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BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
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IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN OPERATIONS IN THE PLATEAU FIELD, MESA COUNTY, COLORADO |
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CAUSE NO. 166
ORDER NO. 166-8 |
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION
This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on April 18, 1967, at 10 a.m., in Room 132, State Services Building, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Company, Inc. for an order altering, amending, or repealing Order No. 166-1 concerning the Plateau Field, Mesa County, Colorado, in accordance with the Commission's findings from evidence presented at the hearing in this matter.
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 more than two years, no operator except Applicant has pursued development of the gas reserves within the spaced area of the Plateau Field.
4. That in this area there is a pressing need for additional gas, and that there is an available market.
5. That the presently spaced area has not been developed beyond the following described area in Mesa County, Colorado, to-wit:
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Township 10 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M. |
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Sections |
17, 18, 19, 30 |
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Township 10 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M. |
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Sections |
12, 13, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33 |
and that at the present time no purpose is being served by the spacing requirements set forth in Order No. 166-1 for the lands outside the area set forth above.
6. That the owners of the present gas wells in the Plateau Field should be protected from reasonably avoidable drainage between tracts of land; and that therefore the location of any future well should be no closer than 1320 feet to any section line of the currently producing sections, and that 1320 feet will be adequate protection to prevent said drainage.
7. That with the exception of the thirteen sections described in Finding 5 above, the area set forth in Order No. 266-1 should be deleted and not subject to the provisions of said order.
ORDER
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that Order No. 166-1, Cause No. 166, is hereby amended by deletion of the following described lands in Mesa County, Colorado, to-wit:
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Township 9 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M. |
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28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 |
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Township 9 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M. |
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Sections: |
25, 26, 27, 34, 35, 36 |
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Township 10 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M. |
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Sections: |
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 20, 21, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33 |
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Township 10 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M. |
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Sections: |
1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36 |
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Township 10 South, Range 97 West, 6th P.M. |
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13, 24, 25, 36 |
and the area set forth above shall not be subject to the provisions of said Order No, 166-1.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the following described area in Mesa County, Colorado, shall continue to be governed by the provisions of said Order No, 166-1
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Township 10 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M. |
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Sections: |
17, 18, 19, 30 |
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Township 10 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M. |
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Sections: |
12, 13, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33 |
except that the location of any future well or wells shall be no closer than 1320 feet to any section line of the currently producing sections.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the rules and regulations contained herein shall become effective forthwith.
ORDERED this 5th day of May 1967.
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OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
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D.V. Rogers, Acting Secretary |