Kansas Statutes 55-1303. Requisites of application; hearings
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 55-1303
- Allegation: something that someone says happened.
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Pool: means an underground accumulation of oil and gas in one or more natural reservoirs in communication so as to constitute a single pressure system so that production from one part of the pool affects the pressure throughout its extent. See Kansas Statutes 55-1302
- Working interest owner: means the owner of tracts or interests who, in the absence of a unitization order, would have the right to drill and operate a well or wells on the separately owned tracts comprising a unit. See Kansas Statutes 55-1302
Any working interest owner may file an application with the commission requesting an order for the unit operation of a pool or part thereof. The application shall contain: (a) A description of the land and pool or part thereof to be so operated, termed the unit area;
(b) a statement of the type of operations contemplated for the unit area;
(c) a copy of a proposed plan of unitization which the applicant considers fair, reasonable and equitable;
(d) a copy of a proposed operating plan covering the manner in which the unit will be supervised and managed and costs allocated and paid;
(e) an allegation of the facts required to be found by the commission under Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 55-1304 and amendments thereto.
Upon filing of an application for an order providing for the unit operation of a pool or part thereof, the commission shall conduct a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.