BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND                                 )                     CAUSE NO. 525

ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN                             )

OPERATIONS IN THE RULISON FIELD,                                                  )                     DOCKET NO. 0501-AW-03

GARFIELD COUNTY, COLORADO                                                           )

NOTICE OF HEARING

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

        Rule 318.a. of the Rules and Regulations of the Commission requires that wells drilled in excess of two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet in depth be located not less than six hundred (600) feet from any lease line, and located not less than one thousand two hundred (1,200) feet from any other producible or drilling oil or gas well when drilling to the same common source of supply, unless authorized by order of the Commission upon hearing. The below-listed lands are subject to Rule 318.a.:

Township 4 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.

Sections 19 and 20: All

Sections 23 through 36: All

Township 4 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.

Sections 22 through 27: All

Section 28: E½

Section 33: SE¼, S½ NE¼, NE¼ NE¼

Sections 34 through 36: All

Township 5 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.

Section 15: S½, S½ N½

  • Section 16: All that part lying South of the southernmost Mahogany marker a.k.a. Hoffman No. 36 Placer Mining Claim (S½ N½ of Sec. 16, being a portion thereof) a.k.a. Hoffman No. 35 Placer Mining Claim (N½ S½ of Sec. 16, being a portion thereof)

    • a.k.a. Hoffman No. 34 Placer Mining Claim

    Section 17: All that part of the N½ S½ lying South of the southernmost Mahogany marker

  • a.k.a. Hoffman No. 30 Placer Mining Claim (N½ S½ of Sec. 17), S½ S½ a.k.a. Hoffman No. 31 Placer Mining Claim (S½ S½ of Sec. 17)

    • Sections 19 through 22: All

    Sections 27 through 34: All

    Township 5 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.
  • Section 2: W½, less and except those portions conveyed by Union Oil Company of California to Exxon Corporation by Special Warranty Deed recorded in Book 640, Page 869, Garfield County, Colorado.

    • Sections 3 through 5: All

    Sections 8 through 10: All

  • Section 11: W½, less and except those portions conveyed by Union Oil Company of California to Exxon Corporation by Special Warranty Deed recorded in Book 640, Page 869, Garfield County, Colorado.

    • Section 14: W½, SE¼, W½ NE¼

    Sections 15 and 16: All

    Section 17: E½

    Sections 21 through 28: All

  • Section 33: N½ N½, less and except the West 32 rod of the NW¼ NW¼ containing 16 acres, more or less

    • Sections 34 through 36: All

    Township 6 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M.

    Section 1: Lots 3 to 14, inclusive

    Sections 2 and 3: All

    Section 4: That portion of the section east of Parachute Creek

    Section 8: W½ NE¼, S½

    Sections 9 and 10: All

    Section 15: W½, W½ E½

    Section 16: All

    Section 21: All

    Section 22: N½, SW¼

            On November 22, 2004, EnCana Oil and Gas (USA) Inc., by its attorney, filed with the Commission a verified application for an order to increase the number of wells which can be optionally drilled into and produced from the Iles Formation in the above-described lands, the equivalent of one Iles Formation well per 10 acres, allowing wells drilled to the Williams Fork Formation to be utilized for drilling Iles Formation wells. All future Iles Formation wells should be located downhole anywhere upon the above described lands, no closer than 100 feet from the boundaries of any lease line unless such lease line abuts or corners lands in respect of which the Commission has not at the time of drilling permit application granted the right to drill 10 acre density wells in which event the wells should be drilled downhole no closer than 200 feet from the lease line which so abuts or corners the lands in respect of which 10 acre density downhole drilling for Iles Formation wells has not been ordered by the Commission. The Applicant does not intend by this Application to drill more than four (4) Iles Formation wells downhole per governmental quarter quarter section, and if topographically feasible, one well pad per quarter quarter section will be used.

            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, January 10, 2005

    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 Angie Gipson at (303) 894-2100 ext. 113, 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 December 27, 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.). Anyone who files a protest or intervention must be available to participate in a prehearing conference during the week of December 27, 2004. 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 December 27, 2004, the Applicant may request that an administrative hearing be scheduled for the week of December 27, 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 Michael J. Wozniak

    Denver, Colorado 80203 Dorsey & Whitney LLP

    December 7, 2004 370 17th Street, Suite 4700

    Denver, CO 80202

    (303) 629-3400