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 BRANDON FIELD, KIOWA COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 188

 

ORDER NO. 188-2

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on January 17, 1967, at 10 a.m., in Room 132, State Services Building; Denver, Colorado after publication of Notice of Hearing and receipt of appropriate waivers of service thereof, on the application of the J. M. Huber Corporation for an order granting an exception to the spacing pattern established by Order No, 188-1, for a well to be drilled m the center of the NW¼SW¼ of Section 10, Township 19 South, Range 45 West, 6th P, M., Kiowa County, Colorado.

 

FINDINGS

 

The Commission finds as follows:

 

1.      That due nonce 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 Commission, by its Order No. 188-1 established drilling units for the production of oil from the Mississippian formation underlying the Brandon Field; and that the W½SW¼ of Section 10, Township 19 South, Range 45 West, Kiowa County, Colorado, constitutes one of said units.

 

4.      That the applicant drilled a well at the required location in the center of the S½ of the aforementioned drilling unit, and that the well was plugged and abandoned as a dry hole.

 

5.      That in order to protect correlative rights, an exception to Order No. 188-1 should be granted for a well to be drilled in the center of the NE¼SW¼ of said Section 10.

 

6.      That in order to prevent the production from said drilling unit of more than its just and equitable share of the oil in the pool, a limitation should be placed on the amount of daily production from the well drilled as an exception to the established pattern.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that an exception is hereby granted for a well to be drilled in the center of the NW¼SW¼ of Section 10, Township 19 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M., Kiowa County, Colorado, and such well shall be the permitted well for the drilling unit upon which it is located; however, if a well capable of producing oil from the Mississippian formation is completed at such location instead of at the location provided in Rule 2 of Order No. 188-1, the maximum allowed production for said well shall be determined by averaging the daily average production from the two producing offset wells - the No. 1 Harrison well located in the NE¼SE¼ of Section 9, and the No. 1 Pyles well located in the SW¼NE¼ of Section 10, Township 19 South, Range 45 West - and multiplying that amount of production by fifty per cent (50%), provided that said offset wells are produced in a normal and prudent manner.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the regulations and orders set forth herein shall become effective forthwith.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the Commission expressly reserves its right, after notice and hearing, to alter, amend or repeal the above order.

 

ORDERED this 6th day of February 1967.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By 

D.V. Rogers, Secretary