REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on August 21, 1978 at 9:00 A.M., in Room 110, State Centennial Building, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of Walter S. Fees, Jr., Robert B. Ferguson, Mark B. Carman and Jerry E. Shawyet, for an order to extend the limits of the spaced area of the Bridle Field, Garfield County, Colorado.

FINDINGS

The Commission finds as follows:

1. Walter S. Fees, Jr., Robert B. Ferguson, Mark B. Gatman and Jerry E. Shawvet, as applicants herein, are interested parties 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 May 18, 1976, the Commission issued Order No. 309-1 which, among other things, established 160-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Dakota and Morrison formations underlying certain lands in the Bridle Field, Garfield County, Colorado.

5. Evidence presented at the hearing indicates that a common source of supply of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Dakota and Morrison formations underlies, in addition to the area set forth in Order No. 309-1, the following described lands in Garfield County, Colorado, to-wit:

Township 8 South, Range 104 West, 6th P.M. Section 9: SW/4 and that such area be made subject to the provisions of Order No. 309-1, and that Well No. 3-9 Govt., located in the NE/4SW/4 of said Section 9 should be the permitted well for the unit upon which it is located.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the area set forth in Finding 5 herein shall be subject to the provisions of Order No. 309-1 and the spaced area of the Bridle Field shall henceforth include the following described lands in Garfield County, Colorado, to-wit:

Township 8 South, Range 104 West, 6th P.M. Section 9: E/2, SW/4 Section 10: All IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that Well No. 3-9 Govt., located in the NE/4SW/4 Section 9, Township 8 South, Range 104 West, 6th P.M., shall be the permitted well for the unit upon which it is located. (over)

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the Commission expressly reserves its right, alter notice and hearing, to alter, amend or repeal any and/or all of the above order.

ORDERED this 21st day of August, 1978.

THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

By Frank J. Piro, Secretary

(#309-4)