HEARING DOCKET: October 2010      
10/20/2010            
Docket
Number		 Cause
Number		 Applicant/Attorney
or Representative		 Application
Received		 Field
Formation
County		 Matter Remarks
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0809-GA-01 1 Colorado Board of Parks and Outdoor Recreation/
Timothy J. Monahan		 12/05/2007 Adams Request for an order to designate Barr Lake State Park as a Designated Outside Activity Area. Protests filed by James Alexander, Alexander Energy Company, HRM Resources, Texas American Resources Company and Sovereign Energy LLC., Noble Energy, Inc., and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation


Continued to the November hearing.
1007-AW-07 112 Pablo Operating Company/
Michael J. Wozniak/Jamie L. Jost		 05/19/2010 Ignacio-Blanco
Fruitland coal seams
La Plata		 Request for an order to allow up to four wells per 320-acre standup drilling and spacing unit, with the permitted well to be located no closer than 600 feet from the unit boundary, for Section 27, Township 33 North, Range 8 West, N.M.P.M. Intervention by La Plata County

Continued to the November hearing.
1007-UP-47 191 Bill Barrett Corporation/
William A. Keefe		 05/18/2010 Mamm Creek
Williams Fork/Iles
Garfield		 Request for an order to pool all nonconsenting interests in the established 640-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of Section 36, Township 6 North, Range 91 West, 6th P.M., to accommodate the Hilton 36-21D Well.  Protest filed by Gene R. and Mary J. Hilton.

Companion to Docket No. 1009-SP-27

Continued to the November hearing
1008-UP-51 112 BP America Production Company/
William A. Keefe/Jamie L. Jost		 06/18/2010 Ignacio-Blanco
Fruitland coal seams
La Plata		 Request for an order to pool all nonconsenting interests for the 320-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of the S½ of Section 21, Township 34 North, Range 9 West, N.M.P.M. 
Application Amended

Continued to the November hearing.
1009-GA-12 1 Colorado Petroleum Association/
John Paul Seman Jr./
Nick A. Swartzendruber		 03/10/2010 Statewide  The Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has set a hearing to consider an application to amend Rule 905.b.(3)A. Continued to the November hearing
1009-SP-25 318 Augustus Energy Partners, LLC/
Michael J. Wozniak/Jamie L. Jost		 07/28/2010 Republican
Niobrara
Yuma		 Request to vacate an existing 160-acre drilling and spacing unit and establish two approximate 80-acre laydown drilling and spacing units consisting of the N½ NE¼ of Section 18 and the S½ NE¼ of Section 18, Township 1 North, Range 44 West, 6th P.M. Continued from the September hearing

Continued to the October hearing in order to publish the notice of application and set a new protest date due to an administrative inaccuracy. 

318-10
1009-SP-26 527 Williams Production RMT Company/
William A. Keefe		 08/04/2010 Sulphur Creek
Williams Fork and Iles
Rio Blanco 		 Request to establish a 160-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of the NE¼ of Section 16, Township 3 South, Range 97 West, 6th P.M. Companion to Docket No.1009-UP-54

Continued to the October hearing in order to publish the notice of application and set a new protest date due to email malfunctions. 

527-7
1009-SP-27 191 Gene R. and Mary J. Hilton/
Cynthia L. Bargell		 07/28/2010 Mamm Creek
Williams Fork and Iles
Garfield		 Request for an order vacating an existing 640-acre drilling and spacing unit established for the Williams Fork and Iles Formations of the Mesaverde Group covering Section 36, Township 6 South, Range 91 West, 6th P.M. Companion to Docket No.1007-UP-47
 

Protested by Bill Barrett Corporation; Williams Production RMT Company, and BLM.


Continued from the September hearing

 
1009-UP-54 527 Williams Production RMT Company/
William A. Keefe		 08/04/2010

Sulphur Creek
Williams Fork/Iles

Rio Blanco

 Request to pool all nonconsenting interests in the proposed approximate 160-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of the NE¼ of Section 16, Township 3 South, Range 97 West, 6th P.M. Companion to Docket No.1009-SP-26

Continued to the October hearing in order to publish the notice of application and set a new protest date due to email malfunctions. 

527-8
1010-GA-16 1 Washington County/
Peter Lawrence Vana III		 07/29/2010

Washington		 Request for Commission hearing to seek an exemption from Rule 804. for all lands within its boundaries. 1-159
1010-GA-17 1 Kit Carson County/
Wade H. Gateley		 08/19/2010

Kit Carson		 Request for Commission hearing to seek an exemption from Rule 804. for all unincorporated lands within its boundaries. 1-160
1010-GA-18 1 Yuma County/
Michael K. Grinnan		 07/29/2010

Yuma		 Request for Commission hearing to seek an exemption from Rule 804. for all lands within its boundaries. The County is only requesting an exemption from the September 1, 2010 requirement.  Continued to the November hearing
1010-SP-28 421 EOG Resources, Inc/
Michael J. Wozniak/Jamie L. Jost		 09/01/2010 Hereford
Niobrara
Weld		 Request to establish eighty-five approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing units consisting of various lands in Township 12 North, Range 61 West, 6th P.M., Townships 10, 11 and 12 North, Ranges 62 and 63 West, 6th P.M., Townships 11 and 12, Range 64 West, 6th P.M., and allow one horizontal well per said unit.  Protested by Foree Oil Company and Energy Oil & Gas, Inc.

Protests withdrawn

421-3
1010-SP-29 10 Continental Resources, Inc./
William A. Keefe		 09/01/2010 Keota
Niobrara
Weld		 Request to establish two approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing units consisting of Sections 5 and 8, Township 9 North, Range 61 West, 6th P.M., for the drilling of one exploratory horizontal well in each unit, with the lateral in the Niobrara Formation not closer than 300 feet from the unit boundaries or any other wellbore that has penetrated the Niobrara Formation. 10-10
1010-SP-30 10 Continental Resources, Inc./
William A. Keefe		 09/01/2010 Keota
Niobrara
Weld		 Request to establish an approximate 1,280-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of Sections 4 and 9, Township 9 North, Range 61 West, 6th P.M., for the drilling of one exploratory horizontal well, with the lateral within the Niobrara Formation not closer than 600 feet from the unit boundaries and not closer than 300 feet from any other wellbore that has penetrated the Niobrara Formation. 10-11
1010-SP-31 407 Bonanza Creek Energy Operating Company, LLC./
J. Michael Morgan		 09/01/2010 Wattenberg
Codell/Niobrara
Weld		 Request to establish twenty-one approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing units for various lands in Township 5 North, Ranges 61 and 62 West, 6th P.M. and Township 6 North, Range 62 West, 6th P.M., and allow one horizontal well in each of the units, with initial penetration of the Codell and Niobrara Formations, lateral, and bottomhole location not closer than 460 feet from the boundaries of the unit. Continued to the November hearing.
1010-SP-32 371 Axia Energy, LLC/
Jamie L. Jost/Michael J. Wozniak		 09/01/2010 Buzzard
Williams Fork/Iles
Mesa		 Request to establish an approximate 480-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of the E½ W½, E½ of Section 11, Township 9 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M., for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork and Iles Formations, and allow the equivalent of one well per 10 acres. Protested by Laura J. Amos and  Larry L. Amos

371-5
1010-SP-33 371 Axia Energy, LLC/
Jamie L. Jost/Michael J. Wozniak		 09/01/2010 Buzzard
Williams Fork/Iles
Mesa		 Request to establish an approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of Section 14, Township 9 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M., for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork and Iles Formations, and allow the equivalent of one well per 10 acres. Protested by Laura J. Amos and  Larry L. Amos

371-6
1010-SP-34 371 Axia Energy, LLC/
Jamie L. Jost/Michael J. Wozniak		 09/01/2010 Buzzard
Williams Fork/Iles
Mesa		 Request to establish three approximately 320-acre proposed drilling and spacing units consisting of the E½ of Section 1, E½ of Section 2, and the N½ of Section 12, Township 9 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M., for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork and Iles Formations, and allow the equivalent of one well per 10 acres. Protested by Laura J. Amos and  Larry L. Amos

371-7
1010-SP-35 371 Axia Energy, LLC/
Jamie L. Jost/Michael J. Wozniak		 09/01/2010 Buzzard
Williams Fork/Iles
Mesa		 Request to establish five 160-acre drilling and spacing units consisting of the SW ¼ of Section 1 and the four quarters of Section 23, Township 9 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M., for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork and Iles Formations, and allow the equivalent of one well per 10 acres. Protested by Laura J. Amos and  Larry L. Amos

371-8
1010-SP-36 371 Axia Energy, LLC/
Jamie L. Jost/Michael J. Wozniak		 09/01/2010 Buzzard
Williams Fork/Iles
Mesa		 Request to allow the equivalent of one well per 10 acres consisting of the SW¼ of Section 36 (unspaced) and the W½  of Section 13 (spaced 160s), Township 9 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M., for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork and Iles Formations. Protested by Laura J. Amos and  Larry L. Amos

371-9
1010-SP-37 191
Antero Resources Piceance Corporation/
Williams A. Keefe		 09/01/2010 Mamm Creek
Williams Fork/Iles
Garfield		 Request to establish an approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of Section 31, Township 5 South, Range 91 West, 6th P.M., for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork and Iles Formations, and to optionally allow one well per 10 acres. Continued by the Commission to the November hearing.
1010-SP-38 407
Petroleum Development Corporation/
Kenneth A. Wonstolen		 09/01/2010 Unnamed
Niobrara
Weld		 Request to amend Order No. 407-374 by establishing an approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of Section 14, Township 6 North, Range 61 West, 6th P.M., for the production of oil and gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Niobrara Formation, and allow up to two optional horizontal wells in such unit, with the initial penetration lateral leg and bottomhole location not closer than 460 feet from the boundaries of the unit. 407-378
1010-SP-39 510 Williams Production RMT Company/
Williams A. Keefe		 08/26/2010

Grand Valley
Mancos/Niobrara/Frontier

/Dakota/Cedar Mountain
Garfield

 Request to establish an approximate 160-acre exploratory drilling and spacing unit consisting of  the W½ E½ of Section 32, Township 7 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M., for the drilling of a vertical exploratory well to test the Mancos, Niobrara, Frontier, and Dakota/Cedar Mountain Formations ("Deep Formations"), and allow the optional drilling of a horizontal well within the unit into one or more of the Deep Formations, with the vertical well and the lateral of the horizontal well not closer than 600 feet from the boundary of the unit, and the lateral of the horizontal well not closer than 300 feet from the wellbore of the vertical well.  510-55
1010-UP-55 407 Great Western Oil and Gas Company LLC/
J. Michael Morgan		 09/01/2010 Wattenberg
Codell/Niobrara
Weld		 Request to establish an 80-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of the E½ SW¼ of Section 31, Township 7 North, Range 63 West, 6th P.M., to accommodate the Heinze 31-23 Well located in the NE¼ SW¼ (API # 05-123-29758), and the Heinze 31-24 Well located in the SE¼ SW¼ (API # 05-123-29759), and to pool all nonconsenting interests in said unit, for the development and operation of the Codell and Niobrara Formations. 407-379
1010-UP-56 232 & 407 EnCana Oil and Gas (USA) Inc./
Gretchen VanderWerf		 09/01/2010 Wattenberg
Codell/Niobrara
Weld		 Request to involuntarily pool all interests not voluntarily pooled (including working interests and unleased mineral interests) in the designated wellbore spacing unit consisting of certain lands in Sections 34 and 35, Township 2 North, Range 68 West. 6th P.M., for the development and operation of the Codell, Niobrara and J-Sand Formations. Application withdrawn
1010-UP-57 112 BP American Production and Lois Hood/
Thomas W. Niebrugge/
Jeffery P. Robbins		 09/01/2010 Ignacio-Blanco
Fruitland coal seams
La Plata		 Request to involuntarily pool all nonconsenting interests in the drilling and spacing unit consisting of Section 1U and the N½ of Section 12U, Township 34 North, Range 7 West, N.M.P.M. (S.U.L.) for the development and operation of the Fruitland coal seams.  Continued to the November hearing.
1010-UP-58 407 Great Western Oil and Gas Company LLC/
J. Michael Morgan		 09/01/2010 Wattenberg
Codell/Niobrara
Weld		 Request to establish a 160-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of the SW¼ of Section 2, Township 4 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M., for the production of oil and gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Codell and Niobrara Formations from the Coulson 2-53 Well, and to pool all nonconsenting owners in the proposed unit;  and to pool all nonconsenting owners in the established 80-acre drilling and spacing unit, consisting of the W½ SW¼ of Section 2, for the development and operation of the Codell and Niobrara Formations including production from the Coulson 2-13 and Coulson 2-14 Wells; and pool all non-consenting owners in the established 80-acre drilling and spacing unit, consisting of the E½ SW¼ of Section 2, for the development and operation of the Codell and Niobrara Formations including the production from the Coulson 2-23 and Coufal 2-24 Wells. Continued to the November hearing.
1009-OV-07 1V Staff Recommendation 08/25/2010 Morgan Request for approval of an Administrative Order By Consent with Magpie Operating, Inc. for violations of Rules 319.b.(1), 319.b.(3), and 326.b.(1) for oil and gas operations at the J.W. Challis #1 Well (API No. 05-087-06066), located in the SW¼ SW¼ of Section 34, Township 4 North, Range 59 West, 6th P.M. Continued to the November hearing.