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 BONANZA FIELD, LOGAN COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 193

 

ORDER NO. 193-1

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on January 18, 1966, at 10 a.m., in Room 132, State Services Building, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing and receipt of appropriate waivers of service thereof, on the application of Farran Development Corporation for an order granting an exception to Rule 316 of the Rules and Regulations of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of 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 in said Notice, and of the parties interested therein, and jurisdiction to promulgate the hereinafter prescribed order.

 

3.      That geological and engineering testimony presented at the hearing indicates that the NW¼SW¼ of Section 11, Township 10 North, Range 53 West, 6th P.M., Logan County, Colorado, is located partly outside the "J-1" Sand pool and is adjacent to a producing tract; and that, therefore, in order to protect correlative rights, an exception to Rule 316 of the Rules and Regulations of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission should be granted for a well to be drilled in the center of the SW¼NW¼SW¼ of said Section 11, provided that said well be located no closer than 330 feet from the west line of said Section 11 and 330 feet from the south line of the NW¼SW¼ of said Section 11; however, if a commercial well is drilled on the location set forth above instead of on a location as provided in said Rule 316, the Commission should, at the request of interested persons, take such action as will offset any advantage which the person securing the exception may have over other producers by reason of the drilling of the well as an exception.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that an exception shall be granted for a well to be drilled in the center of the SW¼NW¼SW¼ of Section 11, Township 10 North, Range 53 West, 6th P.M., Logan County, Colorado, provided that said well be located no closer than 330 feet from the west line of said Section 11, and 330 feet from the south line of the NW¼SW¼ of said Section 11; however, if a commercial well is drilled on the location set forth above instead of on a location as provided in Rule 316 of the Rules and Regulations of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado, the Commission shall, at the request of interested persons, take such action as will offset any advantage which the person securing the exception may have over other producers by reason of the drilling of the well as an exception.

 

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

 

ORDERED this 18th day of January 1966.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By 

William R. Smith, Secretary