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 ROSENER FIELD, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 147

 

ORDER NO. 147-1

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on September 20, 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 British-American Oil Producing Company for an order approving a water injection program proposed for the "D" sand reservoir of the Rosener Field, by injection of water into the British-American Johnson H No. 2 well.

 

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 water injection program proposed for the "D" sand reservoir of the Rosener Field, by the injection of water into the British-American Johnson H No. 2 well, located 867 feet east of the west line and 1652 feet north of the south line of Section 12, Township 1 South, Range 59 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado, as presented by the applicant, will increase the ultimate recovery of oil in said Rosener Field, and should therefore be approved as being in the public interest for conservation.

 

4.      That there are no producing or producible wells in the immediate vicinity which have been completed in the member of the "J" sand formation from which water is to be withdrawn for said flooding operation.

 

5.      That avoidable waste of oil and gas will be prevented by the operations proposed by Applicant, and the correlative rights of all interested parties will not be adversely affected and will be reasonably protected under such a plan of operation; and that in the interest of securing the greatest ultimate recovery of oil from said pool, the prevention of waste and protection of correlative rights, this application should be granted.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that The British-American Oil Producing Company is hereby authorized to conduct a water injection program, as presented by Applicant, by the injection of water into the British-American Johnson H No. 2 well, located 867 feet east of the west line and 1652 feet north of the south line of Section 12, Township 1 South, Range 59 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado.

 

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 order.

 

ORDERED this 20th day of September 1966.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By 

D.V. Rogers, Secretary