# KRS § 353.040: 353.040 When offset wells to be drilled

> Kentucky · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C353_S353.040

## Section

- **Citation:** KRS § 353.040
- **Heading:** 353.040 When offset wells to be drilled
- **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** KY Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 353 / Section 353.040

## Text

353.040 When offset wells to be drilled.

When oil or gas is discovered in paying quantities on property adjoining a leasehold and

the oil or gas from the adjoining property is being taken out of the ground and marketed

from one or more wells located on such adjoining property within two hundred (200) feet

of the boundary line of the leasehold, and the lessor gives the lessee written notice that oil

or gas from such well or wells is being marketed, the lessee shall, within three (3) months

after receipt of the notice, begin to drill an offset well to each such well, except that the

offset wells need not be less than five hundred (500) feet from each other. If the lessee

fails to commence and complete the offset wells with diligence, the lease shall

automatically expire and be void. This section does not apply to a lease that is being

operated or on which a well is being drilled.

## 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)

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