BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF SHELL OIL COMPANY FOR A PERMIT TO DUALLY COM-PLETE ITS C.F. GREEN "B" NO. 17 WELL, LOCAT-ED IN THE SE/4 NW/4 NE/4 OF SECTION 19, 9 NORTH, 53 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., LOGAN COUNTY, COLORADO, IN THE MUDDY, SOME-TIMES CALLED THE "D" FORMATION, AND IN THE DAKOTA, SOMETIMES CALLED THE "J" FORMA-TION, AND COMMINGLE THE PRODUCTION THEREFROM

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CAUSE NO. 22

 

ORDER NO. 22-1

 

APPEARANCES:

Donn D. Peters, Attorney for Applicant, Denver, Colorado.

Wilbur Rocchio, Assistant Attorney General,

A.J Jersin, Deputy Director, and

D.V. Rogers, Petroleum Engineer, for the Commission.

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on November 3, 1953, at ten o'clock A.M., Room 704 State Capitol Annex, Sherman Street and 14th Avenue, Denver, Colorado, after proper filing of an application, affidavit of giving notice and publication of notice of hearing as required by law on the application of Shell Oil Company for an order from the Commission to dually complete its C.F. Green "B" No. 17 well, located in the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SE/4 NW/4 NE/4) of Section Nineteen (19), Township Nine (9) North, Range Fifty-three (53) West of the Sixth (6th) Principal Meridian, Logan County, Colorado, in the Muddy, sometimes called the "D" formation, and in the Dakota, sometimes called the "J" formation, and to commingle the production therefrom in one well bore.

 

Applicant, Shell Oil Company, is the owner of the said C.F. Green "B" No. 17 well and has heretofore completed said well in the Dakota formation and it is now producing therefrom and evidence and testimony presented at the hearing disclose that said well is capable of producing from both of said formations, but the quantities of such production will not justify the drilling of an additional 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 and the rules and regulations of this Commission.

 

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 an oil and gas lease which covers, among other lands, the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SE/4 NW/4 NE/4) of Section Nineteen (19), Township Nine (9) North, Range Fifty-three (53) West, Logan County, Colorado, and that it has drilled its C. F. Green "B" No. 17 well in said ten (10) acre tract and said well is now producing from the Dakota sandstone formation.

 

4.      That in the drilling of said well the producing interval in the Muddy sandstone formation was encountered at a depth of Four Thousand Nine Hundred Seven (4,907) feet and the Dakota sandstone formation was encountered at a depth of Five Thousand Five (5,005) feet, and said well is now producing from this last mentioned formation through casing perforations at a depth of Five Thousand Twelve to Five Thousand Nineteen (5,012 to 5,019) feet; that said well is now capable of producing from the Muddy formation and from the Dakota formation; and that the quantities of such production will not justify the drilling of an additional well.

 

5.      That all available geological and engineering data concerning the said C.F. Green "B" No. 17 well indicate that said well can be dually completed by perforating the casing opposite the Muddy formation between the approximate depths of Four Thousand Nine Hundred Ten (4,910) feet and Four Thousand Nine Hundred Fourteen (4,914) feet and to permit the oil from the Muddy formation and the oil from the Dakota formation to be commingled in the well bore and to be produced simultaneously.

 

6.      That the granting of petitioner's application and the completion and production of said well in the manner herein above described will not result in waste and that no damage will result to either formation because of such dual completion and commingling.

 

ORDER

 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED. that the following rules and regulations shall apply hereafter to the C.F. Green "B" No. 17 well located in the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SE/4 NW/4 NE/4) of Section Nineteen (19), Township Nine (9) North, Range Fifty-three (53) West of the Sixth (6th) Principal Meridian in the Mount Hope Field in Logan County, Colorado, in addition to other applicable rules and regulations and orders of this Commission, if any, heretofore adopted and not in conflict herewith; [sic]

 

Rule 1.    That applicant, Shell Oil Company, is hereby authorized and granted the right to dually complete its said C.F. Green "B" No. 17 well by perforating the casing opposite the Muddy, sometimes called the "D" formation, between the approximate depths of Four Thousand Nine Hundred Ten (4,910) feet and Four Thousand Nine Hundred Fourteen (4914) feet and to permit the oil from the Muddy formation and the oil from the Dakota, sometimes called the "J" formation to be commingled in the well bore and to be produced simultaneously.

 

Rule 2.    That similar dual completions and commingling in one well bore in other wells in the Mount Hope Field may be approved and authorized by the Director of this Commission upon application to said Director as provided by the rules and regulations of this Commission.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the Commission expressly reserves its right, after notice of hearing, to alter, amend or repeal any and/or all of the above rules and regulations.

 

 

ORDERED this 3rd day of November, 1953, by the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Annabel Hogsett, Ass’t. Secretary