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 PHEGLEY FIELD, WASHING-TON COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 132

 

ORDER NO. 132-1

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on April 30, 1959, at 10 a.m., in the Spruce Room of the Albany Hotel, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of the Champlin Oil & Refining Company for an order approving a certain Unit Agreement attached to said application as Exhibit "F", and further approving a proposed water flood project for secondary recovery purposes for the "D" sand underlying the Phegley Field, Washington County, 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 "D" sand formation underlying the Phegley Field as set forth in the Unit Agreement presented by the Champlin Oil & Refining Company, as Unit Operator, constitutes a common source of supply of oil and gas, and that said Unit Area is composed of the following lands in Washington County, Colorado, to-wit:

 

Township 1 South, Range 55 West, 6th P.M.

 

Section 29:  W½                    Section 30:  All

Section 31:  N½

 

Township 1 South, Range 56 West, 6th P.M.

 

Section 25:  E½

 

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

 

5.      That applicant's proposed water flood project for secondary recovery purposes by the injection of water into the "D" sand formation underlying the Phegley Field Unit Area through various injection wells,in [sic] such quantities as shall be reasonably determined by Applicant to best achieve the maximum recovery of oil without waste, will increase the ultimate recovery of oil and gas from said Unit Area, and should therefore be 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 Applicant, and the correlative rights of all parties in the Phegley Field 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 greatest ultimate recovery of oil and gas from said "D" sand formation, 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 Phegley Field Unit Area, as set forth in the Unit Agreement entered into the 30th day of December, 1958, constitutes a common source of supply of oil and gas, and that said Unit Area is composed of the following lands in Washington County, Colorado, to-wit:

 

West Half (W½) of Section Twenty-nine (29), all of Section Thirty (30), and North Half (N½) of Section Thirty-one (31), Township One (1) South, Range Fifty-five (55) West of the 6th P.M.;

 

East Half (E½) of Section Twenty-five (25), Town-ship One (1), South, Range Fifty-six (56) West of the 6th P.M.

 

Rule 2.    Said Unit Agreement covering the Phegley Field Unit Area herein defined, and providing for unit operations of the "D" sand formation underlying said Unit Area, is hereby approved.

 

Rule 3.    The water flood project for secondary recovery purposes by the injection of water into the "D" sand formation underlying the Phegley Field Unit Area is hereby approved, and Applicant is authorized to inject water into said formation through injection wells in such quantities as shall be reasonably determined by Applicant to best achieve the maximum recovery of oil without waste,

 

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 30th day of April, 1959.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By 

Annabel Hogsett, Secretary