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 ARMSTRONG FIELD, LOGAN COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 51

 

ORDER NO. 51-2

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on June 21 1960, at 10:00 A.M., in Room 227, State Services Building, Denver, Colorado; after publication of notice of hearing as required by law, on the application of the Stuarco Oil Company, Inc. for an order granting permission and authority to dually complete its No. 1 Roper well, to produce gas from the "D" and "J" sands with no commingling of gas from either sand in the well bore.

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 is the owner of an oil and gas lease which covers, among other lands, the SE¼SW¼ of Section 25, Township 11 North, Range 53 West, 6th P.M., Logan County Colorado, and that the No. 1 Roper well is located in said forty-acre tract.

4.      That all available geological and engineering data concerning said No, 1 Roper well indicate that said well is capable of producing gas from the "D" sand through casing perforations at a depth of 5219 feet to 5221 feet and from the "J" sand through casing perforations at a depth of 5352 feet to 5358 feet; and that the gas can be produced from the "J" sand through 2-inch tubing set in a production packer between the "D" and "J" sands, while producing gas from the "D" sand through the annulus inside the 5½-inch casing string and outside the 2-inch tubing string, thus permitting no commingling of gas from either sand in the well bore.

5.      That the completion and production of said well in the manner hereinabove described will not result in waste, and that no damage will result to either formation because of such dual completion; and that in order to prevent the drilling of unnecessary wells, the application should be granted.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the following rules and regulations shall apply hereafter to the No. 1 Roper well located in the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE¼SW¼) of Section Twenty-five (25), Township Eleven (11) North, Range Fifty-three (53) West, 6th P.M., Logan County, Colorado, in addition to other applicable rules and regulations and orders of this Commission, if any, heretofore adopted and not in conflict herewith.

Rule 1.    Authority is hereby granted applicant, the Stuarco Oil Company, Inc., for dual zone completion of its said No. 1 Roper well, by perforating the casing opposite the "D" sand formation between the approximate depths of Five Thousand Two Hundred Nineteen (5219) feet and Five Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-one (5221) feet, and perforating the casing opposite the "J" sand formation between the approximate depths of Five Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-two (5352) feet and Five Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-eight (5358) feet, so that the gas can be produced from the "J" sand formation through 2-inch tubing set in a production packer between the "D" and "J" sand formations while producing gas from the "D" sand formation through the annulus inside the 5½-inch casing string and outside the 2-inch tubing string, provided that the production of gas from either or both of said formations shall be produced independently and without any commingling in the well bore.

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 21st day of June 1960.

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  D.V. Rogers, Secretary