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 "J" SAND OF THE BIG BEAVER FIELD, WASHINGTON COUNTY, COLORADO	) ) ) )	CAUSE NO. 44 ORDER NO. 44-5

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on March 21, 1967, at 10 a.m., in Room 132, State Services Building, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing and, receipt of appropriate waivers of service thereof, on the application of Pan American Petroleum Corporation for an order granting an exception to the established spacing pattern in the Big Beaver Field, for a well to be drilled and completed in the "J" Sand at a location 100 feet south and 100 feet east of the center of the NW¼NW¼ of Section 16, Township 3 South, Range 56 West, 6th P.M., Washington County, Colorado, said well to produce from the J₂ and J₃ zones, but not to produce from the "J" zones open in the existing well in said NW¼NW¼ of Section 16.

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 Applicant has drilled the State of Colorado Well No. B-1 in the NW¼NW¼ of Section 16, Township 3 South, Range 56 West, which well produces from the "J"-1 sand formation.

4.      That in order to protect correlative rights, and to insure proper and efficient development and promote conservation of the oil and gas resources of the State, an exception should be granted for a well to be drilled and completed in the "J"-2 and "J"-3 zones for the production of oil at a location 100 feet south and 100 feet east of the center of the NW¼NW¼ of Section 16, Township 3 South, Range 56 West, 6th P.M., Washington County, Colorado, such well to be designated as the State of Colorado Well No. B-10.

5.      That if Applicant uses a hydraulic fracturing completion in the "J"-2 sand in said well, radio-active [sic] tracers should be used, and a radio-active [sic] log run to determine the extent of the fractures.

6.      That any zone in the "J" sand formation should be produced from only one of the two aforementioned wells.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that an exception shall be allowed for a well designated as the State of Colorado Well No. B-10 to be drilled and completed in the "J"-2 and "J"-3 zones for the production of oil, at a location 100 feet south and 100 feet east of the center of the NW¼NW¼ of Section 16, Township 3 South, Range 56 West, 6th P.M., Washington County, Colorado.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, if Applicant uses a hydraulic fracturing completion in the "J"-2 sand in said well, radio-active [sic] tracers shall be used, and a radio-active [sic] log run to determine the extent of the fractures.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any zone in the "J" sand formation may be produced from either the State of Colorado Well No. B-10 or the State of Colorado Well No. B-1, but that said two wells shall not at any one time produce from the same zone.

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

ORDERED this 21st day of March 1967.

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
	By  D.V. Rogers, Acting Secretary