BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

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. 2-21

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on March 8, 1955, at 10:00 A.M., in the Mezzanine Room of the Shirley Savoy Hotel, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing, as required by law, on the application of The California Company for an order to modify Rule 3(a) of Order No. 2-13, as modified by Order No. 2-20, to authorize conversion and use of its Gray B 2-13, as modified by Order No. 2-20, to authorize conversion and use of its Gray B No. 10 well as a gas injection well, in the Rangely Field, State of 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 Rule 3(a) of Order No. 2-13, as amended by Order No. 2-20, 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 that part of the Calco Fee lands located west of the line A-A’ shown on Exhibit 1 of Order No. 2-13, a copy of which is attached hereto, and the Gray "A" Lease, Gray "B" Lease, the Neal Lease, the Raven "A" Lease, and the Raven "B" Lease, to be injected by the California Company into the Fee #65 well, the Fee #4 well, and the Gray "B" #10 well; and that the Gray "B" #10 well should inject a volume of gas up to but not more than Fifty per cent [sic] (50%) of the gas available for injection; and, that the remainder of the gas available for injection should be divided into the Fee #65 well and the Fee #4 well, as good operating practices may from time to time require.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that Rule 3(a) of Order No. 2-13, as amended by Order No, 2-20 be amended to read as follows:

 

 

All gas available for injection under the terms of Rule 3(b) of Order No. 2-8 produced from or attributable to that part of the Calco Fee lands located west of the line A-A’ shown on Exhibit 1, attached hereto, and the Gray "A" Lease, Gray "B" Lease, the Neal Lease, the Raven "A" Lease, and the Raven "B" Lease, shall be injected by the California Company into the Fee #65 well, the Fee #4 well, and the Gray "B" #10 well; and that the Gray "B" #10 well shall inject a volume of gas up to but not more than Fifty percent (50%) of the gas available for injection; and that the remainder of the gas available for injection shall be divided into the Fee #65 well and the Fee #4 well as good operating practices may from time to time require.

 

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 8th day of March, 1955, 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, Secretary