BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

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. 26-15

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This Cause came on for hearing before the Commission on March 8, 1955, at 10:00 a.m., in the Mezzanine Room of the Shirley Savoy Hotel, Denver, Colorado, after Notice of Hearing, as required by law, on the application of J.E. Bucy, Receiver, 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:

 

1.  O'Neill Well #3 -

Center of Northwest Quarter of Northeast Quarter of Northwest Quarter (NW¼NE¼ NW¼) of Section 5, Township 1 North, Range 57 West of the 6th P.M; Morgan County, Colorado;

 

 

2.  O'Neill Well #4 -

Center of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NW¼SE¼NW¼) of Section 5, Township 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 Center of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest (NW¼NE¼NW¼) of Section Five (5), Township One (1) North, Range Fifty-seven (57) West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado, and that said well shall the permitted oil or gas well for the drilling and spacing unit upon which it located.

 

Rule 2.    That an exception shall be granted for a well to be drilled in Center of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest (NW¼SE¼NW¼) of Section Five (5), Township One (1) North, Range Fifty-seven (57) West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado, and that said well shall the permitted oil or gas well for the drilling and spacing unit upon which it located.

 

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

 

ORDERED this 8th day of March, 1955, by the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary