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

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CAUSE NO. 34

 

ORDER NO. 34-19

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on August 19, 1985, at 9:00 a.m. in Room 110 State Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law (except as specified in Finding 2 herein), on the verified application of Gary Sandlin for an order pooling his interests in a 640-acre drilling and spacing unit for the operation and development of the Topeka-Lansing formation for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons in accordance with 34-60-116 C.R.S., as amended.

 

FINDINGS

 

The Commission finds as follows:

 

1.      Gary Sandlin, 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, except for certain mineral interest owners that are entitled to notice but were inadvertently ommitted [sic].

 

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 August 19, 1985 the Commission authorized Order No. 34-18 to be issued by which a 640-acre, more or less, drilling and spacing unit was established for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Topeka-Lansing formation underlying the following described lands in Baca County, Colorado, to-wit:

 

Township 31 South, Range 41 West, 6th P.M.

Section 18

Resurvey Tract 65:  Lots 6, 7, 8, 15, 17 and 19

 

Resurvey Tract 66:  Lots 16, 18, 20, 24, 25, 26, 33, 35 and 37

 

Resurvey Tract 67:  Lots 9, 10, 11 and 13

 

Resurvey Tract 68:  Lots 12, 14, 27, 28, 29 and 31

 

Resurvey Tract 71: Lots 34, 36 and 38

 

 

Township 31 South, Range 42 West, 6th P.M.

Section 13:

Resurvey Tract 67: Lots 2, 18 and 19

 

Resurvey Tract 68: Lots 1, 20 and 36

 

5.      Based on the facts stated in the verified application, and receiving no objections and having been reviewed and recommended by the Director as hearing officer, the Commission should enter an order pooling all interests in the 640-acre drilling and spacing unit herein described in order to insure proper and efficient development of gas from the Topeka-Lansing formation underlying said unit.

 

6.      An order of the Commission pooling all interests in said drilling unit is necessary in order to afford each owner of interest in each said drilling unit the opportunity to recover and receive his just and equitable share of the gas and associated hydrocarbons from the common source of supply underlying said drilling unit.

 

7.      Production obtained from said drilling unit should be allocated to each tract therein on the basis of the proportion that the number of acres in each tract bears to the total number of acres within said drilling unit.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that 1. [sic] Pursuant to the provisions of 34-60-116, C.R.S., as amended, of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act of the State of Colorado, all interests in the drilling and spacing unit consisting of 640-acres, more or less, and described in Finding 4 hereinabove for the development of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Topeka-Lansing formation underlying said unit.

 

2.      The production obtained from said drilling unit shall be allocated to each owner therein the unit on the basis of the proportion that the number of acres in each tract bears to the total number of mineral acres within said drilling unit; each owner of an interest in said drilling unit shall be entitled to receive his share of the production of the well located on said drilling unit applicable to his interest in said drilling unit.

 

3.      The designated operator for the purpose of this order of the well for the unit, Well No. 1-18 Bryan located in the SE1/4NW1/4 Section 18, Township 31 South, Range 41 West, 6th P.M. is Samson Oil Co.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the provisions contained in the above order shall become effective as of August 19, 1985 provided proper Notice of Hearing in accordance with Rule 516 has been given to those interested parties not previously notified, and that no objections are received within the time period for the hearing scheduled for September 16, 1985.

 

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 orders.


 

ENTERED this day of August 1985, as of August 19, 1985.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Frank J. Piro, Secretary