BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER THE PROMULGATION AND                              )            CAUSE NO. 440

ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN                      )                      

OPERATIONS IN THE PARACHUTE FIELD,                                )           DOCKET NO. 0404-SP-02

GARFIELD COUNTY, COLORADO                                              )          

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

 

                    On May 18, 1990, the Commission issued Order No. 440-12, which among other things, established a 320-acre drilling and spacing unit for production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Mesaverde Formation for the N½ of Section 6, Township 7 South, Range 95 West, 6^th P.M., and provided that the GV 42-6 Well, located in the SW¼ NE¼ of said Section 6, would continue to be treated as a well pooled upon a 160-acre basis since the well had been spudded prior to the date of the order.

 

                    On February 27, 2004, Williams Production RMT Company (“Williams”), by its attorney, filed with the Commission a verified application for an order to segregate the 320-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of the N½ of Section 6, Township 7 South, Range 95 West, 6^th P.M., and to establish two 160-acre drilling and spacing units, consisting of the NE¼ and the NW¼ of said Section 6 because a pooling agreement exists for the NE¼ and plans are underway to drill in the NW¼.   No prejudice will result by changing from one 320-acre drilling and spacing unit to two 160-acre drilling and spacing units since the only wells located on the 320-acre unit are being produced on a pooled 160-acre basis.

 

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 19, 2004

                                               

Time:                                        9:00 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 April 5, 2004, 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 5, 2004, the Applicant may request that an administrative hearing be scheduled for the week of April 5, 2004.

 

                        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 22, 2004                                                  Tower 1, Suite 1000

                        1515 Arapahoe Street

                                                Denver, CO 80202

                                                (303) 376-5000