Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXVIII. Mines and Minerals § 353.520.Territorial application of KRS 353.500 to 353.720; waste of oil and gas prohibited

(a) The locating, drilling, equipping, operating or producing of any oil or gas well, or wells drilled, deepened, or reopened in a manner that causes, or tends to cause, a reduction in the quantity of oil or gas ultimately recoverable from a pool under prudent and proper operations, or contrary to any provision of, or any order, rule or regulation promulgated or issued under KRS 353.500 to 353.720;

(b) Permitting the migration of oil, gas or water from the stratum in which it is found into other strata, thereby ultimately resulting in the loss of recoverable oil or gas, or both;

(c) The drowning with water of any stratum or part thereof capable of producing oil or gas in paying quantities, except for secondary recovery purposes, or in hydraulic fracturing or other completion practices;

(d) The unreasonable damage to underground, fresh or mineral water supply, workable coal seams, or other mineral deposits in the operations for the discovery, development, production or handling of oil and gas;

(e) The unnecessary or excessive loss of oil and gas by spillage or venting or destruction of oil or gas or their constituents; and

(f) The drilling of more wells than are reasonably required to recover efficiently the maximum amount of oil and gas from a pool.