Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 55-703a (2026)

Well spacing and orderly development

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55-703a. Well spacing and orderly development. The drilling and completion of a gas well shall not of itself entitle said well to an allowable for production; and the commission may, in its discretion, provide for well spacing in any such common source of supply and provide for the orderly development thereof.

History: L. 1945, ch. 233, § 4; March 24.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1988–1989 · leading case: Zinke & Trumbo, Ltd. v. Kansas Corp. Comm'n, 749 P.2d 21 (Kan. 1988).

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Zinke & Trumbo, Ltd. v. Kansas Corp. Comm'n, 749 P.2d 21 (Kan. 1988). “K.S.A. 55-703a authorizes the KCC to regulate well spacing in “any such common source of supply and provide for the orderly development thereof.”

Sw. Kansas Royalty Owners Ass'n v. State Corp. Comm'n, 769 P.2d 1 (Kan. 1989). “55-703 and K.S.A. 55-703a. Cities Service alleged the latest engineering and geological evidence demonstrated that the one well allowed in each B.”

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