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 GREENWOOD FIELD, BACA COUNTY, COLORADO	) ) ) )	CAUSE NO. 34 ORDER NO. 34-17

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on September 17, 1984 at 9:00 a.m., in Suite 380 Logan Tower Building, 1580 Logan Street, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of TXO Production Company for an order granting an exception to the permitted well location as provided for in Order No. 34-1 for the Greenwood Field, Baca County, Colorado.

FINDINGS

The Commission finds as follows:

1.      TXO Production Corporation, as applicant herein, is an interested party in the subject matter of the above-referenced hearing.

2.      Due notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing has been given in all respects as required by law.

3.      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.

4.      On July 14, 1954, the Commission issued Order No. 34-1, which among other things, established 640-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas from the Topeka-Lansing formation underlying lands in the Greenwood Field, with the permitted well located within 500 feet of the center of the unit.  By subsequent orders, certain lands were added and deleted from the spaced area.

5.      Based on the application and Exhibit No. 1 and testimony presented at the hearing, an exception should be granted for a well to be drilled at a location 660 feet from the south line and 1320 feet from the west line [sic] Section 29, Township 32 South, Range 41 West, 6th P.M. and that it be the permitted well for the unit upon which it is located.

6.      No objection to the application was received.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that an exception is hereby granted for a well to be drilled at a location 1320 feet from the west line and 660 feet from the south line [sic] Section 29, Township 32 South, Range 41 West, 6th P.M., Greenwood Field, Baca County, Colorado, and that it be the permitted well for the unit upon which it is located for the production of gas from the Topeka-Lansing formation.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the provisions contained in the above order shall become effective forthwith.

ENTERED this 12th day of October 1984, as of September 17, 1984.

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
	By  William R. Smith, Director        for Frank J. Piro, Secretary