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 FLANK FIELD, BACA COUNTY, COLORADO	) ) ) )	CAUSE NO. 157 ORDER NO. 157-2

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on October 16, 1962, at 10 A.M., in Room 132, State Services Building, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of the Horizon Oil & Gas Co., a partnership composed of Curtis E. Calder, Jr. and N. Bruce Calder, for an order granting permission and authority to dually complete its No. 2 Tevebaugh well, located in the center of the SE¼SE¼ of Section 7, Township 34 South, Range 42 West, 6th P.M., Baca County, Colorado, with no commingling of production from the Upper Morrow and Cherokee formations.

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 SE¼SE¼ of Section 7, Township 34 South, Range 42 West, 6th P.M., Baca County, Colorado; and that it has drilled its No. 2 Tevebaugh well, located in the center of the SE¼SE¼ of said Section 7; and that said well is now producing oil from the Upper Morrow formation.

4.      That in the drilling of said well, the top of the Cherokee formation was encountered at a depth of approximately 4100 feet, and the top of the Upper Morrow formation was encountered at a depth of approximately 4634 feet; and that said well is now producing from the Upper Morrow formation through casing perforations between the approximate depths of 4642 feet and 4650 feet; and that the Cherokee formation is capable of producing gas through perforations between the approximate depths of 4098 feet and 4106 feet; and that the production from each zone will be independent of the other by means of production packers; and that there will be no commingling of the gas from the Cherokee zone and the oil from the Upper Morrow zone in such dual completion of said No. 2 Tevebaugh well.

5.      That all available geological and engineering data concerning the No. 2 Tevebaugh well indicate that said well can be dually completed as set forth in Finding 4 above.

6.      That the granting of Applicant's petition, 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 Horizon Oil & Gas Co. is hereby granted permission and authority to dually complete its No. 2 Tevebaugh well; located in the center of the SE¼SE¼ of Section 7, Township 34 South, Range 42 West, 6th P.M., Baca County, Colorado, with oil to be produced from the Upper Morrow formation through casing perforations between the approximate depths of 4642 feet and 4650 feet; and gas to be produced from the Cherokee formation through casing perforations between the approximate depths of 4098 feet and 4106 feet, in the manner set forth in Finding 4 herein, with no commingling of gas from the Cherokee zone and oil from the Upper Morrow zone.

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 16th day of October 1962.

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