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 RAKE FIELD, MORGAN COUNTY, COLORADO	) ) ) )	CAUSE NO. 128 ORDER NO. 128-1

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on April 30, 1959, at 10 a.m., in the Spruce Room of the Albany Hotel, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the Commission's own motion to consider measures to prevent the waste of oil and gas in the "D" sand of the Rake Field, Morgan County, Colorado.

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 "D" sand formation of the Rake Field, as used herein, contains an oil reservoir which has as the main producing mechanism a solution gas drive; and that said "D" sand formation constitutes a common source of supply of oil and gas underlying the following described lands in Morgan County, Colorado, to-wit:

Township 4 North, Range 60 West, 6th P.A. [sic]
Section 23:  S½	Section 26:  All

4.      That in order to prevent waste, as defined by the Oil and Gas Conservation Act, the gas produced from the Rake Field should be either (1) marketed and sold to supply domestic, industrial, commercial, or municipal needs; or (2) used for lease fuel, development or operations; or (3) returned to the "D" sand formation.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the following rules and regulations shall apply hereafter to a well drilled, completed or recompleted in the "D" sand formation underlying the Rake Field, herein defined, in addition to other applicable rules and regulations and orders of the Commission, if any, heretofore adopted and not in conflict herewith:

Rule 1.    The Rake Field, "D" sand formation, is hereby defined as follows, to-wit:

South Half (S½) of Section Twenty-three (23), and North Half (N½) of Section Twenty-six (26), Township Four (4) North, Range Sixty (60) West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado.

Rule 2.    The gas produced from said "D" sand formation of the Rake Field shall be either (1) marketed and sold to supply domestic, industrial, commercial, or municipal needs; or (2) used for lease fuel, development or operations; or (3) returned to the "D" sand formation, unless otherwise authorized by the Commission.

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 rules and regulations.

ORDERED this 6th day of May, 1959.

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