IN THE MATTER OF GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS IN THE STATE OF COLORADO, AND RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE PERTAINING THERETO AND IN PARTICULAR WITH REFERENCE TO RULE 323

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 XENIA-WEST FIELD IN WASH-INGTON COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 55

ORDER NO. 55-2

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on September 26, 1955, at 10:00 A.M., in Room 330 State Office Building, Denver, Colorado, after Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of Bruce Sullivan, et al, for an exception to Order No. 55-1, 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 drilling unit on which an exception is requested is located adjacent to a producing unit, and that the requirement to drill the well at the authorized location on the unit would be inequitable or unreasonable.

4. That an exception to Order No. 55-1 should be allowed for a well to be drilled on the following described location:

Center of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NE/4 SE/4 SW/4) of Section Two (2), Township Two (2) North, Range Fifty-four West (54W), 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 land 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 Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NE/4 SE/4 SW/4) of Section Two (2), Township Two (2) North, Range Fifty-four (54) West, 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 26th day of September, 1955.

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

By Annabel Hogsett, Secretary