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.. . .. UUlI.J't') DEPARTHENT OF NATURAL RESOr;RCES Office of Energy & Mineral Resources Resume DIVISION: OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION 1. .... RELATED STATUTES' } ,,". Articl,-, 60 Title 34, CRS 1973, as amended. To foster, encourage and promote the development, production, and utiliza~ tion of oil and gas in the State; to protect public and private interest~ by prohibiting waste in the production and utilization of oil an~ gas; to protect the correlative rights of owners and producers in a common source or pool of oil or gas so that each One may obtain his just and equitable share of the production. Article 70 Title 34, CRS 1973 To require that wells for the discovery and production of geothermal resources be drilled, opeTated, maintained, and abandoned in such a. mannet as to safe- guard life, health, property, public welfare, and the environment and to encourage the ma.ximum recovery of the resource and prevent its waste, II. PROGR}u'lS Program Title: Prevention of Waste and Protection of Correlative Rights. Target Public: Oil and gas industry and royalty interests. Purpose: To prevent or assist in preventing waste, to avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells or to protect correlative rights of owners .the Commission conducts hearings: to establish drilling units for the production of oil and gas that are not smaller than the area that can-efficiently and econ- omically be drained by one well; to limit production in a field on a reasonable basis so that each property will have the opportunity to produce or receive its equitable share; to pool interests within a drilling unit for develop- ment and operation thereof; to authorize unit operations for fields for secondary or enhanced recovery operations to maximize ultimate recovery. Program Title: Field Inspections and Pollution Control Target Public: Oil and gas producers and landowners Pllrpusc: There ilr~ over 4200 producing oil and gas lC3ses in tIle State. Field inspections insure proper production practices are being maintained to prevent pollution to fresh water supplies and to eliminate hazards to wildlife from oil accumulations on produced water retaining pits. A geological 44