BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION                        )           CAUSE NO. 311

AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO                     )

GOVERN OPERATIONS IN THE DOUGLAS CREEK          )           DOCKET NO. 0309-AW-12

SOUTH FIELD, RIO BLANCO COUNTY, COLORADO        )          

                                                                                               

                                                                        NOTICE OF HEARING

 

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

 

            On February 17, 1978, the Commission issued Order No. 311-4, which established 160-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Mancos “B” Formation underlying the below-listed lands, with the permitted well to be located no closer than 600 feet from the boundaries of the quarter section upon which is it located.

 

Township 4 South, Range 101 West, 6th P.M.

Sections 5-7: All

 

Township 4 South, Range 102 West, 6th P.M.

Sections 1-3: All

Sections 10-15: All

 

            On August 2, 1994 (amended on September 9, 1994), the Commission issued Order No. 311-8, which granted an exception to the permitted well location established in Order No. 311-4 to allow the SDC No. 25 Well to be drilled at an exception location of 2198 feet FSL and 1980 feet FWL in the NE¼ NW¼ of Section 6, Township 4 South, Range 101 West, 6th P.M., for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Mancos “B” Formation.

 

            On August 6, 2003, EnCana Oil and Gas (USA) Inc. (“EnCana”), by its attorney, filed with the Commission a verified application for an order to permit two (2) wells to be drilled in the existing 160-acre drilling and spacing units established for the below-listed lands for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Mancos “B” Formation:

 

Township 4 South, Range 101 West, 6th P.M.

Sections 5 and 6: All

 

Township 4 South, Range 102 West, 6th P.M.

Section 2: W½

Section 3: E½

Section 10: All

Section 11: W½

           

            EnCana requests that any well drilled in a drilling and spacing unit be located no closer than 600 feet from the boundary of the quarter section upon which it is located and that the second well drilled in a drilling and spacing unit for production from the Mancos “B” Formation be located not less than 1200 feet from the other well in the drilling and spacing unit.  EnCana also requests that the well identified in Order No. 311-8 be designated as one of the permitted wells in the drilling and spacing unit in which it is located. 

 

            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, September 22, 2003

                       

                        Time:                                       10:00 a.m.

 

                        Place:                                      Suite 801, The Chancery Building

                                                                        1120 Lincoln Street

                                                                        Denver, CO 80203

 

            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 September 8, 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 September 8, 2003, the Applicant may request that an administrative hearing be scheduled for the week of September 8, 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                                         Carleton L. Ekberg, Esq.

Denver, Colorado 80203                                 Poulson, Odell & Peterson, LLC

August 21, 2003                                              1775 Sherman Street, Suite 1400

                                                                        Denver, CO 80203

                                                                        (303) 861-4400