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BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
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IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN OPERATIONS IN THE ATWOOD EAST FIELD, LOGAN COUNTY, COLORADO |
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CAUSE NO. 65
ORDER NO. 65-11 |
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION
This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on August 16, 1982, at 9:00 A.M. in Room 110, State Centennial Building, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of Beren Corporation, for an order establishing 160-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas from the "J" Sand underlying certain lands in Logan County, Colorado.
FINDINGS
The Commission finds as follows:
1. Beren Corporation, as applicant herein, is an interested party in the subject matter of the above-referenced hearing.
2. Due notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing has been given in all respects as required by law.
3. 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.
4. Evidence presented at the hearing indicates that the "J" Sand constitutes a common source of supply of gas underlying the following described lands in Logan County, Colorado, to-wit:
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Township 6 North, Range 52 West, 6th P.M. |
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Township 7 North, Range 52 West, 6th P.M. |
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Township 7 North, Range 53 West, 6th P.M. |
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5. In order to prevent waste of oil and gas, as defined by law; to protect the correlative rights of all parties concerned; to prevent the drilling of unnecessary wells, and to insure proper and efficient development and promote conservation of the oil and gas resources, an order should be made establishing 160-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas from the "J" Sand, common source of supply underlying the lands defined herein; that said units should be 160-acres and consist of a quarter section, according to the governmental survey, and the permitted well for each unit should be located no closer than 600 feet from the boundaries of the unit and no closer than 2500 feet from another well producing from the same formation, and that a well should be considered a gas well if the gas/oil ratio is 15,000 to 1, or more.
6. All geological and engineering data concerning the "J" Sand indicate that one well will efficiently and economically drain an area of approximately 160-acres, and that the drilling unit of the size and shape hereinabove described is not smaller than the maximum area that can be efficiently drained by one well producing from said "J" Sand.
ORDER
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the following rules and regulations shall apply hereafter to a well drilled, completed, or recompleted in the "J" Sand underlying the Atwood East Field, herein described, in addition to other applicable rules and regulations and orders of the Commission, if any, heretofore adopted and not in conflict herewith:
Rule 1. One hundred-sixty (160) acre drilling and spacing units shall be and the same is hereby established for the production of gas from the "J" Sand underlying the following described lands in the Atwood-East Field, Logan County, Colorado, to-wit:
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Township 6 North, Range 52 West, 6th P.M. |
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Township 6 North, Range 53 West, 6th P.M. |
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Township 7 North, Range 52 West, 6th P.M. |
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Rule 2. Said drilling units shall consist of 160-acres and consist of a quarter section, according to the governmental survey. The permitted well shall be located no closer than 600 feet to the boundaries of the unit and no closer than 2500 feet from another well producing from the same formation, and a well shall be considered a gas well if the gas/oil ratio is 15,000 to 1, or more.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the provisions contained in the above order and rules and regulations shall become effective forthwith.
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 orders.
ENTERED this 10th day of September 1982, as of August 16, 1982.
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OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
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By Frank J. Piro, Secretary |