BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND                         )                       CAUSE NO. 112

ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN                      )                      

OPERATIONS IN THE IGNACIO-BLANCO FIELD,                        )                       DOCKET NO. 0403-AW-05

LA PLATA COUNTY, COLORADO                                              )                      

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

 

            On July 11, 1988, the Commission issued Order No. 112-60, which established 320-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Fruitland coal seams underlying certain lands, including Section 13, Township 33 North, Range 10 West, N.M.P.M., with the permitted well to be located in the center of the NW¼ and the SE¼ of the section and no closer than 900 feet from the boundaries of the quarter section upon which it is located, nor closer than 130 feet to any interior quarter section line.

 

            On May 15, 2000, the Commission issued Order No. 112-157, which allowed an optional additional well to be drilled for production of gas from the Fruitland Coal seams for certain lands, including certain sections in Township 33 North, Range 10 West, N.M.P.M., with the permitted well when north of the north line of Township 32 North to be located in the NW¼ and the SE¼ of each section and when south of the north line of Township 32 North to be located in the NE¼ and SW¼ of each section, no closer than 990 feet from the boundaries of the quarter section, nor closer than 130 feet to any interior quarter section line.

 

            On January 29, 2004, Four Star Oil & Gas Company (“Four Star”), by its attorney, filed with the Commission a verified application for an order to allow a second well to be drilled within an existing 320-acre drilling and spacing unit for the S½ of Section 13, Township 33 North, Range 10 West, N.M.P.M., for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Fruitland coal seams, with the permitted location to be in the SW¼, no closer that 990 feet to the outer boundary of the unit and no closer than 130 feet to any interior quarter section line.

 

            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, March 15, 2004

 

                        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 March 1, 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 March 1, 2004, the Applicant may request that an administrative hearing be scheduled for the week of March 1, 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

February 13, 2004                                              Tower 1, Suite 1000

                                    1515 Arapahoe Street

                                                                        Denver, CO 80202                                             

                                                                        (303) 376-5000