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 "D" SAND OF THE CHAPPEL FIELD, SEDGWICK COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 75

 

ORDER NO. 75-1

APPEARANCES:

R.B. Giles - for the Stanolind Oil and Gas Company

A.J. Jersin, Deputy Director,

D.V. Rogers, Petroleum Engineer, and

Sam Freeman, Assistant Attorney General - for the Commission

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on August 24, 1955, at 10:00 a.m., 704 State Capitol Annex, 14th Avenue and Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of the Stanolind Oil and Gas Company for an order establishing 320-acre drilling and spacing units, according to the governmental survey thereof, for the "D" sand in the Chappel Field, Sedgwick County, Colorado.

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 the "D" sand constitutes a common source of supply of gas underlying the following described lands in Sedgwick County, Colorado, to-wit:

Township 12 North, Range 44 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

Section 25: S/2

Section 34:  All

Section 26:  S/2

Section 35:  All

Section 27:  S/2

Section 36:  All

 

 

Township 11 North, Range 44 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

Section 1:  All

Section 2:  All

Section 3:  All

and is referred to as the Chappel Field.

4.      That in order to prevent waste of gas, as defined in the Oil and Gas Conservation Act, and to prevent the drilling of unnecessary wells, an order should be made establishing Three Hundred Twenty (320) acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas from the said "D" sand formation, common source of supply underlying said land, as defined herein; that said units should consist of Three Hundred Twenty (320) acres, and that each unit should be the north half (N/2) or the south half (S/2) of any section lying within the area to be spaced; and the permitted well should be located not less than Thirteen Hundred Twenty (1320) feet from the short sides, nor less than Six Hundred Sixty (660) feet from the long sides of the drilling unit upon which it is located.

5.      That all available geological and engineering data concerning said "D" sand formation in the Chappel Field indicate that one well should efficiently and economically drain an area of approximately Three Hundred Twenty (320) acres, and that units of the size and shape as set forth in Finding 4 are not smaller than the maximum area that can be efficiently drained by one well producing from the said "D" sand formation.

6.      That an exception should be allowed for a well drilled on the following location:

Stanolind No. 1 Franklin Well - located in the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section Thirty-five (35), Township Twelve (12) North, Range Forty-four (44) west of the 6th P.M., Sedgwick County, Colorado,

and that said well should be the permitted gas well for the drilling and spacing unit upon which it is located.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the following rules and regulations shall apply hereafter to a well drilled, completed, or recompleted in the "D" sand formation of the Chappel Field in Sedgwick County, Colorado, as hereinabove defined in the Findings, which, by reference, are made a part hereof, in addition to other applicable rules and regulations and orders of the Commission, if any, heretofore adopted and not in conflict herewith.

Rule 1.    Three Hundred Twenty (320) acre drilling and spacing units shall be, and the same are hereby established for the production of gas from the "D" sand formation, common source of supply underlying:

South Half (S/2) of Sections Twenty-five (25), Twenty-six (26) and Twenty-seven (27), and all of Sections Thirty-four (34), Thirty-five (35) and Thirty-Six (36), Township Twelve (12) North, Range Forty-four (44) West of the 6th P.M.; and

Sections One (1), Two (2) and Three (3) Township Eleven (11) North, Range Forty-four (44) west of the 6th P.M.

all in Sedgwick County, Colorado,

and such area shall henceforth, be known as the Chappel Field.

Rule 2.    That said units shall consist of Three Hundred Twenty (320) acres, and that each unit shall be the North Half (N/2) or the South Half (S/2) of any section lying within the area herein described; that the permitted well shall be located not less than Thirteen Hundred Twenty (1320) feet from the short sides, nor less than Six Hundred Sixty (660) feet from the long sides of the drilling unit upon which it is located.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that an exception is hereby allowed for a well drilled in the following location:

Stanolind No. 1 Franklin Well - located in the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SE/4SE/4) of Section Thirty-five (35), Township Twelve (12) North, Range Forty-four (44) West of the 6th P.M., Sedgwick County, Colorado,

and that said well shall be the permitted gas well for the drilling and spacing unit upon which it is located.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the rules and regulations contained herein shall become effective forthwith, and henceforth the commencement of the drilling of any well or wells in the "D" sand formation, as defined herein, for the purpose of producing gas therefrom at a location other than authorized by this Order, is hereby prohibited.

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 24th day of August, 1955.

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Annabel  Hogsett, Secretary