REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on April 20, 1981 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 Mesa Petroleum Company, for an order granting an exception to the spacing pattern as established by Order No. 353-1, Eckley Field, Yuma County, Colorado.

FINDINGS

The Commission finds as follows:

1. Mesa Petroleum Company, 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 August 21, 1979 the Commission issued Order No. 353-1 which established 160-acre units, consisting of a governmental quarter section, for production of gas from the Niobrara formation, with the permitted well located no closer than 900 feet to the boundaries of the unit.

5. A well, the No. l-33 Eckley Kitzmiller was drilled at the permitted location, 900 feet from the south line and 1540 feet from the east line Section 33, Town-ship 4 North, Range 45 West, 6th P.M., and was plugged and abandoned as a dry hole.

6. Evidence presented at the hearing indicates that a well should be allowed to be drilled at a location 450 feet from the north line and 450 feet from the west line of the SE/4 of said Section 33.

7. Waiver agreeing to said location from the offset owner was filed with the Commission and no objections to the application were received.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that an exception to the spacing pattern as established by Order No. 353-1 for the Eckley Field, Yuma County, Colorado, is hereby granted for a well to be drilled 450 feet from the north line and 450 feet from the west line of the SE/4 Section 33, Township 4 North, Range 45 West, 6th P.M. and that it be the permitted well for the unit consisting of the SE/4 of said Section 33.

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

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

(over)

ENTERED this 8th day of May, 2981, as of April 20, 2982.

THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

By Frank J. Piro, Secretary

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