BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER Of THE PROMULGATION OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN OPERATIONS IN THE "D" SAND OF THE YOUNG FIELD, MORGAN COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 115

 

ORDER NO. 115-5

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on May 16, 1961, at 10 a.m., in Room 227, State Services Building, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of the Griffith Exploration Corporation for an order redesignating the SW¼ of Section 14 and the NW¼ of Section 23, Township 4 North, Range 58 West, as a 320-acre drilling and spacing unit for the production of gas from the "D" sand of the Young Field; and providing that a well located in the center of the SE¼ SW¼ of said Section 14 be the permitted gas well for said drilling and spacing unit, if productive; and for such other action and relief as the Commission shall deem appropriate in the premises.  Also, at the same time, the Commission, on its own motion, considered the redesignation or elimination of other drilling and spacing units in the Young Field described in Order No. 115-4.

 

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 evidence presented at the hearing indicates that the major portion of the NW¼ of Section 14, the NE¼ of Section 23, and the E½ of Section 10, Township 4 North, Range 58 West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado, is non-productive of gas in the "D" sand; and that the major portion of the SW¼ of Section 14 and the NW¼ of Section 23 is probably productive of gas in the "D" sand; and that based on this evidence, it is reasonable to designate the SW¼ of Section 14 and the NW¼ of Section 23 as a 320-acre drilling and spacing unit for the production of gas from said "D" sand reservoir.

 

4.      That a well drilled in the approximate center of the SE¼ SW¼ of said Section 14 should, if productive, efficiently and economically drain the drilling and spacing unit designated as the SW¼ of Section 14 and the NW¼ of Section 23, Township 4 North, Range 58 West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado, and should be the permitted gas well for such unit.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the East Half (E½) of Section Ten (10), and the Northeast Quarter (NE¼) of Section Twenty-three (23), Township Four (4) North, Range Fifty-eight (58) West, 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado, is hereby deleted from the Young Field, as defined in Order No. 115-4, leaving the area of said field as follows:

 

Township 4 North, Range 58 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

Section 11:  All

Section 15:  E½

Section 12:  W½

Section 23:  NW¼

Section 13:  SW¼

Section 24:  NW¼

Section 14:  All

 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the SW¼ of Section 14 and the NW¼ of Section 23, Township 4 North, Range 58 West, 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado, is hereby designated as a drilling and spacing unit; and that a well drilled in the approximate center of the SE¼ SW¼ of said Section 14 shall be the permitted gas well for such unit.

 

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 orders.

 

ORDERED this 16th day of May 1961.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By 

D.V.  Rogers, Secretary