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 WATTENBERG GAS SPACED AREA, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 232

 

ORDER NO. 232-34

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on August 19, 1985 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 verified application of Amoco Production Co. for an order extending the limits of the spaced area as established by the orders in Cause No. 232.

 

FINDINGS

 

The Commission finds as follows:

 

1.      Amoco Production Co., 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.      On November 17, 1970, the Commission issued Order No. 232-1 which established 320-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the "J" underlying lands in the Wattenberg Gas Spaced Area, Weld County, Colorado.  The units consist of the E1/2 and W1/2 or the N1/2 and S1/2 of each section according to the governmental survey, with the permitted well located in the SW1/4 and NE1/4 of each section.  Subsequent orders extended the limits of the spaced area and allowed an additional well to be drilled on each 320-acre unit.

 

5.      Evidence presented at the hearing indicate that the common source of supply of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the "J" Sand, in addition to the area set forth in the previous orders in Cause No. 232, the following described lands in Weld County, Colorado, to-wit:

 

Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M.

Section 13:  W1/2

Section 14:  All

Section 15:  S1/2

 

and that such lands be made subject to the spacing provisions of the orders in Cause No. 232.

 

6.      320-acre drilling and spacing units should be designated as the W1/2 Section 13, the N1/2 and S1/2 Section 14 and the S1/2 Section 15, Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Well No. 1 Hop, located in the NW1/4SW1/4 of said Section 13 and Well No. 1 Roth, located in the SE1/4NW1/4 of said Section 14 should be considered exceptions and be permitted wells for the units upon which they are located.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the area as set forth in Finding 5 herein shall be subject to the provisions of the spacing orders in Cause No. 232 for the Wattenberg Gas Spaced Area.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that 320-acre drilling and spacing units shall be designated as the W1/2 Section 13, the N1/2 and S1/2 Section 14 and the S1/2 Section 15, Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Well No. 1 Hop, located. in the NW1/4SW1/4 of said Section 13 and Well No. 1. Roth, located in the SE1/4NW1/4 of said Section 14 shall be considered exceptions and be permitted wells for the units upon which they are located.

 

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

 

ENTERED this 30th day of August 1985, as of [sic]

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By 

Frank J. Piro, Secretary