BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND                         )

ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN                      )                       CAUSE NO. 407

OPERATIONS IN THE CODELL-NIOBRARA SPACED AREA,       )

WELD COUNTY, COLORADO                                                    )                       DOCKET NO. 0306-UP-02

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

 

            On November 18, 1985, the Commission issued Order No. 407-1 (amended on March 29, 2000) which established 80-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil and/or gas and associated hydrocarbons for the Codell and Niobrara Formations underlying certain lands, including the below-listed lands, with the unit to be designated by the operator upon drilling the first well in the quarter section.  The permitted well shall be located in the center of either 40-acre tract within the unit with a tolerance of 200 feet in any direction.  The operator shall have the option to drill an additional well on the undrilled 40-acre tract in each 80-acre drilling and spacing unit.

 

Township 5 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M.

Section 2: All

 

            On April 14, 2003, Prima Oil & Gas Company (“Prima”), by its attorney, filed with the Commission a verified application for an order to pool all interests in the 80-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of the E½ NW¼ of Section 2, Township 5 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M.  The Applicant proposes to drill a well at a legal location for this drilling and spacig unit, and wishes to be designated as the operator for the unit.  Prima requests that the pooling order provide for the payment of the reasonable costs of the drilling and operation of the well, including a reasonable charge for supervision and storage, together with penalties as provided by the statute.  The Applicant also requests that the Order determine the interest of each owner in the drilling unit and provide that each consenting owner be entitled to receive production attributable to non-consenting owners, including penalties, in accordance with the provisions of §34-60-116, C.R.S.

 

            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:                                        Tuesday, June 3, 2003

 

                        Time:                                        8:00 a.m.

 

                        Place:                                       Conference Center, Holiday Inn Express

                                                                        2121 E. Main St.

                                                                        Cortez, CO 81321

 

            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 May 19, 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 May 19, 2003, the Applicant may request that an administrative hearing be scheduled for the week of May 19, 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                                            Peter A. Bjork                                       

Denver, Colorado 80203                                      Bjork, Lindley, Danielson & Little, P.C.

April 25, 2003                                                    1600 Stout Street, Suite 1400

                                    Denver, CO 80203

                                                                        (303) 892-1400