BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN THE SPACING AND DENSITY OF OIL AND GAS WELLS IN THE ADENA FIELD, MORGAN COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 26

 

ORDER NO. 26-13

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This Cause came on for further hearing before the Commission on January 12, 1955, at 10:00 A.M., Room 704, State Capitol Annex, Sherman Street and 14th Avenue, Denver, Colorado, after Notice of Hearing as required by Law, on the petition of the Gem Oil Company and V.H. Simmons, Howard Glenn, and the Henderson Drilling Company for exceptions to Order No. 26-1, for two wells to be drilled off the established spacing pattern.

 

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 both of the drilling units on which exceptions are requested are located adjacent to producing units, and that the requirement to drill the wells at the authorized location on the two units would be inequitable or unreasonable.

 

4.      That exceptions to Order No. 26-1 should be allowed for two wells to be drilled on the following described locations:

 

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Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NW¼SW¼NE¼) of Section Five (5), Township One (1) North, Range 57 West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado,

 

 

2.

Northwest Quarter of the Northeast (Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NW¼NE¼NE¼) of Section Five (5), Township One (1) North, Range 57 West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado,

 

and that each of said wells should be the permitted oil or gas well for the drilling and spacing unit upon which it is located.


 

ORDER

 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, that the following rules and regulations shall apply hereafter to the lands set forth in this Order, in addition to other applicable rules, regulations and orders of the Commission heretofore adopted and not in conflict herewith:

 

Rule 1.    That an exception shall be granted for a well to be drilled in the Center of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NW¼SW¼NE¼) of Section Five (5) Township One (1) North, Range 57 West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado, and that said well shall be the permitted oil or gas well for the drilling and spacing unit upon which it is located.

 

Rule 2.    That an exception shall be granted for a well to be drilled in the Center of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NW¼NE¼NE¼) of Section Five (5), Township One (1) North, Range 57 West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado, and that said well shall be the permitted oil or gas well for the drilling and spacing unit upon which it is located.

 

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 rules and regulations.

 

ORDERED this 12th day of January, 1955.

 

 OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary