BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ESTALISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN OPERATIONS IN THE McCLAVE FIELD, BENT AND KIOWA COUNTIES, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 105

 

ORDER NO. 105-1

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on May 7, 1957, at 10:00 a.m., in the Game Room of the Albany Hotel, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of D. D. Harrington for an order establishing 640-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas from the McClave Sand, common source of supply underlying the McClave Field, Bent and Kiowa Counties, 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 the McClave Sand constitutes a common source of supply of gas underlying the following described lands in Bent and Kiowa Counties, Colorado, to-wit:

 

Township 20 South, Range 48 West, 6th P.M.

Kiowa County, Colorado

 

Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34 and 35

 

 

Township 19 South, Range 48 West, 6th P.M.

Kiowa County, Colorado

 

 

Sections 32, 33 and 34

 

Township 20 South, Range 49 West, 6th P.M.

Kiowa County, Colorado

 

Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24 and 25

 

 

Township 21 South, Range 48 West, 6th P.M.

Bent County, Colorado

 

Section 1:

Lots 1 – 10

Section 2:

Lots 1 – 10

Section 3:

Lots 1 – 10

Section 4:

Lots 1 – 10

 

and such area is referred to as the McClave Field.

 

4.      That in order to prevent waste of oil and gas as defined in the Oil and Gas Conservation Act, and to prevent the drilling of unnecessary wells, an order should be made establishing Six Hundred Forty (640) acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas from the McClave Sand, common source of supply underlying the McClave Field described above; that said drilling and spacing units should be complete sections consisting of approximately Six Hundred. Forty (640) acres, according to the governmental survey thereof, except in the irregular sections One (1), Two (2), Three (3) and Four (4), Township 21 South, Range 48 West, 6th P.M., Bent County, Colorado; and that drilling and spacing units of Six Hundred Forty (640) acres, more or less, should be established in these irregular sections, and that each such drilling and spacing unit should consist of Lots One through Ten (1 - 10), inclusive; and that in order to protect correlative rights, the permitted gas well for each drilling unit should be located not closer that. 600 feet from any exterior boundary line of such drilling unit.

 

5.      That the geological and engineering data presented to the Commission regarding the McClave Sand in the McClave Field indicate that one well will efficiently and economically drain an area of approximately Six Hundred Forty (640) acres as to gas; and that drilling and operating units of the size and shape herein described are not smaller than the maximum area that can be efficiently drained by one gas well producing from the McClave Sand, which is the common source of supply.

 

6.      That an exception should be allowed for Abe Harrington (formerly the Continental Oil Company) State No. 1 well located in the SE/4SE/4SE/4 of Section Eleven (11), Township 20 South, Range 49 West, 6th P. M, Kiowa County, Colorado, and that said well should be the permitted gas well for the drilling and spacing unit in which it is located.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the following rules and regulations shall apply hereafter to a well drilled, completed or recompleted in the McClave Sand underlying the McClave Field, herein defined, in addition to other applicable rules and regulations and orders of the Commission, if any, heretofore adopted and not in conflict herewith:

 

Rule 1.    Drilling and spacing units of approximately Six Hundred Forty (640) acres shall be and the same are hereby established for the production of gas from the McClave Sand, common source of supply underlying the following described lands; each of the units to consist of a complete section, except in the irregular sections, as indicated:

 

Sections Three (3), Four (4), Five (5), Six (6), Seven (7), Eight (8), Nine (9), Ten (10), Fifteen (15), Sixteen (16), Seventeen (17), Eighteen (18), Nineteen (19), Twenty (20), Twenty-one (21), Twenty-two (22), Twenty-seven (27), Twenty-eight (28), Twenty-nine (29), Thirty (30), Thirty-two (32), Thirty-three (33), Thirty-four (34) and Thirty-five (35), Township Twenty (20) South, Range Forty-eight (48) West, 6th P.M.; Sections Thirty-two (32), Thirty-three (33), and Thirty-four (34), Township Nineteen (19) South, Range Forty-eight (48) West, 6th P.M.; Sections Eleven (11), Twelve (12), Thirteen (13), Fourteen (14), Twenty-three (23), Twenty-four (24), and Twenty-five (25), Township 20 South, Range Forty-nine (49) West, 6th P.M., all in Kiowa County, Colorado;

 

Lots One through Ten (1 - 10) in the irregular Sections One (1), Two (2), Three (3) and Four (4), Township Twenty-one (21) South, Range Forty-eight (48) West, 6th P.M., Bent County, Colorado,

 

and such area shall henceforth be known as the McClave Field.

 

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The permitted gas well for each drilling unit shall be located not closer than Six Hundred (600) feet from any exterior boundary line of such drilling and spacing unit.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that an exception is hereby allowed for the Harrington (formerly the Continental Oil Company) State No. 1 well located in the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SE/4SE/4SE/4) of Section Eleven (11), Township Twenty (20) South, Range Forty-nine (49) West, 6th P.M., Kiowa County, Colorado, and that said well shall be the permitted gas well for the drilling and spacing unit in which it is located.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the rules and regulations contained herein shall become effective forthwith, and henceforth commencement of the drilling of any well or wells in the McClave Sand, as defined herein, for the purpose of producing gas therefrom, at a location other than authorized by this order, is hereby prohibited.

 

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 rules and regulations.

 

ORDERED this 15th day of May, 1957.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary