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 BADGER CREEK FIELD IN ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO	) ) ) )	CAUSE NO. 21 ORDER NO. 21-4

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on June 17, 1958, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 330 State Office Building, Denver, Colorado, after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of the Sinclair Oil and Gas Company and the Forest Oil Corporation for an order approving a pressure maintenance program of water injection in, the "D" sand reservoir of the Badger Creek Field, Adams 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 Applicants own and operate oil and gas leases covering the major portion of the Badger Creek Field, as set forth in their petition; and that the "D" and formation constitutes a common source of supply of oil and gas underlying said area in. Adams County Colorado, defined as follows:

W/2 of Section 23., SW/4 of Section 14, SE/4 of Section 15, all of Section 22, and N/2 of Section. 27, Township 2 South, Range 57 West, 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado.

4.      That Applicants have entered into an agreement providing for joint operations of said properties.

5,      That the proposed plan of operations establishing a program of pressure maintenance by water injection in the above area, as presented by Applicants, will increase the ultimate recovery of oil and gas from said area, and should therefore be approved as being in the public interest for conservation,

6.      That avoidable waste of oil and gas will be prevented by the operations proposed by Applicants, and the correlative rights of all parties in the Badger Creek area, as herein defined, 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 and gas from said pool, and the prevention of waste and protection of correlative rights, this application should be granted.

ORDER

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the following rules and regulations shall apply hereafter to the lands set, forth in this order, in addition to other applicable rules and regulations and orders of the Commission, if any, heretofore adopted and not in conflict herewith:

Rule 1.    The "D" sand formation underlying the Badger Creek area, as set forth in the application of the Sinclair Oil and Gas Company and the Forest Oil Corporation constitutes a common source of supply of oil and gas, and said area is composed of the following lands in Adams County, Colorado, to-wit:

West Half (W½) of Section Twenty-three (23), Southwest Quarter (SW¼), of Section Fourteen (14), Southeast Quarter (SE¼) of Section Fifteen (15), all of Section Twenty-two (22), and the North Half (N½) of Section Twenty-seven (27), Township Two (2) South, Range Fifty-seven (57) West, 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado.

Rule 2.    The pressure maintenance program of water injection in the above area is hereby approved, and Applicants are authorized to inject water into said formation through water intake wells designated by Applicants in such quantities as shall be reasonably determined by them to best achieve the maximum recovery of oil, and gas without waste.

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 orders, rules and regulations,

ORDERED this 17th day of June, 1958.

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
	By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary by Cecile Morris