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 FORT MORGAN FIELD, MORGAN COUNTY, COLORADO	) ) ) )	CAUSE NO. 49 ORDER NO. 49-3

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on March 20, 1956, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 330, State Office Building, Denver, Colorado, after service of Notice of Hearing or appropriate waiver thereof, all as required by law, on the application of the Monsanto Chemical Company, a Delaware corporation qualified to do business in the State of Colorado, for an order from the Commission directing the pooling of all of the interests in and to all of the tracts of land included within the drilling and spacing unit described as the Northwest Quarter of Section Thirty, Township Three North, Range Fifty-seven West, 6th P.M., in the Fort Morgan Field, Morgan County, Colorado, for the purpose of drilling a well to the "D" sand formation in search of natural gas therein.

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 in order to insure proper and efficient development; to eliminate the drilling of unnecessary wells; to promote conservation of the gas resources of the State, and to conform with the previously issued order of the Commission establishing 160-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas from the "D" sand formation underlying said lands, an order should be made pooling all interests in the 160-acre drilling unit described as the NW/4, Section 30, Township 3 North, Range 57 West, 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado.

4.      That the order of the Commission pooling all interests in said drilling unit is necessary, just and reasonable in order to afford each owner of interest within said drilling unit the opportunity to recover and receive his just and equitable share of the gas from the common source of supply underlying said drilling unit.

5.      That production obtained from said drilling unit should be allocated to each tract therein on the basis of the proportion that the number of acres in such tract bears to the total number of acres within said drilling unit.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that pursuant to the provisions of 100-6-4 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act of the State of Colorado, all interests in the drilling unit described as the Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of Section Thirty (30), Township Three (3) North Range Fifty-seven (57) West, 6th P.M., are hereby pooled for the development and operation of said drilling unit.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the production obtained from said drilling unit shall be allocated to each tract therein on the basis of the proportion that the number of acres in such tract bears to the total number of acres within said drilling unit, and each owner of interest in said tracts in said drilling unit shall be entitled to receive his share of the production of the well located or to be located on said drilling unit applicable to hi interest in said drilling unit.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that this Order shall become effective forthwith.

ORDERED this 20th day of March, 1956.

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
	By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary