Before the
Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
of the State of Colorado
in the matter of the promulgation and establishment of field rules to govern operation for the williams fork and iles formations, parachute field, garfield county, colorado |
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cause no. 440
docket no. 170600393
TYPE: POOLING
order no. 440-83 CORRECTED |
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REPORT OF THE COMMISSION
The Commission heard this matter on June 12, 2017, at Rio Blanco County Courthouse, 555 Main St., Meeker, Colorado, upon application for an order to pool all interests in an approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit established for Section 8, Township 7 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M., for the development and operation of the Williams Fork and Iles Formations and to subject any nonconsenting interests to the cost recovery provisions of § 34-60-116(7), C.R.S. for the drilling of the Monument Ridge B 32D-08-07-95 Well.
FINDINGS
The Commission finds as follows:
4. On February 22, 2010, the Commission entered Order No. 440-59, which established an approximate 320-acre drilling and spacing unit for the S˝ of Section 8, Township 7 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M., for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork and Iles Formations, and approved the equivalent of one well per ten acres, to be located anywhere in the unit but no closer than 100 feet from the boundaries of the unit without exception being granted by the Director of the Commission. The Order stated that in cases where the lands abut or corner lands in respect of which the Commission has not at the time of drilling permit application granted the right to drill 10-acre density Williams Fork and Iles Formation wells, the well shall be located downhole no closer than 200 feet from the boundary or boundaries of the unit so abutting or cornering such lands without exception being granted by the Director of the Commission.
5. On January 30, 2017, the Commission entered Order No. 440-77, which pooled all interests in the unit established for by Order No. 440-59 for the S˝ of Section 8, Township 7 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M., and authorized cost recovery pursuant to §34-60-116(7), C.R.S. for the following wells: Monument Ridge B 24A-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22895), Monument Ridge B 23D-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22896), Monument Ridge B 33A-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22901), Monument Ridge B 33B-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22903), Monument Ridge B 33D-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22905), Monument Ridge B 33C-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22906), Monument Ridge B 24C-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22907), Monument Ridge B 24D-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22908), Monument Ridge B 34B-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22909), Monument Ridge B 24B-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22910), Monument Ridge B 34C-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22911), Monument Ridge B 34A-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22912), Monument Ridge B 43C-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22914), Monument Ridge B 43B-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22915), Monument Ridge B 44B-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22916), Monument Ridge B 44D-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22917), Monument Ridge B 34D-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22959), Monument Ridge B 43A-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22960), Monument Ridge B 44A-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22961), Monument Ridge B 23C-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22963), Monument Ridge B 44C-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22964), and Monument Ridge B 43D-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22965).
6. On April 28, 2014, the Commission entered Order No. 440-70, which established an approximate 320-acre drilling and spacing unit for the N˝ of Section 8, Township 7 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M., for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons Williams Fork and Iles Formations, and authorized the equivalent of one well per ten acres, to be located anywhere in the unit but no closer than 100 feet from the boundaries of the unit, without exception being granted by the Director of the Commission. The order stated that in cases where the lands abut or corner lands in respect of which the Commission has not at the time of drilling permit application granted the right to drill 10-acre density Williams Fork and Iles Formation wells, the well shall be located downhole no closer than 200 feet from the boundary or boundaries of the unit so abutting or cornering such lands, without exception being granted by the Director of the Commission.
7. On January 30, 2017, the Commission entered Order No. 440-76, which pooled all interests in the drilling and spacing unit established by Order No. 440-70, and authorized cost recovery pursuant to C.R.S. 34-60-116(7) for the following wells: Monument Ridge B 32D-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22902), Monument Ridge B 42D-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22913), Tompkins 31A-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22471), Tompkins 32C-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22472), Tompkins 42B-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22473), Tompkins 42C-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22474), Tompkins 32B-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22475), Tompkins 41D-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22476), Tompkins 32A-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22477), Tompkins 42A-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22478), Tompkins 31C-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22479), Tompkins 41A-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22480), Tompkins 41C-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22481), Tompkins 41B-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22482), Tompkins 31D-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22483), Tompkins 31B-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22484), Tompkins 41AWI-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22551), Tompkins 21B-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22821), Tompkins 21C-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22822), and Tompkins 21A-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045-22823).
8. Applicant drilled and completed the Monument Ridge B 32D-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045- 22902) (“Well”) close to the border between the unit that covers S˝ of Section 8, Township 7 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M. (“Southern DSU”) and the unit that covers the N˝ of Section 8, Township 7 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M. (“Northern DSU”).
8. On April 13, 2017, Ursa, by the attorneys, filed with the Commission pursuant to §34-60-116, C.R.S., a verified application (“Application”) for an order to pool all interests in the proposed approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit for the below-described lands (“Application Lands”), for the development and operation of the Williams Fork and Iles Formations, and to subject any nonconsenting interests to the cost recovery provisions of § 34-60-116(7), C.R.S., for the drilling of the Monument Ridge B 32D-08-07-95 Well (API No. 05-045- 22902) (“Well”):
Township
7 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.
Section 8: All
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
Township
7 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.
Section 8: All
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:
ENTERED this 23rd day of June 2017, as of June 12, 2017.
CORRECTED this 27th day of September, 2014, as of June 12, 2017.
OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
By____________________________________
Julie Spence Prine, Secretary