MINERAL CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
KRS tit. XXVIII, ch. 353
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section353.010. Definitions for chaptersection353.020. Oil and gas lease or contract, when lessor may avoidsection353.030. Nonproductive well, when lease or contract satisfied bysection353.040. When offset wells to be drilledsection353.050. Plat, showing well, to be filed if well is to extend through coal-bearing strata -- Copies to certain personssection353.060. Petition to object to location of well -- Notice -- Hearing -- Drilling permitsection353.070. Index of plats -- Agreement permitting well operator to select locationsection353.080. Drilling through coal bedsection353.090. Gas found beneath or between coal bedssection353.100. Casings to remain in place during life of productive wellsection353.110. Abandonment of well drilled through coal strata -- Plugging of wellsection353.120. Method of plugging well drilled through coal-bearing stratasection353.130. Alternative methods that may be used when strata shotsection353.140. Gas escape pipe, when to be usedsection353.150. Unused oil, gas or salt water well to be closed to prevent wastesection353.160. Gas waste to be prevented -- Presumption of negligencesection353.170. Putting pressure on strata -- Wells may remain open if conforming to Federal Safe Drinking Water Actsection353.180. Requirements for plugging abandoned well -- Bids -- Remedy for possessor of adjacent land or for departmentsection353.190. Salt and saltpetre works to be inclosed -- Liabilitysection353.200. Department for Natural Resources to enforce oil and gas law -- Complaints -- Hearings -- Final order of secretarysection353.205. Department to release production data on crude oil and natural gassection353.210. Agreement consolidating oil and gas leases may be executed by trustee representing contingent future interestssection353.220. Nature of agreementsection353.230. Petition for court approval -- Affidavits -- Guardian ad litem -- Order of approvalsection353.240. Agreement consolidating oil and gas leases may be executed by guardiansection353.250. Nature of agreementsection353.260. Petition for court approval -- Affidavits -- Guardian ad litem -- Order of approvalsection353.270. Repealed, 1986section353.280. Repealed, 1986section353.290. Repealed, 1986 Catchline at repeal: Petition for court approval -- Affidavits -- Guardian ad litem -- Order of approvalsection353.300. Appointment of trustee to execute mineral lease where contingent future interests are involvedsection353.310. Jurisdiction of courtsection353.320. Who may institute proceedingssection353.330. Parties -- Representation of minors, mentally disabled, and persons not in beingsection353.340. Alignment of parties -- Processsection353.350. Bond of trustee -- Terms of sale of leasesection353.360. Execution of sale of lease -- Report -- Confirmationsection353.370. Separate lease by guardian or conservator unnecessarysection353.380. Disposition of proceedssection353.400. Legislative declarations concerning availability and reliability of natural gas supplies -- Construction of KRS 353.400 to 353.410section353.402. Definitions for KRS 353.400 to 353.410section353.404. Creation of natural gas acquisition authority -- Components of agreement -- Public agency status -- Election of authority formation methodsection353.406. Powers of natural gas acquisition authority -- Scope of project capacitysection353.408. Issuance of bonds for benefit of authoritysection353.410. Gas sale contracts by gas acquisition authoritysection353.411. Purpose of KRS 353.411 to 353.459section353.413. Definitions for KRS 353.411 to 353.459section353.415. Carbon dioxide sequestration facility permit requirements -- Application of KRS 353.411 to 353.459section353.417. Application procedures -- Duties of cabinet -- Criteria -- Requirements -- Administrative regulationssection353.419. Application notice requirementssection353.421. Technical review of applications -- Duties of cabinetsection353.423. Required provisions of a permit -- Filing of permit and land survey with county clerksection353.425. Drilling permit requirements -- Administrative regulationssection353.427. Injected and sequestered carbon dioxide not to be considered a pollutant -- Facility not to be considered a public nuisance -- Authority and jurisdiction of cabinetsection353.429. Sequestration reservoirs -- Rights and duties of mineral owners, lessees, pore space owners, oil and gas operators, and sequestration operators -- Duties of cabinet -- Hearingsection353.431. Cooperative agreements with other states and governmental agenciessection353.433. Ownership and control of carbon dioxide -- Liabilitysection353.435. Completion certificate -- Procedures -- Public notice and hearing -- Defense, indemnification, and hold harmless of pore space or surface owner by Commonwealth -- Release of liability -- Filing of completion certificate and survey with county clerksection353.437. Carbon dioxide sequestration facility administrative fundsection353.439. Application, administrative, and completion certificate feessection353.441. Carbon dioxide sequestration facility trust fundsection353.443. Injection fees – Annual reportsection353.445. Certification of injected carbon dioxide -- Feesection353.447. Construction of KRS 353.411 to 353.459 in regards to common law rights and relationship of severed mineral estate and pore space ownersection353.449. Agreement of pore space owners -- Nonconsenting owners -- Inclusion of pore space by order of cabinet -- Pooling order -- Costs -- Hearing -- Seismic survey -- Liabilitysection353.451. Funds due to unknown or missing pore space ownerssection353.453. Severabilitysection353.455. Noncompliance with, or failure to abate violations of, KRS 353.411 to 353.459 -- Penalties -- Orders -- Actions -- Venuesection353.459. Authority of cabinet to seek federal approval of regulatory program and responsibility for underground injection control -- Administrative regulations -- Requirementssection353.460. Definitionssection353.462. Jurisdiction in Circuit Courtsection353.464. When court may declare trust and appoint trustee -- Persons authorized to institute proceedingssection353.466. Persons to be joined as defendants -- Verified petition showing effort to locate owners -- Advertisement and lis pendens notice, contents -- Trustee ad litemsection353.468. If advantageous to unknown or missing owner, court may declare trust -- Bond of trustee -- Sale of lease -- Trustee's report -- When court not to authorize trustee's lease -- Trustee to use percentage of funds to search for owner -- Period during which unknown or missing owner may establish identity and titlesection353.470. When trustee may convey title in mineral interest to surface owner -- Payment to surface owner -- Final report of trustee -- Termination of trustsection353.472. Payment to surface owner when leased mineral never produced commerciallysection353.474. Payment of attorneys' fees, expenses, and court costssection353.476. When action by unknown or missing owner is barredsection353.500. Declaration of policy of KRS 353.500 to 353.720section353.510. Definitions for KRS 353.500 to 353.720section353.520. Territorial application of KRS 353.500 to 353.720 -- Waste of oil and gas prohibitedsection353.530. Director of Division of Oil and Gas -- Qualifications -- Duties -- Oathsection353.540. Authority of department -- Jurisdictionsection353.550. Specific authority over oil and gas operatorssection353.560. Further authoritysection353.561. Determination of abandoned storage tank facility -- Restorative and preventive actionssection353.562. Kentucky Abandoned Storage Tank and Orphan Well Reclamation Program -- Kentucky abandoned storage tank and orphan well reclamation fund -- Use of funds received from federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act -- Initial grants -- Grant typessection353.563. Cabinet's authority to enter property for removal or reclamation of abandoned storage tank facility or improperly abandoned wellsection353.564. When owner or prior owner deemed to have waived certain rights -- Cabinet's authority to recover actual and necessary expenses incurred in implementing KRS 353.561 to 353.564 -- Cabinet's powers when seeking cost- efficiency or public benefit -- Administrative regulationssection353.565. Kentucky Oil and Gas Conservation Commissionsection353.570. Permit required -- Department may authorize operation prior to issuance of permitsection353.572. Eligibility requirements for permit issuance or transfer under this chapter -- When operator ineligible to receive a permit or become a successor operator, factors considered -- Energy and Environment Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations relating to compliance with eligibility requirements -- Restoration of eligibility for applicants, operators, and control personssection353.575. Duty of applicant to meet and confer with permittee if drilling will disturb permitted areasection353.580. Expiration of permit -- Extensionssection353.588. Investigation of abandoned wells -- Application -- Report -- Bondsection353.590. Application for permit -- Fees-- Plat -- Plugging and restoration bonds -- Blanket bonds -- Corporate guarantee -- Use of forfeited funds -- Oil and gas well plugging fund -- Well closure orders -- Requirements for permitted stratigraphic test wells -- Wells not included in "water supply well" -- Review under KRS 353.700section353.591. Purpose and application of KRS 353.592 and 353.593section353.592. Powers of the departmentsection353.593. Appeals to Office of Administrative Hearingssection353.595. Notice to surface owner of intent to drill oil or gas well -- Compensation for damage to surface -- Restoration of surfacesection353.597. Replacement of disrupted water supply by well operatorsection353.600. Repealed, 1992section353.610. Conditions under which permits may be issued -- Exceptionssection353.620. Variance from requirements of KRS 353.610 -- Review under KRS 353.700section353.630. Pooling of oil and gas interests -- Conditions -- Review under KRS 353.700section353.640. Pooling order -- Notice -- Provisions -- Surrender or sharing of interest -- Limited participation -- Review under KRS 353.700section353.645. Operation and development as a unit of oil and gas interests in a pool or pools -- Application for unit -- Hearing -- Unitization order -- Review under KRS 353.700section353.650. Exclusion of royalty interest in computing share of production -- Limitationsection353.651. Vertical and horizontal deep wells -- Establishment and regulation of drilling units -- Pooling of interests -- Exceptionssection353.652. Unit operation of pool -- Proceduresection353.653. Share of production from drilling unit or unitized poolsection353.654. Drilling without consent of landowner prohibitedsection353.655. Use of shackle rods or related cables prohibitedsection353.656. Display of danger signs on oil storage facilitiessection353.660. Report required after termination of operations -- Contents -- Confidentiality of informationsection353.670. Promulgation of regulations -- Hearing -- Written record of hearingsection353.680. Repealed, 1996section353.690. Production of evidence -- Failure to complysection353.700. Administrative review of final determination or order of department -- Petition -- Notice -- Hearing -- Report and recommended order of hearing officer -- Final order of secretary -- Judicial reviewsection353.710. Suit to enjoin violation -- By department, person adversely affected, Attorney Generalsection353.720. Construction of KRS 353.500 to 353.720section353.730. Renumbered as KRS 353.588section353.735. Public policy concerning underground coal mining adjacent to oil and gas exploration activitiessection353.737. Location of well drilled through workable coal bed to be providedsection353.739. Survey required for well drilled in an active mining area or through a workable coal bedsection353.741. Survey required when requested for well drilled outside an active mining areasection353.743. Copy of survey to be provided to Division of Oil and Gassection353.745. Location of well's gathering lines to be markedsection353.747. KRS 353.735 to 353.747 not to affect well spacing requirementssection353.750. Definitions for KRS 353.750 to 353.776section353.752. Kentucky Gas Pipeline Authority established -- Membershipsection353.754. Procedure and organization -- Regulationssection353.756. Purpose of authority -- Powers of the authoritysection353.758. Issuance of revenue bonds -- Proceeds of bonds -- Notes or temporary bondssection353.760. Bonds of authority not debts of Commonwealthsection353.762. Discretionary securing of bonds by trust indenturessection353.764. Enforcement of rights by bond holder or trustee of trust indenturesection353.766. Status of authority bonds as securitiessection353.768. Issuance of revenue refunding bondssection353.770. Treatment of moneys receivedsection353.772. Exemptions from taxationsection353.774. KRS 45A.045 not applicable to authority projectssection353.776. Reporting of activitiessection353.800. Repealed, 2026section353.802. Repealed, 2026section353.804. Repealed, 2026section353.806. Repealed, 2026section353.808. Repealed, 2026section353.810. Repealed, 2026section353.812. Repealed, 2026section353.990. Penaltiessection353.991. Penalties for violation of KRS 353.500 to 353.720 and 353.735 to 353.747section353.992. Penaltiessection353.5901. Operations and reclamation plan -- Contents, distribution, and agreement or mediation -- Mediation report -- Review under KRS 353.700section353.6601. Advance notice to surface owner located within 1,000 feet of high-volume horizontal fracturing treatment of a horizontal wellsection353.6602. Baseline water quality testing required prior to commencement of a high- volume horizontal fracturing treatment on a deep horizontal wellsection353.6603. Completion of chemical disclosure registry formsection353.6604. Confidentiality of trade secrets -- When disclosure is requiredsection353.6605. Disclosure of trade secret information to assist in responding to emergency spill or dischargesection353.6606. Treatment of trade secret information in response to open records request
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/chapter.aspx?id=38944Fetched: 10/20/2026