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 RULISON FIELD, GARFIELD COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 139

 

ORDER NO. 139-4

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on August 15, 1967, at 10 a.m., in Room 132, State Services Building, Denver, Colorado after publication of Notice of Hearing and receipt of Waivers of Service, as required by law and the rules and regulations of the Commission, on the application of Austral Oil Company Incorporated for an order granting an exception to Order No. 139-1, for a well to be drilled in Section 25, Township 7 South, Range 95 West, Garfield 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 on said Notice, and of the parties interested therein, and jurisdiction, to promulgate the hereinafter prescribed order.

 

3.      That the Commission has previously issued its Order No. 139-1, subsequently amended by Order No. 139-3 as to area, which order, among other things, established 640-acre drilling units for production of gas from the Mesaverde formation, and provided a specific location for the permitted well for such drilling unit.

 

4.      That Applicant proposes to drill a test well for production of gas from the Mesaverde formation, such well to be located in the approximate center of Lot 14, in the SE¼SW¼ of Section 25, Township 7 South, Range 95 West, [sic] no closer than 600 feet from the lease line nor 1200 feet from any other producible or drilling oil or gas well in said Mesaverde formation.

 

5.      That the proposed well is to be used for instrumentation purposes at the time a nuclear device is actually detonated, and that it will be at a location approximately 300 feet from the nuclear emplacement hole, and that because of the required close proximity to the emplacement hole for this instrumentation well, the chosen drill site was selected as being especially suitable for the drilling of both wells.

 

6. That an exception to the established spacing pattern should be allowed for subject well because of topography.


 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that an exception is hereby granted for a well to be drilled in the approximate center of Lot 14, in the SE¼SW¼ of Section 25, Township 7 South, Range 95 West of the 6th P.M., Garfield County; Colorado, no closer than 600 feet from the lease line nor 1200, feet from any Other producible or drilling oil or gas well in the Mesaverde formation, and such well shall be the permitted gas well for the drilling unit on which it is located.

 

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

 

ORDERED this 15th day of August 1967.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By 

Frank J. Piro, Secretary