REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on September 17, 1984 at 9:00 A.M., in Suite 380 Logan Tower Building, 1580 Logan Street, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of MAZE Exploration, Inc. for an order granting an exception to the permitted well location as provided for in Order No. 254-1 for the Longbranch Field, Adams County, Colorado.

FINDINGS

The Commission finds as follows:

1. MAZE Exploration, Inc., 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 April 18, 1972, the Commission issued Order No. 254-1 which established 320-acre drilling and spacing units for production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the "J" Sand underlying lands in the Longbranch Field, Adams County, Colorado. The units consist of the E/2 and W/2 or the N/2 and S/2 of each section with the permitted well located in the NW/4 and the SE/4 of each section no closer than 990 feet to the boundaries of the quarter section.

5. Based on the verified application and exhibits and testimony presented at the hearing, an exception should be granted for a well to be drilled at a location in the center of the N/2 S/2 Section 16, Township 2 South, Range 62 West, 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado, with a tolerance of 200 feet in any direction.

6. No objection to the application was received.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that an exception to the permitted well location as provided for in Order No. 254-4 is hereby granted for a well to be drilled at a location in the center of the N/2 S/2 Section 16, Township 2 South, Range 62 West, 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado, with a tolerance of 200 feet in any direction.

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

ENTERED this 12th day of October 1984, as Of September 17, 1984.

THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

By William R. Smith, Secretary For Frank J. Piro, Secretary