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 Phoebe #4-6 Well be permitted to be drilled to the Niobrara Formation at the following location:  1189’ FNL and 565’ FWL of Section 6, 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 Phoebe #4-6 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 Phoebe #4-6 Well to be located in the NW/4NW/4 of Section 6, Township 4 North, Range 46 West, 6th P.M., be permitted to be recompleted in the Niobrara Formation as follows: 

 

Well Name                                                       Exception Location

 

Phoebe #4-6 Well                                            1189’ FNL and 565’ FWL of Section 6, 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 17th 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

 

Ann Helms Alberda

601 South Elm

Yuma, Colorado 80759

 

Carroll D. Josh

15305 County Road 54

Yuma, Colorado 80759

 

David Josh

1758 Gay Street

Longmont, Colorado 80501

 

Farm Credit Bank of Wichita

P.O. Box 2940

Wichita, Kansas   67201

 

Marlene R. McConnell Trust

13521 County Road 53

Yuma, Colorado  80759

 

Neil R. & Marlene R. McConnell

13521 County Road 53

Yuma, Colorado  80759

 

James Lloyd Douglas

119 Winter Park Lane

Palm Beach Garden, Florida 34410

 

Patricia Jane Elliott

P.O. Box 1737

Paonia, Colorado 81428

 

Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church

Wages Route

Yuma, Colorado 80759

 

West Yuma County Cemetery District

C/o Roskop Tax Services

14 West 2nd

Yuma, Colorado 80759

 

E. Percy Salvador

1210 S. Cedar Cr.

Yuma, Colorado 80759

 

Mary Winnifred Peterson

108 E. Beatty

Yuma, Colorado 80759

 

The Omaha Community Foundation

1623 Farnam Street, #600

Omaha, Nebraska  68102

 

 

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.