BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN OPERATIONS IN THE "D" SAND OF THE CHAPPEL FIELD, SEDGWICK COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 75

 

ORDER NO. 75-3

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on January 26, 1960, at 10:00 a.m., in the Game Room of the Albany Hotel, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of the Graham-Michaels Drilling Company for an order amending Order No. 75-1, by deleting from the area of the Chappel Field the W½ of Section 2 and all of Section 3, Township 11 North, Range 44 West, 6th P.M., and designating the E½ of said Section 2 as a drilling unit whereon one well capable of producing gas from the "D" sand may be drilled and produced at a location 1320 feet from the north line of said Section 2, and 660 feet from the east line of such section.  Pursuant to a request by Applicant, the Commission issued an Emergency Order allowing an exception to Rule 2 of said Order No. 75-1, for a well to be drilled at the above location.

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 August 24, 1955, the Commission issued its Order No. 75-1, which, among other things, established 320-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas from the "D" sand formation of the Chappel Field, and provided that each unit was to be located in the N½ or the S½ of any section lying within the spaced area, with the permitted well to be located not less than 1320 feet from the short sides, nor less than 660 feet from the long sides of the drilling unit upon which it is located.

4.      That subsequent development reveals that the W½ of Section 2 and all of Section 3, Township 11 North, Range 44 West, 6th P.M., Sedgwick County, Colorado, should be deleted from the area of said Chappel Field.

5.      That testimony presented at the hearing indicates that the E½ of said Section 2 should be designated as a drilling unit, and that the well allowed as an exception to Order No. 75-1 by the Emergency Order No. 75-2, issued January 11, 1960, and location 1320 feet from the north line of said Section 2, and 660 feet from the east line of such section, should be the permitted gas well for said drilling unit.


 

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the West Half (W½) of Section Two (2) and all of Section Three (3), Township Eleven (11) North, Range Forty-four (44) West, 6th P.M., Sedgwick County, Colorado, is hereby deleted from the Chappel Field, as defined by Order No. 75-1, leaving the area of the Chappel Field as follows:

Township 12 North, Range 44 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

Section 25:  S½

Section 34:  All

Section 26:  S½

Section 35:  All

Section 27:  S½

Section 36:  All

 

 

Township 11 North, Range 44 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

Section 1:  All

Section 2:  E½

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the East Half (E½) of Section Two (2), Township Eleven (11) North, Range Forty-four (44) West, 6th P.M., Sedgwick County, Colorado, is hereby designated as a drilling unit, and that the permitted gas well for such drilling unit shall be located 1320 feet from the north line and 660 feet from the east line of said Section 2.

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 order.

ORDERED this 26th day of January 1960.

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  D.V. Rogers, Secretary