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 UN [sic] THE CAMP CREEK FIELD, WASHING-TON COUNTY, COLORADO.

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CAUSE NO. 52

 

ORDER NO. 52-1

                        APPEARANCES:

Eddie Fisher, per se

W. L. Hershelman, Chicago Corporation

Martin Hegglund, for Stanolind Oil & Gas Company

Al Ward, per se

Wilbur Rocchio, Assistant Attorney General,

A. J. Jersin, Deputy Director, and

D. V. Rogers, Petroleum Engineer, for the Commission

          

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on December 1, 1954, at 10:00 A.M., Room 704, State Capitol Annex, 14th Avenue and Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the Commission's own motion, for establishment of Forty (40) acre drilling and spacing unit, according to the governmental survey thereof, for the production of oil and gas from the "J" sand, common source of supply underlying the Camp Creek Field, Washington 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 the "J" sand constitutes a common source of supply of oil and gas underlying the following described lands in Washington County, Colorado, to-wit:

Township 1 North, Range 53. West, 6th. P.M.

 

 

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and is known as the Camp Creek Field.

4.      That, in order to prevent waste of oil and gas as defined in the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Act of 1951, as amended; and to prevent the drilling of unnecessary wells, an order should be made establishing Forty (40) acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil from the said "J" sand, Common source of supply underlying said land, as defined herein; that said units should be Forty (40) acre drilling and spacing units, according to the governmental survey thereof, and that the permitted oil well for each unit should be located not less than Three Hundred Thirty (330) feet from any property line, lease line, or governmental quarter-quarter section line, and should be located not less than One Thousand Three Hundred Twenty (1320) feet between wells on the same lease within any one governmental quarter section; and that a tolerance of One Hundred (100) feet in any direction from the prescribed location should be permitted to avoid surface hazards and obstructions.     

 

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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 order.

        ORDERED this 15th day of October, 1957.

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary