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 CAVALRY FIELD, KIOWA COUNTY, COLORADO	) ) ) )	CAUSE NO. 213 ORDER NO. 213-3

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on November 18, 1969, at 10 a.m., in Conference Room 260, Columbine Building, 1845 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of Plains Exploration Company for an order requiring the pooling of tracts of land lying within the drilling and spacing unit for the development of the Mississippian formation in the N½ SE¼ of Section 34, Township 18S, Range 45W, Kiowa 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 by its Order No. 213-2, the Commission established a drilling unit of approximately 80 acres for the production of oil from the Mississippian formation underlying said unit which is comprised of the N½ SE¼ of Section 34, Township 18 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M., Kiowa County, Colorado.

4.      That reasonable effort has been made to obtain the voluntary pooling of all interests in said drilling unit for the development and operation thereof, but that it has not been possible to secure the agreement of all owners of interests in said unit for the voluntary pooling thereof.

5.      That Applicant is an "interested person" within the meaning of 100-6-4 (6) of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act of the State of Colorado.

6.      That in order to insure proper and efficient development; to eliminate the drilling of unnecessary wells; to promote conservation of the oil resources of the State, and to conform with the previously issued order of the Commission establishing 80-acre drilling units for the production of oil from the Mississippian formation underlying said lands, an order should be made pooling all interests in the 80-acre drilling unit described herein.

7.      That an order of the Commission pooling all interests in said drilling unit is necessary, just, and reasonable in order to afford each owner of interest in said drilling unit the opportunity to recover and receive his just and equitable share of the oil from the common source of supply underlying said drilling unit.

8.      That production obtained from said drilling unit should be allocated to each tract therein on the basis of the proportion that the number of acres in such tract bears to the total number of acres within said drilling unit.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to the provisions of 100-6-4 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act of the State of Colorado, all interests in the drilling unit described as the N½ SE¼ of Section 34, Township 18 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M., Kiowa County, Colorado, are hereby pooled for the development and operation of said drilling unit.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the production obtained from said drilling unit shall be allocated to each tract therein on the basis of the proportion that the number of acres in such tract bears to the total number of acres within said drilling unit, and each owner of interest in said tracts in said drilling unit shall be entitled to receive his share of the production of the well located or to be located on said drilling unit, applicable to his interest in said drilling unit.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that this order shall become effective forthwith.

ORDERED this 18th day of November, 1969.

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
	By	Frank J. Piro, Secretary