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 LADDER CREEK FIELD, CHEYENNE COUNTY, COLORADO	) ) ) )	CAUSE NO. 219 ORDER NO. 219-2

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on November 17, 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 the Union Pacific Railroad Company, for an order granting an exception to the spacing pattern established by Order No, 219-1 for a well to be drilled 1980 feet from the North line and 2380 feet from the West line of Section 1, Township 15 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M.

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 October 21, 1969, the Commission issued its Order No. 219-1 which, among other things, established 80-acre drilling units for the production of oil from the Mississippian formation, with the permitted well for each drilling unit to be located in the center of the NW¼ and SE¼ of each quarter section, with a tolerance of 150 feet in any direction.

4.      That geological testimony presented at the hearing indicates that a well drilled in the permitted location of the SE¼ NW¼, Section 1, Township 15 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M., would probably be nonproductive and that, therefore, an exception should be granted for a well to be drilled approximately 400 feet due east of the permitted location or 1980 feet from the North line and 2380 feet from the West line of said Section 1.

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 1980 feet from the North line and 2380 feet from the West line of Section 1, Township 15 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M., Cheyenne County, Colorado, and that such well be the permitted well for the drilling unit upon which it is located.

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

ORDERED this 17th day of November 1970.

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