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 FLODINE PARK FIELD, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 156

 

ORDER NO. 156-4

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on November 27, 1962, at 10 a.m., in Room 320E, State Capitol, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of Frank O. Elliot requesting an amendment to Rule 2 of Order No. 156-1, Flodine Park Field, to permit the redesignation of two 80-acre drilling units in the SE¼ of Section 22, Township 35 North, Range 20 West, N.M.P.M., Montezuma County, Colorado, so that such units would be defined as the S½ and the N½ of said quarter section, rather than the E½ and the W½, as set forth in said Order No. 156-1.

 

A motion was made by R. W. Sullivan to dismiss the application on the grounds that the relief requested in the application could not be granted by the Commission in a spacing hearing.  Section 100-6-4(4), CRS 1953, as amended, was cited as authority for the motion.  The Commission reviewed the application and found that it sought to realign the spacing units in order to protect correlative rights.

 

After due consideration of the application, the motion to dismiss was granted by the Commission, without prejudice to the right of the applicant to re-file a new application requesting such relief as the Commission may have the power to grant.  The Commission's decision was based on the provisions of the aforementioned Section, which limits the right of the Commission to change a spacing pattern once promulgated to the specific authority in the statute aforementioned.

 

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 thereto, and jurisdiction to promulgate the hereinafter prescribed order.

 

3.         That the motion to dismiss the application in the above entitled matter should be granted under Section 100-6-4(4) CRS 1953, as amended.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the motion to dismiss the application in the above entitled matter is granted, and the application of Frank O. Elliott is hereby dismissed without prejudice.

 

ORDERED this 27th day of November 1962.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By 

D.V. Rogers, Secretary