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 BRANDON FIELD, KIOWA COUNTY, COLORADO	) ) ) )	CAUSE NO.   188 ORDER NO.   188-21

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

                        This cause came on for hearing before the Commission at 8:30 a.m. on November 25, 1997, in Suite 801, The Chancery Building, 1120 Lincoln Street, Denver, Colorado, on the application Western Operating Company, November First Company LLC and Wiepking-Fullerton Energy, LLC., by its attorney, filed with the Commission a verified application for an order to include the remainder of the lands in Brandon Field under the provisions of Order No. 188-20.

FINDINGS

                        The Commission finds as follows:

                        1. Western Operating Company, November First Company and Wiepking-Fullerton Energy, LLC., as applicants herein, are interested parties in the subject matter of the above-referenced matter.

                        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 October 19, 1965, the Commission issued Order No. 188-1, which, among other things, established 80-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil from the Mississippian Formation, each drilling unit being the W½ or E½ of each quarter section and the permitted well for each such drilling unit being located in the center of the NE¼ and SW¼ of each quarter section, with a tolerance of 150 feet in any direction.  Subsequent orders issued in Cause No. 188 expanded the field and approved exceptions to permitted well locations for certain lands in Brandon Field.

                        5.  On July 1, 1997, the Commission issued Order No. 188-20 which amended Order No. 188-1 to allow the drilling of one additional well on each 80-acre drilling and spacing unit for the below-listed lands for production of oil and associated hydrocarbons from the Mississippian Formation, with the permitted well to be located in the center of the undrilled 40-acre tract with a tolerance of 150 feet in any direction provided that the Director be authorized to grant exceptions to well locations provided owners of the contiguous and cornering tracts toward which the exception well location is proposed to be moved file a waiver or consent in writing to said exception.

Township 19 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M.

Section 3:  All

Section 4:  E½ SE¼, SW¼ SE¼, SE¼ SW¼, W½ W½

Sections 8-10:  All

Section 15:  E½, E½ NW¼, SW¼ NW¼, SW¼

Section 17:  All

6.  Testimony presented at the administrative hearing indicated that wells in the Brandon Field currently drain only twenty-five (25) acres and in order to prevent waste and protect correlative rights, additional wells are necessary to efficiently and economically drain the 80 acre drilling and spacing units.

                        7.  That at the time of the administrative hearing, Western Operating Company, November First Company and Wiepking-Fullerton Energy LLC. agreed to be bound by oral order of the Commission.

                        8.  Based on the facts stated in the application, having been heard by the Hearing Officer who recommends approval of the application, and having received no protests, the Commission should approve the request to include the below-listed lands under the provisions of Order No. 188-20:

Township 18 South, Range 45 West, 6^th P.M.

Section 32:  All

Section 33:  SE¼, W½

Township 19 South, Range 45 West, 6^th P.M.

Section 4:  NE¼, E½ NW¼, NE¼ SW¼, NW¼ SE¼

Section 5:  All

Section 15:  NW¼ NW¼

Section 16:  All

O R D E R

                        NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the below-listed lands are hereby subject to Order No. 188-20 under the provisions of Brandon Field:

Township 18 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M.

Section 32:  All

Section 33:  SE¼, W½

Township 19 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M.

Sections 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17:  All

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

                        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 orders.

                        ENTERED this  day of December, 1997, as of November 25, 1997.

                                                                        OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

                                                                            OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

                                                                        By

                                                                                           Patricia C. Beaver, Secretary

Dated at Suite 801

1120 Lincoln Street

Denver, Colorado 80203

July 19, 2018