BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN THE SPACING AND DENSITY OF OIL AND GAS WELLS IN THE ADENA FIELD, MORGAN COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 26

 

ORDER NO. 26-28

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This Cause came on for further hearing before the Commission on February 21, 1956, 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 Monsanto Chemical Company, a Delaware corporation qualified to do business in the State of Colorado, for an order from the Commission amending in part its Order No. 26-23 insofar as and only insofar as said order covers, includes and affects the location of wells on any forty-acre drilling unit for the "D" sand reservoir in the Adena Field, Morgan 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 the "D" sand formation underlying the following described lands in the Adena Field, Morgan County, Colorado constitute [sic] an oil and gas pool, reservoir and common source of supply which is separate and distinct from other oil and gas bearing areas, and is highly variable as to thickness, permeability, porosity, depth of structure and other characteristics of said "D" sand formation in said Adena Field:

 

Township 1 North, Range 58 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

Section 13:     All

Section 23:    E/2

Section 14:     E/2

Section 24:    All

 

 

Township 1 North, Range 57 West, 6th P.M.

 

 

Section 18:     W/2

Section 19:    W/2

 

4.      That in order to obtain efficient and economical drainage and development, and to increase the ultimate recovery of oil and gas therefrom, the Commission should amend its Order No. 26-23 to permit and provide that the "D" sand wells for each such drilling and spacing unit, insofar but only insofar as the land described in Finding 3 above is affected, should be located not less than Three Hundred Thirty (330) feet from any drilling and spacing unit line in the "D" sand formation.

 

5.      That in the event any well in the subject area is drilled through the "J" sand to a deeper objective formation, the party drilling such well should adequately protect the "J" sand rights by properly cementing the casing and testing the cement by perforating the casing in the interval between the "J" sand and the other formation or formations and, if necessary, squeezing cement through the perforations to the satisfaction of all parties holding the "J" sand operating rights in this area. Before any operator should drill into the "D" sand in the area covered by this Order, or rework any "D" sand well therein, he should notify all operators of the "J" sand rights within the area covered hereby sufficient time in order that each of such parties may have a representative present to witness the drilling or reworking of the "D" sand, the running of logs and the measurement of the total depth of the well.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the following rules and regulations shall apply hereafter to a well drilled, completed or recompleted in the "D" sand formation underlying the following described lands in the Adena Field, Morgan County, Colorado, in addition to other applicable rules and regulations and orders of the Commission, if any, heretofore adopted and not in conflict herewith:

 

Section Thirteen (13), East Half (E/2) of Sections Fourteen (14) and Twenty-three (23), and all of Section Twenty-four (24), Township One (1) North, Range Fifty-eight (58) West; and the West Half (W/2) of Sections Eighteen (18) and Nineteen (19), Township One (1) North, Range Fifty-seven (57) West, 6th P.M.

 

Rule 1.    The "D" sand wells for each drilling and spacing unit as set forth in Order No. 26-23, Cause No. 26, insofar but only insofar as the lands described in this order are affected, shall be located not less than Three Hundred Thirty (330) feet from any drilling and spacing unit line in the "D" sand formation.

 

Rule 2.    In the event any well in the subject area is drilled through the "J" sand to a deeper objective formation, the party drilling such well shall adequately protect the "J" sand rights by properly cementing the casing and testing the cement by perforating the casing in the interval between the "J" sand and the other formation or formations and, if necessary, squeezing cement through the perforations to the satisfaction of all parties holding the "J" sand operating rights in this area.  Before any operator may drill into the "D" sand in the area covered by this order, or rework any "D" sand well therein, he shall notify all operators of the "J" sand rights within the area covered hereby in sufficient time in order that each of such parties may have a representative present to witness the drilling or reworking of the "D" sand, the running of logs, and the measurement of the total depth of the well.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the rules and regulations contained herein shall become effective forthwith, and henceforth the commencement of the drilling of any well or wells in the "D" sand formation of the Adena Field, in the area defined herein, for the purpose of producing oil and gas therefrom at a location other than authorized by this order, is hereby prohibited.

 

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 rules and regulations.

 

 

ORDERED this 21st day of February, 1956.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary