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 VILAS FIELD, BACA COUNTY, COLORADO	) ) ) )	CAUSE NO. 197 ORDER NO. 197-3

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on October 16, 1973, at 9 a.m. in the Auditorium, Social Services Building, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing, as required by law, on the application of M. Peyton Bucy for an order deleting certain lands from the spaced area of the Vilas Field, Baca 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 on June 14, 1966, the Commission issued its Order No. 197-1 which, among other things, established 640-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Topeka Limestone formation underlying certain lands in Baca County, Colorado, known as the Vilas Field.  The spaced area was further extended by Order No. 197-2.

4.      That subsequent drilling and development in the spaced area has established the limits of the common source of supply of gas in the Topeka Limestone formation, and in order to promote additional drilling, the following described lands should be deleted from the spaced area of the Vilas Field, Baca County, Colorado:

Township 31 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M.
	Sections 1 thru 12
	Sections 14 thru 23
	Sections 25 thru 34
Township 32 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M.
	Sections 2 thru 24

and said lands be made subject to the general rules and regulations of the Commission.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the lands as described in Finding 4 herein, are hereby deleted from the spaced area of the Vilas Field and are no longer subject to the provisions of Order Nos. 197-1 and 197-2, and that the lands remaining in the Vilas Field, Baca County, Colorado, and subject to the provisions of Order Nos. 197-1 and 197-2 are described as follows:

Township 30 South, Range 44 West, 6th P.M.
	All Sections
Township 30 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M.
	All Sections
Township 31 South, Range 44 West, 6th P.M.
	Sections 1 thru 24
	Sections 26 thru 33
Township 31 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M.
	Section 13:  All
	Section 24:  All
	Section 35:  All
	Section 36:  All
Township 32 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M.
	Section 1:  All

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

ORDERED this 16th day of October, 1973.

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
	By	Frank J. Piro, Secretary