BEFORE
THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF
THE STATE OF
IN THE MATTER OF THE
PROMULGATION AND ) CAUSE NOS. 440, 479 and 139
AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES
TO GOVERN )
OPERATIONS IN
THE PARACHUTE FIELD, GRAND ) ORDER NOS. 440-16, 479-5 and
VALLEY FIELD,
AND RULISON FIELD, ) 139-28
CORRECTED
REPORT
OF THE COMMISSION
This
cause came on for hearing before the Commission on February 21, 1995 at 8:30
a.m., in Suite 801, The Chancery Building, 1120 Lincoln Street, Denver,
Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application
of Barrett Resources Corporation, for an order to amend Cause Nos. 440, 479,
and 139 to increase the number of wells allowed in each 640-acre, 320-acre, and
160-acre drilling and spacing unit which can be optionally drilled into and
produced from the Williams Fork Formation of the Mesaverde Group.
FINDINGS
The
Commission finds as follows:
1. Barrett Resources Corporation, 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
Township
6 South, Range 94 West, 6th P.M.
Sections
25 - 26: All
Sections
34 - 36: All
Township
7 South, Range 94 West, 6th P.M.
Sections
1 - 5: All
Township
7 South, Range 94 West, 6th P.M. cont.
Sections
6 - 12: All
Township 7 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.
Sections
3 - 4: All
Section
12: All
For the
320-acre drilling and spacing units established for the below-listed lands,
four (4) wells shall be allowed to be optionally drilled into and produced from
the Williams Fork Formation, with the permitted well to be located no closer
than 400 feet from the lease line nor 800 feet from any other producible or
drilling oil and gas well in the Williams Fork Formation.
Township
6 South, Range 94 West, 6th P.M.
Sections
1 - 3: All
Sections
9 - 24: All
Sections
27 - 33: All
Township 6 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.
Sections
7 - 10: All
Sections
15 - 20: All
Township 6 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M. cont.
Sections
25 - 28: All
Sections
31 & 32: All
Sections
34 – 36: All
Township 6 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.
Sections
23 - 27: All
Sections
34 - 36: All
Township 7 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.
Sections
1 - 2: All
Section
5: N/2
Section
6: N/2
Section
10: E/2
Section
11: All
Township 7 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.
Section
1: All
For the 160-acre
drilling and spacing units established for the below-listed lands, two (2)
wells shall be allowed to be optionally drilled into and produced from the
Williams Fork Formation, with the permitted well to be located no closer than
400 feet from the lease line nor 800 feet from any other producible or drilling
oil and gas well in the Williams Fork Formation.
Township 6 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.
Section
33: All
Township 6 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.
Section
36: N/2
5. Letters of support were filed by the U.S.
Department of Energy, Snyder Oil Corporation and W.F. Clough.
6. That evidence presented at the administrative
hearing indicated that the number of wells previously approved for 640, 320 and
160-acre drilling and spacing units could not adequately drain those units, for
production from the Williams Fork Formation of the Mesaverde Group for the
above-described lands in
7. That based upon extensive field, engineering
studies and the intensive geological, geophysical and reservoir modeling work
done at the Multiwell Experiment site in the application lands, the sands
within the Williams Fork Formation of the Mesaverde Group are tight and contain
extensive natural fractures, such fractures however being vertically and
laterally limited in extent and, for the most part, do not extend beyond
lithologic boundaries. Evidence
presented indicated that there was no pressure communication evident between wells.
8. Based on the facts stated in the application,
having been heard by the Hearing Officer on
ORDER
NOW,
THEREFORE IT IS ORDERED, that the following rules and regulations shall apply
hereafter to a well or wells drilled, completed or recompleted in the Williams
Fork Formation of the Mesaverde Group described herein below, in addition to other
applicable rules and regulations and policies and orders of the Commission, if
any, heretofore adopted and not in conflict herein:
Rule 1. That
for the 640-acre drilling and spacing units established for the below-listed
lands, sixteen (16) wells shall be allowed to be optionally drilled into and
produced from the Williams Fork Formation, with the permitted well to be
located no closer than 400 feet from the boundaries of the unit and no closer
than 800 feet from any existing Williams Fork Formation well or wells.
Township
6 South, Range 94 West, 6th P.M.
Sections
25 - 26: All
Sections
34 - 36: All
Township
7 South, Range 94 West, 6th P.M.
Sections
1 - 12: All
Township 7 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.
Sections
3 - 4: All
Section
12: All
Rule
2. That for the 320-acre
drilling and spacing units established for the below-listed lands, eight (8)
wells shall be allowed to be optionally drilled into and produced from the
Williams Fork Formation, with the permitted well to be located no closer than
400 feet from the boundaries of the unit and no closer than 800 feet from any
existing Williams Fork Formation well or wells.
Township
6 South, Range 94 West, 6th P.M.
Sections
1 - 3: All
Sections
9 - 24: All
Sections
27 - 33: All
Township 6 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.
Sections
7 - 10: All
Sections
15 - 20: All
Sections
25 - 28: All
Sections
31 & 32: All
Sections
34 - 36: All
Township 6 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.
Sections
23 - 27: All
Sections
34 - 35: All
Section
36: S/2
Township 7 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.
Sections
1 - 2: All
Section
5: N/2
Section
6: N/2
Section
10: E/2
Section
11: All
Township 7 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.
Section
1: All
Rule
3. That for the 160-acre
drilling and spacing units established for the below-listed lands, four (4)
wells shall be allowed to be optionally drilled into and produced from the
Williams Fork Formation, with the permitted well to be located no closer than
400 feet from the boundaries of the unit and no closer than 800 feet from any
existing Williams Fork Formation well or wells.
Township 6 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.
Section
33: All
Township 6 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.
Section
36: N/2
IT
IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the provisions contained in
the above order shall become effective forthwith.
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 15th day of March, 1995, as of
AMENDED this 26th day of April, 1995, as of
CORRECTED
this 21st day of February, 2000, as of
OIL
AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF
By
Patricia C. Beaver, Secretary
Dated at
October 7, 2005