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 BUCKINGHAM FIELD, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 71

 

ORDER NO. 71-6

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on September 21, 1987, at 9:00 a.m., in Room 110, State Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of Skaer Enterprises, Inc., for an order pooling all interests in the drilling and spacing unit consisting of the SW1/4 SE1/4 Section 27, Township 8 North, Range 59 West, 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado, for the production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the "D" Sand underlying said unit, pursuant to 34-60-116 C.R.S., as amended.

FINDINGS

The Commission finds as follows:

1.      Skaer Enterprises, Inc., 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.      The Commission by Order No. 71-5 established 40-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the "D" Sand underlying the Section 27, Township 8 North, Range 59 West, 6th P.M., with the SW1/4 SE1/4 of said Section 27 as a drilling and spacing unit.

5.      Effort has been made to obtain the voluntary pooling of all interests in said drilling unit for the development and operation thereof, but that it has not been possible to secure the agreement of all owners of interest in said unit for the voluntary pooling thereof.

6.      Based on the facts stated in the verified application, and receiving no objections and having been heard and recommended by the Director as Hearing Officer on September 14, 1987, the Commission should enter an order pooling all interests in the 40-acre drilling and spacing unit herein described in order to insure proper and efficient development of the oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the "D" Sand underlying said unit.

7.      In order to insure proper and efficient development of said drilling unit and to promote conservation of the oil and/or gas resources of the State, an order should be made pooling all interests in the 40-acre drilling unit described herein.

8.      An order of the Commission pooling all interests in said drilling unit is necessary in order to afford each owner of interest in said drilling unit the opportunity to recover and receive his just and equitable share of the oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the common source of supply underlying said drilling unit.

9.      Production obtained from said drilling unit should be allocated to each tract therein on the basis of the proportion that the number of acres in each tract bears to the total number of acres within said drilling unit.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that 1. [sic] Pursuant to the provisions of 34-60-116, C.R.S., as amended, of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act of the State of Colorado, all interests in the drilling and spacing unit consisting of the SW1/4 SE1/4 Section 27, Township 8 North [sic] Range 59 West, 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado, are hereby pooled for the development of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the "D" Sand underlying said unit.

2.      The production obtained from said drilling unit shall be allocated to each owner therein in the unit on the basis of the proportion that the number of acres in each tract bears to the total number of mineral acres within said drilling unit; each owner of an interest in said drilling unit shall be entitled to receive his share of the production of the well located on said drilling unit applicable to his interest in said drilling unit.

3.      The non-consenting owner should be afforded the opportunity to elect whether to participate in the drilling and operating of said well and pay a proportionate share of the actual costs thereof, which proportionate share shall be determined by dividing the number of net mineral acres owned by said unleased mineral owner by the total number of mineral acres in the unit.

4.      The operator responsible for drilling the well on the said unit shall prepare an Authorization for Expenditure (AFE), which shall be submitted to the non-consenting owner in the unit.

5.      Within thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of said AFE by the non-consenting owner, such owner shall indicate whether he consents to the drilling of the well and agrees to participate in the cost thereof.  Such election shall be made in writing, either by executing the AFE or similar document.  In the event a written election to participate is not made by the non-consenting owner within such time period, said owner shall therefore be deemed to be non-consenting as to the well and subject to the provisions of 34-60-116 (7) C.R.S. as amended.

6.      Skaer Enterprises, Inc., for the purposes of this order, is designated as operator of the well to be drilled on the unit.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the provisions contained in the above order shall be effective forthwith.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the Commission expressly reserves its right after notice of hearing, to alter, amend or repeal any and/or all of the above orders.

 

ENTERED this 7th day of October 1987, as of September 21, 1987.

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Frank J. Piro, Secretary