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 RUSH CREEK FIELD, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO	) ) ) )	CAUSE NO. 108 ORDER NO. 108-1

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on September 17, 1957, at 10 a.m., in Room 243, State Capitol, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of the Pan American Petroleum Corporation and The Ohio Oil Company, for an order establishing drilling and spacing units for the production of gas from the Muddy "D" sand in the Rush Creek Field, Weld County, 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 evidence presented at the above hearing was insufficient to substantiate the fact that the spacing regulations requested for the "D" sand underlying the West Half (W/2) of Section One (1) and all of Section Two (2), Township Eleven (11) North, Range Fifty-six (56) West, 6th P.M.; and Sections Thirty-five (35) and Thirty-six (36), Township Twelve (12) North, Range Fifty-six (56) West, 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado, would prevent waste as defined by the statute.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the application of the Pan American Petroleum Corporation and The Ohio Oil Company for a spacing ruling in the Rush Creek Field, Weld County, Colorado, is hereby denied.

ORDERED this 15th day of October, 1957.

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