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 CHEYENNE WELLS FIELD, CHEYENNE COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 212

 

ORDER NO. 212-5

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on November 21, 1977 at 9 a.m., in Room 110, State Centennial Building, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of Mull Drilling Company, Inc., for an order granting an exception to the spacing pattern established by the orders in Cause No. 212, for a well to be drilled in the center of the NW¼SE¼ Section 6, Township 14 South, Range 44 West, 6th P.M., with a tolerance of 150-feet, and that it be the permitted well for the drilling and spacing unit upon which it is located.

 

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 21, 1969, the Commission issued its Order No. 212-3 which established 80-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil from the Mississippian underlying the Cheyenne Wells Field, said units being the E½ and W½ of each quarter section with the permitted well location to be in the center of the NE¼ and SW¼ of each quarter section with a tolerance of 150-feet to avoid surface obstructions and hazards.

 

4.      That evidence presented at the hearing indicates that a well drilled in the permitted location would result in a dry hole and an exception should be granted for a well to be drilled in the center of the NW¼SE¼ Section 6, Township 14 South, Range 44 West, 6th P.M., with a tolerance of 150-feet to avoid surface obstructions and hazards; however, if a commercial well is drilled on the location set forth above instead of on a location as provided for in Order No. 212-3, the Commission should, at the request of interested persons, take such action as will offset any advantage which the person securing the exception may have over other producers by reason of the drilling of the well as an exception.

 

5.      That no objection to the Applicant's request was presented.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that an exception shall be granted for a well to be drilled in the center of the NW¼SE¼ Section 6, Township 14 South, Range 44 West, 6th P.M., Cheyenne Wells Field, Cheyenne County, Colorado, with a tolerance in any direction of 150-feet to avoid surface obstructions and hazards, and that said well shall be the permitted well for the unit upon which it is located, however, if a commercial well is drilled on the location set forth above instead of on a location as provided by Order No. 212-3, the Commission shall, at the request of interested persons, take such action as will offset any advantage which the person securing the exception may have over other producers by reason of the drilling of the well as an exception.

 

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

 

ORDERED this 21st day of November, 1977.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By 

Frank J. Piro, Secretary