BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN OPERATIONS IN THE MUDDY CREEK FIELD, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 67

 

ORDER NO. 67-3

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on November 18, 1975, at 9 A.M., in Room 532, State Services Building, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the Commission's own motion to consider the rescinding of Order Nos. 67-1 and 67-2 for the Muddy Creek Field, Adams County, Colorado.

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 May 12, 1955, the Commission issued its Order No. 67-1 for the Muddy Creek Field, which established 40-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil and gas from the "D" and "J" Sands underlying the following described lands in Adams County, Colorado, to-wit:

Township 1 South, Range 59 West, 6th P.M.

Section 21:  S½

Section 27:  All

Section 22:  S½

Section 28:  All

Section 23:  SW¼

Section 33:  All

Section 26:  W½

Section 34:  All

 

Section 35:  NW¼

with each unit consisting of a governmental quarter-quarter section and the permitted well located in the center of each quarter-quarter section, with a tolerance of 100 feet to avoid surface obstructions or hazards.  Order No. 67-2, issued on August 24, 1955, authorized the dual completion and commingling in one well bore of a certain well in the field.

4.      Since all of the wells in said area have been plugged and abandoned and in order to promote future development, Order Nos. 67-1 and 67-2 are no longer necessary and should be vacated and the area described in Finding 3 herein, should be governed by the general rules and regulations of the Commission.


 

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that Order Nos. 67-1 and 67-2 for the Muddy Creek Field, Adams County, Colorado, are hereby rescinded and operations in the area, as described in Finding 3 herein, shall be governed by the general rules and regulations of the Commission.

ORDERED this 18th day of November, 1975.

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Frank J. Piro, Secretary