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. 34-4

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on August 26, 1958, at 10:00 a.m., in the Game Room of the Albany Hotel, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of Moran Bros., Inc. for an order approving a certain Gas Unit Agreement covering operations in the Greenwood Gas Field.

 

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 on July 14, 1954, the Commission issued its Order No. 34-1 in Cause No. 34, Greenwood Gas Field, establishing 640-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas from the Topeka-Lansing formation of the Pennsylvanian Age, common source of supply, and defining the area to be known as the Greenwood Gas Field. This order was subsequently amended by Order No. 34-2.

 

4.      That the Unit Area as set forth in the Gas Unit Agreement presented by Moran Bros., Inc., as Unit Operator, is composed of a 640-acre unit in said Greenwood Gas Field, with the exception of five lots embracing a total of 26.16 acres, in which the United States of America owns the oil, gas and other minerals, and which are not presently subject to a lease, and that it is questionable whether or not a lease covering said lands would be issued by the United States at this time. Said Unit Area includes the following described lands in Baca County, Colorado, to-wit:

 

Township 34 South, Range 41 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

All of Section 21,

except Lots 15, 17, 21, 22, and 25

 

5.      That Applicant is the owner of all leases covering the lands constituting said Unit Area; and that under date of July 26, 1958, Applicant secured the joinder of all royalty owners owning oil, gas and other minerals in and under the lands in said Unit Area.

 

6.      That the Gas Unit Agreement presented by Applicant covers operations in said Unit Area, and should be approved as being in the public interest for conservation.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the Gas Unit Agreement presented by Applicant is hereby approved, and covers operations in the Unit Area composed of the following lands in the Greenwood Gas Field, Baca County, Colorado, to-wit:

 

Section Twenty-one (21), except Lots Fifteen (15), Seventeen (17), Twenty-one (21), Twenty-two (22), and Twenty-five (25), Township Thirty-four (34) South, Range Forty-one (41) West, 6th P.M.

 

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 rules and regulations.

 

ORDERED this 26th day of August, 1958.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary