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 WATTENBERG GAS SPACED AREA, ADAMS AND WELD COUNTIES, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 232

 

ORDER NO. 232-13

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on December 20, 1976 at 9 a.m., in Room 110, State Centennial Building, Denver, Colorado after giving Notice of Hearing, as required by law, on the petition of H.H. Champlin and Jack Danford for rehearing in the matter of jurisdiction which was previously heard on October 18, 1976 and in addition, an application for an order to allocate the production of oil and gas between tracts of land described as:  Tract 1, NE¼ Section 32; Tract 2, SE¼ Section 32, Township 2 South, Range 64 West, 6th P.M., 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 on October 18, 1976 hearing was held before the Commission on the application of H.H. Champlin and Jack Danford requesting the Commission to "safeguard, protect and enforce the co-equal and correlative rights of owners and producers in a common source or pool of oil and gas, to the end that each owner and producer in a common pool or source of supply of oil and gas may obtain his just and equitable share of production therefrom," pursuant to Section 34-60-102 C.R.S. 1973.  The Commission found that they did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter and the application was dismissed.

 

3.      That pursuant to the Oil and Gas Conservation Act, C.R.S. 1973, 34-60-101 et seq., in particular C.R.S. 1973, 34-60-103 (4), the Commission does not have jurisdiction over the subject matter of the correlative rights of royalty owners; that under C.R.S. 1973, 34-60-106 (3) (a), the Commission does have authority to entertain an application from any person, including a royalty owner, to allocate production for the prevention of waste, but that the application filed in the instant cause does not allege waste.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the Petition for Rehearing in the matter of jurisdiction and the application for an order to allocate production between tracts of land in the E½ Section 32, Township 2 South, Range 64 West, 6th P.M., submitted November 19, 1976 by H.H. Champlin and Jack Danford are hereby dismissed.

 

 

ORDERED this 17th day of January, 1977.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By 

Frank J. Piro, Secretary