BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION                                )          CAUSE NO. 226

AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO                             )

GOVERN OPERATIONS IN THE PEORIA FIELD,                         )          DOCKET NO. 0405-SP-05

 ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO                                           )

 

                                                                          NOTICE OF HEARING

 

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

 

            On February 16, 1971, the Commission issued Order No. 226-8, which established 80-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil from the Muddy “J” Sand Formation. Subsequent orders removed certain lands from the provisions of the Orders in Cause No. 226 with the below-listed lands remaining subject to the Orders.

 

Township 4 South, Range 60 West, 6^th P.M.

Section 13: All

Section 23: All

 

Township 4 South, Range 61 West, 6^th P.M.

Sections 24 and 25: All

Section 36: All

 

Township 5 South, Range 60 West, 6^th P.M.

Sections 3 through 6: All

Sections 8 through 10: All

 

Township 5 South, Range 61 West, 6^th P.M.

Section 1: All

 

            On April 5, 2004, Tyler Rockies Exploration, Ltd. (“Tyler”), by its attorney filed with the Commission a verified Application for an order to remove the below-listed lands from the provisions of Order No. 226-8 and place the lands under the provisions of Rule 318., providing there will be a tolerance of 200 feet in the location of each well on a 40-acre tract to accommodate surface features and to provide sufficient flexibility to allow one (1) well for approximately every 40 acres:

 

Township 5 South, Range 60 West, 6^th P.M.

Section 10: W½

 

            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, May 24, 2004

 

                        Time:                                        1:00 p.m.

 

Place:                                       Community Room at City Hall

                                                1000 10^th Street

                                                Greeley, CO 80631

 

            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 10, 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 May 10, 2004, the Applicant may request that an administrative hearing be scheduled for the week of May 10, 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                                            Peter J. Wall

Denver, Colorado 80203                                      Burns, Wall, Smith and Mueller, P.C.

April 23, 2004                                                    303 East 17^th Ave., Suite 800

                                                                        Denver, CO 80203

                                                                        (303) 830-7000