Suite 801, The Chancery Building

1120 Lincoln Street

Denver, Colorado 80203

 

Monday, January 6, 2003

Agenda

 

10:00 a.m.    Roll Call of Commissioners

 

                      Approval of Proceedings

 

10:05 a.m.    Report from the Director - Written report provided

 

10:20 a.m.    Report from the Assistant Attorney General

 

10:30 a.m.    Commissioner Comments

 

10:40 a.m.     Report from the Executive Director’s Office

 

10:55 a.m.     Audience Comments

 

11:10 a.m.     Consent Agenda

 

                        Cause No. 491, Docket No. 0301-SP-01, Fortification Creek Field, Moffat County

Applicant:                    Matagorda Production Co.

Attorney:                      Peter J. Wall

                                   

Subject:                      Request for an order to extend the Fortification Creek Field to include the Additional Lands in Township 8, Range 91 West and 92 West, 6th P.M. and to establish 320-acre drilling and spacing units for these lands for the production of gas and associated liquid hydrocarbons from the Mesaverde Formation.

 

Comments:                 Administrative Hearing was held on December 30 at 1:30 p.m.

                       

                        Cause No. 517, Docket No. 0301-SP-02, Lorencito Field, Las Animas County

                        Applicant:                    Robert L. Bayless, Producer LLC

                        Attorney:                      William G. Odell

 

                        Subject:                      Request for an order to establish 160-acre drilling and spacing units for the NW¼ of Section 7, Township 34 South, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. and the SE¼ of Section 1 and the NE¼ of Section 12, Township 34 South, Range 66 West, 6th P.M.

 

                        Protestant:                  Evergreen Resources Inc.

                        Attorney:                      Barry Spector 

 

                        Protestant:                  B. F. Hill

                        Attorney:                      Lance Astrella

 

                        Letter of Support:        Bureau of Land Management

 

                        Comments:                 Prehearing Conference was held on December 30 at 10:00 a.m.

 

                        Cause No. 1, Docket No. 0212-GA-10, Grand Valley Field, Garfield County

                        Applicant:                    Fire Truck Northwestern, Inc.

                        Representative:           Joe Feeley

 

                        Subject:                       Request to bring Williams Production RMT before the Commission to determine why payment of proceeds have not been made on several wells in the S½ of Section 1 and the N½ of Section 12, both of Township 7 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.

 

                        Comments:                Continued from the December hearing

                                                            Prehearing Conference was held on December 11 at 2:00 p.m.

                                                            Application withdrawn; hearing cancelled.

 

                        Cause No. 1, Docket No. 0212-GA-09, Kiowa County

                        Applicant:                     Monument Gas Marketing, Inc.

                        Representative:           Randy Campbell        

                       

                        Subject:                       Motion to Reconsider Order No. 1V-238.

 

                        Comments:                 Continued from the December Hearing

                                                             Prehearing Conference was held on December 12 at 10:00am

                       

                        Cause No. 112, Docket No. 0210-UP-07, Ignacio-Blanco Field, La Plata County

                        Applicant:                    Chevron USA, Inc.

                        Attorney:                      William Keefe

 

                        Subject:                       Request for an order to pool all non-consenting owners in the N½ of Section 8U and Lots 1, 2, 3, & 4 of Section 5U, Township 34 North, Range 9 West, N.M.P.M. for the drilling of the Koshak BA-A Well.

 

                        Comments:                 Application withdrawn; hearing cancelled.

             

 

CONSENT AGENDA

January 6, 2003

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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 were presented to the Hearing Officers in support of the application.   A Hearing Officer recommendation was provided and exhibits are available upon request.  The Applicant agreed to be bound by oral Order of the Commission.

 

                      Cause No. 491, Docket No. 0301-SP-01, Moffat County

                        Applicant:                    Matagorda Production Company                                                                                                                     Attorney:  Peter J. Wall

 

                        Subject:                      Request for an order to establish 320-acre drilling and spacing units for certain lands under the provisions of the Fortification Creek Field in Township 8, Range 91 West and 92 West, 6th P.M. for the production of gas and associated liquid hydrocarbons from the Mesaverde Formation.

 

                        Hearing Officer:           Tricia Beaver/Morris Bell

 

                        Comments:                 Heard by Hearing Officers who recommend approval.

 

Administrative Order by Consent

 

The following Administrative Order by Consent was accepted and agreed to:

 

 

                        Cause No. 1V, Docket No. 0301-OV-01, Las Animas County

                        Staff Recommendation

 

                        Subject:                      Request to approve an Administrative Order by Consent finding Evergreen Operating Corporation in violation of Rules 603.a.(2), 305., and 306., failure to obtain a waiver to locate a well closer than 150 feet from a property line and to notify and consult the property owner prior to the commencement of operations with heavy equipment and assessing a fine of $3,000.