BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE INVESTIGATION TO TAKE MEASURES TO PREVENT THE WASTE OF OIL AND GAS IN THE "D" SAND OF THE BUCKINGHAM FIELD, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 71

 

ORDER NO. 71-3

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on September 21, 1965, at 10 a.m., in Room 330, State Office Building, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the Commission's own motion to consider the rescinding of Order No. 71-2 and providing for the area described therein to be governed by the general rules and regulations of the Commission.

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 sand Notice, and of the parties interested therein, and jurisdiction to promulgate the hereinafter prescribed order.

3.      That on July 13, 1955, the Commission issued its Order No. 71-1 which, among other things, spaced the "D" Sand formation of the Buckingham Field and established 40-acre drilling and spacing units for production of oil and gas from the "D" sand reservoir, with the permitted well for each drilling unit to be located in the center of each quarter quarter section with a permitted tolerance of 100 feet in any direction, and that said order was subsequently amended by Order No. 71-2 as to area.

4.      That further development of the "D" sand reservoir of the Buckingham Field would be promoted by the rescinding of Order No. 71-2 and providing that future locations in the area described therein be governed by the general rules and regulations of the Commission.

5.      That all wells drilled, and all locations approved by the Commission prior to September 21, 1965, and not in conformance with Rule 316 of the present general rules and regulations of the Commission, should be allowed.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that all provisions of Order No. 71-2, Cause No. 71 shall be and they are hereby rescinded, and in lieu thereof all future locations in the following described area shall be governed by the general rules and regulations of the Commission:

 

 

Weld County, Colorado

 

Township 8 North, Range 59 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

Section 25:  S½

Section 35:  All

Section 26:  S½

Section 36:  All

 

 

Township 7 North, Range 59 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

Section 1:  N½

Section 2:  N½

 

 

Township 8 North, Range 58 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

Section 30:  SW¼

Section 31:  W½

 

 

Township 7 North, Range 58 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

Section 6:  NW¼

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that all wells drilled, and all locations approved by the Commission prior to September 21, 1965, and not in conformance with Rule 316 of the present general rules and regulations of the Commission, shall be allowed.

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

ORDERED this 21st day of September 1965.

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  William R. Smith, Secretary