353.010 Definitions for chapter

353.010 Definitions for chapter.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Active mining area" means the area within two hundred (200) feet surrounding

current mine works under development, inclusive of the area of five (5) year

projections, as indicated on the annually filed mine license map.

(2) "Barrel" or "barrel of oil" means forty-two (42) standard United States liquid

measure gallons of two hundred thirty-one (231) cubic inches per gallon, computed

at a temperature of sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit.

(3) "Casing" means a string or strings of pipe commonly placed in wells drilled for

natural gas and petroleum.

(4) "Cement" means hydraulic cement properly mixed with water only.

(5) "Coal operator" means any person who proposes to or does operate a coal mine.

(6) "Cubic feet of gas" means the volume of gas contained in one (1) cubic foot of

space at a standard pressure base of fourteen and seventy-three hundredths (14.73)

pounds per square inch and a temperature base of sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit.

(7) "Department" means the Department for Natural Resources.

(8) "Directional survey" means a survey performed while drilling using continuous

measuring technology, a survey made through drilling tools, or other surveys at such

intervals to accurately determine the location of the deviated wellbore.

(9) "Gas" means natural gas.

(10) "Gas well" means any well which:

(a) Produces natural gas not associated or blended with crude petroleum oil any

time during production; or

(b) Produces more than ten thousand (10,000) cubic feet of natural gas to each

barrel of crude petroleum oil from the same producing horizon.

(11) "Inclination survey" means a survey performed to measure deviation from the true

vertical, irrespective of direction, expressed in degrees.

(12) "NAD 83" means the North American Datum, 1983 version, using feet units.

(13) "Oil" means petroleum.

(14) "Oil well" means any well which produces one (1) barrel or more of oil to each ten

thousand (10,000) cubic feet of natural gas.

(15) "Plat" means a map, drawing, or print showing the location of a well.

(16) "Single Zone Projection" means the Kentucky Single Zone State Plane Coordinate

System of 1983, based on Lambert Conformal Conic map projection with double

standard parallels on the North American Datum, 1983 version, as established in 10

KAR 5:010.

(17) "True vertical" means the orientation of the well at ninety degrees (90°) from the

horizontal plane at the surface elevation.

(18) "Unit" means any tract or tracts which the department has determined is underlaid

by a pool or pools of oil and associated gas, and is not a "drilling unit" as defined in

KRS 353.510(19).

(19) "Well" means a borehole drilled or proposed to be drilled for the purpose of

producing natural gas or petroleum, or one through which natural gas or petroleum

is being produced.

(20) "Well operator" means any person who proposes to or does locate, drill, operate, or

abandon any well.

(21) "Workable bed" means:

(a) A coal bed actually being operated commercially;

(b) A coal bed that the department decides can be operated commercially and the

operation of which can reasonably be expected to commence within not more

than ten (10) years; or

(c) Any coal bed that, from outcrop indication or other definite evidence, proves

to the satisfaction of the department to be workable and, when operated, will

require protection if wells are drilled through it.