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 "D" SAND IN CEDAR CREEK FIELD, LOGAN COUNTY, COLORADO.

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CAUSE NO. 43

 

ORDER NO. 43-1

 

APPEARANCES:

 

John R. Moran,

Attorney for applicant,

Don Conaway,

for The British-American Oil Producing Company, Denver, Colorado.

 

 

A.J. Jersin,

Deputy Director, for the Commission

 

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, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the petition of The British-American Oil Producing Company for an order establishing 40-acre drilling units and the location of wells thereon, in the Cedar Creek Field, Logan County, Colorado.

 

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

 

3.      That the "D" sand formation of the Dakota Series in the Cedar Creek Field constitutes a common source of supply underlying the following described lands in Logan County, Colorado:

 

Township 9 North, Range 54 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

Section 11:

E/2 E/2

Section 12:

All

Section 13:

N/2, SE/4, E/2 SW/4, NW/4 SW/4

Section 14:

E/2 NE/4

 

 

Township 9 North, Range 53 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

Section 18:

NW/4, N/2 SW/4

 

4.      That in order to prevent waste of oil and gas, as defined in the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Act of 1951, as amended; and to prevent the drilling of unnecessary wells, an order should be made establishing 40-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil from the said "D" sand formation of the Dakota Series, common source of supply underlying said land as defined herein; that said units should be 40-acre drilling and spacing units according to the governmental survey thereof; and that the permitted oil well for each unit should be located not less than Three Hundred Thirty (330) feet from any property line, lease line, or governmental quarter-quarter section line, and should be located not less than One Thousand Three Hundred Twenty (1320) feet from any other producible or drilling oil well located upon an adjoining drilling and spacing unit under lease to the same operator.

 

5.      That all available geological and engineering data concerning the said "D" sand formation of the Dakota Series indicate that one well should efficiently and economically drain an area of approximately Forty (40) acres, and that units of the size and shape hereinabove described are not smaller than the maximum area that can be efficiently drained by one well producing from the said "D" sand formation of the Dakota Series.

 

ORDER

 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, that the following rules and regulations shall apply hereafter to a well drilled, completed, or recompleted in the "D" sand formation of the Dakota Series of the Cedar Creek Field, in Logan County, Colorado, as hereinabove defined in the Findings, which are hereby made a part hereof, in addition to other applicable rules and regulations and orders of the Commission, if any, heretofore adopted and not in conflict herewith.

 

Rule 1.    The following drilling and spacing units shall be and the same are hereby established for the production of oil from the "D" sand formation of the Dakota Series, common source of supply underlying:

 

East Half of the East Half (E/2 E/2) of Section Eleven (11), All of Section Twelve (12), North Half (N/2), Southeast Quarter (SE/4), East Half of Southwest Quarter (E/2 SW/4), Northwest Quarter of Southwest Quarter (NW/4 SW/4) of Section 13, and the East Half of Northeast Quarter (E/2 NE/4) of Section Fourteen (14), Township Nine North (9 N), Range Fifty-four (54) West of the Sixth (6th) P.M., Logan County, Colorado; and the Northwest Quarter, and North Half of the Southwest Quarter (N/2 SW/4) of Section Eighteen (18), Township Nine (9) North, Range Fifty-three (53) West of Sixth (6th) P.M., Logan County, Colorado.

 

 (a)    Forty (40) acre drilling and spacing units, according to the governmental survey thereof, for the production of oil.  The permitted well for each unit shall be located not less than Three Hundred Thirty (330) feet from any property line, lease line, or governmental quarter-quarter section line, and shall be located not less than One Thousand Three Hundred Twenty (1320) feet from any other producible or drilling oil well located upon an adjoining drilling and spacing unit under lease to the same operator.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the rules and regulations contained herein shall become effective forthwith, and henceforth the commencement of the drilling of any well or wells in the "D" sand formation of the Dakota Series, as defined herein, for the purpose of producing oil therefrom, at a location other than authorized by this Order, is hereby prohibited.

 

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 11th day of October, 1954, by the Oil and Gas Conservation Commis-sion of the State of Colorado.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary