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 "J" SAND OF THE BIG BEAVER FIELD, WASHINGTON COUNTY, COLORADO.	) ) ) )	CAUSE NO. 44 ORDER NO. 44-2

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on May 12, 1955, at 10:00 a.m., in the Mezzanine Room of the Shirley Savoy Hotel, Denver, Colorado, after submission of Waiver of Service by adjoining property owners as required by law, on the petition of L.A. Messmer for an exception to Order No. 44-1, for a well to be drilled off the established spacing pattern.

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 requirement to drill the well at the authorized location on the unit on which exception is requested would be inequitable or unreasonable.

4.      That an exception to Order No. 44-1 should be allowed for a well to be drilled on the following described location:

Center of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NW/4 NW/4 NW/4) of Section Seven (7), Township Three (3) South, Range Fifty-six (56) West of the 6th P.M., Washington 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 the following rules and regulations shall apply hereafter to the lands set forth in this Order, in addition to other applicable rules, regulations and orders of the Commission heretofore adopted and not in conflict herewith:

Rule 1.    That an exception shall be granted for a well to be drilled in the Center of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NW/4 NW/4 NW/4) of Section Seven (7), Township Three (3) South, Range Fifty-six (56) West of the 6th P.M., Washington 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.

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 12th day of May, 1955.

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