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 OPERATIONS IN THE KEJR FIELD, WASHINGTON COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 95

 

ORDER NO. 95-1

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on October 9, 1956, at 10:00 A.M., in Room 243, State Capitol, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of the Sinclair Oil & Gas Company for an order granting permission and authority to dually complete its David Downing Well No. 4, located in the Kejr Field, Washington 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 Applicant is the owner of oil and gas leases which cover, among other lands, the North Half (N/2) and North Half of the Southeast Quarter (N/2 SE/4) of Section 15, Township 2 South, Range 56 West, 6th P.M., Washington County, Colorado; and that it has drilled its David Downing Well No. 4, located 1980 feet from the north line and 1980 feet from the west line of Section 15 in the above described tract; and that said well is now producing from the "J" sand formation.

 

4.      That in the drilling of said well, the top of the "D" sand formation was encountered at a depth of approximately Five Thousand Twenty-five (5025) feet, and the top of the "J" sand formation was encountered at a depth of approximately Five Thousand Eighty-nine (5089) feet; and that said well is now producing from the "J" sand formation through casing perforations in the interval from a depth of Five Thousand One Hundred Fourteen feet to Five Thousand One Hundred Twenty-four feet (5114’ – 5124’); that the "D" sand formation will be perforated from approximately Five Thousand Forty-four feet to Five Thousand Sixty feet (5044’ – 5060’) and the interval tested; and that said well may then be capable of producing from both the "J" sand formation and the "D" sand formation.

 

5.      That all available geological and engineering data concerning the David Downing Well No. 4 indicate that said well can have dual zone completion by perforating at the above intervals, installing a conventional two-zone pumping installation, and then producing the hydrocarbons from each of said sands to the surface separately and without commingling in the well bore.

 

6.      That the granting of applicant's request, and 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 zone completion.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the following rules and regulations shall apply hereafter to the David Downing Well No. 4, located 1980 feet from the north line and 1980 feet from the west line of Section Fifteen (15), Township Two (2) South, Range Fifty-six (56) West, 6th P.M., Washington 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.    That authority is hereby granted Applicant, the Sinclair Oil & Gas Company for dual zone completion of its said David Downing Well No. 4 through perforations in the casing opposite the "J" sand formation between the approximate depth of Five Thousand One Hundred Fourteen feet and Five Thousand One Hundred Twenty-four feet (5114’ – 5124’), and perforating the casing opposite the "D" sand formation between the approximate depths of Five Thousand Forty-four feet and Five Thousand Sixty feet (5044’ – 5060’), and then installing a conventional two-zone pumping installation and producing the hydrocarbons from each of said sands to the surface separately and without 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 9th day of October, 1956.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Annabel  Hogsett, Secretary