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 ROGGEN-SOUTHWEST FIELD, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 111

 

ORDER NO. 111-1

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on October 15, 1957, at 10 a.m., in Room 243 State Capitol, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of the McElroy Ranch Company, as Operator of the "D" Sand Unit, Roggen-Southwest Unit Area, for an order permitting Applicant to institute a water injection method of pressure maintenance in said Unit.

 

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 "D" sand formation underlying the Roggen-Southwest Unit Area, as set forth in the Unit Agreement presented by the applicant, constitutes a common source of supply of oil and gas, and that said Unit Area is composed of the following lands in Weld County, Colorado, to-wit:

 

 

Township 2 North, Range 63 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

 

Section 22:

NE/4

Section 23:

W/2 NW/4, SW/4

 

4.      That the Unit Agreement, as presented by the applicant, is necessary to increase the ultimate recovery of oil and gas from said Unit Area, and should therefore be adopted and approved as being in the public interest for conservation.

 

5.      That the pressure maintenance program by water injection into the "D" sand underlying the Roggen-Southwest Unit Area, as presented by the applicant, will increase the ultimate recovery of oil and gas from said Unit Area, and should therefore be adopted and approved as being in the public interest for conservation.

 

6.      That avoidable waste of oil and gas will be prevented by the operations proposed by the applicant, and the correlative rights of all parties in the Roggen-Southwest Unit Area, as herein defined, will not be adversely affected and will be reasonably protected under such plan of operation; and that in the interest of securing the greater ultimate recovery of oil and gas from said pool, the prevention of waste and protection of correlative rights, this application should be granted.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the following rules and regulations shall apply hereafter to the lands set forth in this order, in addition to other applicable rules and regulations and orders of the Commission, if any, heretofore adopted and not in conflict herewith:

 

Rule 1.    The "D" sand formation underlying the Roggen-Southwest Unit Area as set forth in the Unit Agreement dated October 1, 1957, constitutes a common source of supply of oil and gas.  Said Unit Area is composed of the following lands in Weld County, Colorado, to-wit:

 

Northeast Quarter (NE/4) of Section Twenty-two (22), and West Half of Northwest Quarter (W/2 NW/4) and Southwest Quarter (SW/4) of Section Twenty-three (23), Township Two (2) North, Range Sixty-three (63) West, 6th P.M.

 

Rule 2.    Said Unit Agreement covering the Roggen-Southwest Unit Area herein defined, and providing for Unit operations of the "D" sand underlying said Unit Area, is hereby adopted and approved.

 

Rule 3.    The pressure maintenance program by the injection of water into the "D" sand of the Roggen-Southwest Unit Area is hereby adopted and approved, and Applicant is authorized to inject water into said formation through the injection well in such quantities as shall be reasonably determined by Applicant to best achieve the maximum recovery of oil without waste of oil and gas.

 

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 orders, rules and regulations.

 

ORDERED this 22nd day of October, 1957.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary