Ky. Rev. Stat. § 349.075

Current through 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 225
Section 349.075 - Spacing requirements for vertical and horizontal coalbed methane wells

Except as provided in KRS 349.070, or pursuant to voluntary pooling, no permit shall be issued for a coalbed methane well unless the proposed location of a vertical well shall be at least seven hundred fifty (750) feet horizontally from the nearest mineral boundary upon which the well is to be drilled and the proposed location shall be at least one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet horizontally from the nearest coalbed methane well, unless the department orders that a different spacing distance shall apply. Spacing distances for coalbed methane horizontal wells shall be separately established by the department pursuant to this chapter.

KRS 349.075

Effective:7/13/2004
Created 2004, Ky. Acts ch. 65, sec. 15, effective7/13/2004.