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BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
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IN THE MATTER OF THE INVESTIGATION TO TAKE MEASURES TO PREVENT WASTE OF OIL AND GAS IN THE RANGELY FIELD IN THE STATE OF COLORADO |
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CAUSE NO. 2
ORDER NO. 2-16 |
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION
This matter came on for hearing before the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado at 10:00 A.M., January [sic] Elati Street, Denver, Colorado, pursuant to Notice of Hearing, upon application of the Union Pacific Railroad Company and The Texas Company to modify the Commissions [sic] Orders No. 2-13 and No. 2-15 heretofore entered in the above entitled matter, so to convert and use their U.P. 32-27 well as an additional gas injection well in the Weber Reservoir of the Rangely Field.
FINDINGS
The Commission finds as follows:
(1) That due Notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing in this matter was 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 following prescribed order.
(3) That on August 11, 1953, after proper Notice and Hearing, the Commission entered its Order No. 2-13 in the above entitled matter to become effective September 15, 1953, and thereafter amended the same on October 16, 1953, by its Order No. 2-14, and thereafter amended the same on November 3, 1953 by its Order No. 2-15.
(4) That Rule 3 (h) of Order No. 2-13, as amended by Order No. 2-15, should be amended to permit all gas available for injection attributed to all Texas-Union Pacific fee lands located in Sections Sixteen, (16), Seventeen (17), Twenty (20), Twenty-One (21), Twenty-Two (22), Twenty-Eight (28), Twenty-Nine (29), Thirty-One (31), and Thirty-Two (32), Township Two (2) North, Range 102 West; and Section Five (5), Township One (1) North, Range 102 West, to be injected by The Texas Company into their U.P. 34-31 and U.P. 57-21, wells, the gas to be divided into such wells as nearly equally as possible, and that all gas available for injection under the terms of Rule 3 (b) of Order No. 2-8, produced from or attributable to the Carney Lease and the Carney Unit Lease lands located in Sections Four (4), and Five (5), Township One (1) North, Range 102 West, to be injected by The Texas Company into the Carney 12-5 well.
(5) That Rule 3 (i) of Order 2-13 should be amended to permit all gas available for injection under the terms of Rule 3 (b) of Order No. 2-8 produced from or attributable to the Texas-U.P. fee lands and the Carney Lease lands, located in Sections Twenty-Seven (27), Thirty-Four (34) and Thirty-Five (35), Township Two (2) North, Range 102 West, to be injected by The Texas Company into the U.P. No. 32-27 well, insofar as said well can receive such gas; provided that if the U.P. No. 32-27 well is incapable of receiving all gas from the lease lands as herein set forth then for a period of six (6) months from the effective date of this Order, and subject, to the written approval by the Director of The Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado, the Carney portion of the excess gas shall be injected by The Texas Company into the Carney 12-5 well, and the Texas-U.P. fee lands portion of the excess gas shall be injected by The Texas Company into the U.P, 34-31 well and U.P, 57-21 well, such excess Texas-U.P. fee lands gas to be amended by Order No. 2-15, be amended to read as follows:
ORDER
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Rule 3 (h) of Order No. 2-13, as amended by Order No. 2-15, be amended to read as follows:
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All gas available for injection under the terms of Rule 3, (b) Order No. 2-8 produced from or attributable to all Texas-U.P. fee lands located in Sections Sixteen (16), Seventeen (17), Twenty (20), Twenty-One (21), Twenty-Two (22), Twenty-Eight (28), Twenty-Nine (29), Thirty-One (31), and Thirty-Two (32) of Township Two (2) North, Range 102 West; and Section Five (5), of Township One (1) North, Range 102 West, shall be injected by The Texas Company into U.P. No. 34-31 well and U.P. No. 57-21 well, the gas to be divided between such wells as nearly equally as possible. All gas available for injection under the terms of Rule 3 (b) of Order No. 2-8 produced from or attributable to the Carney Lease lands and Carney Unit Lease lands located in Sections Four (4) and Five (5) of Township One (1) North, Range 102 West, shall be injected by The Texas Company into Carney No.12-5 well. |
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Rule 3 (i) of Order No. 2-13 be amended to read as follows:
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All gas available for injection under the terms of Rule 3 (b) of Order No. 2-8 produced from or attributable to The Texas-U.P. fee lands and Carney Lease lands located in Sections Twenty-Seven (27), Thirty-Four (34) and Thirty-Five (35) of Township Two (2) North, Range 102 West, shall be injected by The Texas Company into U.P. No. 32-27 well insofar as said well can receive such gas; provided that if U.P. No. 32-27 well is incapable of receiving all gas from the lease lands as herein set out, then for a period of Six (6) months from the effective date of this Order, and subject to the written approval by the Director, the Carney portion of the excess gas shall be injected by The Texas Company into Carney No. 12-5 well, and The Texas U.P. fee lands portion of the excess gas shall be injected by The Texas Company into U.P. No. 34-31 well and U.P. No. 57-21 well, such excess Texas-U.P. fee lands gas to be divided between such wells as nearly equally as possible. |
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Order shall become effective forthwith.
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 7th day of January, 1954, by the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado.
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OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
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By Annabel Hogsett, Assistant Secretary |
OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
March 2, 1954
RE: ORDER NO. 2-16
NOTIFICATION OF EFFECTIVE DATE
Rangely operators and other interested persons:
The Commission’s Order No. 2-16 provided that the Texas Company – Union Pacific Railroad Company Well No. 32-27 could be converted into a gas injection well for the purpose of receiving gas from certain Texas-Union Pacific properties; and it further provided that subject Order would become effective as of the date of the field installations necessary to comply with the Order were reported to the Director by The Texas Company as ready for operation.
On March 2, 1954, The Texas Company notified the Commission that field installations were ready for operation.
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OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
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By A.J. Jersin, Deputy Director |