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 GOLDEN SPIKE FIELD, CHEYENNE COUNTY, COLORADO	) ) ) )	CAUSE NO. 214 ORDER NO. 214-2

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on May 21, 1979 at 9:00 a.m., in Room 110, State Centennial Building, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of Inexco Oil Co., for an order authorizing the drilling of an additional well for the production of oil from the Mississippian, at a location in the center of the SE¼NW¼ Section 12, Township 16 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M.

FINDINGS

The Commission finds as follows:

1.      Inexco Oil Company, as applicant herein, is an interested party in the subject matter of the above-referenced hearing.

2.      Due notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing has been given in all respects as required by law.

3.      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.

4.      On May 20, 1969, the Commission issued Order No. 214-1, which established 80-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil from the Mississippian underlying lands in the Golden Spike Field.  The units are the W½ and E½ of each quarter section with the permitted well located in the center of the NE¼ and SW¼ of each quarter section.

5.      A well has been drilled and completed for production from the Mississippian at a location in the NE¼ NW¼ Section 12, Township 16 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M., and is the permitted well for the unit consisting of the E½NW¼ of said Section 12.

6.      Testimony presented at the hearing indicates that the drilling of an additional well on the unit described herein is necessary in order to obtain additional information to determine if one well is adequately draining an area of approximately 80-acres; therefore, an additional well should be allowed to be drilled at a location in the center of the SE¼NW¼ of said Section 12.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that an additional well for the production of oil from the Mississippian is hereby authorized to be drilled in the drilling and spacing unit consisting of the E½NW¼ Section 12, Township 16 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M., Golden Spike Field, Cheyenne County, Colorado, and that said well be located in the approximate center of the SE¼NW¼ of said Section 12.

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

ORDERED this 21st day of May, 1979.

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