REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for the string 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 application of Sun Oil Company for an order granting an exception to the well location as established by Order No. 277-2.

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 November 19, 1974, the Commission issued its Order No. 277-2 for the Sidewinder Field which, among other things, established 320-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the "J" Sand, with the permitted well for each unit to be located in the NW/4 and the SE/4 of each section and no closer than 660 feet to the boundaries of the unit.

4. That applicant drilled a well in the SW/4 of Section 26, Township 4 South, Range 62 West, 6th P.M., 1864 feet from the west line and 2130 feet from the south line, which well was permitted for the production of oil; however, the well was completed as a well capable of production of gas only from the "J" Sand.

5. That evidence presented at the hearing indicates that a well drilled at a location in accordance with Order No. 277-2 would result in a non-commercial well, and that the well drilled at the location as described in Finding 4 herein should be con-sidered an exception and be the permitted well for the unit consisting of the S/2 of said Section 26.

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

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that an exception is hereby granted for a well drilled at a location 1864 feet from the west line and 2130 feet from the south line, Section 26, Township 4 South, Range 62 West, 6th P.M., and that it be the permitted well for the unit consisting of the S/2 of Section 26.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the order contained herein shall become effective forthwith.

ORDERED this 20th day of December, 1976.

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