BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE INVESTIGATION TO TAKE MEASURES TO PREVENT WASTE OF OIL AND GAS IN THE MOUNT HOPE-NORTH FIELD, LOGAN COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 41

 

ORDER NO. 41-3

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on January 28, 1958, at 10:00 a.m., in the Game Room of the Albany Hotel, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing and receipt of Waivers of Service, as required by law, on the application of W. H. Sharp for an exception to Order No. 41-1 for two wells to be drilled in the Mount Hope-North Field, Logan 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 testimony presented at the above hearing did not substantiate the granting of an exception for a well to be drilled 2310 feet from the north section line and 1650 feet from the west section line in the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SW/4 SE/4 NW/4) of Section Seventeen (17), Township Nine (9) North, Range Fifty-three (53) West of the 6th P.M., Logan County, Colorado.

 

4.      That an exception to Order No. 41-1 should be allowed for a well to be drilled on the following described location:

 

2310 feet from the north section line and 330 feet from the west section line in the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SW/4 SW/4 NW/4) of Section Seventeen (17), Township Nine (9) North, Range Fifty-three (53) West of the 6th P.M., Logan County Colorado,

 

and that said well should be the permitted oil or gas well for the drilling and spacing unit upon which it is located.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that an exception shall be granted for a well to be drilled Twenty-three Hundred Ten (2310) feet from the north section line and Three Hundred Thirty (330) feet from the west section line in the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SW/4 SW/4 NW/4) of Section Seventeen (17), Township Nine (9) North, Range Fifty-three (53) West of the 6th P.M., Logan County, Colorado, and that said well shall be the permitted oil or gas well for the drilling and spacing unit upon which it is located.

 

ORDERED this 4th day of February, 1958.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary