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, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 232

 

ORDER NO. 232-42

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on November 20, 1989 at 8:30 a.m., in Room 101, State Education Building, 201 East Colfax, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the verified application of Apex Operating Company, Inc. to amend Order No. 232-20 and allow the well Sawyer #32-2 located 660 feet FSL and 1980 feet FEL of Section 32, Township 1 North, Range 65 West, Weld County, Colorado to be completed in the "J" Sand for the 320-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of the S1/2 of Section 32, and that commingled production be allowed from the "D" and "J" Sands.

 

FINDINGS

 

The Commission finds as follows:

 

1.      Apex Operating Company, Inc., 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 November 17, 1970, the Commission authorized Order No. 232-1 to be issued which established 320-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the "J" Sand underlying certain lands in Adams and Weld Counties.  The units consist of the E1/2 and W1/2 or the N1/2 and S1/2 of each section with the permitted well for each unit to be located in the NE1/4 and SW1/4 of each section and no closer than 990 feet to the boundaries of the quarter section upon which it is located.  Order Nos. 232-2 and 232-3 extended the same 320-acre spacing to additional lands in Adams and Weld Counties including Section 32, Township 1 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado.

 

Order No. 232-3 further provided that the Director may, without additional notice, grant exceptions to the permitted well location in this area provided the owners of the contiguous and cornering drilling units file a waiver or consent in writing agreeing to said exceptions.

 

5.      Based on the facts stated in the verified application and the exhibits submitted and having received no objections and having been heard by the Acting Director as Hearing Officer on November 17, 1989, the Commission should approve the request and amend Order No. 232-20 and establish the S1/2 of Section 32, Township 1 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado, as a 320-acre drilling and spacing unit and that the existing well Sawyer #32-2, located 660 feet from the south line and 1980 feet from the east line of Section 32, when completed to the "J" Sand, to be the well for the unit, and that commingled production from the "D" and "J" Sands be allowed.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that Order No. 232-20 is hereby amended and that the drilling and spacing unit consisting of the S1/2 of Section 32, Township 1 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado is hereby established and the existing well Sawyer #32-2 located 660 feet from the south line and 1980 feet from the east line of Section 32, when completed to the "J" Sand shall be the well for this unit, and that the commingled production from the "D" and "J" Sands shall be allowed.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that test results of production from the "J" Sand be furnished to the Commission within 45 days of the end of such tests, and such results shall include the date of stimulation, data of test period, volumes produced, and apportionment of total "D" and "J" production to the 320-acre "J" unit and the 40-acre "D" unit.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the above order shall become effective forthwith, as the parties have agreed to be bound by the verbal order of the Commission.

 

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.

 

ENTERED this 25th day of November, 1989, as of November 20, 1989.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By 

Dennis R. Bicknell, Secretary

Dated at Suite 380

1580 Logan Street

Denver, Colorado  80203