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 TOPEKA- LANSING FORMATION OF THE GREENWOOD GAS FIELD, BACA COUNTY, COLORADO	) ) ) ) )	CAUSE NO. 34 ORDER NO. 34-6

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on July 21, 1959, at 10:00 a.m., in the Green Room of the Albany Hotel, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of the Skelly Oil Company for an order amending the spacing provisions of Order No. 34-2, by deleting Lot 13 from the unit described as the S½ of Section 10, Section 15, and E½E½ of Section 16, thus decreasing the acreage of said unit from 660 acres to 656 acres; and that said Lot 13 of Section 16 be added to the unit described as the W½E½ and W½ of Section 16, E½ and E½E½W½ of Section 17, thus increasing the acreage of this unit from 649 acres to 653 acres, and that the terms of said Order No. 34-2 remain in effect as to all other units and provisions applicable thereto; and for such other orders rules and regulations as may be necessary in the premises.

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 Rule 2b(2) of Order No, 34-2, issued by the Commission on September 8, 1955, established, among other things, the following defined drilling and spacing units in Township 35 South, Range 41 West of the 6th P.M., Baca County, Colorado, to-wit:

a.	S½ of Section 10, Section 15, and E½E½ of Section 16, consisting of approximately 660 acres
b.	W½E½ and W½ Section 16, E½ and E½E½W½ Section 17, consisting of approximately 649 acres

4.      That the drilling and spacing unit defined by Finding 3a hereof contains Lot 13, consisting of approximately four acres, which is owned by the Skelly Oil Company and that the Skelly Oil Company owns all of the W½ of Section 16 except the NW¼ thereof, and owns all of the W½E½ of Section 16, which lies in the drilling and spacing unit described by Finding 3b hereof. That Lot 13 is adjacent to the drilling and spacing unit defined by Finding 3b hereof, and is the only acreage that the Skelly Oil Company owns in the drilling and spacing unit defined by Finding 3a hereof.

5.      That in the interest of economy and simplicity, Lot 13 should be deleted from the drilling and spacing unit defined by Finding 3a hereof, and should be made a part of the drilling and spacing unit defined by Finding 3b hereof; and that such transfer of said Lot 13 will tend to more evenly distribute acreage between the two said drilling and spacing units; and that such transfer of Lot 13 will not adversely affect the correlative rights of any interested party.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that Rule 2b(2) of Order No. 34-2 shall be and the same is hereby amended by the realignment of the two drilling and spacing units set forth in Finding 3 hereof, and said drilling and spacing units shall hereafter be defined as follows:

Township Thirty-five (35) South, Range Forty-one (41) West, 6th P.M., Baca County, Colorado

South Half (S½) of Section Ten (10), Section Fifteen (15), and East Half of East Half (E½E½), except Lot Thirteen (13), of Section Sixteen (16)

West Half of East Half (W½E½) and Lot Thirteen (13) and West Half (W½) of Section Sixteen (16) East Half (E½) and East Half of East Half of West Half (E½E½W½) of Section Seventeen (17)

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the Commission expressly reserves its right after notice and hearing, to alter, amend or repeal any of the above order.

ORDERED this 21st day of July, 1959.

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
	By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary