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

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CAUSE NO. 213

 

ORDER NO. 213-4

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on September 15, 1970, at 10 a.m., in the P.U.C. Hearing Room, 5th Floor, Columbine Building, 1845 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of Johnston Petroleum Corporation, for an order granting an exception to the spacing pattern established by Order No. 213-1 for a well to be drilled in the approximate center of the NW¼ SW¼ of Section 36, Township 18 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M., 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 on February 18, 1969, the Commission issued its Order No. 213-1 which, among other things, established 80-acre drilling units for the production of oil from the Mississippian formation, with the permitted well to be located in the center of the NE¼ and SW¼ of each quarter section.

 

4.      That geological testimony presented at the hearing indicates that a well drilled in the permitted location of the SW¼ SW¼ Section 36, Township 18 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M., would be nonproductive and that therefore an exception should be granted for a well to be drilled in the approximate center of the NW¼ SW¼ of said Section 36, and that such well should be the permitted well for the drilling unit comprising the W½ SW¼ of said section; however, if a commercial well is drilled on the location set forth above instead of on a location as provided for in Order 213-1, 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.

 

5.      That no objection to the Applicant's request was presented.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that an exception is hereby granted for a well to be drilled in the approximate center of the NW¼ SW¼ of Section 36, Township 18 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M., Kiowa County, Colorado, and that such well shall be the permitted well for the drilling unit comprising the W½ SW¼ of said Section 36; however, if a commercial well is drilled, on the location set forth above instead of on a location as provided for in Order No. 213-1, 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 herewith.

 

ORDERED this 15th day of September 1970.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By 

Frank J. Piro, Secretary