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 RANGER FIELD, WASHING-TON COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 178

 

ORDER NO. 178-1

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on December 3, 1963, at 10 a.m., in Room 330, State Office Building, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing and receipt of appropriate waiver of service thereof, on the application of R.E. Hibbert for an exception to Rule 317 of the Rules and Regulations of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado, for a well to be drilled in the E½SE¼NW¼, Section 30, Township 3 South, Range 51 West, 6th P.M., Washington County, Colorado, but that in no event should such test be located closer than 330 feet to the east line of said 20-acre tract.

 

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 R.E. Hibbert drilled a well known as the Schmale No. 1, in the approximate center of the SE¼NW¼, Section 30, Township 3 South, Range 51 West, 6th P.M., Washington County, Colorado, and that the well was plugged and abandoned as non-commercial.

 

4.      That geological and engineering testimony presented at the hearing indicates that the tract known as the Schmale lease and containing, in part, the above-mentioned quarter-quarter section, is located partly outside the "J" sand pool, and is adjacent to a producing tract; and that, therefore, in order to protect correlative rights, an exception to Rule 317 of the Rules and Regulations of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (Order No. 1-2) should be granted for a well to be drilled 330 feet east of the above-mentioned Schmale No. 1 well, at a location approximately 1980 feet south of the north line and 2310 feet east of the west line of said Section 30.

 

5.      That if a commercial well is completed at the location set forth above, upon application of any interested party, and after notice and hearing, the Commission should take such action as will offset any advantage the operator of such exception may have over other producers by the drilling of said well as an exception; and should include in the order suitable provisions for prevention of production from said tract of more than its just and equitable share of the oil and gas in said pool.

 

6.      That the "J" sand reservoir underlying said well should be cored, with permeable zones analyzed for porosity, permeability, and water saturation; and that logs necessary to determine the reservoir data should be run; and that the results of such core analyses and logs should be submitted to the office of the Commission as soon as practicable.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that an exception to Rule 317 of the Rules and Regulations of The Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado is hereby granted for a well to be drilled 330 feet east of the R.E. Hibbert Schmale No. 1 well, at a location approximately 1980 feet south of the north line and 2310 feet east of the west line of Section 30, Township 3 South, Range 51 West, 6th P.M., Washington County, Colorado; however, if a well capable of producing oil and gas is completed at such location, the Commission, at the request of any interested party, and after notice and hearing, shall take such action as will offset any advantage the operator of such exception may have over other producers by the drilling of said well as an exception, and shall include in the order suitable provisions for prevention of production from said tract of more than its just and equitable share of the oil and gas in said pool.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the "J" sand reservoir underlying said well shall be cored, with permeable zones analyzed for porosity, permeability, and water saturation; and that logs necessary to determine the reservoir data shall be run; and that the results of such core analyses and logs shall be submitted to the office of the Commission as soon as practicable.

 

ORDERED this 6th day of December 1963.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By 

William R. Smith, Secretary