BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

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

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CAUSE NO. 105

 

ORDER NO. 105-14

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on November 19, 1974, at 9 a.m., in Room 132, State Services Building, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the applications of Planet Associates, Inc. for an order granting five exceptions to the spacing patterns as established by the orders in Cause No. 105 for 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 on May 15, 1957 the Commission issued its Order No. 105-1 which, among other things, established 640-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas from the McClave Sand underlying the McClave Field.  The order was amended by Order No. 105-2 which provided for the permitted well to be located within a radius of 990 feet from the center of the drilling and spacing unit, with exceptions for topographical reasons.  Subsequent orders were issued extending the limits of the spaced area.

 

4.      That wells have been drilled in Section 18, Township 20 South, Range 48 West, 6th P.M., Sections 1, 2, 14 and 24, Township 20 South, Range 49 West, 6th P.M., at locations in compliance with the orders of Cause 105 and that said wells have been completed as a dry hole, a non-commercial producer, and the remaining as gas producers, but have since become exhausted and will be plugged and abandoned.

 

5.      That evidence presented at the hearing indicates that exceptions to the spacing pattern established in the McClave Field should be granted for wells to be drilled at the following locations:

 

(1)

1320 feet from the west line, 1980 feet from the north line, Section 18, Township 20 South, Range 48 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

(2)

1980 feet from the east line, 660 feet from the south line, Section 1, Township 20 South, Range 49 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

(3)

660 feet from the east line, 660 feet from the south line, Section 2, Township 20 South, Range 49 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

(4)

660 feet from the east line, 1980 feet from the north line, Section 14, Township 20 South, Range 49 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

(5)

660 feet from the north line, 660 feet from the east line, Section 24, Township 20 South, Range 49 West, 6th P.M.

 

and that each well be the permitted well for the unit upon which it is located; however, if a commercial well is completed at any of the locations set forth above, the Commission should upon application of any interested person, take such action as will offset any advantage which the person securing each exception may have over other producers by reason of the drilling of each well as an exception, including suitable provisions to prevent the production from the drilling unit of more than its just and equitable share of gas in the pool.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that exceptions are hereby granted for wells to be drilled at the following locations in the McClave Field, Kiowa County, Colorado:

 

(1)

1320 feet from the west line, 1980 feet from the north line, Section 18, Township 20 South, Range 48 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

(2)

1980 feet from the east line, 660 feet from the south line, Section 1, Township 20 South, Range 49 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

(3)

660 feet from the east line, 660 feet from the south line, Section 2, Township 20 South, Range 49 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

(4)

660 feet from the east line, 1980 feet from the north line, Section 14, Township 20 South, Range 49 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

(5)

660 feet from the north line, 660 feet from the east line, Section 24, Township 20 South, Range 49 West, 6th P.M.

 

and that each said well shall be the permitted well for the drilling unit upon which it is located; however, if a commercial well is completed at any of the locations as set forth above, the Commission shall, upon application of any interested person, take such action as will offset any advantage which the person securing each except ion may have over other producers by reason of the drilling of each well as an exception.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the provisions contained in the above order shall become effective forthwith.

 

ORDERED this 19th day of November, 1974.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Frank J. Piro, Secretary