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 PEORIA AND LATIGO FIELDS, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 226

 

ORDER NO. 226-14, 239-3

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on June 20, 1972, at 9 a.m., in Room 132, State Services Building, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of Amoco Production Company for an order deleting all of Section 7, Township 5 South, Range 60 West, 6th P.M., from the Peoria Field, and no longer made subject to the provisions of the Orders in Cause No. 226, and adding said Section to the Latigo Field and making it subject to the provisions of Order No. 239-1.

 

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 July 21, 1970, the Commission issued its Order No. 226-2 in Cause No. 226 which, among other things, established 80-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil from the "J" Sand underlying the Peoria Field, with the permitted well for each unit to be located in the center of the NE¼ and the SW¼ of each quarter section, with a tolerance of 200 feet in any direction.  Order Nos. 226-6 and 226-8 subsequently enlarged the area to be made subject to the provisions of Order No. 226-2.  Other orders have been issued affecting operations in said Field.

 

[sic] On April 28, 1971, the Commission issued its Order No. 239-1 in Cause No. 239 which, among other things, established 80-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil from the "J" Sand underlying the Latigo Field, with the permitted well for each unit to be located in the center of the NW¼ and SE¼ of each quarter section with a tolerance of 200 feet in any direction.

 

4.      That evidence presented at the hearing indicates that should a well be drilled and completed in the "J" Sand in Section 7, Township 5 South, Range 60 West, 6th P.M., said Sand would be a common source of supply underlying the Latigo Field rather than the Peoria Field and therefore said Section should be deleted from the Peoria Field and included in the Latigo Field and made subject to the provisions of Order No. 239-1.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Section 7, Township 5 South, Range 60 West, 6th P.M., is hereby deleted from the Peoria Field and is no longer subject to the provisions of the Orders in Cause No. 226, and the Peoria Field shall henceforth consist of the following described lands in Arapahoe County, Colorado, to-wit:

 

Township 4 South, Range 60 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section

19:

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Section

29:

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Section

20:

All

Section

30:

All

Section

21:

All

Section

31:

All

Section

22:

Section

32:

All

Section

27:

All

Section

33:

All

Section

28:

All

Section

34:

All

 

Township 4 South, Range 61 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section

24:

All

Section

36:

All

Section

25:

All

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Township 5 South, Range 60 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section

3:

All

Section

8:

All

 

Section

4:

All

Section

9:

All

 

Section

5:

All

Section

10:

All

 

Section

6:

All

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Township 5 South, Range 61 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section

1:

All

 

 

 

 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Section 7, Township 5 South, Range 60 West, 6th P.M., shall be included in the Latigo Field and made subject to the provisions of Order No. 239-1, and the Latigo Field shall henceforth include the following described lands in Arapahoe County, Colorado, to-wit:

 

Township 5 South, Range 60 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section

7:

All

Section

30:

All

Section

18:

All

Section

31:

All

Section

19:

All

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Township 5 South, Range 61 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section

12:

All

Section

25:

All

 

Section

13:

All

Section

26:

All

 

Section

14:

All

Section

27:

All

 

Section

22:

All

Section

34:

All

 

Section

23:

All

Section

35:

All

 

Section

24:

All

Section

36:

All

 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Commission expressly reserves the right after notice and hearing, to alter, amend, or repeal any part of or all of the above orders.

 


 

ORDERED this 20th day of June 1972.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By 

Frank J. Piro, Secretary