BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATER OF THE PROMULGATION OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN THE SPACING AND DENSITY OF OIL AND GAS WELLS IN THE ADENA FIELD, MORGAN COUNTY, COLORADO.

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CAUSE NO. 26

 

ORDER NO. 26-20

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This Cause came on for further hearing before the Commission on May 12, 1955, at 10.00 a.m., in the Mezzanine Room of the Shirley Savoy Hotel, Denver, Colorado, after Notice of Hearing and Waiver of Service as required by law on the application of the United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company for an exception to Order No. 26-1, for a well to be drilled to the "D" sand formation in the Adena Field, and for an option to core the "J" sand formation at the above location, for reservoir information only.

 

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 Waiver, and of the parties interested therein, and jurisdiction to promulgate the hereinafter prescribed order.

 

3.      That an exception to Order No. 26-1 should be granted for a well to be drilled on the following described location:

 

Howard Glenn Well No. 1-D

 

 

 

Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NW/4 SW/4 SE/4), located Eight Hundred Ninety (890) feet North of the South line and Twenty-three Hundred Ten (2310) feet West of the East line of Section Thirty-two (32), Township Two (2) North, Range Fifty-seven (57) West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado,

 

and that said well should be the permitted oil or gas well for the "D" sand formation in the drilling and spacing unit upon which it is located.

 

4.      That Petitioner should be permitted to core the "J" sand at approximately 5500 feet for reservoir data; but that if the "J" sand is cored, 5½ inch casing should be run and cemented through the "J" sand to a total depth of approximately 5600 feet, and the casing should be plugged back with cement to approximately 5475 feet.

 

 

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the following rules and regulations shall apply hereafter to the lands set forth in this Order, in addition to other applicable rules, regulations and orders of the Commission heretofore adopted and not in conflict herewith:

 

Rule 1.    That an exception shall be granted for the United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company's Howard Glen Well No. 1-D, to be drilled in the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NW/4 SW/4 SE/4), located Eight Hundred Ninety (890) feet North of the South line and Twenty-three Hundred Ten (2310) feet West of the East line of Section Thirty-two (32), Township Two (2) North, Range Fifty-seven (57) West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado, and that said well shall be the permitted oil or gas well for the "D" sand formation in the drilling and spacing unit upon which it is located.

 

Rule 2.    That Petitioner shall be permitted to core the "J" sand at approximately Five Thousand Five Hundred (5500) feet for reservoir data; but that if the "J" sand is cored, Five and One-half (5½) inch casing shall be run and cemented through the "J" sand to a total depth of approximately Five Thousand Six Hundred (5600) feet, and the casing shall be plugged back with cement to approximately Five Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-five (5475) feet.

 

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 rules and regulations.

 

ORDERED this fifth day of May, 1955.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary