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Approval of Proceedings
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Cause No.
112, Docket No. 0302-UP-01, Ignacio Blanco Field,
Applicants:
Richard K. Watson,
Theresa Watson, Molly Watson, Charles and Mary Parnell, James and Gladys
Garnand, Denise A. Bohemier
Attorney: William D. Bontrager
Protestant: EnerVest Management Partners,
Ltd.
Attorney: Brian S. Tooley
Protestant: Chevron USA Inc.
Attorney:
Subject: Request
to respond to the pending motions to dismiss the previously filed pooling
application and discovery requests.
Comments: Continued to the August
hearing so that settlement discussions can occur.
Cause No. 112, Docket
No. 0407-UP-04, Ignacio-Blanco Field,
Applicant: Chevron USA Inc.
Attorney:
Protestants: Richard K. Watson, Theresa
Watson, Molly Watson, Charles and Mary Parnell, James and Gladys Garnand,
Denise A. Bohemier
Attorney: William D. Bontrager
Subject: Request for an order to pool all
non-consenting owners in the E½ of Section 9, Township 34 North, Range 9 West,
N.M.P.M. for the University 9-1 Well for the development and operation of the
Fruitland coal seams.
Comments: Continued to the August
hearing so that settlement discussions can occur.
Cause No. 1, Docket
No. 0407-EX-03, Hiawatha West Field,
Applicant: Chevron USA Inc.
Attorney:
Subject: Request for an order allowing an
exception to the permitted location for the Duncan #B-14 Well to be located at
a proposed location of 1531’ FNL and 1167’ FEL in Section 20, Township 12
North, Range 100 West, 6th P.M. for production of gas and associated
hydrocarbons from the Wasatch, Fort Union-Lance-Lewis and Mesaverde Formations.
Comments: Continued to the August
hearing.
Cause No. 112, Docket
No. 0407-AW-06, Ignacio-Blanco Field,
Applicant: Red Willow Production Co.
Attorney: Michael J. Wozniak
Subject: Request for an order allowing a
second well to be completed in the 320-acre drilling and spacing units
consisting of the W½ of Sections 6 and 7, Township 33 North, Range 6 West,
N.M.P.M. at the discretion of the operator, with the permitted well to be
located in the center of the quarter section with a tolerance of 200 feet in
any direction for production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the
Fruitland coal seams.
Comments: Continued to the August
hearing.
Cause No. 334, Docket
No. 0407-EX-05, Great Divide Field,
Applicant: Tom Brown, Inc.
Attorney: Carleton L. Ekberg
Subject: Request for an order allowing an
exception to the permitted location for the Meyers 14-32 Well to be located at
a proposed location of 995' FSL and 450' FWL in Section 32, Township 10 North,
Range 93 West, 6th P.M for production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from
the Middle Lewis Formation.
Comments: Continued to the August
hearing.
Cause No.
509, Docket No. 0407-SP-09, Arrowhead Field,
Applicant: Monument Gas Marketing, Inc.
Representative:
Protestant: Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation
Attorney: Stephen J. Sullivan
Subject: Request to rescind the 320-acre
drilling and spacing units in Sections 25-28 and 33-36, Township 16 South,
Range 46 West, 6th P.M. and allow the lands to be developed pursuant
to Rule 318, for production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Morrow
Formation.
Comments: A prehearing conference was held on
CONSENT AGENDA
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No protests/interventions were
received (except as noted below) 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 No. 510, Docket
No. 0407-SP-10, Rulison Field,
Applicant: Petroleum Development Corp.
Attorney:
Subject: Request for an order to increase
well density, the equivalent of 1 well per 10 acres, and change existing well
setbacks in Rule 318.a. that apply to certain lands in Townships 6 and 7 South,
Ranges 96 and 97 West, 6th P.M., to allow wells to be located downhole anywhere
in the drilling and spacing unit but no closer than 100 feet from the
boundaries, with no more than 1 multi-wellsite per 40-acre quarter-quarter
section for production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams
Fork Formation.
Comments: Heard by Hearing Officers who
recommend approval.
Cause No. 1, Docket
No. 0407-EX-04, Mamm Creek Field,
Applicant: EnCana Oil and Gas (
Attorney: Michael J. Wozniak
Subject: Request for an order to amend the
setback requirements of Rule 318.a. that apply to Sections 8, 17 and 20,
Township 7 South, Range 92 West, 6th P.M. to allow wells drilled deeper than
2,500 feet to be located no closer than 600 feet from the outer section lines
with no more than 1 multi-wellsite per 40-acre quarter-quarter section for
production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Mesaverde
Formation.
Comments: Heard by Hearing Officers who
recommend approval.
Cause No. 112, Docket
No. 0407-GA-04, Ignacio-Blanco Field,
Applicant: BP America Production Co.
Attorney: Michael J. Wozniak
Subject: Request for an order to eliminate
the production caps for nine Fruitland coal seam wells located in certain sections
of Townships 33 and 34 North, Ranges 8 and 9 West, N.M.P.M. so that the wells
may produce in accordance with their capacity gas and associated hydrocarbons
from the Fruitland coal seams.
Comments: Heard by Hearing Officers who
recommend approval.
Cause No. 112, Docket
No. 0407-GA-03, Ignacio-Blanco Field,
Applicant: McElvain Oil & Gas
Properties, Inc.
Attorney: Michael J. Wozniak
Intervenor:
Attorney: Jeffrey Robbins
Subject: Request for an order establishing
that the existing permit for the Payne No. 1 Well be clarified to authorize the
operator to utilize the appropriate artificial lift device which will maximize
the economic and efficient production from the Payne No. 1 Well located in the NW¼
NE¼ of Section 17, Township 32 North, Range 6 West, N.M.P.M and to conduct its
operations without buried electrical lines provided it is in compliance with
existing Commission sound regulations for production of gas and associated
hydrocarbons from the Fruitland coal seams.
Comments: Intervenor did not wish to
participate in Commission hearing and wanted intervention to stand on its
own. 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. 0407-OV-23,
Staff Recommendation
Subject: Request for an Administrative Order
by Consent finding Petroleum Development Corporation in violation of Rules
301., 303.b. and §34-60-117.(1), C.R.S., failure to provide written notice of
intention to do work, to have an approved Application for Permit-to-Drill or
Application for Permit to Recomplete to the Codell Formation and to protect
correlative rights of all owners in every field or pool for the Wells Ranch
#14-2 Well located in the SW¼ SW¼ of Section 2, Township 5 North, Range 63
West, 6th P.M.
Cause No. 1V, Docket No. 0407-OV-24,
Staff Recommendation
Subject: Request
for an Administrative
Order by Consent finding EnCana
Oil and Gas (USA) Inc. in violation of Rule
303.b., failure to have an approved Application for Permit to Recomplete to the
Williams Fork Formation for the Park Mountain #2-2-3-104 Well located in the
SE¼ SE¼ of Section 2 Township 3 South, Range 104 West, 6th P.M.
Cause No. 1V, Docket No. 0407-OV-25,
Staff Recommendation
Subject: Request
for an Administrative
Order by Consent finding Williams
Production RMT Company in violation of Rules
317.a., 327., Order No. 139-38 and the Notice attached to the Application for
Permit-to-Drill, failure to keep the PA 324-33 Well located in the SE¼ SW¼ of
Section 33, Township 6 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M. under control
at all times during the drilling process, to comply with Order No. 139-38 and
to notify staff of the lost circulation zones and gas kicks.
Cause No. 1V, Docket No. 0407-OV-26,
Staff Recommendation
Subject: Request
for an Administrative
Order by Consent finding EnCana
Oil and Gas (USA) Inc. in violation of Rules
301, 318A.a. and 318.c., failure to obtain Commission approval for change of
surface hole location and failure to obtain Commission approval for change of
bottom hole location for the Bangert #31-19 Well located in the NE¼ NE¼ of
Section 19, Township 2 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M., failure to
locate the Well in accordance with the Greater Wattenberg Area well location
setback rules and failure to obtain a location exception for the Well.