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 NORTHWEST GRAYLIN FIELD LOGAN COUNTY, COLORADO.

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CAUSE NO. 25

 

ORDER NO. 25-2

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on October 11, 1954, at 10:00 A.M., in the Colorado Room of the Shirley Savoy Hotel, 17th Avenue and Broadway, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of the British-American Oil Producing Company, for an order from the Commission to dually complete its Monroe-Rieke No. 7 well, located in the Northwest Graylin Field, Logan County, Colorado, and to commingle the production therefrom in the well bore.

 

FINDINGS

 

The Commission finds as follows:

 

1.      That due notice of the times places 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 applicant is the owner of an oil and gas lease which covers, among other lands, Lot 10, Section 1, Township 8 North, Range 54 West of the 6th P.M., Logan County, Colorado; and that it has drilled its Monroe-Rieke No. 7 well 990 feet South of the North line and 2310 feet West of the East line of said Lot 10, and that said well is now producing from the "D" sand of the Dakota Series.

 

4.      That in the drilling of said well, the producing interval in the "D" sand formation was encountered at a depth of 4952 feet, and the "J" sand formation was encountered at a depth of 5057 feet; and that said well is now producing from the "D" sand formation through casing perforations at a depth of 4953 to 4958 feet; that said well is now capable of producing from the "D" sand formation and from the "J" sand formation; and that the quantities of such production will not justify the drilling of an additional well.

 

5.      That all available geological and engineering data concerning the said Monroe-Rieke No. 7 well indicate that said well can be dually completed by perforating the casing opposite the "J" sand formation between the approximate depths of 5076 feet and 5122 feet, and to permit the oil from the *D" sand formation and the oil from the "J" sand formation to be commingled in the well bore, and to be produced simultaneously.

 

6.      That the granting of Petitioner*s application, and the completion and production of said well in the manner hereinabove described, will not result in waste, and that no damage will result to either formation because of such dual completion and commingling.

 

ORDER

 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, that the following rules and regulations shall apply hereafter to the Monroe-Rieke No. 7 well located Nine Hundred Ninety (990) feet South of the North line and Two Thousand Three Hundred Ten (2310) feet West of the East line of Lot Ten (10), Section One (1), Township Eight (8) North, Range Fifty-four (54) West of the Sixth (6th) P.M., Logan County, Colorado, in addition to other applicable rules and regulations and orders of this Commission, if any, heretofore adopted and not in conflict herewith.

 

Rule 1.    That applicant, The British-American Oil Producing Company, is hereby authorized and granted the right to dually complete its said Monroe-Rieke No. 7 well by perforating the casing opposite the "J" sand formation, between the approximate depth of Five Thousand Seventy-six (5076) feet and Five Thousand One Hundred Twenty-two (5122) feet, and to permit the oil from the "D" sand formation and the oil from the "J" sand formation to be commingled in the well bores and to be produced simultaneously.

 

Rule 2.    That similar dual completions and commingling in one well bore in other wells in the Northwest Graylin Field may be approved and authorized by the Commission upon application to said Commission, as provided by the rules and regulations of this Commission.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the Commission expressly reserves its right, after notice of hearing, to alter, amend, or repeal any and/or all of the above rules and regulations.

 

ORDERED this 11th day of October, 1954, 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