BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
IN THE MATTER OF THE INVESTIGATION TO TAKE MEASURES TO PREVENT THE WASTE OF OIL AND GAS IN THE "J" SAND OF THE PLUM BUSH CREEK FIELD, WASHINGTON COUNTY, COLORADO	) ) ) ) )	CAUSE NO. 57 ORDER NO. 57-5        (Emergency)

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

The Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado has heretofore established forty-acre drilling and spacing units with the permitted well in the center of a prescribed unit, for the "J" sand reservoir of the Plum Bush Creek Field, Washington County, Colorado, by its Order No. 57-1, subsequently amended as to field limits.

On July 2, 1958, J. L. Cramer requested the Commission to issue an emergency order which would grant permission to drill a well off the established spacing pattern.

FINDINGS

The Commission finds as follows:

1.      That the Commission has jurisdiction to promulgate the hereinafter prescribed order.

2.      That an emergency exists which requires immediate action and a modification of existing orders in the Plum Bush Creek Field insofar as they pertain to the drilling of a well in the center of the NE¼ of the SE¼ of Section 24, Township 2 South, Range 56 West, 6th P.M.; and that an emergency order should be issued in accordance with the provisions of 100-6-7(3) of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Act, for the drilling of a well in the center of the W½ of said drilling unit.

3.      That Applicant states that it is indicated by various geological data that the Center of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (C W½ NE¼ SE¼) of Section Twenty-four (24), Township Two (2) South, Range Fifty-six (56) West, 6th P.M., Washington County, Colorado, would be the proper location in which to drill a test well.

4.      That the Commission has contacted all lease owners of offset contiguous drilling units, and found no objection to the drilling of a well at the location described in Finding 3 above.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that an exception is hereby granted for a well to be drilled Nineteen Hundred Eighty (1980) feet from the south line, and Nine Hundred Ninety (990) feet from the east line, in the Center of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (C W½ NE¼ SE¼) of Section Twenty-four (24), Township Two (2) 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 this order shall be effective [sic] fifteen (15) days, commencing July 3, 1958.

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