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 PLATEAU FIELD, MESA COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 166

 

ORDER NO. 166-13

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on March 17, 1980 at 9:00 a.m., in Room 110, State Centennial Building, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of Chandler and Associates, Inc., for an order to extend the limits of the gas spaced area of the Plateau Field, Mesa County, Colorado.

 

FINDINGS

 

The Commission finds as follows:

 

1.      Chandler and Associates, Inc., as applicant herein, is an interested party in the subject matter of the above-referenced hearing.

 

2.      Due notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing has been given in all respects as required by law.

 

3.      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.

 

4.      On January 16, 1973, the Commission issued Order No. 166-11 which authorized the drilling of additional wells on each 640-acre drilling and spacing unit in the Plateau Field and in addition, established 160-acre drilling and spacing units for additional lands in the field, for the production of gas from the Mesaverde formation (defined to include the Corcoran Sandstone as its basal member).

 

5.      Testimony presented at the hearing indicates a common source of supply of gas underlies, in addition to the area set forth in Order No. 166-11, the following described lands in Mesa County, Colorado, to-wit:

 

Township 10 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.

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and that such area be made subject to the provisions of said Order No. 166-11.

 

6.      The existing locations, drilling and/or producing wells in the area described in Finding 5 herein, be the permitted wells for the units upon which each is located.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the area set forth in Finding 5 herein shall be subject to the provisions of Order No. 166-11, and the spaced area of the Plateau Field shall henceforth include the following described lands in Mesa County, Colorado, to-wit:

 

 

Maximum four (4) wells on each 640-acre drilling and spacing unit:

 

Township 10 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

Sections 17, 18, 19 and 30

 

 

 

 

 

Township 10 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

Sections 12, 13, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 33

 

 

 

 

160-acre drilling and spacing units:

 

 

Township 10 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

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Township 10 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the existing well locations, drilling and/or producing wells in the area described in Finding 5 herein, shall be the permitted well locations for the units upon which they are located.

 

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

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the Commission expressly reserves its right, after notice and hearing, to alter, amend or repeal the above orders.

 

ORDERED this 17th day of March, 1980.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By 

Frank J. Piro, Secretary