BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER Of THE INVESTIGATION TO TAKE MEASURES TO PREVENT WASTE OF OIL AND GAS IN THE LOVELAND FIELD, LARIMER AND WELD COUNTIES, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 117

 

ORDER NO. 117-1

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on April 22, 1958, at 10;00 A.M., in the Auditorium of the Petroleum Club Building, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of the McElroy Ranch Company requesting permission and authority to dually complete its Bunker No. 1 well located in the SE/4 SW/4 of Section 29, Township 5 North, Range 68 West, 6th P.M., Larimer County, Colorado, in the Timpas and Lakota formations simultaneously with the production commingled in the wellbore.

 

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 Applicant is the owner of an oil and gas lease which covers, among other lands, the SE¼ SW¼ of Section 29, Township 5 North, Range 68 West of the 6th P.M., Larimer County, Colorado; and that it has drilled its Bunker No. 1 well in said forty-acre tract.

 

4.      That in the drilling of said well, the Lakota Sandstone formation was encountered at a depth of 5548 feet; and that said well is now producing from the Timpas Limestone formation through casing perforations at a depth of 4866 feet to 4880 feet; and that said well is now capable of producing from the Lakota Sandstone formation and from the Timpas Limestone formation; and that quantities of such production will not justify the drilling of an additional well.

 

5.      That all available geological and engineering data concerning the said Bunker No. 1 well indicate that said well can be dually completed by removing the presently existing retrievable bridge plug separating the Timpas Limestone formation and the Dakota Sandstone formation and recompleting said well in both formations simultaneously, with the production commingled in the well bore.

 

6.      That the granting of Applicant's petition, and the completion and production o[ said well in the manner hereinabove described, will not result in waste, and that no damage will result to either formation because of such dual completion and commingling.

 

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the following rules and regulations shall apply hereafter to the Bunker No. 1 well located in the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE¼ SW¼) of Section Twenty-nine (29), Township Five (5) North, Range Sixty-eight (68) West of the 6th P.M., Larimer County, Colorado, in addition to other applicable rules and regulations and orders of this Commission, if any, heretofore adopted and not in conflict herewith.

 

Rule 1.    Authority is hereby granted Applicant, the McElroy Ranch Company, for dual zone completion of its said Bunker No. 1 well, by removing the presently existing retrievable bridge plug separating the Timpas Limestone formation and the Lakota Sandstone formation and recompleting said well in both formations simultaneously, with the production commingled in the well bore.

 

Rule 2.    That similar dual completions and commingling in one well bore in other wells in the Loveland Field may be approved and authorized by this Commission upon application to said Commission, as provided by the rules and regulations of this Commission.

 

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 22nd day of April, 1958.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By 

Annabel Hogsett, Secretary