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 TORO FIELD, LOGAN COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 203

 

ORDER NO. 203-1

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on February 21, 1967, at 10 a.m. in Room 132, State Services Building, Denver Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of the Buffalo Oil Corporation for an order establishing 160-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the "D" Sand formation underlying certain lands in Logan 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 in said Notice, and of the parties interested therein, and jurisdiction to promulgate the hereinafter prescribed order.

 

3.      That evidence presented at the hearing indicates that the "D" Sand formation constitutes a common source of supply of gas and associated hydrocarbons underlying certain lands in Logan County, Colorado as herein defined in the following order.

 

4.      That in order to prevent waste of gas and associated hydrocarbons; to protect the correlative rights of all parties concerned; to prevent the drilling of unnecessary wells, and to insure proper and efficient development and promote conservation of the resources of the State, an order should be made establishing drilling units of approximately 160 acres for production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the "D" Sand formation underlying the lands as defined herein; that said units should be 160-acre drilling units as set forth herein; and that the permitted wells for such drilling units should be located in the NE¼NE¼ of Section 17, and the NE¼NW¼ of Section 16, Township 11 North, Range 53 West, 6th P.M., Logan County, Colorado, and that each of said wells should be the permitted well for the unit on which it is located.

 

5.      That all available geological and engineering data concerning said "D" Sand formation indicate that one well will efficiently and economically drain an area of approximately 160 acres; and that drilling units of the size and shape described in the following order are not smaller than the maximum area that can be efficiently drained by one well producing from said "D" Sand formation.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the following rules and regulations shall apply hereafter to a well drilled, completed, or recompleted in the "D" Sand formation underlying the Toro Field herein described, in addition to other applicable rules and regulations and orders of the Commission, if any, heretofore adopted and not in conflict herewith:

 

Rule 1.    One Hundred Sixty (160) acre drilling units shall be and the same are hereby established for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the "D" Sand formation, common source of supply underlying the following described lands in Logan County, Colorado, to-wit:

 

Township 11 North, Range 53 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

 

Section

8:

SE¼SE¼

Section

9:

S½SW¼, SW¼SE¼

Section

16:

NW¼NE¼, N½NW¼

Section

17:

NE¼NE¼

 

and such area shall henceforth be known as the Toro Field.

 

Rule 2.    Sand drilling units shall consist of 160 acres, and one such drilling unit shall consist of the SE¼SW¼, SW¼SE¼ of Section 9, and the NW¼NE¼, NE¼NW¼ of Section 16, the other such drilling unit shall consist of the SE¼SE¼ of Section 8, the SW¼SW¼ of Section 9; the NW¼NW¼ of Section 16 and the NE¼NE¼ of Section 17, all in Township 11 North, Range 53 West of the 6th P.M., Logan County, Colorado; and the permitted wells for said drilling units should be located in the NE¼NE¼ of Section 17, and the NE¼NW¼ of Section 16 in said township and range, and each of said wells shall be the permitted well for the unit on which it is located.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the rules and regulations contained herein shall become effective forthwith, and henceforth the commencement of the drilling of any well or wells in the "D" Sand formation, as defined herein, for the purpose of producing gas or associated hydrocarbons therefrom, at a location other than authorized by this order, is hereby prohibited.

 

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, rules and regulations.

 

ORDERED this 21st day of February 1967.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By 

D.V. Rogers, Acting Secretary