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 SOONER FIELD [sic] WELD COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 230

 

ORDER NO. 230-7

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on January 16, 1984 at 9:00 a.m., in Room 110, State Centennial Building, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of Beren Corporation, for an order granting an exception to the spacing pattern as established by Order No. 230-1 for the Sooner Field, Weld County, Colorado.

 

FINDINGS

 

The Commission finds as follows:

 

1.      Beren Corporation, as applicant herein, is an interested party in the subject matter of the above-referenced hearing.

 

2.      Due notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing has been given in all respects as required by law.

 

3.      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.

 

4.      On October 26, 1970 the Commission issued Order No. 230-1 for the Sooner Field which established 320-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas from the "D" Sand.  Drilling units consist of the E1/2 and W1/2 or the N1/2 and S1/2 of each section.  The permitted well for each unit is at a location in the center of the NW1/4 and the SE1/4 of each section with a tolerance of 150 feet in any direction for surface hazards or obstructions.  A well,the [sic] No. 1 Barnett, was drilled at a location 1980 feet from the north line and 600 feet from the west line of Section 26, Township 8 North, Range 58 West, 6th P.M., for production of oil from a separate "D" Sand reservoir; however, the well encountered gas and associated hydrocarbons from the "D" Sand reservoir which was spaced by said Order No. 230-1 and the well is therefore off-pattern.

 

5.      An application was filed with the Commission requesting that said well, No. 1 Barnett, drilled at an off-patternlocation [sic] to the requirements of Order No. 230-1, be allowed to produce the gas and associated hydrocarbons from the "D" Sand reservoir, and that it be considered the permitted well for the unit consisting of the W1/2 of said Section 26.

 

6.      All known offset owners and interested persons were given proper Notice of Hearing and no objections to the application were received; therefore, the request should be granted.

 

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that an exception to the spacing patter [sic] established by Order No. 230-1 for the Sooner Field, Weld County, Colorado, is hereby granted for Well No. 1 Barnett, drilled at a location 1980 feet from the north line and 600 feet from the west line, Section 26, Township 8 North, Range 58 West, 6th P.M., and that production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the "D" Sand reservoir is hereby allowed and that said well be the permitted well for the unit consisting of the W1/2 of said Section 26.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the provisions contained in the above order shall become effective forthwith.

 

ENTERED this 20th day of January 1984, as of January 16, 1984.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By 

Frank J. Piro, Secretary