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Show Legal Notice BEFORE THE BOARD OF OIL, GAS AND MINING DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN AND FOR THE STATE OF UTAH IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF S.H. BENNION FOR AN ORDER ENJOINING FURTHER DRILLING OF ALBERT SMITH 2-8C5 WELL LOCATED IN SECTION 8 TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 5 WEST, UINTA SPECIAL MERIDIAN, DUCHESNE COUNTY.UTAH EMERGENCY ORDER AND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE CAUSE NO. 139-20 THE STATE OF UTAH, BOARD OF OIL, GAS AND MINING TO GULF OIL COMPANY, S.H. BENNION AND ALL OTHERS INTERESTED IN THE DRILLING OF ALBERT SMITH 2-8C5 WELL, IN SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 5 WEST, UINTA SPECIAL MERIDIAN, DUCHESNE COUNTY, UTAH. Notice is hereby given that this cause came before the Board of Oil, Gas and Mining at 10:00 a.m., on September 25, 1980, at the Executive Conference Con-ference Room, Airport Holiday Inn, 1659 West . North Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah, as an emergency hearing by order or-der of Judge Kenneth Rigtrup, Third Judicial District Court for Salt Lake County, Utah, in the matter of S.H. Bennion v. Gulf Oil Corporation Civil No. C-80-7024, September 24, 1980. ORDER 1. The Division of Oil, Gas and Mining was acting ac-ting within the scope of its authority under the Oil and Gas Conservation Act and Board policy concerning concer-ning the Bluebell Altamont Field in granting grant-ing Gulf Oil Company's application for the infield test well Albert Smith 2-8C5. 2-8C5. 2. The approval and drilling of the infield test well Albert Smith 2-8C5 were not violative of either the allocation of such costs. If the Albert Smith 2-8C5 well is designated as a production well, all oil and gas produced during the test period shall offset the production costs of the well. 4. This Order is issued on an emergency basis pursuant to Section 40-6-8, U.C.A., 1953, and shall remain effective for 15 days from the date of issuance. Notice is hereby given that any objection to this Order must be received Friday, October 17, 1980, as to why the the Board Order in Cause No. 139-8 nor Section 40-6-6(c), U.C.A., 1953. Therefore, There-fore, production of said well for the test period approved ap-proved by the Division shall not be enjoined. 3. Until such time as the Albert Smith 2-8C5 well i Albert Smith 2-8C5 well is approved by the Board of Oil, Gas and Mining as a producing well, the Plaintiff Plain-tiff shall not be charged for production costs. At such time as the Board, after af-ter notice and hearing, designates the test well as a production well, the Plaintiff as non-consenting non-consenting owner, will be required to pay Gulf for his proportionate share of the cost of the well pursuant pur-suant to applicable laws and regulations governing Board should not accept this Emergency Order as a final order at the Board's hearing on October Oc-tober 23, 1980, at 10:00 a.m., in the Wildlife Resources Auditorium, 1596 West North Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah. SO ORDERED this 3rd day of October, 1980, by the Board of Oil, Gas and Mining. Is Charles R. Henderson Chairman Published in the Salina Sun Oct. 9, 1980. Published in the Gunnison Valley News Oct. 9, 1980. |