BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE INVESTIGATION TO TAKE MEASURES TO PREVENT WASTE OF OIL AND GAS IN THE MASTERS FIELD, WELD AND MORGAS COUNTIES, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 31

 

ORDER NO. 31-4        (Emergency)

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

By its Order No. 31-3 (Emergency), heretofore and on December 14, 1954, entered in the above-entitled matter, the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado, in accordance with the provisions of Section 8(c) of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Act of 1951, as amended, found that an emergency exists requiring immediate action. The Commission, on December 14, 1954, issued Notice of Hearing in said cause, setting the same for Wednesday, January 12, 1955, at 10:00 A.M., in Room 704 State Capitol Annex, 14th Avenue and Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado.

 

FINDINGS

 

The Commission finds as follows:

 

1.      That the Commission has jurisdiction to promulgate the hereinafter prescribed Order.

 

2.      That, in accordance with the provisions of Section 8(c) of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Act of 1951, as amended, an emergency exists requiring immediate action, and that its Order No. 31-3 (Emergency), heretofore issued on December 14, 1954, in the above-entitled matter, should be extended fifteen (15) days, commencing January 1, 1955.

 

ORDER

 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the operators and owners of all wells producing oil or both oil and gas from the "D" sand of the Masters Field shall not produce oil from any one well in an amount, during any one month, exceeding a daily average of One Hundred Twenty-five (125) barrels, and shall not produce gas from any one well in an amount, during any one month, exceeding a daily average of One Hundred Fifty Thousand (150,000) cubic feet.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that this Order shall be effective [sic] fifteen (15) days, commencing January 1, 1955.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary

Dated at Denver, Colorado

December 29, 1954