BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN THE SPACING AND DENSITY OF GAS WELLS IN THE GREENWOOD GAS FIELD IN BACA COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 34

 

ORDER NO. 34-3

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on July 17, 1956, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 243, State Capitol Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of Moran Bros., Inc., for an order from the Commission modifying and amending its Order No. 34-2 to permit Applicant to create a spacing unit consisting solely of the lands held under lease by said Applicant, and to allow its Holt No. 1 well to be the permitted well for said drilling unit.

 

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 the evidence submitted in this matter to substantiate the request of Moran Bros., Inc. for modification and amendment of Order No. 34-2 to permit Applicant to create a spacing unit consisting solely of the lands held under lease by said Applicant, and to find that its Holt No. 1 well located in the NE/4 NE/4 NE/4 of Section 21, Township 34 South, Range 41 West, constitutes an exception to the spacing rules and regulations set forth in Order No. 34-2, and that said well be considered the permitted well for the drilling and spacing unit consisting of the lands held under oil and gas leases by Applicant, does not show that the area which it seeks to space as a single unit is in fact lands which should be embraced in one drilling unit, which lands are described as follows:

 

Tract No. 51 in Sections 16, 17, 20 and 21, Township 34 South, Range 41 West, 6th P.M., formerly described as the NE/4 NW/4, N/2 NE/4 of Section 20; and NW/4 NW/4 of Section 21, Township 34 South, Range 41 West, 6th P.M.; also Tract No. 52 in Sections 20 and 21, Township 34 South, Range 41 West, 6th P.M., formerly described as SE/4 NW/4, S/2 NE/4, NE/4 SE/4 in Section 20, Township 34 South, Range 41 West, 6th P.M., and containing 318.81 acres more or less, said lease being recorded in Book 214 at Page 183 of the records of Baca County, Colorado; and

 

Tract No. 49 in Sections 17, 18, 19 and 20 in Township 34 South, Range 41 West, 6th P.M., formerly described as the NW/4 of Section 19, in said Township and Range; also, Tract No. 50 in Sections 17 and 20, Township 34 South, Range 41 West, 6th P.M., formerly described as N/2 NE/4 of Section 19, and W/2 NW/4 of Section 20, Township 34 South, Range 41 West, 6th P.M., and containing 319.10 acres, more or less, said lease being recorded in Book 214 at Page 182 of the re-cords of Baca County, Colorado.

 

4.      That the unit proposed by the Applicant is not of uniform size and shape and would disrupt the orderly development of the field.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the application of Morgan Bros., Inc. for modification and amendment of the Commission's Order No. 34-2 to permit Applicant to create a spacing unit consisting solely of the lands held under lease by said Applicant, and to allow its Holt No. 1 well to be the permitted well for said drilling unit, is hereby denied.

 

ORDERED this 17th day of July, 1956.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary