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 "D" SAND OF THE SURVEYOR CREEK FIELD, WASHINGTON COUNTY, COLORADO	) ) ) )	CAUSE NO. 76 ORDER NO. 76-3

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on June 23, 1959, at 10 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 Plains Exploration Company for an order establishing a gas unit consisting of the NW¼ of Section 27 and the SW¼ of Section 22, Township 2 North, Range 52 West, 6th P.M., Washington County, Colorado; and on the Commission's own motion to consider the possible deletion of portions of the Surveyor Creek Field, possible realignment of drilling and spacing units in said field and other matters relating to production practices in the field.

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 October 11, 1955, the Commission issued its Order No, 76-1, establishing 320-acre drilling and spacing units consisting of the N½ and S½ of a section for the production of gas from the "D" sand formation underlying the Surveyor Creek Field, which order was subsequently amended by Order No. 76-2, approving a realignment of two gas units in Section 29, Township 2 North, Range 52 West in said field.

4.      That subsequent development and testimony presented at the hearing reveals that all of Section 17, the W½ of Section 20, SE¼ of Section 22 NE¼ of Section 27, W½ of Section 29 and N½ of Section 32, Township 2 North, Range 52 West, 6th P.M., Washington County, Colorado, should be deleted from the Surveyor Creek Field.

5.      That as a result of the deletions set forth in Finding 4 above, the drilling and spacing units in Section 20, and the S½ of Section 22 and N½ of Section 27, Township 2 North, Range 52 West, established in Order No, 76-1, should be abolished, and the following drilling and spacing units established for the production of gas from the "D" sand formation underlying said areas:

Township 2 North, Range 52 West, 6th P.M.

Washington County, Colorado

East Half (E½) of Section Twenty (20)

Northwest Quarter (NW¼) of Section Twenty-seven (27) and Southwest Quarter (SW¼) of Section Twenty-two (22)

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that all of Section Seventeen (17), West Half (W½) of Section Twenty (20), Southeast Quarter (SE¼) of Section Twenty-two (22), Northeast Quarter (NE¼) of Section Twenty-seven (27), West Half (W½) of Section Twenty-nine (29), and North Half (N½) of Section Thirty-two (32), Township Two (2) North, Range Fifty-two (52) West, 6th P.M., Washington County, Colorado, is hereby deleted from the Surveyor Creek Field, as defined by Order No. 76-1, leaving the area of said Surveyor Creek Field as follows:

Sections Fifteen (15) and Sixteen (16); East Half (E½) of Section Twenty (20); Section Twenty-one (21); North Half and Southwest Quarter (N½, SW¼) of Section Twenty-two (22); South Half and Northwest Quarter (S½, NW¼) of Section Twenty-seven (27); Section Twenty-eight (28); East Half (E½) of Section Twenty-nine (29); North Half (N½) of Section Thirty-three (33), and North Half (N½) of Section Thirty-four (34), Township Two (2) North, Range Fifty-two (52) West of the 6th P.M., Washington County, Colorado.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that two 320-acre drilling and spacing units of the Surveyor Creek Field are hereby redesignated as follows:

Township 2 North, Range 52 West, 6th P.M.

East Half (E½) of Section Twenty (20)

Northwest Quarter (NW¼) of Section Twenty-seven (27) and Southwest Quarter (SW¼) of Section Twenty-two (22)

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 23rd day of June, 1959,

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
	By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary