BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER THE PROMULGATION AND                              )            CAUSE NO. 139

ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN                      )                      

OPERATIONS IN THE RULISON FIELD,                                      )            DOCKET NO. 0402-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. 139-16, which among other things established 640-acre drilling and spacing units for production of gas from the Mesaverde Formation for certain lands in the Rulison Field, with the permitted well to be located no less than 600 feet from the unit boundaries and at least 1200 feet from the nearest well producing from the same source of supply.

           

On December 22, 2003, Presco, Inc. (“Presco”), by its attorney, filed with the Commission a verified application for an order to amend Order No. 139-16 to increase the number of wells which can be drilled into and produced from the Williams Fork Formation of the Mesaverde Group for the below-listed lands to the equivalent of one (1) well per 40 acres, with the permitted downhole location to be located no closer than 240 feet from the boundaries of the drilling and spacing unit and no closer downhole than 800 feet from any existing Williams Fork well or wells without an exception being granted by the Director. 

 

Township 7 South, Range 94 West, 6^th P.M.

Sections 30 and 31: All

 

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

Sections 25 and 26: All

Sections 35 and 36: All

 

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, February 10, 2004

                                               

Time:                                        9:00 a.m.

 

                        Place:                    Garfield County Courthouse Plaza

                                                                        108 8^th Street, Room 100

                                                                        Glenwood Springs, CO 81601

 

                        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 January 26, 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 January 26, 2004, the Applicant may request that an administrative hearing be scheduled for the week of January 26, 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

January 9, 2004                                                 Tower 1, Suite 1000

                        1515 Arapahoe Street

                                                Denver, CO 80202

                                                (303) 376-5000