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Kansas Corporation Commission Grants Exception for Inactive Oil Well
February 05, 2025
TOPEKA, Kansas, Feb. 5 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) has granted Merit Energy Company, LLC an exception to the 10-year time limitation for temporary abandonment (TA) status for its Alexander 2-33 oil well in Haskell County. The decision, issued in Docket No. 25-CONS-3209-CEXC, allows the well to remain inactive for an extended period.

Kansas regulations (K.A.R. 82-3-111) require wells inactive for more than 90 days, or in some cases 364 days, to be either plugged or app . . .

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