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 McCLAVE FIELD, BENT AND KIOWA COUNTIES, COLORADO	) ) ) )	CAUSE NO. 105 ORDER NO. 105-27

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on May 21, 1984 at 9:00 a.m., in Room 110, State Centennial Building, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of TXO Production Corporation, for an order granting an exception to the spacing pattern as established by the orders in Cause No. 105 for the McClave Field, Bent and Kiowa Counties, Colorado.

FINDINGS

The Commission finds as follows:

1.      TXO Production Corporation, as applicant herein, is an interested party in the subject matter of the above-referenced hearing.

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

3.      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.

4.      On May 15, 1957, the Commission issued its Order No. 150-1 which, among other things, established 640-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas from the McClave Sand underlying the McClave Field.  The order was amended by Order No. 105-2 which provided for the permitted well to be located within a radius of 990 feet from the center of the drilling and spacing unit, with exceptions for topographical reasons.  Subsequent orders were issued extending the limits of the spaced area.

5.      Wells have been drilled at locations in the N1/2NW1/4SW1/4 and the SW1/4NE1/4 Section 22, Township 20 South, Range 48 West, 6th P.M., and were plugged and abandoned as dry holes.

6.      Due to geological considerations a well should be allowed to be drilled as an exception at a location 660 feet from the south line and 1980 feet from the east line Section 22, Township 20 South, Range 48 West, 6th P.M., and that it be the permitted well for the unit upon which it is located.

7.      No objections to the application were received.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that an exception is hereby granted for a well to be drilled 660 feet from the south line and 1980 feet from the east line of Section 22, Township 20 South, Range 48 West, 6th P.M., McClave Field, Bent and Kiowa Counties, Colorado, and that such well shall be the permitted well for the drilling unit upon which it is located.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the provisions contained in the above order shall become effective forthwith.

ENTERED this 15th day of June 1984, as of May 21, 1984.

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
	By  Frank J. Piro, Secretary