REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on April 18, 1972, at 9 A.M., in Room 132, State Services Building, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of Colorado Energy Corporation for an order granting an exception to the spacing pattern established by Order No. 248-1 for a well to be re-entered, which is located in the SE/4 NE/4 NW/4 of Section 10, Township 2 North, Range 63W, 6th P.M., Weld 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 on February 18, 1972, the Commission issued its Order No. 248-1 which, among other things, established 160-acre drilling and spacing units for the produc-tion of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the "J" Sand, with the permitted well to be located no closer than 660 feet from the boundary of the quarter section upon which it is located.

4. That a well was drilled at a location 990 feet from the North line and 2970 feet from the East line, Section 24, Township 2 South, Range 62 West, 6th P.M., which was plugged and abandoned as a dry hole.

5. That testimony presented at the hearing indicates that a well drilled at a location as prescribed by Order No. 248-1 would be in cultivated land which is watered with sprinkler systems. In order to avoid interference with said sprinkler system and the additional expense of drilling at the prescribed location, an exception should be granted to allow the applicant to re-enter the previously drilled well to attempt commer-cial production and that said well should be the permitted well for the drilling unit upon which it is located.

6. That no objection to the applicant's request was presented.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, an exception is hereby granted for a well to be re-entered, which is located 990 feet from the North line and 2970 feet from the East line, Section 10, Township 2 North, Range 63 West, 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado, and said well shall be the permitted well for the drilling unit upon which it is located.

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

ORDERED this 18th day of April 1972.

THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

By Frank J. Piro, Secretary

(#248-2)