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 IGNACIO-BLANCO FIELD, ARCHULETA AND LA PLATA COUNTIES, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 112

 

ORDER NO. 112-21

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on February 19, 1963, at 10 a.m., in Room 330, State Office Building, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the Commission's own motion to consider amendment of Rule 2c of Order No. 112-6, to provide that exceptions may be granted to this rule for well locations if the owners of contiguous and cornering 320-acre tracts file with the Commission a waiver or consent in writing, agreeing to said locations.

 

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 and by the regulations of this Commission.

 

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 on November 9, 1959, the Commission issued its Order No. 112-6 which, among other things, established 320-acre drilling units and prescribed well locations for production of gas from the Mesaverde formation of the Ignacio-Blanco Field.

 

4.      That, as a result of Rule 2c of said Order No. 112-6, ten applications were submitted and nine hearings were called for exceptions to said Rule 2c, with approximately nineteen different operators submitting waivers of service of such hearings and concurrence in the granting of the exceptions.

 

5.      That in order to prevent the unnecessary expense and inconvenience resulting in this matter, said Rule 2c should be amended by the addition of the following:

 

"provided that exceptions may be granted to the provisions of this rule for well locations if the owners of contiguous and cornering 320-acre tracts file with the Commission a waiver or consent in writing, agreeing to said locations."  [sic]

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Rule 2c of Order No. 112-6, Cause No. 112, shall be and the same hereby is amended to read as follows:

 

"Rule 2c.  Such well, if to be drilled within a full section, be either in the NE¼ or SW¼ of the section when the location falls south of the north line of Township 32 North; and be either in the NW¼ or SE¼ when the location falls north of the north line of Township 32 North; and no closer than 990 feet to the boundaries of the quarter section upon which it is located; provided that exceptions may be granted to the provisions of this rule for well locations if the owners of contiguous and cornering 320-acre tracts file with the Commission a waiver or consent in writing, agreeing to said locations."

 

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 order.

 

ORDERED this 19th day of February 1963.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  D.V. Rogers, Secretary