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 ATWOOD-EAST FIELD, LOGAN COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 65

 

ORDER NO. 65-6

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on February 18, 1958, 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 to consider modification of previous orders in this cause insofar as they pertain to the location of wells.  On February 1, 1958, the Commission issued Emergency Order No. 65-5, which modified such previous orders to allow an operator to move the location of a well within the same forty-acre tract when the prescribed location fell in the Platte River channel.

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 present orders in Cause No. 65, relative to spacing in the Atwood-East Field, do not allow for enough flexibility in the location of wells when the prescribed location falls in the river channel, and that said orders should be modified to allow an operator to move the location of a well to the nearest practicable location outside the river channel and within the same forty-acre tract when the prescribed location falls in the Platte River channel.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that Orders No. 65-1, No, 65-3, and No. 65-4 are hereby modified to allow a change in location of a well to the nearest practicable location outside the river channel and within the same forty (40) acre tract when the prescribed location falls in the Platte River channel, provided that the owners proposing to drill a well file with the Commission a waiver, or consent in writing, signed by the lease owner toward whom the well location is proposed to be moved, agreeing that said well may be located at the point at which the owner proposes to drill the well.

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, rules and regulations.


 

ORDERED this 18th day of February, 1958.

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary