BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER THE PROMULGATION AND                                     )                 CAUSE NOS. 139, 440, 479     

ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN                           )                                           495, 510

OPERATIONS IN THE RULISON, PARACHUTE, AND                       )                   

GRAND VALLEY FIELDS, GARFIELD COUNTY, COLORADO          )                 DOCKET NO. 0304-AW-03

                                                                       

                                                                        NOTICE OF HEARING

 

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

 

           On July 16, 1979, the Commission issued Order No. 139-8 establishing 320-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Mesaverde Formation for the below-listed lands:

 

Township 6 South, Range 93 West, 6th P.M.

Sections 5 through 8: All

Sections 17 through 20: All

 

Township 6 South, Range 94 West, 6th P.M.

Sections 1 though 3: All

Sections 8 through 17: All

Sections 19 through 24: All

Sections 27 through 33: All

 

                        On March 8, 1990, the Commission issued Order No. 139-14 establishing 320-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the upper portion of the Mesaverde Formation and the lower portion of the Mesaverde Formation including the Cameo, Rollins, Cozzette and Corcoran Sands, and the Coalbed Methane horizons underlying the below-listed lands:        

 

Township 6 South, Range 93 West, 6th P.M.

Sections 5 through 8: All

Sections 17 through 20: All

 

Township 6 South, Range 94 West, 6th P.M.

Sections 1 though 3: All

Sections 8 through 24: All

Sections 27 through 33: All

                       

                        On March 9, 1990, the Commission issued Order No. 440-11 establishing 320-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Mesaverde Formation for the below-listed lands:

 

Township 6 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.

Sections 7 through 20: All

Sections 22 through 28: All

Sections 31 through 36: All

 

Township 7 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.

Section 5 and 6: All

 

                        On March 9, 1990, the Commission issued Order No. 479-1 establishing 320-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Mesaverde Formation for the below-listed lands:

 

Township 6 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.

Section 1: All

Section 12: All

Sections 23 through 27: All

Sections 34 through 36: All

 

Township 7 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.

Section 1: All

 

                        On December 18, 1996, the Commission issued Order No. 139-29 allowing up to four (4)  wells to be drilled into and produced from the previously established 320-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation including the below listed lands:

 

Township 6 South, Range 94 West, 6th P.M.

Section 20: S½ NE¼

                        On December 18, 1996, the Commission issued Order No. 510-2 which allowed four (4) wells to be drilled into and produced from the Williams Fork Formation with each such well to have a bottom hole location no closer than 400 feet from the bottomhole location of any other Williams Fork Formation well and no closer than 200 feet from the boundary of any lease line, with the below-listed lands to remain unspaced:

 

Township 7 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.

Section 4: NE¼ NE¼

 

                        On February 6, 1998, the Commission issued Order No. 139-33 allowing up to sixteen (16)  wells to be drilled into and produced from the Williams Fork Formation including the below listed lands:

 

Township 6 South, Range 94 West, 6th P.M.

Section 20: E½ SE¼, W½ W½

Section 21: S½ NW¼, S½

Section 22: SW¼

Section 27: S½ NW¼, NE¼ NW¼, NW¼ SW¼

Section 28: NE¼, N½ NW¼, E½ SE¼,

Section 29: N½ NE¼, NE¼ NW¼                  

 

                        On February 17, 2000, the Commission issued Order Nos. 139-28, 440-16 and 479-5 allowing up to eight (8) wells to be drilled into and produced from the previously established 320-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation inculding the below listed lands:

 

Township 6 South, Range 94 West, 6th P.M.

Section 10:  N½ SE¼

Section 11:  S½ NW¼, N½ SW¼, SE¼ SW¼

Section 14:  E½

Section 15:  All

Section 27: NW¼ NE¼

 

Township 6 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.

Section 35: NE¼ NW¼, SW¼ NW¼, NW¼ NE¼

 

Township 7 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.

Section 6: SW¼ NW¼

                       

                        On March 21, 2000, the Commission issued Order Nos. 139-32, 479-6, 495-2 and 510-3 allowing the equivalent of one (1) well per 20 acres to be drilled into and produced from the Williams Fork Formation including the below-listed lands:

 

Township 6 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.

Section 27:  SW¼ SW¼

Section 34:  SE¼, E½ SW¼, SW¼ SW¼, NW¼ NW¼, SE¼ NW¼

Section 35:  SW¼ SW¼, SE¼ SE¼

Section 36:  SW¼, W½ SE¼

 

Township 7 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.

Section 1:  S½ N½, N½ NW¼, N½ S½

                                                                                                  

                        On March 21, 2000, the Commission issued Order Nos. 139-32, 479-6, 495-2 and 510-3 establishing 40-acre drilling and spacing units for certain lands including the below-listed lands which were previously unspaced and within these 40-acre drilling and spacing units, allowing up to two (2) wells to be drilled into and produced from the Williams Fork Formation:

 

Township 6 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.

Section 28: S½ S½

Section 29: SE¼ SE¼

Section 32: W½ NE¼, NE¼ NE¼, SE¼ NW¼

Section 33: N½ NW¼, SE¼ NW¼, N½ NE¼, SW¼ NE¼

 

Township 7 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.

Section 2: N½, SW¼, W½ SE¼, NE¼ SE¼¼

Section 3: NE¼

 

                       

 

 

 

 

 

                        On November 29, 2000, the Commission issued Order Nos. 479-7, 440-19, 139-34 and 510-4 establishing 40-acre drilling and spacing units for certain lands including the below-listed lands which were previously unspaced, allowing up to two (2) wells to be drilled into and produced from the Williams Fork Formation:

 

Township 6 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.

Section 17:  E½

Section 20:  N½, SE¼, E½ SW¼

Section 28:  S½ NW¼, N½ SW¼

Section 29:  NE¼, NE¼ NW¼, NE¼ SE¼

Section 31:  S½ NE¼, N½ SE¼

Section 32:  NW¼ SE¼, SW¼ NW¼, N½ SW¼

 

                        On November 29, 2000, the Commission issued Order Nos. 479-7, 440-19, 139-34, and 510-4 allowing the equivalent of one (1) well per 20 acres to be drilled into and produced from the Williams Fork Formation including the below listed lands:

 

Township 6 South, Range 94 West, 6th P.M.

Section 16:  S½, W½ NE¼, E½ NW¼

Section 17:  SW¼ SW¼

Section 18: SE¼ SE¼, W½ SE¼

Section 21:  N½ NE¼, SW¼ NE¼

Section 22:  N½, W½ SE¼

Section 27:  SW¼ SW¼

 

Township 6 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.

Section 26:  S½ SW¼

Section 27:  S½ SW¼, SW¼ SE¼

Section 28:  S½ SE¼, E½ W½

Section 31:  SE¼ SE¼   

Section 32:  SW¼, N½ SE¼, SW¼ SE¼, SE¼ NE¼

Section 33:  S½, NE¼, NE¼ NW¼, SW¼ NW¼

Section 34:  All

Section 35:  NW¼ NW¼

 

Township 6 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.

Section 23:  SW¼ SW¼

Section 27:  NE¼ NE¼, S½ NE¼, N½ SE¼, SW¼ SE¼, SE¼ SW¼

Section 34: NE¼ NW¼, NW¼ NE¼

 

Township 7 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.

Section 5:  NW¼ NW¼

Section 6:  E½ NW¼, W½ NE¼, NE¼ NE¼

 

Township 7 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.

Section 1:  NW¼ NE¼, SE¼ SW¼

 

 

                        On July 18, 2001, the Commission issued Order Nos. 139-37, 440-22, 479-9 and 510-6 allowing the equivalent of one (1) well per 10 acres to be drilled into and produced from the Williams Fork Formation for the below listed lands:

 

Township 6 South, Range 94 West, 6th P.M.

Section 20: E½ SW¼, W½ SE¼

 

Township 6 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.

Section 33: SE¼

 

                        On August 26, 2002, the Commission issued Order Nos. 479-10 and 510-7 allowing the equivalent of one (1) well per 20 acres to be drilled into and produced from the Williams Fork Formation including the below-listed lands:

 

Township 7 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.

Section 1: S½ SE¼

                       

                        On February 14, 2003, Williams Production RMT Company (“Williams”), by its attorney, filed with the Commission a verified application requesting an order from the Commission to allow additional wells to be drilled for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation of the Mesaverde Group, the equivalent of one (1) well per 10 acres for the lands described below (“Application Lands”).  Williams requests that the NE¼ NE¼ of Section 4, Township 7 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M. be constituted as a 40-acre drilling and spacing unit for the Williams Fork Formation.  Williams also requests that the permitted downhole location for each new Williams Fork well drilled upon the Application Lands be located anywhere within a given drilling and spacing unit but no closer than 100 feet from any boundary of a drilling unit without exception being granted by the Director of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.  It is provided however that no new Williams Fork well shall be drilled with a downhole location closer than 200 feet from the exterior boundaries of the Application lands (with the exception of the Ten Acre Pilot Lands contiguous to the Application Lands) without exception being granted by the Director of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.  This application is intended to not result in more than one (1) well site or multi-well sites per forty (40) acre nominal governmental quarter-quarter section (except as previously authorized by Commission Order), nor is the application requesting approval for additional wells that would result in more than one (1) well site or multi-well sites per forty (40) acre nominal governmental quarter-quarter section within existing drilling units (except as previously authorized by Commission Order).

 

Township 6 South, Range 94 West, 6th P.M.

Section 10:  N½ SE¼

Section 11:  S½ NW¼, N½ SW¼, SE¼ SW¼

Section 14:  E½

Section 15:  All

Section 16:  S½, W½ NE¼, E½ NW¼

Section 17:  SW¼ SW¼

Section 18:  SE¼ SE¼, W½ SE¼

Section 20:  S½ NE¼, E½ SE¼, W½ W½

Section 21:  N½ NE¼, SW¼ NE¼, S½ NW¼, S½

Section 22:  N½, SW¼, W½ SE¼

Section 27:  S½ NW¼, NE¼ NW¼, W½ SW¼, NW¼ NE¼

Section 28:  NE¼, N½ NW¼, E½ SE¼

Section 29:  N½ NE¼, NE¼ NW¼

 

Township 6 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.

Section 26:  S½ SW¼

Section 27:  S½ SW¼, SW¼ SE¼

Section 28:  S½ SE¼, E½ W½

Section 31:  SE¼ SE¼

Section 32:  SW¼, N½ SE¼, SW¼ SE¼, SE¼ NE¼

Section 33:  S½, NE¼, NE¼ NW¼, SW¼ NW¼

Section 34:  All

Section 35:  N½ NW¼, SW¼ NW¼, NW¼ NE¼

 

Township 6 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.

Section 17:  E½

Section 20:  N½, SE¼, E½ SW¼

Section 23:  SW¼ SW¼

Section 27:  NE¼ NE¼, S½ NE¼, N½ SE¼, SW¼ SE¼, S½ SW¼

Section 28:  SW¼, S½ SE¼, S½ NW¼

Section 29:  NE¼, NE¼ NW¼, E½ SE¼

Section 31:  S½ NE¼, N½ SE¼

Section 32:  W½ NE¼, NE¼ NE¼, SE¼ NW¼, NW¼ SE¼, SW¼ NW¼, N½ SW¼

Section 33:  N½ NW¼, SE¼ NW¼, N½ NE¼, SW¼ NE¼

Section 34:  SE¼, E½ SW¼, SW¼ SW¼, N½ NW¼, SE¼ NW¼, NW¼ NE¼

Section 35:  SW¼ SW¼, SE¼ SE¼

Section 36:  SW¼, W½ SE¼

 

Township 7 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.

Section 5:  NW¼ NW¼

Section 6:  E½ NW¼, W½ NE¼, NE¼ NE¼

 

Township 7 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.

Section 1:  S½ N½, N½ NW¼, N½ S½, NW¼ NE¼, SE¼ SW¼, S½ SE¼

Section 2:  N½, SW¼, W½ SE¼, NE¼ SE¼¼

Section 3:  NE¼

Section 4:  NE¼ NE¼

 

                        NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado, pursuant to the above, has scheduled the above-entitled matter for hearing on:

 

                        Date:                                       Monday, April 21, 2003

 

                        Time:                                       10:00 a.m.

 

                        Place:                                      City of Arvada Council Chambers

                                                                        8101 Ralston Rd.

                                                                        Arvada, CO 80002

 

                        In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if any party requires special accommodations as a result of a disability for this hearing, please contact Audra Serlet at (303) 894-2100 ext. 114, prior to the hearing and arrangements will be made.

 

                        Pursuant to said hearing in the above-entitled matter at the time and place aforesaid, or at any adjourned meeting, the Commission will enter such orders as it deems appropriate to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public and to prevent the waste of oil and gas, either or both, in the operations of said field, and to carry out the purposes of the statute.

 

                        In accordance with Rule 509., any interested party desiring to protest the granting of the application or to intervene on the application should file with the Commission a written protest or intervention no later than April 7, 2003, briefly stating the basis of the protest or intervention.  Such interested party shall, at the same time, serve a copy of the protest or intervention to the person filing the application.  An original and nine (9) copies shall be filed with the Commission (Rule 503.f.).  Pursuant to Rule 503.e., if a party who has received notice under Rule 503.b. wishes to receive further pleadings in the above-referenced matter, that party must file a protest or intervention in accordance with these rules.  In accordance with the practices of the Commission, should no protests or interventions be filed in this matter by April 7, 2003, the Applicant may request that an administrative hearing be scheduled for the week of April 7, 2003.

 

                       

                        IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

                                                                        OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

                                                                            OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

                                                                        By_____________________________________

                                                                               Patricia C. Beaver, Secretary

 

Dated at Suite 801                                          Attorney for Applicant:

1120 Lincoln Street                                         William A. Keefe

Denver, Colorado 80203                                 Gorsuch Kirgis LLP

March 26, 2003                                               1515 Arapahoe Street

                                                                        Tower 1, Suite 1000

                                                                        Denver, CO 80202       

                                                                        (303) 376-5000