IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN OPERATIONS IN THE LONGBRANCH FIELD, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO Cause No. 254 Order No. 254-7

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on March 21, 1977 at 9 A.M., in Room 110, State Centennial Building, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of Summit Oil Company for an order granting an exception to the well location as established by Order No. 254-1.

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 April 18, 1972, the Commission issued its Order No. 254-1 for the Longbranch Field which, among other things, established 320-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the "J" Sand, with the permitted well for each unit to be located in the NW/4 and the SE/4 of each section and no closer than 990 feet to the boundaries of the quarter section upon which it is located.

4. That evidence presented at the hearing indicates that the drilling unit consisting of the W/2 Section 14, Township 2 South, Range 62 West, 6th P.M., Longbranch Field is located partly outside the pool and is adjacent to a producing unit and the require-ment to drill a well at the authorized location on the unit would be inequitable or unreason-able. Therefore, an exception should be granted for a well to be drilled 990 feet from the south line and 1650 feet from the west line of said Section 14 and that it be the permitted ell for said unit.

5. That if a commercial well is drilled on the location as set forth in Find-ing 4 herein instead of on a location as provided for in Order No. 254-1, the Commission should, at the request of interested persons, take such action as will offset any advantage which the person securing the exception may have over other producers by reason of the drilling of the well as an exception.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that an exception is hereby granted for a well to be drilled at a location 990 feet from the south line and 1650 feet from the west line Section 14, Township 2 South, Range 62 West, 6th P.M., and that it be the per-mitted well for the unit consisting of the W/2 of said Section 14. However, should a com-mercial well be drilled at the location as set forth above the Commission shall, at the request of interested persons, take such action as will offset any advantage which the person securing the exception may have over other producers by reason of the drilling of the well as an exception.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the order contained herein shall become effective forthwith.

ORDERED this 21st day of March, 1977.

THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

By Frank J. Piro, Secretary

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