226-6

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 PEORIA FIELD, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 226

ORDER NO. 226-6

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on October 20, 1970, at 10 a.m., in the P.U.C. Hearing Room, 5^th Floor, Columbine Building, 1845 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of Pan American Petroleum Corporation, for an order extending the field limits of the Peoria Field, and establishing for the additional area 80-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil from the “J” sand formation as provided for in Order No. 226-2.

FINDINGS

The Commission finds as follows:

1. The 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 testimony presented at the hearing indicates a common source of supply of oil

underlying, in addition to the area set forth in Order No. 226-2, the following described lands in Arapahoe County, Colorado, to-wit:

Township 4 South, Range 60 West
Section	19:	All	Section	22:	S½
Section	20:	All	Section	27:	All
Section	21:	All	Section	23:	All
Township 5 South, Range 60 West
Section	3:	All	Section	5:	All
Section	4:	All	Section	6:	All

And that such area should be made subject to the provisions of Order No. 226-2.

4. That all of Section 21, the S½ of Section 22, all of Sections 27 and 34, Township 4

South, Range 60 West, 6^th P.M., be deleted from the lands covered by Order No. 226-1, which order established 320-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas in the Peoria Field, and said lands be made subject to the Order requested by the applicant.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the oil area set forth in Finding 3 herein shall be subject to the provisions of Order No. 226-2; and that portion of the Peoria Field shall henceforth include the following described lands in Arapahoe County, Colorado, to-wit:

Township 4 South, Range 60 West, 6^th P.M.
Section	19:	All	Section	29:	All
Section	20:	All	Section	30:	All
Section	21:	All	Section	31:	All
Section	22:	S½	Section	32:	All
Section	27:	All	Section	33:	All
Section	28:	All	Section	34:	All

Township 5 South, Range 60 West, 6^th P.M.
Section	3:	All	Section	5:	All
Section	4:	All	Section	6:	All

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Commission may, without additional notice and hearing, grant exceptions to Rule 2 of Order No. 226-2 whenever it becomes necessary to locate a well more than the 200 feet tolerance due to a highway, railroad or topographic features, provided the owners of the contiguous and cornering spacing and drilling units file with the Commission a waiver or consent in writing, agreeing to said locations.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all operators in the Peoria Field shall designate that 80-acre unit upon which each well, completed, drilled or applied for, is located.

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

ORDERED this 20^th day of October 1970.

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

Frank J. Piro, Secretary