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 MANTLE FIELD, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 145

 

ORDER NO. 145-2

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on September 19, 1961, at 10 a.m., in Room 320C, State Capitol, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing and appropriate service thereof, all as required by law, on the application of the Sun Oil Company for an order requiring the pooling of tracts of land lying within Unit No. 1, established by Order No. 145-1, for the development of the "D" and "J" sand formations underlying said lands and within the Mantle Field, Weld 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 by the Commission's Order No. 145-1, dated June 29, 1960, the following described lands were established as drilling and spacing Unit No. 1, for the production of gas from the "D" and "J" sand formations of the Mantle Field Weld County, Colorado:

 

560 acres comprised of the SE¼ NE¼ and SE¼ of Section 19; SW¼ NW¼ and W½SW¼ of Section 20; W½NW¼ of Section 29, and NE¼ of Section 30, Township 11 North, Range 56 West 6th P.M.

 

4.      That the Wentworth McEndaffer Well No. 1, located in the NW¼SW¼ of Section 20, Township 11North, [sic] Range 56 West, 6th P, M, is the permitted gas well for said drilling Unit No. 1, and that at the time of the hearing, no gas had yet been marketed from said permitted well.

 

5.      That all owners of interest within said drilling Unit No. 1 have not as yet been consolidated,

 

6.      That this matter should be continued for approximately three months, more or less; and that if the owners of interest within said drilling Unit No. 1 are unable to arrive at a voluntary pooling agreement within the time allotted by this order, the operator of said McEndaffer Well No. 1 should be requested to present at said continued hearing, along with any other pertinent evidence the following information:

 

Sufficient reservoir and fluid information to determine whether said Wentworth McEndaffer Well No. 1 is capable of producing "oil" (as that term is defined by 100-6-3 of the CRS, 1953, as amended), and a minimum of such information should be a complete analysis of all hydrocarbons producible from said well; a bottom-hole static pressure and temperature; and results of a stabilized production test to be conducted for a period of not less than twenty-four (24) hours; and that such information should be made available, upon request, to any owner Of interest within said drilling and spacing Unit No. 1.

 

7.      That the operator of said McEndaffer Well No. 1 should be requested to submit a schedule of all tests requested herein to the office of the Commission and to all owners of interest within said drilling Unit No. 1, showing the date and type of such tests in sufficient time to allow the witnessing thereof.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the above entitled matter shall be continued to January 16, 1962, at 10 a.m., in Room 330, State Office Building, Denver, Colorado, provided that a voluntary pooling agreement has not been reached prior to the above date.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the operator of the McEndaffer Well No. 1, located in the NW¼SW¼ of Section 20, Township 11North, [sic] Range 56 West, 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado, shall present at the above scheduled hearing, along with other pertinent information, sufficient reservoir and fluid formation to determine whether said Wentworth McEndaffer Well No. 1 is capable of producing "oil" (as that term is defined by 100-6-3 of the CRS, 1953, as amended); and a minimum of such information shall be a complete analysis of all hydrocarbons producible from said well; a bottom-hole static pressure and temperature; and results of a stabilized production test to be conducted for a period of not less than twenty-four (24) hours.  Such information shall be made available, upon request, to any owner of interest within said drilling and spacing Unit No. 1.  The operator of said McEndaffer Well No. 1 is hereby requested to submit to the office of the Commission and all owners of interest within said drilling Unit No. 1, a schedule of all tests requested herein, showing the date and type of such tests in sufficient time to allow the witnessing thereof.

 

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.

 

ORDERED this 16th day of October 1961.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By 

D.V. Rogers, Secretary