action.
- 55-1623. Oil and gas regulation by commission; penalties, procedures.
- 55-1624. FERC-ordered refunds of tax reimbursements; recovery.
- 55-1625. Citation of act.
- 55-1626. Definitions.
- 55-1627. Kansas oil and gas resources board; purpose; membership; officers.
- 55-1628. Same; powers and duties.
- 55-1629. Same; meetings; director.
- 55-1630. Same; assessments on production of oil and gas; oil and gas resources fund.
- 55-1631. Assessments; amount, collection and payment; assessments voluntary and refundable to interest owner.
- 55-1632. Same; refunds, request procedure.
- 55-1633. Oil and gas resources fund; interest; use.
- 55-1634. National or regional assessment; use of portion of state assessment in lieu of, when.
- 55-1635. Effect of act; severability.
- 55-1636. Carbon dioxide reduction act.
- 55-1637. Same; definitions; commission powers.
- 55-1638. Same; carbon dioxide injection well and underground storage fund.
- 55-1639. Same; Violations, penalties; commission authority.
- 55-1640. Same; commission ingress and egress for investigation and enforcement.
- Article 17 TASK FORCE ON GAS GATHERING
- Article 18 PROPANE
- 55-1801. Citation of act.
- 55-1802. Definitions.
- 55-1803. Creation of council; membership; chairperson and committees; employees; duties.
- 55-1804. Assessment on odorized propane; method; payment to council; investment of funds; failure to pay.
- 55-1805. Expenditure of moneys collected by council, limitations.
- 55-1806. Act does not preempt other propane safety or education programs.
- 55-1807. Citation of act; establishment of programs for regulation and licensing; definitions.
- 55-1808. Application of act.
- 55-1809. Damages; comparative negligence and liability.
- 55-1810. Liquefied petroleum gas facilities; application and plan; review by state fire marshal.
- 55-1811. Liquefied petroleum gas advisory board; composition and functions.
- 55-1812. Licensure; training, inspection and safety regulation; fees; exemption; violations; penalties.
- 55-1813. State fire marshal liquefied petroleum gas fee fund; creation.