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 FIELD, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 226

 

ORDER NO. 226-8

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on February 16, 1971, at 9 A.M., in the Envoy Room, Quality Motel, 1840 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of Pan American Petroleum Corporation, now known as Amoco Production Company, for an order extending the field limits of the Peoria Field, and establishing for the additional area 80-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil from the "J" Sand as provided for in Order Nos. 226-2 and 226-6.

 

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 testimony presented at the hearing indicates a common source of supply of oil underlies, in addition to the area set forth in Order Nos. 226-2 and 226-6, the following described lands in Arapahoe County, Colorado, to-wit:

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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and that such area should be made subject to the provisions of Order Nos. 226-2 and 226 -6.


 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the area set forth in Finding 3 herein shall be subject to the provisions of Order Nos. 226-2 and 226-6, and the Peoria Field shall henceforth include the following described lands in Arapahoe County, Colorado, to-wit:

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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 order.

 

ORDERED this 16th day of February 1971.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By 

Frank J. Piro, Secretary