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 WATTENBERG GAS SPACED AREA ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 232

 

ORDER NO. 232-37

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on July 20, 1987 at 9:00 a.m. in Room 110, State Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado, on the application of Cimarron Oil Company Inc. for an order allowing three wells to be drilled on the drilling and spacing unit consisting of the S1/2 Section 4, Township 1 South, Range 65 West, 6th P.M., Wattenberg Gas Spaced Area, Adams County, for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the J' Sand underlying said unit.

 

FINDINGS

 

The Commission finds as follows:

 

1.      Cimarron Oil Company, Inc., as applicant herein, is an interested party in the subject matter of the above-referenced hearing.

 

2.      That 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 November 17, 1970 the Commission authorized Order No. 232-1 to be issued by which 320 acre drilling and spacing units were established for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the "J" Sand underlying certain lands in Adams and Weld Counties, Colorado.  The spaced area was extended by subsequent orders.  By order Nos. 232-20 and 232-23, the Commission allowed an additional well to be drilled on each 320 acre unit, thereby allowing a well to be located on each quarter section of the unit, no closer than 990 feet to the boundaries of the quarter section.

 

5.      Testimony at the time of hearing indicates that an additional well be allowed to be drilled as an exception at a location in the SW1/4 of said Section 4 in order to efficiently and economically drain the gas and associated hydrocarbons from the ‘J' [sic] Sand underlying said SW/4.  However in order to avoid a precedent of three wells on the 320 acre drilling unit, no well should be allowed to be drilled in the SE/4 of said Section for production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the ‘J’ [sic] sand [sic] unless one of the wells located in SW1/4 is non-commercial from the ‘J' Sand.


 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that two wells are hereby allowed to be drilled in the SW1/4 of Section 4, Township 1 South, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the ‘J' [sic] Sand.  One well shall be located 990' FWL and 1090' FSL and the second well at a location 1980' FWL and 1980' FSL of said Section 4.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that well [sic] shall not be allowed to be drilled in the SE1/4 of said Section 4 in accordance with the provisions of permitted well locations for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the ‘j’ [sic] Sand unless one of the wells in the SW1/4 of said Section 4 is not a producer of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the J' Sand.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above orders shall become effective forthwith.

 

ENTERED this 12th day of August, 1987, as of July 20, 1987.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By 

Frank J. Piro, Secretary