BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN OPERATIONS IN THE "D" SAND OF THE CRIST FIELD, SEDGWICK AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES, COLORADO	) ) ) ) )	CAUSE NO. 101 ORDER NO. 101-1

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on March 19, 1957, at 10:00 a.m., in the Game Room of the Albany Hotel, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of the Texota Oil Company for an order from the Commission establishing 320-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas from the "D" sand in the Crist Field, Sedgwick and Phillips Counties, Colorado.

FINDINGS

The Commission finds as follows:

1.      That due notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing has been given in all respects as required by law.

2. That the Commission has jurisdiction over the subject matter embraced in said Notice, and of the parties interested therein, and jurisdiction to promulgate the hereinafter prescribed order.

3. That the "D" sand formation constitutes a common source of supply of gas underlying the following described lands in Sedgwick and Phillips Counties, Colorado, to-wit:

Township 9 North, Range 46 West, 6th P.M.

Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, 23 and 24

and is referred to as the Crist Field.

4.      That in order to prevent waste of oil and gas as defined in the Oil and Gas Conservation Act, and to prevent the drilling of unnecessary wells, it appears to the Commission from the geological and engineering data presently available, that an order should be made establishing Three Hundred Twenty (320) acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas from the "D" sand, common source of supply underlying said land, as defined herein; that said units should be Three Hundred Twenty (320) acre drilling and spacing units according to the governmental survey thereof, and that each such unit should be a normal half section, as herein described in the following order; and that the permitted well for each such drilling unit should be located not closer than Six Hundred Sixty (660) feet from any boundary line of each such drilling unit.

5.      That all available geological and engineering data presently available to the Commission concerning the said "D" sand formation in said Crist Field seems to indicate that one well will be able to efficiently and economically drain an area of approximately 320 acres as to gas; and that drilling and operating units of the size and shape herein described in the following order appear not to be smaller than the maximum area that can be efficiently drained by one gas well producing from said "D" sand, common source of supply.  This Finding is based on the present geological and engineering data available, and it is recognized that as the field becomes more developed, more complete data will be available to the Commission which could alter this Finding.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the following rules and regulations shall apply hereafter to a well drilled, completed or recompleted in the "D" sand formation underlying the Crist Field, herein defined, in addition to other applicable rules and regulations and orders of the Commission, if any, heretofore adopted and not in conflict herewith:

Rule 1.    Three Hundred Twenty (320) acre drilling and spacing units shall be, and the same are hereby established for the production of gas from the "D" sand formation, common source of supply underlying the following described lands in Sedgwick and Phillips Counties, Colorado, to-wit:

Sections Eleven (11), Twelve (12), Thirteen (13), Fourteen (14), Twenty-three (23) and Twenty-four (24), Township Nine (9) North, Range Forty-six (46) West, 6th P.M.,

and such area shall henceforth be known as the Crist Field.

Rule 2.    The following drilling and spacing units are hereby established for the production of gas from the "D" sand formation, common source of supply underlying the Crist Field, as defined in Rule 1 hereof:

West Half (W/2) of Section Eleven (11), Township Nine (9) North, Range Forty-six (46) West, Sedgwick County, Colorado;

East Half (E/2) of Section Eleven (11), Township Nine (9) North, Range Forty-six (46), West, Sedgwick County, Colorado;

West Half (W/2) of Section Twelve (12), Township Nine (9) North, Range Forty-six (46) West, Sedgwick County, Colorado;

East Half (E/2) of Section Twelve (12), Township Nine (9) North, Range Forty-six (46) West, Sedgwick County, Colorado;

West Half (W/2) of Section Fourteen (14), Township Nine (9) North, Range Forty-six (46) West, Sedgwick County, Colorado;

East Half (E/2) of Section Fourteen (14), Township Nine (9) North, Range Forty-six (46) West, Sedgwick County, Colorado;

West Half (W/2) of Section Thirteen (13), Township Nine (9) North, Range Forty-six (46) West, Sedgwick County, Colorado;

East Half (E/2) of Section Thirteen (13), Township Nine (9) North, Range Forty-six (46) West, Sedgwick County, Colorado;

North Half (N/2) of Section Twenty-three (23), Township Nine (9) North, Range Forty-six (46) West, Phillips County, Colorado;

South Half (S/2) of Section Twenty-three (23), Township Nine (9) North, Range Forty-six (46) West, Phillips County, Colorado;

North Half (N/2) of Section Twenty-four (24), Township Nine (9) North, Range Forty-six (46) West, Phillips County, Colorado;

South Half (S/2) of Section Twenty-four (24), Township Nine (9) North, Range Forty-six (46) West, Phillips County, Colorado;

and the permitted gas well for each such unit shall be located not closer than Six Hundred Sixty (660) feet from any boundary line of such Three Hundred Twenty (320) acre drilling and spacing unit.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the rules and regulations contained herein shall become effective forthwith, and henceforth the commencement of the drilling of any well or wells in the "D" sand formation, common source of supply in the Crist Field, as defined herein, for the purpose of producing gas therefrom at a location other than authorized by this order, is hereby prohibited.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the Commission expressly reserves its right, after notice and hearing, to alter, amend or repeal any and/or all of the above rules and regulations.

ORDERED this 19th day of March, 1957.

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
	By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary