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 JAMBOREE FIELD, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO	) ) ) )	CAUSE NO. 229 ORDER NO. 229-1

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on September 15, 1970, at 10 a.m., in the P.U.C. Hearing Room, 5th 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 establishing 80-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil from the "D" Sand formation underlying certain lands in Adams 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 evidence presented at the hearing indicates that the "D" Sand formation constitutes a common source of supply of oil underlying the following described lands in Adams County, Colorado, to-wit:

Township 1 South, Range 64 West, 6th P.M.
Section	21:	All	Section		25:	All	Section			33:	All
Section	22:	All	Section		26:	All	Section			34:	All
Section	23:	All	Section		27:	All	Section			35:	All
Section	24:	All	Section		28:	All	Section			36:	All
Township 2 South, Range 64 West, 6th P.M.
Section	1:	All		Section				3:	All
Section	2:	All		Section				4:	All

4.      That in order to prevent the waste of oil and gas, as defined by law; to protect the correlative rights of all parties concerned; to prevent the drilling of unnecessary wells, and to insure proper and efficient development and promote conservation of the oil and gas resources of the State, an order should be made establishing 80-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil from the "D" sand formation, common source of supply underlying the lands defined herein; that said units should be 80-acre drilling units, and consisting of the E½ and the W½ or the N½ and the S½ of each quarter section, according to the governmental survey thereof; and that the permitted well for each such drilling unit should be located in the center of the NE¼ and the SW¼ of each quarter section, with a tolerance of 200 feet in any direction.

5.      That all available geological and engineering data concerning said "D" Sand indicate that one well will efficiently and economically drain an area of approximately 80 acres, and that drilling units of the size and shape hereinabove described are not smaller than the maximum area that can be efficiently drained by one well producing from said "D" Sand.

ORDER

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

Rule 1:    Eighty (80) acre drilling and spacing units shall be and the same are hereby established for the production of oil from the "D" Sand formation underlying the following described lands in the Jamboree Field, Adams County, Colorado, to-wit:

Township 1 South, Range 64 West, 6th P.M.
Section	21:	All	Section		25:	All	Section			33:	All
Section	22:	All	Section		26:	All	Section			34:	All
Section	23:	All	Section		27:	All	Section			35:	All
Section	24:	All	Section		28:	All	Section			36:	All
Township 2 South, Range 64 West, 6th P.M.
Section	1:	All		Section				3:	All
Section	2:	All		Section				4:	All

Rule 2:    Said drilling units shall consist of eighty (80) acres, and each such drilling unit shall be the E½ and the W½ or the N½ and the S½ of each quarter section, according to the governmental survey thereof; and the permitted well for each such drilling unit shall be located in the center of the NE¼ and the SW¼ of each quarter section, with a tolerance of 200 feet in any direction.

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

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 orders, rules and regulations.

ORDERED this 15th day of September 1970.

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