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 XENIA-WEST FIELD, WASH-INGTON COUNTY, COLORADO	) ) ) )	CAUSE NO. 55 ORDER NO. 55-5

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on October 18, 1960, at 10:00 A.M., in Room 720, State Services Building, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of the Kingwood Oil Company requesting permission to dually complete in the "D" and "J" sand, the Minkler #2 well located in the NE NE [sic], Section 11, Township 2 North, Range 54 West, Washington County, Colorado, and to commingle the production therefrom.

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 Operator of the Xenia-West Unit which covers, among other lands, the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 11, Township 2 North, Range 54 West of the 6th P.M., Washington County, Colorado, and that the Minkler #2 well is located in said 40-acre tract.

4.      That in the drilling of said well, the "D" sand formation was encountered at a depth of 4744 feet, and the "J" sand formation was encountered at a depth of 4818 feet; and that said well is now producing from the "J" sand formation through casing perforations at a depth of 4828 feet to 4849 feet; and that said well is now capable of producing from the "D" sand formation and from the "J" sand formation; and that quantities of production from the "D" sand formation will not justify the drilling of an additional well.

5.      That all available geological and engineering data concerning the said Minkler #2 well indicate that said well can be dually completed in the manner presented by Applicant, so as to permit production from the "D" and "J" sand formations to be commingled in the well bore and produced simultaneously.

6.      That the granting of the Kingwood Oil Company application, and the completion and production of said well in the manner presented by Applicant, will not result in waste, and that no damage will result to either formation because of such dual completion and commingling.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the following rules and regulations shall apply hereafter to the Minkler #2 well located in the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NE¼ NE¼) of Section 11, Township 2 North, Range 54 West of the 6th P.M., Washington County, Colorado, in addition to other applicable rules and regulations and orders of the Commission, if any, heretofore adopted and not in conflict herewith.

Rule 1.    Authority is hereby granted the Kingwood Oil Company for dual zone completion of its said Minkler #2 well, as presented by Applicant, to permit production from the "D" sand formation and from the "J" sand formation to be commingled in the well bore and produced simultaneously.

Rule 2.    Similar dual completions and commingling in one well bore in other wells in the Xenia-West Field may be approved and authorized by this Commission upon application to said Commission, as provided by the rules and regulations of this Commission.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the Commission expressly reserves its right, after notice and hearing, to after, amend, or repeal any and/or all of the above rules and regulations.

ORDERED this 18th day of October 1960.

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