BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULFATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN OPERATIONS IN THE PEORIA FIELD, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 226

 

ORDER NO. 226-5

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on October 20, 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. 226-2 for a well to be drilled 660 feet from the North line and 1060 feet from the East line of Section 33, Township 4 South, Range 60 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 July 21, 1970, the Commission issued it Order No. 226-2 which, among

other things, established 80-acre drilling units for the production of oil from the “J” sand of the Muddy formation, with the permitted well for each drilling unit to be located in the center of the NE¼ and SW¼ of each quarter section, with a tolerance of 200 feet in any direction.

 

4.        That testimony presented at the hearing indicates that a well drilled in the permitted

location of the NE¼ NE¼, Section 33, Township 4 South, Range 60 West, 6th P.M., would be in the riverbed of the Middle Bijou River and that drilling at said location, or within the 200 feet tolerance, would be operationally unfeasible because of the hazardous surface conditions and that therefore an exception should be granted for a well to be drilled 660 feet from the North line and 1060 feet from the East line of said Section 33.

 

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 660 feet from the North line and 1060 feet from East line of Section 33, Township 4 South, Range 60 West, 6th P.M., Arapahoe County, Colorado.

 

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

 

ORDERED this 20th day of October 1970.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  

 

Frank J. Piro, Secretary