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, ADAMS AND WELD COUNTIES, COLORADO	) ) ) )	CAUSE NO. 232 ORDER NO. 232-43    (Corrected)

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on July 17, 1989 at 8:30 a.m. in Room 101, State Education Building, 201 East Colfax, Denver, Colorado after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the verified application of Amoco Production Company to amend Order Nos. 232-1 and 232-20 to allow the existing well UPRR 43 Pan Am Y #1 at a location 660 feet FNL and 1980 feet FWL of Section 14, Township 1 North, Range 68 West, 6th P.M. [sic] Weld County, Colorado to be recompleted into the "J" Sand as an exception location for the 320-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of the N1/2 of Section 14.

FINDINGS

The Commission finds as follows:

1.      Amoco Production Company, as applicant herein, is an interested party in the subject matter of the above-entitled 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 authorized Order No. 232-1 to be issued which established 320-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons [sic] from the "J" Sand underlying certain lands in Adams and Weld Counties.  The units consist of the E1/2 and W1/2 or the N1/2 and S1/2 of each section with the permitted well for each unit to be located in the NE1/4 and SW/4 of each section and no closer than 990 feet to the boundaries of the quarter section upon which it is located.  Order Nos. 232-2 and 232-3 extended the same 320-acre spacing to additional lands in Adams and Weld Counties including Section 14, Township 1 North, Range 68 West, 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado.  Order No. 232-20 allowed a second well to be drilled on each 320-acre unit.

5.      Based on the facts stated in the verified application and the exhibits submitted with waivers from the owners of the contiguous and cornering drilling units and having received no objections and having been heard by the Director as Hearing Officer on July 13, 1989, the Commission should approve the request and amend Order No. 232-1 and establish the N1/2 of Section 14, Township 1 North, Range 68 West, 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado as a 320-acre drilling and spacing unit and that the existing well UPRR 43 Pan Am Y #1 located 660 feet FNL and 1980 feet FWL of Section 14, when recompleted from the Codell/Niobrara formations to the "J" Sand, be the second well for the unit.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that Order Nos. 232-1 and 232-20 are hereby amended and that the drilling and spacing unit consisting of the N1/2 of Section 14, Township 1 North, Range 68 West, 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado has been established and that the existing well UPRR 43 Pan Am Y #1 located 660 feet FNL and 1980 feet FWL of Section 14, when recompleted form the Codell/Niobrara formations to the "J" Sand shall be the second well for this unit.

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 and hearing, to alter, amend or repeal any and/or all of the above orders.

ENTERED this 18th day of July, 1989, as of July 17, 1989.

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
	By	Dennis R. Bicknell, Secretary