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 "D" SAND OF THE LITTLE BEAVER FIELD, WASHINGTON AND ADAMS COUNTIES, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 30

 

ORDER NO. 30-15

 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

 

This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on September 26, 1958, at 10 A.M., in the Game Room of the Albany Hotel, Denver, Colorado., after publication of Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of the Continental Oil Company, as Operator of the Little Beaver "D" Sand Unit, for an order approving a water flood project for secondary recovery for the Little Beaver "D" Sand Unit, Little Beaver Field, Washington and Adams Counties, 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 water flood project, as presented by the applicant, for the secondary recovery program for the "D" Sands of the Little Beaver Field will increase the ultimate recovery of oil and gas from said field, and therefore should be approved as being in the public interest for conservation.

 

4.      That avoidable waste of oil and gas will be prevented by the operations proposed by the applicant, and the correlative rights of all parties in the Little Beaver "D" Sand Field will not be adversely affected and will be reasonably protected under such a plan of operation.

 

5.      That the provisions of Order No. 30-6, continued by subsequent orders, as they pertain to the "D" Sands of the Little Beaver Field should be modified to allow the transfer of the allowable production of any one well or combination of wells to any other well or combination of wells on any given lease.

 

6.      That the Unit Area, as defined by Order No. 30-11, should be considered as one lease.

 

ORDER

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, the following Rules and Regulations be, and the same are, hereby adopted for the "D" Sands of the Little Beaver Field, Washington and Adams Counties, Colorado, 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 water flood project for the secondary recovery program as proposed to the Commission, for the "D" Sands of the Little Beaver Field is hereby approved, and Applicant is authorized to inject water into said "D" Sands through the injection wells designated at the hearing in such quantities as shall be reasonably determined by Applicant to best achieve the maximum recovery of oil and gas without waste.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the provisions of Rules 2, 3, and 4 of Order No. 30-6 (continued by subsequent orders) which pertain to the "D" Sands of the Little Beaver Field are hereby amended to read as follows:

 

Rule 2.    The maximum production from any one well producing from the "D" Sands of the Dakota Series of the Little Beaver Field shall not during any one month, exceed a daily average of One Hundred Twenty-five (125) barrels of oil, and/or One Hundred Thousand 100,000 cubic feet of gas and that no one shall produce during any twenty-four (24) hour period more than twice its daily allowable; and that the allowable production maybe exceeded for any one month by not in excess of three (3) days’ allowable production provided that any such excess production be deducted in producing the next month's allowable; and that any underproduction may be produced only during the month immediately following that in which the underproduction occurred; provided that allowable production from a well or combination of wells on a lease may be transferred and produced from any other well or combination of wells on said given lease and provided further, that the Little Beaver "D" Sand Unit Area, as defined by Order No. 30-11, shall be considered one lease.

 

Rule 3.    Operators and owners of wells producing from "D" Sands of the Dakota Series of the Little Beaver Field shall make gas-oil-ratio test of each of his producing wells during every quarter, beginning with the months of January, April, July, and October, and that such tests shall be taken within fifteen (15) days of the beginning or ending of each quarter, the results of which such tests shall be reported to the Commission on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of the last month of every quarter; and that such tests shall be the basis for calculating the volume of gas produced for each month of the following quarter, unless all of the gas produced is metered; and that, immediately prior to making the test for a gas-oil ratio, subject well shall be produced at its normal rate of production for at least twenty-four (24) hours; and that during such tests, subject well shall be produced at a rate equal to or not exceeding its allowable by more than twenty-five (25) percent; and that a schedule shall be submitted to the Commission prior to testing, showing the welIs and respective dates of tests; and that the volume of gas measured shall be reported in units of cubic feet at a base pressure of 15.025 psia, a base temperature of 60° Fahrenheit, and a specific gravity of 0.7.

 

Rule 4.    Operators and owners of wells producing from the "D" Sands of the Dakota Series shall file with the Commission a monthly report of production by wells, as required on Form OGCC-7a, covering the month next preceding the date of filing, on or before the twentieth (20th) day of each month.

 

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 26th day of September, 1958.

 

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

By  Annabel Hogsett, Secretary