BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE INVESTIGATION TO TAKE MEASURES TO PREVENT, WASTE OF OIL AND GAS IN THE BADGER CREEK FIELD IN ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 21

 

ORDER NO. 21-3

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on May 15, 1956, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 330, State Office Building, Denver, Colorado, after notice of hearing and waiver of service as required by law, on the application of The El Dorado Refining Company, a Kansas Corporation duly authorized to do business in the State of Colorado, for an order from the Commission granting an exception to Order No, 21-1, Cause No, 21, for a well to be drilled off the established spacing pattern.

 

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 an exception to Order No. 21-1 should be allowed for a well to be drilled on the following described location:

 

Three Hundred Thirty (330) feet East of the West line, and One Hundred Thirty (130) feet North of the South line, Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of Section Twenty-four (24), Township 2 South, Range 57 West 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado,

 

and that said well should be the permitted well for the drilling and spacing unit upon which it is located.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that an exception shall be granted for a well to be drilled Three Hundred Thirty (330) feet East of the West line, and One Hundred Thirty (130) feet North of the South line, in the Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of Section Twenty-four (24), Township Two (2) South, Range Fifty-seven (57) West, 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado, and that said well shall be the permitted well for the drilling and spacing unit upon which it is located.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the Commission expressly reserves its right after notice and hearing, to alter, almond or repeal any and/or all of the above rules and regulations.

 

ORDERED this 15th day of May, 1956.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary