BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE INVESTIGATION TO TAKE MEASURES TO PREVENT WASTE OF OIL AND GAS IN THE "D" AND "J" SANDS OF THE ADENA-SOUTH FIELD IN MORGAN AND ADAMS COUNTIES, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 33

 

ORDER NO. 33-4        (Emergency)

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

By its Order No. 33-3 (Emergency), heretofore and on July 13, 1954, entered in the above-entitled matter, the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado, in accordance with the provisions of section 8 (c) of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Act of 1951, as amended, found that an emergency exists requiring immediate action. The Commission, on July 6, 1954, issued Notice of Hearing in said cause, setting the same for Thursday, July 29, 1954, at 10:00 A.M. in Room 704, State Capitol Annex, 14th Avenue and Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado.

 

FINDINGS

 

The Commission finds as follows:

 

1.      That the Commission has Jurisdiction to promulgate the hereinafter prescribed Order.

 

2.      That, in accordance with the provisions of Section 8 (c) of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Act of 1951, as amended, an emergency exists requiring immediate action, and that its Order No. 33-3 (Emergency), heretofore issued on July 13, 1954, in the above-entitled matter, should be extended fifteen (15) days, commencing August 1, 1954.

 

ORDER

 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, that the operators and owners of all wells producing oil or both oil and gas from the "D" and "J" sands of the Adena-South Field shall not produce oil from any one well in an amount during any one month exceeding a daily average of One Hundred Twenty-five (125) barrels; and shall not produce gas from any one well in an amount during any one month exceeding a daily average of One Hundred Fifty Thousand (150,000) cubic feet.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that this Order shall be effective fifteen (15) days, commencing August 1, 1954.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary

Dated at Denver, Colorado

July 29, 1954