{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-353.550","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 353.550","heading":"Specific authority over oil and gas operators.","body":"Without limiting its general authority, the department shall have the specific authority to\nrequire of and from all operators of any oil or gas property in this Commonwealth:\n(1) Identification of producing leases, submitted on the form on which production  is\nrequired by the department to be reported;\n(2) The making of driller's logs, and filing of all logs and downhole surveys made;\n(3) The drilling, casing, operation, and plugging of wells in such manner as to prevent:\n(a) The escape of oil or gas from on e pool into another, or into mineral bearing\nstratum;\n(b) The detrimental intrusion of water into an oil or gas pool or into mineral -\nbearing stratum that is avoidable by efficient operations; and\n(c) Blowouts, cavings, seepages, and fires;\n(4) The filing o f the reports and plats with the department for transmittal to the\nKentucky Geological Survey as may be prescribed by rules and regulations\npromulgated hereunder. All such reports and plats shall be transmitted by the\ndepartment to the Kentucky Geological Survey within thirty (30) days after receipt\nthereof by the department.","path":["KRS Chapter 353"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=33109","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:39Z","sha256":"f65e220ea73de726179cfdf67443de26259612ae8ba4e4e215a75f23185b4a61","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-353.540","next":"us-ky/krs-353.560"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}