BEFORE THE OIL & GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

 

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF ROSEWOOD RESOURCES, INC. FOR AN ORDER ALLOWING AN EXCEPTION LOCATION FOR A WELL TO BE COMPLETED THE NIOBRARA FORMATION, WAVERLY FIELD (OUTSIDE AREA), YUMA COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 328               Docket No. _________

 

 

APPLICATION

 

            COMES NOW, Rosewood Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation, by its attorneys Dorsey & Whitney LLP and makes application to the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado, for an order allowing an exception to the location of a well to be completed in an existing drilling and spacing unit for the Niobrara formation in the Waverly Field (Outside Area), Yuma County, Colorado.  In support thereof, Rosewood Resources, Inc. (referred to herein as "Applicant") states and alleges as follows: 

1.                   That the Applicant is the owner of numerous leasehold interests in Yuma County, Colorado, located within the area requested for an exception location in an existing spacing unit. 

2.                   That the Applicant is requesting that the Monk #2-7 Well be permitted to be drilled to the Niobrara Formation at the following location:  2028’ FNL and 1995’ FEL of Section 7, T4N, R46W, Yuma County, Colorado.

3.                   That the lands covered by this Application have heretofore been spaced for production of gas from the Niobrara formation pursuant to, among other orders, Order No. 328-5 through which 160-acre drilling and spacing units were established, with the two permitted wells to be located in the center of NW quarter quarter section and the SE quarter quarter section with a tolerance of 100 feet.

4.                   Applicant proposes that the Monk #2-7 Well be permitted to be drilled at the proposed exception location to optimize recovery of reserves from the Niobrara Formation based upon geologic considerations.

5.                   That in order to prevent waste and protect correlative rights of all owners in the area surrounding the proposed location, it is reasonable and equitable to permit an exception location to allow the recompletion of a well in the described location.  Applicant also asserts that Rule 318 c of the Rules and Regulations of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission provides for exception locations when geologic, topographical or environmental conditions warrant a variance from field rules.

6.                   That all contiguous and cornering Owners in lands toward when the well is proposed to be moved who are affected by the exception location have executed waivers consenting to this exception location except those who are set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto.    WHEREFORE, Applicant respectfully requests that this matter be set for hearing at the next regular hearing date, that notice thereof be given as required by law and that upon such hearing the Commission enter its order:

A.        Determining that Monk #2-7 Well to be located in the SW/4NE/4 of Section 7, Township 4 North, Range 46 West, 6th P.M., be permitted to be recompleted in the Niobrara Formation as follows: 

 

Well Name                                                       Exception Location

 

Monk #2-7 Well                                              2028’ FNL and 1995’ FEL of Section 7, T4N, R46W,

                                                                        Yuma County, Colorado

            B.         Granting any other relief necessary to prevent waste and protect correlative rights of the owners.

 

            DATED this ____ day of January, 2003.   

Respectfully submitted,

 

ROSEWOOD RESOURCES, INC.

 

 

By:                                                                                    

Michael J. Wozniak

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Attorneys for Applicant

370 17^th Street, Suite 4700

Denver, Colorado 80202

(303) 629-3400

 

Applicants' Address:

 

Rosewood Resources, Inc.

2711 N. Haskell Ave.

Suite 2800, LB #22

Dallas, TX 75204-2944

 

VERIFICATION

 

 

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            William E. Washington, of lawful age, being first duly sworn upon oath, deposes and says that he is the Land Manager for Rosewood Resources, Inc. and that he has read the foregoing Application and that the matters therein contained are true to the best of my knowledge, information and belief. 

 

 

                                                                                   

 

           

Subscribed and sworn to before this ____ day of January, 2003. 

 

Witness my hand and official seal.

 

My commission expires:  ________________

 

                                                                                   

Notary Public

EXHIBIT A

INTERESTED PARTIES

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF ROSEWOOD RESOURCES, INC. FOR AN ORDER ALLOWING AN EXCEPTION LOCATION FOR A WELL TO BE COMPLETED THE NIOBRARA FORMATION, WAVERLY FIELD (OUTSIDE AREA), YUMA COUNTY, COLORADO

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CAUSE NO. 328               Docket No. _________

 

Rosewood Resources, Inc.

2711 N. Haskell Ave.

Suite 2800, LB #22

Dallas, TX 75204-2944

 

Stephen D. Monk, Trustee

Stephen D. Monk Trust

39640 County Road J

Yuma, Colorado 80759

 

Lorena B. Salvador

600 W. 10^th Avenue, #5

Yuma, Colorado 80759

 

Stelbar Oil Corporation, Inc.

155 North Market Street, Suite 500

Wichita, Kansas 67202-1819

 

CERTIFICATE OF MAILING

 

            I hereby certify that on this _____ day of January, 2003, a true and correct copy of the Application in this matter has been sent by mail, addressed to the owners listed on Exhibit “A” of this Application, who have an interest in the lands identified in the Application.