BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN OPERATIONS IN THE PADRONIWEST FIELD, LOGAN COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 7

 

ORDER NO. 7-2

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on September 20, 1960, at 10:00 A.M., in Room 720, State Services Building, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of W.C. McBride, Inc., for an order vacating Order No. 7-1, issued by the Commission on April 15, 1952, and covering an area designated as the Padroni-West Field; and providing in lieu thereof that all drilling and development operations hereafter conducted upon the lands defined in said Order No. 7-1, regardless of the projected depth, be in accordance with the provisions of Rule 317 of the Rules and Regulations of the Commission, but that an exception to the provisions of such Rule 317 be allowed for all wells presently located on said lands, and that they be the permitted well or wells for the respective forty-acre legal subdivisions on which the same are located, and that no other well be hereafter drilled thereon.

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 April 15, 1952, the Commission issued its Order No. 7-1 which, among other things, established 20-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil and gas from the Muddy Sand, sometimes referred to as the "J" Sand, in the Padroni-West Field.

 

4.      That testimony presented at the hearing indicates that one well will efficiently and economically drain an area of approximately forty acres in the "J" Sand; and that therefore the provisions of Order No. 7-1 should be vacated, and the provisions of Rule 317 of this Commission's Rules and Regulations should be substituted therefor [sic].

 

5.      That in order to prevent any undue hardship on any operator, and to prevent the drilling of unnecessary wells, the locations of all wells previously drilled in the Padroni-West Field, as set out in said Order No. 7-1, that are in conflict with said Rule 317, should be allowed; and that any well previously drilled should be allowed to be recompleted in any formation underlying said Padroni-West Field, regardless of the location of such well.

 


 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that all the provisions of Order No. 7-1, Cause No. 7, shall be and they hereby are vacated.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the locations of all wells drilled previous to this order, in the area defined in said Order No. 7-1, shall be allowed and not held in conflict with Rule 317 of this Commission's Rules and Regulations.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that any well drilled previous to this order may be recompleted in any formation underlying the area known as the Padroni-West Field, regardless of the location of such 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.

 

ORDERED this 20th day of September 1960.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  D.V. Rogers, Secretary