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 IGNACIO FIELD, LA PLATA COUNTY, COLORADO, WITH PARTICULAR REFER-ENCE TO THOSE KNOWN PRODUCING ZONES LOCATED THEREIN TERMED "FRUITLAND-PICTURED CLIFFS, "”[sic]DAKOTA-MORRISON" AND "MESAVERDE"

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CAUSE NO. 3

 

ORDER NO. 3-26

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This Cause came on for hearing before the Commission on January 25, 1956, at 10:00 A.M., in the Spruce Room of the Albany Hotel, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, upon the Commission's own motion to consider whether or not Rule 2(a) of Orders Nos. 3-12, 3-13 and 3-14, Cause No. 3, should be revised, amended or deleted.

 

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 Rule 2(a) of Orders No. 3-12 and No. 3-14, Cause No. 3, should be amended to read as follows:

 

"(a)   Such well be located on a designated drilling unit of not less than 320 acres of land, more or less, according to legal subdivisions of the United States Land Surveys in which unit all of the interests of owners are consolidated by a pooling agreement or otherwise, and on which no other well is completed or approved for completion in the same pool."

 

4.      That Rule 2(a) of Order No. 3-13, Cause No. 3, should be amended to read as follows:

 

"(a)      Such well be located on a designated drilling unit of not less than 640 acres of land, more or less, according to legal subdivisions of the United States Land Surveys in which unit all of the interests of owners are consolidated by a pooling agreement or otherwise, and on which no other well is completed or approved for completion in the same pool."

 

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Rule 2(a) of Order No. 3-12 and Order No. 3-14, Cause No. 3, shall be amended to read as follows:

 

"(a)   Such well be located on a designated drilling unit of not less than 320 acres of land, more or less, according to legal subdivisions of the United States Land Surveys in which unit all of the interests of owners are consolidated by a pooling agreement or otherwise, and on which no other well is completed or approved for completion in the same pool."

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that Rule 2(a) of Order No. 3-13, Cause No. 3, shall be amended to read as follows:

 

"(a)   Such well be located on a designated drilling unit of not less than 640 acres of land, more or less, according to legal subdivisions of the United States Land Surveys in which unit all of the interests of owners are consolidated by a pooling agreement or otherwise, and on which no other well is completed or approved for completion in the same pool."

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that this Order shall become effective forthwith.

 

ORDERED this 25th day of January, 1956.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary