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 BIJOU FIELD, MORGAN COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 116

 

ORDER NO. 116-7

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on September 20, 1960, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 720 of the State Services Building, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the Commission's own motion to consider redefinition of the Bijou Field limits, as maybe indicated by geological and engineering evidence resulting from development which has occurred since the last hearing in Cause No. 116.

 

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 on February 11, 1959, the Commission issued its Order No. 116-5 which, among other things, in Rule 1 thereof, established forty-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil from the D-2 sand formation, and defined the limits of the Bijou Field.

 

4.      That additional development in the Bijou Field indicates that the D-2 sand formation constitutes a common source of supply of oil underlying, in addition to the area set forth in Rule 1 of said Order No. 116-5, the following described lands in Morgan County, Colorado, to-wit:

 

Township 4 North, Range 59 West, 6th P.M.

 

Section 6:  SW¼SW¼

 

Township 4 North, Range 60 West, 6th P.M.

 

Section 1:  N½NE¼

 

Township 5 North, Range 60 West, 6th P.M.

Section 36:  S½SE¼

 

and that said Rule 1 of Order No. 116-5 should therefore be amended to include the above described lands.

 

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that Rule 1 of Order No. 116-5, Cause No. 116, shall be and the same hereby is amended to read as follows:

 

“Rule 1.  Approximately forty (40) acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil shall be and the same are hereby established for the D-2 sand formation underlying the following described lands in Morgan County, Colorado, to-wit:

 

Township 4 North, Range 59 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

Section 5:

W½, W½E½

Section 6:

All

Section 7:

E½, E½NW¼

Section 8:

All

Section 17:

N½

Section 18:

NE¼

 

 

Township 5 North Range 59 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

Section 31:

S½S½

 

 

Township 4 North, Range 60 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

Section 1:

N½NE¼

 

 

Township 5 North, Range 60 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

Section 36:

S½SE¼

 

and such area shall henceforth be known as the Bijou Field.”

 

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 20th day of September 1960.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By 

D.V. Rogers, Secretary