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. 34-9           (Corrected)

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on May 18, 1976, at 9 a.m. in Room 532, State Services Building, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of Texas Oil and Gas Corporation, for an order deleting certain lands from the spaced area of the Greenwood Field, Baca County, Colorado.

 

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 which, among other things, established 640-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas from the Topeka-Lansing formation underlying certain lands in Baca County, Colorado, known as the Greenwood Field. By subsequent Order Nos. 34-2 and 34-8 certain lands were added and deleted from the spaced area.

 

4.      That all of Sections 25, 26, 34, 35 and 35 [sic], Township 31 South, Range 42 West, 6th P.M., should remain in the spaced area of the Greenwood Field and remain subject to the provisions of the orders in Cause No. 34.

 

5.      That subsequent drilling and development in the spaced area has established the limits of the common source of supply of gas in the Topeka-Lansing formation, and in order to promote additional drilling the following described lands should be deleted from the spaced area of the Greenwood Field, Baca County, Colorado:

 

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

 

Sections 14 thru 24

 

Sections 27 thru 29

 

Section 33

and said lands be made subject to the general rules and regulations of the Commission.


 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the lands as described in Finding 5 herein, are hereby deleted from the spaced area of the Greenwood Field and are no longer subject to the provisions of the orders in Cause No. 34, and that the lands remaining in the Greenwood Field, Baca County, Colorado, and subject to the provisions of the orders in Cause No. 34 are described as follows:

 

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

Sections 30, 31, 32 and 33

 

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

Sections 25, 26, 34, 35 and 36

 

Township 32 South, Range 41 West, 6th P.M.

Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33

 

Township 32 South, Range 42 West, 6th P.M.

Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 24

 

Township 33 South, Range 41 West, 6th P.M.

Sections 4, 5, 8, 9, 16, 17, 20, 21, 28, 29, 32 and 33

 

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

Sections 3, 4, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34

 

Township 35 South, Range 41 West, 6th P.M.

Sections 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 and 18

 

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

 

ORDERED this 18th day of May, 1976.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Frank J. Piro, Secretary