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 SOONER FIELD, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO	) ) ) )	CAUSE NO. 230 ORDER NO. 230-9

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on September 21, 1987, at 9:00 a.m., in Room 110, State Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of Frank H. Walsh, for an order establishing 40-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil and associated hydrocarbons from the ‘D' [sic] Sand underlying certain lands in Weld County, Colorado.

FINDINGS

The Commission finds as follows:

1.      Frank H. Walsh, as applicant herein, is an interested party in the subject matter of the above-referenced hearing.

2.      Due notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing has been given in all respects as required by law.

3.      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.

4.      Based upon the facts stated in the verified application and exhibits submitted, and receiving no objections, and having been heard and recommended by the Director as Hearing Officer on September 14, 1987, the Commission should enter an order establishing 40-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil and associated hydrocarbons from the ‘D' [sic] Sand underlying the following described lands in Weld County, Colorado:

Township 8 North, Range 58 West, 6th P.M.
Section	16:	All	Section	22:	All
Section	17:	E½	Section	27:	All
Section	20:	E½	Section	28:	All
Section	21:	All

5.      In order to prevent the waste of oil and gas, as defined by law, to protect correlative rights of all parties concerned; to prevent the drilling of unnecessary wells, and to insure proper and efficient development and promote conservation of the oil and gas resources of the State, an order should be made establishing 40-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil and associated hydrocarbons from the ‘D' [sic] Sand underlying the lands described herein.  Each unit should consist of 40-acres, more or less, and consist of a quarter-quarter section of land, according to the governmental survey with the permitted well located in the center of the quarter-quarter section with a tolerance of 60 feet in any direction.

6.      All available geological and engineering data concerning said ‘D' [sic] Sand indicate that one well will efficiently and economically drain an area of approximately 40-acres, and that the drilling unit of the size and shape hereinabove described is not smaller than the maximum area that can be efficiently and economically drained by one well producing from said D' Sand.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the following rules and regulations shall apply hereafter to wells drilled, completed, or recompleted in the ‘D’ [sic] Sand underlying certain lands in the Sooner Field, herein described, in addition to other applicable rules and regulations and orders of the Commission, if any, heretofore adopted and not in conflict herewith.

Rule 1.    Forty (40) acre drilling and spacing units shall be and the same are hereby established for the production of oil, and associated hydrocarbons from the ‘D' [sic] Sand underlying the following described lands in Weld County, Colorado, to-wit:

Township 8 North, Range 58 West, 6th P.M.
Section	16:	All	Section	22:	All
Section	17:	E½	Section	27:	All
Section	20:	E½	Section	28:	All
Section	21:	All

Rule 2.    Each unit shall consist of 40-acres, more or less, and consist of a quarter-quarter section of land, according to the governmental survey, with the permitted well located in the center of the quarter-quarter section with a tolerance of 60 feet in any direction.

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

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

ENTERED this 16th day of October 1987, as of September 21, 1987.

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