BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF SHELL OIL COMPANY FOR A PERMIT TO DUALLY COM-PLETE ITS J. KNIFTON "A" NO. 1 WELL, LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE NW/4 NW/4 NW/4 OF SECTION 23-8 NORTH, 53 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., LOGAN COUNTY, COLORADO, IN THE "MUDDY", SOMETIMES CALLED THE "D" FORMA-TION, AND IN THE "DAKOTA", SOMETIMES CALLS THE "J" FORMATION AND TO COMMINGLE THE PRODUCTION THEREFROM

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CAUSE NO. 17

 

ORDER NO. 17-1

 

APPEARANCES:

 

Donn D. Peters, Attorney for Applicant, Shell Oil Company, Denver, Colorado

A.H. Hieder, Shell Oil Company, Denver, Colorado

J.J. Zorichak, Director, Oil & Gas Conservation Commission

Wilbur Rocchio, Attorney for the Commission

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on July 1, 1953, at 9:30 o'clock A.M., 330 State Office Building, Denver, Colorado, after proper filing of an application, affidavit of giving notice and publication of notice of hearing as required by law on the application of Shell Oil Company for an order from the Commission to dually complete its J. Knifton "A" No. 1 well, located in the center of the NW/4 NW/4 NW/4 NW/4 of Section 23, Township 8 North, Range 53 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, Logan County, Colorado, in the Muddy, sometimes called the "D" formation, and in the Dakota, sometimes called the "J" formation, and to commingle the production therefrom in one well bore.

 

Applicant, Shell Oil Company, is the owner of the said J. Knifton "A" No. l well and has heretofore completed said well in the Dakota formation and it is now producing therefrom and evidence and testimony presented at the hearing disclose that said well is capable of producing from both of said formations, but the quantities of such production will not justify the drilling of an additional well.

 

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 and the rules and regulations of this Commission.

 

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 NW/4 NW/4 NW/4 of Section 23, Township 8 North, Range West, Logan County, Colorado, and that it has drilled its J. Knifton "A" No. 1 well in the center of said 10 acre tract and said well is now producing from the Dakota sandstone formation.

 

4.      That in the drilling of said well the producing interval in the Muddy sandstone formation was encountered at a depth of 4645 feet; and the Dakota sandstone formation was encountered at a depth of 4756 feet; and said well is now producing from this last mentioned formation through casing perforations at a depth of 4785 to 4796 feet; that said well is now capable of producing from the Muddy formation and from the Dakota formation; and that the quantities of such production will not justify the drilling of an additional well.

 

5.      That all available geological and engineering data concerning the said J. Knifton "A" No. 1 well indicate that said well can be dually completed by perforating the casing opposite the Muddy formation between the approximate depths of 4650 feet and 4654 feet and to permit the oil from the Muddy formation and the oil from the Dakota formation to be commingled in the well bore and to be produced simultaneously.

 

6.      That the granting of Shell's application and the completion and production of said well in the manner herein above described will not result in waste and that no damage will result to either formation because of such dual completion and commingling.

 

ORDER

 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, that the following rules and regulations shall apply hereafter to the J. Knifton "A" No. 1 well located in the NW/4 NW/4 NW/4 of Section 23, Township 8 North, Range 53 West of the 6th Principal Meridian in the Dale Field in Logan 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.    That applicant, Shell Oil Company, is hereby authorized and granted the right to dually complete its said J. Knifton "A" No. 1 well by perforating the casing opposite the Muddy, sometimes called the "D" formation, between the approximate depths of 4650 feet and 4654 feet and to permit the oil from the Muddy formation and the oil from the Dakota, sometimes called the "J" formation to be commingled in the well bore and to be produced simultaneously.

 

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

 

ORDERED this 10th day of July, 1953, by the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Annabel Hogsett, Assistant Secretary