Kentucky Statutes 353.660 – Report required after termination of operations — Contents — Confidentiality of information
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(1) Any person to whom a permit is issued pursuant to KRS § 353.500 to KRS § 353.720 shall file, within ninety (90) days after termination of operations conducted under the permit, with the department for transmittal to the Kentucky Geological Survey on forms to be furnished by the department the following information relating to the well:
(a) A copy of the driller’s log certified to be true and accurate;
(b) The depth and thickness of all water zones encountered and logged; (c) The depth of all showings of oil or gas;
(d) The depth and thickness of all coal seams encountered; and
(e) A true copy of all electrical surveys and similar logs and surveys taken. If the person to whom the permit is issued obtains a copy of the electrical survey or similar log or survey in electronic form, the operator shall submit the electrical survey or similar log in electronic form if requested by the department.
(2) Upon request by the department, any person to whom a permit is issued shall save for the Kentucky Geological Survey samples of all cuttings from the well drilled or deepened pursuant to the permit for a period of ninety (90) days after completion thereof.
(3) Upon request by any person furnishing information under this section, the information shall be kept confidential, for a period of one (1) year after the information is furnished by such person.
(4) (a) Upon request by any person applying for a permit for a stratigraphic test well, the division shall grant a three (3) year period of confidentiality for all drilling records required by this section from the date of completion of drilling the well.
(b) Well records, surveys, and logs conducted on stratigraphic wells which are subsequently granted an oil or gas production permit shall comply with the confidentiality requirements in subsection (3) of this section.
Effective: July 15, 2016
History: Amended 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 40, sec. 4, effective July 15, 2016. — Amended
2003 Ky. Acts ch. 150, sec. 15, effective June 24, 2003. — Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 147, sec. 4. — Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 103, sec. 18.
(a) A copy of the driller’s log certified to be true and accurate;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 353.660
- Department: means the Department for Natural Resources. See Kentucky Statutes 353.010
- Gas: means natural gas. See Kentucky Statutes 353.010
- Oil: means petroleum. See Kentucky Statutes 353.010
- Well: means a borehole drilled or proposed to be drilled for the purpose of producing natural gas or petroleum, or one through which natural gas or petroleum is being produced. See Kentucky Statutes 353.010
- Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(b) The depth and thickness of all water zones encountered and logged; (c) The depth of all showings of oil or gas;
(d) The depth and thickness of all coal seams encountered; and
(e) A true copy of all electrical surveys and similar logs and surveys taken. If the person to whom the permit is issued obtains a copy of the electrical survey or similar log or survey in electronic form, the operator shall submit the electrical survey or similar log in electronic form if requested by the department.
(2) Upon request by the department, any person to whom a permit is issued shall save for the Kentucky Geological Survey samples of all cuttings from the well drilled or deepened pursuant to the permit for a period of ninety (90) days after completion thereof.
(3) Upon request by any person furnishing information under this section, the information shall be kept confidential, for a period of one (1) year after the information is furnished by such person.
(4) (a) Upon request by any person applying for a permit for a stratigraphic test well, the division shall grant a three (3) year period of confidentiality for all drilling records required by this section from the date of completion of drilling the well.
(b) Well records, surveys, and logs conducted on stratigraphic wells which are subsequently granted an oil or gas production permit shall comply with the confidentiality requirements in subsection (3) of this section.
Effective: July 15, 2016
History: Amended 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 40, sec. 4, effective July 15, 2016. — Amended
2003 Ky. Acts ch. 150, sec. 15, effective June 24, 2003. — Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 147, sec. 4. — Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 103, sec. 18.