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 GAS IN THE "D" AND "J" SANDS IN THE VALLERY FIELD MORGAN COUNTY, COLORADO.

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CAUSE NO. 46

 

ORDER NO. 46-1

 

            APPEARANCES:

 

Mr.

Robert B. Laughlin, Casper, Wyoming,

for the Applicants

 

 

Mr.

William S. Livingston, Denver, Colorado,

for The Carter Oil Company

 

 

Mr.

Harry Culver, and Mr. Charles Love

for Rocky Mountain Standard

 

 

Mr.

Frank Morrison

for the Petroleum Corporation

 

 

Mr.

Raymond B. Gonglet

for Earl Siler and other operators

 

 

Wilbur Rocchio, Esq., Assistant Attorney General

A.J. Jersin, Deputy Director

D.V. Rogers, Petroleum Engineer

        for the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on October 22, 1954, at 10:00 A.M., on the Mezzanine, Shirley Savoy Hotel, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law on the petition of the Stanolind Oil and Gas Company for an order establishing 320-acre drilling and spacing units, according to the governmental survey thereof, for the "D" and "J" sands in the Vallery Field, Morgan 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 insufficient evidence was presented at the Hearing in this matter to substantiate the request of the Stanolind Oil and Gas Company for 320-acre drilling and spacing units in the "D" and "J" sands underlying the South Half (S/2) of Section Eleven (11), the South Half (S/2) of Section Twelve (12), and All of Sections Thirteen (13), Fourteen (14), Fifteen (15), Sixteen (16), Twenty-one (21) Twenty-two (22), Twenty-three (23), and Twenty-four (24), all in Township Three (3) North, Range Fifty-nine (59) West of the Sixth (6th) P.M., which area is presently referred to as the Vallery Field, Morgan County, Colorado.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the application of the Stanolind Oil and Gas Company for spacing ruling in the Vallery Field, Morgan County, Colorado, be denied.

 

ORDERED this 5th day of November, 1954, by the Oil and Gas Conservation Commis-sion of the State of Colorado.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary