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K.S.A. § 55-705b (2026)

Natural gas well allowable grants; procedure

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55-705b. Natural gas well allowable grants; procedure. An allowable may be granted by the commission for any gas well in such a manner and under such conditions as shall be prescribed by the commission in a basic proration order adopted for a common source of supply or otherwise by any rule and regulation, order or decision of the commission under the provisions of this act.

History: L. 1945, ch. 233, § 7; L. 1994, ch. 98, § 1; July 1.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Allowable order ineffective as to landowner not notified by mail of hearing. Day v. State Corporation Commission, 185 Kan. 165, 167, 341 P.2d 1028. Modified on rehearing: 185 Kan. 382, 345 P.2d 651.

2. Mentioned; commission may include a 4/7 mineral interest in a unit; does not constitute forced unitization of remaining interest. Mobil Oil Corp. v. Kansas Corporation Commission, 227 Kan. 594, 605, 608 P.2d 1325.

3. Cited; KCC order amending basic proration order for Kansas Hugoton gas field to allow infill drilling examined. Southwest Kan. Royalty Owners Ass'n v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n, 244 Kan. 157, 180, 769 P.2d 1 (1989).


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Cited in 2 cases, 1980–1989 · leading case: Sw. Kansas Royalty Owners Ass'n v. State Corp. Comm'n, 769 P.2d 1 (Kan. 1989).
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Sw. Kansas Royalty Owners Ass'n v. State Corp. Comm'n, 769 P.2d 1 (Kan. 1989). “204 (1988) to process each infill well application on a well-by-well basis, K.S.A. 55-705b; K.A.R. 82-3-300; and each applicant is required to send notice to its purchasers pursuant to 18 C.”
Mobil Oil Corp. v. Kansas Corp. Comm'n, 608 P.2d 1325 (Kan. 1980). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 55-705b requires any application for an allowable to specify the "location of the well and the description of the acreage attributable thereto, the common source of supply .”
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