BEFORE THE
OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
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IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF PRESCO, INC. FOR AN
ORDER ESTABLISHING SPACING AND WELL LOCATION RULES FOR THE WILLIAMS FORK
FORMATION OF THE MESAVERDE GROUP FOR CERTAIN DESCRIBED LANDS IN THE RULISON
FIELD AREA, GARFIELD COUNTY, COLORADO
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CAUSE NO. ____
DOCKET NO. ___
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APPLICATION
COMES NOW Presco, Inc.("Applicant"), a Delaware
corporation, by its attorneys, Gorsuch Kirgis LLP, and makes application to the Oil and Gas
Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado for an order establishing
spacing rules applicable to the drilling and producing of wells from the
Williams Fork Formation of the Mesaverde Group covering certain described lands
in the Rulison Field area, Garfield County, Colorado and in support of its
application states and alleges as follows:
1.
That Applicant is a corporation duly authorized
to conduct business in the State of Colorado.
2.
That Applicant owns a leasehold interest in all
or a portion of the following described lands (hereinafter “Application
Lands”):
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Township 7
South, Range 94 West, 6th P.M.
Sections 30 and 31
Township 7 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.
Sections 25, 26, 35 and 36
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3.
That the Application Lands are subject to the
Commission's Order No.139-16 which established 640 acre drilling and
spacing units for production from the Mesaverde Formation covering certain
lands including the Application Lands.
Such order also provided that Mesaverde wells were to be located no less
than 600 feet from the unit boundaries and at least 1200 feet from the nearest
well producing from the same source of supply.
4.
That numerous wells have been drilled, tested
and completed in the Williams Fork Formation of the Mesaverde Group upon lands
in the Rulison Field area including lands which are on or near the Application
Lands.
5.
That to promote efficient drainage within the
Williams Fork Formation of the Mesaverde Group of the Application Lands, the
Commission should increase the number of wells which can be drilled into and
produced from the Williams Fork Formation of the Application Lands to the
equivalent of one Williams Fork well per 40 acres.
6.
That the permitted downhole location for each
Williams Fork well drilled upon the Application Lands should be located no
closer than 240 feet from the boundaries of the drilling unit and no closer
downhole than 800 feet from any existing Williams Fork well or wells without
exception being granted by the Director of the Oil and Gas Conservation
Commission.
7.
That the above-proposed spacing and downhole
well location rules will allow more efficient drainage of the Williams Fork
Formation of the Mesaverde Group; will not promote waste; will not violate
correlative rights and will assure the greatest ultimate recovery of gas and
associated hydrocarbon substances from the reservoir.
8.
That the names and addresses of the interested
parties according to the information and belief of the Applicant are set forth
in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof.
WHEREFORE, Applicant respectfully requests that this matter be
set for hearing in February, 2004, that notice be given as required by law and
that upon such hearing this Commission enter its order consistent with
Applicant's proposals as set forth above.
Dated this ___day of December, 2003.
GORSUCH
KIRGIS LLP
By:
William
A. Keefe
Tower 1, Suite
1000
1515
Arapahoe Street
Denver,
Colorado 80202
STATE OF TEXAS )
) ss.
COUNTY
OF MONTGOMERY )
Kim Bennetts,
being first duly sworn upon oath, deposes and says that he is the Vice
President of Exploration for Presco, Inc. and that he has read the foregoing
Application and that the matters therein contained are true to the best of his
knowledge, information and belief.
Kim Bennetts
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this ____ day of December, 2003.
Witness my hand and official seal.
My commission
expires:
Notary Public
( S E A L )
Mark Bean, County Planner
109 8th Street
Glenwood
Springs, Colorado 81601
Bureau of Land Management
Attention: Duane Spencer
2850
Youngfield Street
Lakewood, Colorado 80215
Presco
4-D Energy
Incorporated
1313 N. Webb Road, Suite 100
Wichita, KS 67206
Amon Jones
6100 Riza Avenue, Space 8
Sacramento,
CA 95823
Apollo
Energy, LLC
Lou Oswald
1557 Ogden Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80218
William Baylor Bennett
P.O. Box 566
Harvey, LA 70059
Bernklau
Family LLLP
Road 309
Rifle, CO 81650
BLM - Colorado State Office
2850 Youngfield Street
Lakewood, CO 80215
Harold and Kay Bumgardner
415 RBC 26
Road
Rifle, CO 81650
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
Property
Management
2500 Lou Menk Drive, AOB 3
Fort Worth, TX, 76131
Chevron
U.S.A Inc.
Tom Schmid, Jr.
11111 Wilcrest Drive
Houston, TX 77099
Cypress Land Acquisitions, LLC
Jessie L. White
2432 W. 82nd Place, Unit I
Westminster,
CO 80031
Clarence D. and Joan K. Ehrlich
230 Walnut Avenue
Grand Junction, CO 81507
David L. and Kimberly
Furr
230 Walnut Avenue
Grand Junction, CO 81507
David Lewis Furr
230 Walnut Avenue
Grand Junction, CO 81507
Kenneth G. and Christie M. Hagen
3400 E. 64th Avenue
Commerce City,
CO 80022
Craig L. Hayward
1650 38th Street, Suite 101W
Boulder, CO 80301
Judith R. Hayward
180 S. Second Street
Parachute,
CO 81635
Harry Hoag
13712 E. Sunkist Drive, #203
La Puente,
CA 91746
Cristy Koeneke
8065 Marshall Court
Arvada, CO 80003
Walter B. Lemon Estate
Ronald M. Wilson, Administrator
210 Tenth Street
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
May Energy
Partners Ltd.
c/o Pure
Resources - Land Department
500 W. Texas, Suite 200
Midland, TX 79701
May Energy Partners
Ltd.
5100 LBJ
Freeway, Suite 800
Dallas, TX 75240
Petrogulf
Corporation
Land
Department
518 17th Street, Suite 1455
Denver, CO 80202
Joan L. Savage
5953 County Road 320
Rifle, CO 81650
Fred S. Sefcovic
617 County Road 113
Carbondale,
CO 81623
Charles M. Barnett,
Jr. Trust
Catherine Sitzler &
National Bank of New Jersey, Trustees
1 Elm Street
Westfield,
NJ 07090
Tom Brown,
Inc.
Dave Davenport
555 17th Street, Suite 1850
Denver, CO 80202
Charles D. Williams
10 Bluff Avenue, Box 543
Shelter Island Heights, NY 11962
Williams RMT
Production Co.
Annette Apperson
Tower 3, Suite 1000
1515
Arapahoe Street
Denver, Colorado 80202
BEFORE THE
OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
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IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF PRESCO, INC. FOR AN
ORDER ESTABLISHING SPACING AND WELL LOCATION RULES FOR THE WILLIAMS FORK
FORMATION OF THE MESAVERDE GROUP FOR CERTAIN DESCRIBED LANDS IN THE RULISON
FIELD AREA, GARFIELD COUNTY, COLORADO
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CAUSE NO. ____
DOCKET NO. ___
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AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING
STATE OF COLORADO )
) ss.
CITY AND COUNTY
OF DENVER )
William A.
Keefe of lawful age, and being first duly
sworn upon his oath, states and declares:
That he is the attorney for Presco, Inc., that on December 22, 2003, he caused a copy
of the attached Application in the subject docket to be deposited in the United
States Mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the parties listed on Exhibit A
to the Application.
William
A. Keefe
Subscribed and sworn to before me December 22, 2003.
Witness my hand and official seal.
My commission expires: January
24, 2005
Notary Public