Printable Format55-601. Waste prohibited. The production of crude oil or petroleum in the state of Kansas in such manner and under such conditions as to constitute waste is hereby prohibited and shall be unlawful.
History: L. 1931, ch. 226, ยง 1; May 28.
Law Review and Bar Journal References:
Application of section to compulsory pooling and unitization discussed, James M. Whittier, 15 K.L.R. 307, 320 (1967).
"Sustaining the Unsustainable: Oil and Gas Development in the 21 st Century," David E. Pierce, 23 Kan. J. L. & Pub. Pol'y, No. 3, 362 (Spring 2014).
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. History of act and effect of amendments discussed. Continental Investment Corp. v. State Corporation Comm., 156 K. 858, 859, 137 P.2d 166.
2. Commission may fix state-wide minimum allowable production exceeding 15 barrels per well, when; statute construed. Aylward Production Corp. v. Corporation Commission, 162 K. 428, 430, 433, 443, 176 P.2d 861.
3. Section applies only to production, not to sales or transportation. State, ex rel., v. Sinclair Pipe Line Co., 180 K. 425, 437, 438, 304 P.2d 930.
4. Corporation commission's authorization to repressure oil wells; findings based on evidence. Jackson v. State Corporation Commission, 186 K. 6, 7, 9, 348 P.2d 613.
5. Purpose of act; proration defined; implied covenants of oil lease not affected by commission's orders; proration does not affect lessor's duty to drill wells to prevent drainage. Renner v. Monsanto Chemical Co., 187 K. 158, 161, 169, 170, 354 P.2d 326.
6. Act cited and construction thereof discussed in construing Natural Gas Act (55-703 et seq.); (dissenting opinion). Northern Natural Gas Co. v. State Corporation Commission, 188 K. 355, 367, 368, 362 P.2d 599. Rehearing denied. 188 K. 624, 364 P.2d 668.
7. Jurisdiction of corporation commission; sale of part of interstate pipe line; requiring oil company to continue to buy oil. Sinclair Pipe Line Company v. Snyder, 147 F.Supp. 632, 635.
8. Discussed; corporation commission empowered to make and enforce rules, regulations and orders to make act effective. Cities Service Gas Co. v. State Corporation Commission, 192 K. 707, 711, 391 P.2d 74.
9. Applied; corporation commission rule (82-2-125) valid; denial of exemption not arbitrary; no denial of due process. Hartman v. State Corporation Commission, 215 K. 758, 767, 529 P.2d 134.
10. Alternative decree in action for partial cancellation of oil and gas lease was reasonable and supported by evidence. Rush v. King Oil Co., 220 K. 616, 626, 627, 556 P.2d 431.
11. Act mentioned; order of commission not an absolute defense to suit to enforce terms of lease. Mobil Oil Corp. v. Kansas Corporation Commission, 227 K. 594, 607, 612, 608 P.2d 1325.
12. Cited; amending underages, additional production to protect correlative rights, authority under 55-703. Northwest Cent. Pipeline Corp. v. Kansas Corp. Comm'n, 237 K. 248, 257, 699 P.2d 1002 (1985).