# KRS § 353.010: 353.010 Definitions for chapter > Kentucky · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.010 ## Section - **Citation:** KRS § 353.010 - **Heading:** 353.010 Definitions for chapter - **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KY Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 353 / Section 353.010 ## Text 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. ## Nearby sections - [KRS § 353.010 353.010 Definitions for chapter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.010.md) - [KRS § 353.020 353.020 Oil and gas lease or contract, when lessor may avoid](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.020.md) - [KRS § 353.030 353.030 Nonproductive well, when lease or contract satisfied by](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.030.md) - [KRS § 353.040 353.040 When offset wells to be drilled](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.040.md) - [KRS § 353.050 353.050 Plat, showing well, to be filed if well is to extend through coal-bearing strata -- Copies to certain persons](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.050.md) - [KRS § 353.060 353.060 Petition to object to location of well -- Notice -- Hearing -- Drilling permit](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.060.md) - [KRS § 353.070 353.070 Index of plats -- Agreement permitting well operator to select location](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.070.md) - [KRS § 353.080 353.080 Drilling through coal bed](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.080.md) - [KRS § 353.090 353.090 Gas found beneath or between coal beds](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.090.md) - [KRS § 353.100 353.100 Casings to remain in place during life of productive well](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.100.md) - [KRS § 353.110 353.110 Abandonment of well drilled through coal strata -- Plugging of well](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.110.md) - [KRS § 353.120 353.120 Method of plugging well drilled through coal-bearing strata](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.120.md) - [KRS § 353.130 353.130 Alternative methods that may be used when strata shot](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.130.md) - [KRS § 353.140 353.140 Gas escape pipe, when to be used](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.140.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.010. 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