Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Each operator
drilling or responsible for drilling service wells or drilling or recompleting
holes for the purpose of the exploration or production of oil or gas, excluding
seismic shot holes, shall preserve and retain samples or drill cuttings, cores,
and all other information as required under subsection (d).
(b) All formation samples or drill cuttings
normally saved in drilling or recompletion operations and any cores taken shall
be retained by the operator for 120 days after the spudding of the well.
(c)
(1) Upon request of the Kansas geological
survey as specified in paragraph (c)(2), the samples shall be washed and cut
into splits or sets. One set shall be placed in labelled sample envelopes and
delivered, at the prepaid expense of the operator, to the Kansas geological
survey, sample library, Wichita, Kansas. Upon request of the Kansas geological
survey, all cores or core longitudinal sections not required by the operator
for well evaluation purposes shall be placed in stratigraphic sequence in
adequate boxes, labelled with the well name, location, and footage, and
delivered, at the prepaid expense of the operator, to the Kansas geological
survey, Lawrence, Kansas.
(2) The
operator shall be given notice that samples or cores are required by a notice
appended to or on a copy of the notice of intention to drill returned to the
operator by the conservation division or the Kansas geological survey. Delivery
of the processed samples or cores shall be made within 120 days of the spud
date or date of commencement of recompletion of the well.
(3) If retention of the core is required by
the operator, designated Kansas geological survey staff members shall be
provided unrestricted access to the core at the operator's facility during the
operator's normal business hours. This access shall be subject to any
confidentiality requests made under subsection (e).
(4) Operators in physical possession of cores
requested by the Kansas geological survey shall not dispose of the cores
without permission of the Kansas geological survey.
(5) If the Kansas geological survey requests
samples from portions of the hole that are not normally saved in drilling
operations, the operator shall provide these samples. The sample library shall
accept all washed and cut samples whether or not they were requested.
(d)
(1) The following information shall be
delivered to the conservation division, within 120 days of the spud date or
date of commencement of recompletion of the well:
(A) A copy of the affidavit of completion;
(B) core analyses;
(C) final drill stem data elements;
(D) recorded drill stem fluid
recoveries and charts;
(E) final
electric logs;
(F) final
radioactivity logs;
(G) similar
wireline logs or surveys run by operators on all boreholes, excluding seismic
shot holes;
(H) final logs run to
obtain geophysical data;
(I)
geological well reports; and
(J)
if available, final electronic log files in a data format and medium approved
by the director, including the following:
(i)
A log American standard code for information interchange standard (LAS) file,
using version 2.0 or a newer version; and
(ii) an image file.
If electronic log files are available, these files shall be
delivered to the conservation division in lieu of the paper logs required by
this regulation.
(2) For good cause shown, an extension of 60
days may be granted by the supervisor of the production department or the
supervisor's designated agent for the submission of the required information.
The request for extension shall be submitted in writing and received before the
expiration of the 120-day period.
(3) The conservation division shall deposit
the information with the Kansas geological survey.
(4) Failure to deliver the information to the
conservation division shall be punishable by a $500 penalty and operator
license review.
(e)
(1) If a written request for confidentiality
is made to the conservation division within 120 days of the spud date or the
date of commencement of recompletion of the well, all information, samples, or
cores filed as required in subsections (c) or (d) shall be held in confidential
custody for an initial period of one year from the written request.
(2) All rights to confidentiality shall be
lost if the filings are not timely, as provided in subsections (c) and (d), or
if the request for confidentiality is not timely, as provided in paragraph
(e)(1).
(3) Samples, cores, or
information may be released before the expiration of the one-year period only
upon written approval of the operator.
(4) If a request for an extension is made at
least 30 days before the expiration of the initial one-year period, the period
of confidentiality may be extended for one additional year.
(f) Each wire line service company
shall furnish to the conservation division, on a form prescribed by the
commission, a list of all logging services performed on each hole serviced in
the state of Kansas each month by the twentieth day of the month following the
month in which the services were performed. Failure to submit or timely submit
the list shall be punishable by a $250 penalty.
