HEARING AGENDA
December 4, 2000
The Chancery
Building
1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801
Denver,
Colorado
8:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m. Roll Call of Commissioners
Approval of Proceedings
Report from the Executive Director's Office
Report from the Director - Written report provided
Report from the Attorney General
Commissioner Comments
Audience Comments
Cause
No. 112, Docket No. 0001-AW-01, Ignacio Blanco Field, Fruitland Coal Formation,
La Plata County
Applicant: Petrogulf Corporation
Attorney: Stephen Sullivan
Protestant: Vastar Resources, Inc.
Attorney: Tom Dugan
Letter
in
Opposition: The Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”)
filed with the Commission a letter in opposition to the
application
on March 27, 2000 and a letter on November 16, 2000 in opposition to the
amended application with regard to allocation of production. The BLM filed a letter on November 30, 2000
requesting the matter be removed from the Commission’s docket until the Tribal
Court issues its final decision.
Subject: Request was originally to drill an
optional well in the SW¼ of Section 21, Township 33 North, Range 10 West,
N.M.P.M. due to an alleged correlative rights violation. Well drilled and producing as of October
2000 under Order No. 112-156.
Application amended on October 25, 2000 to request the Commission issue
a Notice of Alleged Violation and to determine past and future allocation of
production from the Vastar No. 21-1 Well in the E½ of Section 21.
Comments: Continued from the April and October
hearings. Prehearing conferences were
held April 20 and November 17.
Prehearing conference summary provided.
On November 30, 2000 Petrogulf filed with the Commission a letter
stating that a settlement agreement has been entered into with Vastar and that
the hearing is no longer needed; accordingly, the hearing in this matter has
been canceled.
Cause No. 1, Docket
No. 0012-GA-10, Ignacio-Blanco Field, Entrada and Bluff Formations, La Plata
County
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Subject: Request that Amoco Production
Company be ordered to permanently cease injection into and plug and abandon the
Sitton #1 Well located in the SW¼ SW¼ of Section 15, Township 34 North, Range 7
West, N.M.P.M.
Comments: Continued to the January 2001 hearing.
Cause No. 1, Docket
No. 0012-GA-08, Statewide
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Subject: Request to increase the financial
assurance required of KP Kauffman Company due to an excessive number of
non-producing and uneconomic wells.
Protestant: KP Kauffman Co.
Attorney: David Eason
Intervenor: Colorado Oil and Gas Association
Attorney: Kenneth Wonstolen
Comments: Settlement discussion held 11/29/00. Continued to the February 2001 hearing
contingent upon settlement.
Cause No. 511, Docket No. 0003-UP-02,
Cliff “D” Sand Unit, Logan County
Applicant: L.R. Thompson and Julia Casement
Campbell
Attorney: Keith Crouch
Protestant: Rex Monahan
Attorney: Pete Wall
Subject: Request to terminate Order No. 511
which created the Cliff “D” Sand Unit for certain lands in Townships 11 &
12 North, Range 54 West, 6th P.M.
Comments: Prehearing
conference held on March 7, 2000. In
March, Mr. Monahan requested to continue the matter to allow time to prepare a
revised plan for enhanced recovery. The
parties appeared to have settled the matter prior to the October hearing but
settlement did not occur so the matter was continued. Settlement has been reached and stipulation for dismissal without
prejudice filed. Parties agreed to
remove certain lands from the unit.
9:00 a.m. Cause No.
112, Docket No. 0012-EX-02, Ignacio Blanco Field, Fruitland Coal Formation, La
Plata County
Applicant: Amoco Production Co.
Attorney: Brad McKim
Subject: Request that an exception location be granted to
recomplete the Ford Gas Unit F1A located in the NE¼ NE¼ of Section 3, Township
33 North, Range 8 West, N.M.P.M. for production from the Fruitland Coal
Formation.
Comments: No protests/interventions were filed
and applicant requests approval of the recompletion permit based on the
verified application.
9:05 a.m. Cause No 1, Docket No. 0010-OV-13,
Moffat County
Staff Recommendation
Subject: Request to issue an Order Finding
Violation to Reed Operating Company for continuing violation of Rules 317.f.
and 317.g.
Comments: Continued from October hearing to provide
proper notice.
9:30 a.m. Cause No. 1, Docket No. 0010-OV-15, Buck Peak Field, Moffat County
Staff Recommendation
Subject: Request to issue an Order Finding
Violation to Allen Oil & Gas LLC for continuing violation of Rules 326.b.,
904., 905., 324.A.a., 906.b.(1), 906.e.(1) and 907.c.(2)
Comments: Continued from the October hearing due to
a full hearing agenda.
10:30 a.m. Cause No. 1, Docket No. 0012-GA-11, Fruitland and
Pictured Cliffs Formations, La Plata County
Applicant: Amoco Production Company
Attorney: Brad McKim
Protest/
Intervention: La Plata County
Attorney: Jeff Robbins
Subject: Request to drill the Wommer GU A#2
Well in the SE¼ SW¼ of Section 24, Township 35 North, Range 7 West, N.M.P.M.
within 1½ miles of the outcrop contact between the Fruitland and Pictured
Cliffs Formations.
Comments: Hearing is required by Order No.
112-156. Prehearing conference held
November 21, 2000.
1:30
p.m. Cause No. 1, Docket No. 0010-GA-06, Dakota and Purgatoire
Formations, Las Animas County
Applicant: Evergreen Operating Corporation
Attorney: Barry Spector
Protestant: Southern Colorado Livestock Association
Protestant: Spanish Peaks-Purgatoire River Soil
Conservation District
Protestant: Charles Wilkinson Jr.
Subject: Request for an aquifer exemption and
for approval to inject produced water into the Bearden #24-15 WD water disposal
Well in Section 15, Township 32 South, Range 65 West, 6th P.M.
Comments: Prehearing conference held on October 23,
2000.
Cause No. 1, Docket
No. 0010-GA-07, Dakota and Purgatoire Formations, Las Animas County
Applicant: Evergreen Operating Corporation
Attorney: Barry Spector
Protestant: Spanish Peaks-Purgatoire River Soil
Conservation District
Subject: Request for an aquifer exemption and
for approval to inject produced water into the Long Canyon #43-12 WD water
disposal well in the NE¼ SE¼ of Section 12, Township 34 South, Range 65 West, 6th
P.M.
Comments: Prehearing conference held on October 23,
2000.
2:30 a.m. Cause No. 1, Docket No. 0012-GA-09, Wattenberg Field, Weld County
Applicant: TOP Operating Company
Attorney: Erika Enger
Intervenor: City of Longmont
Attorney: James Rourke
Intervenor: Colorado Oil and Gas Association
Attorney: Kenneth Wonstolen
Subject: Request to withdraw the conditions
placed administratively on 7 drilling permits issued by COGCC staff for wells
in Sections 7 and 8, Township 2 North, Range 68 West, 6th P.M.
Comments: Field tour of Sandstone Ranch in Longmont
scheduled for tomorrow morning. Motion
to Reconsider Decision to Tour Site filed by TOP on November 21, 2000. Motion to Dismiss Intervention/Protest filed
by TOP on November 29, 2000.
3:30 p.m. Cause No. 1, Docket No. 0010-GA-04,
Adams County
Applicant: Plenergy Development Ltd.
Attorney: Keith Crouch
Subject: Request to amend Order Nos. 1V-192,
1V-193 and 1V-194 to eliminate the $12,000 fine for the delayed plugging and
abandonment of the Ehler #7, #12 and #18 Wells.
Comments: Continued from the October hearing due to
a full hearing agenda.
Consent Agenda
Adjourn
CONSENT AGENDA
December
4-5, 2000
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Administrative Hearings
No
protests were received on the applications listed below and administrative
hearings were held for these matters.
Appropriate testimony accompanied by required exhibits were presented to
the Hearing Officers in support of the applications. Hearing Officer recommendations are provided and exhibits are
available upon request. The Applicants
agreed to be bound by oral Order of the Commission.
Cause No. 133, Docket No. 0012-AW-14, Hiawatha West
Field, Fort Union-Lance-Lewis & Mesaverde Formations, Moffat County
Applicant:
Texaco Exploration and Production Inc.
Attorney: William Keefe
Subject: Request to
allow up to 3 wells to be drilled in the 320-acre spacing area consisting of
the N½ of Section 35, Township 12 North, Range 101 West, 6th P.M.
Hearing Officers: David Dillon/Patricia Beaver
Cause No. 133, Docket No. 0012-AW-15, Hiawatha West
Field, Fort Union-Lance-Lewis & Mesaverde Formations, Moffat County
Applicant: Texaco
Exploration and Production Inc.
Attorney: William Keefe
Subject: Request to allow up to 4 wells to be drilled in the
320-acre spacing area consisting of the S½ of Section 24, Township 12 North,
Range 101 West, 6th P.M.
Hearing
Officers: David Dillon/Patricia Beaver
Administrative Order by Consent
The
following Administrative Order by Consent was accepted and agreed to:
Cause No.1, Docket No. 0012-OV-17, Adams County
STAFF
RECOMMENDATION
Subject: Request to approve an Administrative Order
by Consent finding Tudex Petroleums Inc. in continuing violation of Rule
319.b.(3), failure to obtain Director approval for continuing shut-in status,
and Rule 326.b., failure to perform a mechanical integrity test within thirty
(30) days of removing the surface production equipment, for the Broken Bow
#18-1 Well, and assess a total fine of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000).