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 CAMP CREEK FIELD, WASHINGTON COUNTY, COLORADO	) ) ) )	CAUSE NO. 52 ORDER NO. 52-2

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on October 15, 1957, at 10 a.m., in Room 243 State Capitol, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the Commission's own motion requesting interested persons to appear and present testimony relating to the productive limits of the Camp Creek Field.

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 December 1, 1954, the Commission issued its Order No. 52-1 in Cause No. 52, Camp Creek, establishing forty-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil and gas from the "J" sand, common source of supply, and defining the area to be known as the Camp Creek Field.

4.      That subsequent development reveals that Section 2, W/2 of Section 4, W/2 and SE/4 of Section 9, S/2 of Section 10, and all of Section 11, Township One (1) North, Range Fifty-three (53) West, 6th P.M., Washington County, Colorado, should be deleted from the Camp Creek Field.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that Section Two (2), West Half (W/2) of Section Four (4), West Half and Southeast Quarter (W/2, SE/4) of Section Nine (9), South Half (S/2) of Section Ten (10), and all of Section Eleven (11), Township One (1) North, Range Fifty-three (53) West, 6th P.M., Washington County, Colorado, is hereby deleted from the area described in Order No. 52-1, Cause No. 52, Camp Creek Field, leaving the area of the Camp Creek Field as follows:

Section Three (3), East Half (E/2) of Section Four (4), Northeast Quarter (NE/4) of Section Nine (9), and North Half (N/2) of Section Ten (10), Township One (1) North, Range Fifty-three (53) West, 6th P, M., Washington County, Colorado.

5.      That all available geological and engineering data concerning the "J" sand, common source of supply in said Camp Creek Field, indicate that one well will efficiently and economically drain an area of approximately Forty (40) acres, and that drilling units of the size and shape hereinabove described are not smaller than the maximum area that can be efficiently drained by one well producing from the said "J" sand, common source of supply in said Camp Creek Field.

ORDER [sic]

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, that the following rules and regulations shall apply hereafter to a well drilled, completed, or recompleted in the "J" sand underlying the Camp Creek Field, herein described in the Findings, which, by reference, are made a part hereof, in addition to other applicable rules and regulations and orders of the Commission, if any, heretofore adopted and not in conflict herewith:

Rule 1.    Forty (40) acre drilling and spacing units shall be and the same are hereby established for the production of oil and gas from the "J" sand, common source of supply underlying:

All of Sections Two (2), Three (3), Four (4), Nine (9), Ten (10), and Eleven (11), Township One (1) North, Range Fifty-three (53) West of the Sixth (6th) P.M., Washington County, Colorado,

and such area shall henceforth be known as the Camp Creek Field.

(a)  The permitted well for each unit shall be located not less than Three Hundred Thirty (330) feet from any property line, lease line, or governmental quarter-quarter section line, and shall 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 shall be permitted only where surface obstructions or hazards make it unduly hazardous or expensive to drill at the prescribed location.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the rules and regulations contained herein shall become effective forthwith, and henceforth the commencement of the drilling of any well or wells in the "J" sand, as defined herein, for the purpose of producing oil and gas there from, at a location other than authorized by this Order, is hereby prohibited.

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 1st day of December, 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