Petroleum and Metals Halls,
Agenda
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Approval of
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Applicant: Public
Service Company
Attorneys:
Protestant:
Attorney:
Protestant: Union Pacific Railroad
Attorney:
Subject: Request for an order
authorizing the closure of the Leyden Underground
Natural Gas Storage Facility in the caverns of the abandoned Leyden Coal Mine.
Comments: Prehearing
conferences were held on
CONSENT AGENDA
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No protests/interventions were received on the matters
listed below and administrative hearings were held for these matters. Appropriate testimony accompanied by required
exhibits was presented to the Hearing Officers in support of the applications. The Hearing Officer recommendations were
provided and exhibits are available upon request. The Applicants agreed to be bound by oral
Order of the Commission.
Cause
Nos. 232, 407 and 499, Docket No. 0307-SP-04, Wattenberg Field,
Applicant: CFG Energy, Inc. and Eddy
Oil Company
Attorney:
Subject: Request
for an order to amend the drilling and spacing units in Section 32, Township 5
North, Range 63 West, 6th P.M. by establishing 80-acre drilling and spacing
units in the W½ SE¼, SW¼, NE¼, and NW¼ and establishing 40-acre drilling and
spacing units in the E½ SE¼ for the production of oil, gas and associated
hydrocarbons from the Dakota, “J” Sand, Codell and
Niobrara Formations.
Hearing
Officers:
Comments:
Heard by Hearing Officers who recommend approval.
Cause
Nos. 139 and 440, Docket No. 0308-AW-09, Rulison and Parachute Fields,
Applicant: Tom
Brown, Inc.
Attorney:
Subject: Request for an order to increase
well density, the equivalent of 1 well per 20 acres, from the Williams Fork
Formation in Section 1, Township 7 South, Range 94 West, 6th P.M. for the
production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation.
Hearing Officers:
Comments:
Heard by Hearing Officers who recommend approval.
Cause Nos. 139 and 440, Docket No.
0308-AW-010, Rulison and Parachute Fields,
Applicant: Tom
Brown, Inc.
Attorney:
Subject: Request for an order to increase
well density, the equivalent of 1 well per 20 acres, from the Williams Fork
Formation in Section 2, Township 7 South, Range 94 West, 6th P.M. for the
production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation.
Hearing
Officers:
Comments:
Heard by Hearing Officers who recommend approval.
Cause
Nos. 139, 440, 479, and 510, Docket No. 0308-SP-05, Rulison, Parachute and
Applicant: Williams
Production RMT Company
Attorney:
Subject: Request
for an order to increase well density, the equivalent of 1 well per 10 acres,
in certain sections of Township 6 South, Ranges 94-96 West, 6th P.M. and
Township 7 South, Ranges 95 and 96 West, 6th P.M. for the production of gas and
associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation.
Hearing
Officers:
Comments:
Heard by Hearing Officers who recommend approval.
Cause No.
133, Docket No. 0308-AW-08, Hiawatha West Field,
Applicant: Ensign
Operating Company
Attorney:
Subject: Request
for an order to allow up to eight (8) wells to be drilled in the existing
320-acre drilling and spacing units in Section 26 and the N½ of Section 36,
Township 12 North, Range 101 West, 6th P.M. for the production of oil and
associated hydrocarbons from the Wasatch, Fort Union/Lance/Lewis and Mesaverde Formations.
Hearing
Officers:
Comments:
Heard by Hearing Officers who recommend approval.
Administrative Order by Consent
The
following Administrative Orders by Consent were accepted and agreed to:
Cause No. 1V, Docket
No. 0308-OV-05,
Staff Recommendation
Subject:
Request to approve an
Administrative Order by Consent finding Puckett Energy Company in violation of
Rules 325.a., 210, and 326.b., failure to obtain written authorization for
injection, to install a well sign, and to conduct an MIT on a shut-in well
every five (5) years for the Dalke #2 Well located in
the SW¼ SW¼ of Section 11, Township 8 North, Range 54 West, 6th P.M., assessing
a fine of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000).
Cause No. 1V, Docket
No. 0308-OV-06,
Staff Recommendation
Subject: Request to approve an
Administrative Order by Consent finding Antelope Energy Company in violation of
Rules 308A., 301., 319.b.(1), and 1003.b., failure to submit a Drilling
Completion Report, Form 5 within thirty (30) days of the suspension of
commenced drilling activities prior to reaching total depth, to provide written
notice of intention to change plans previously approved, to obtain approval of
the Director for temporarily abandoning the well and failure to close the well
to the atmosphere prior to the temporary abandonment and to reclaim the
location within twelve (12) months after drilling operations for the Maddy #1 Well located in the SE¼ SW¼ of Section 31,
Township 10 North, Range 57 West, 6th P.M., assessing a fine of One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000).