KRS 353.550: Specific authority over oil and gas operators.

Without limiting its general authority, the department shall have the specific authority to

require of and from all operators of any oil or gas property in this Commonwealth:

(1) Identification of producing leases, submitted on the form on which production is

required by the department to be reported;

(2) The making of driller's logs, and filing of all logs and downhole surveys made;

(3) The drilling, casing, operation, and plugging of wells in such manner as to prevent:

(a) The escape of oil or gas from on e pool into another, or into mineral bearing

stratum;

(b) The detrimental intrusion of water into an oil or gas pool or into mineral -

bearing stratum that is avoidable by efficient operations; and

(c) Blowouts, cavings, seepages, and fires;

(4) The filing o f the reports and plats with the department for transmittal to the

Kentucky Geological Survey as may be prescribed by rules and regulations

promulgated hereunder. All such reports and plats shall be transmitted by the

department to the Kentucky Geological Survey within thirty (30) days after receipt

thereof by the department.