| 232 | 23 | 10-19-1981 | 90750 | WATTENBERG | JSND | Amends Order 232 20 and allows drilling of an additional well on each 320 acre unit in the area not included in Order 232 20. |
| 407 | 87 | 02-19-1992 | | | CODL, NB-CD, NBRR | Approves the request to establish spacing for the Niobrara Formation for certain lands previously spaced for the Codell Formation and to allow the downhole commingling of production from the Codell and Niobrara Formations. |
| 407 | 2237 | 10-30-2017 | | | NBRR | Approves Extraction Oil & Gas, LLC’s request for an order to among other things: Pool all interests in two approximate 800-acre designated horizontal wellbore spacing units (“WSU”) established for the development and operation of the Niobrara Formation. |
| 407 | 3020 | 02-26-2020 | | | NB-CD | Among other things IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
An approximate 1,680-acre drilling and spacing unit for the Application Lands is hereby established, and up to 20 horizontal wells within the unit are approved for production from the Niobrara and Codell Formations, pursuant to the findings above.
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| 407 | 3203 | 01-13-2021 | | | NB-CD | Among other things approves an order to to establish an approximate 800-acre drilling and spacing unit and approve up to nine horizontal wells within the unit, for production from the Niobrara and Codell Formations. |
| 407 | 3416 | 12-07-2022 | | | NFCC | Among other things IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. PDC’s August 1, 2022 Amended Application for the Guanella CAP is GRANTED.
2. The Commission hereby establishes an approximate 33,427-acre CAP in the Application Lands for development of oil, gas, and associated hydrocarbons from the Niobrara, Fort Hays, Codell, and Carlile Formations.
Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M.
Section 30: W½
Section 31: W½
Township 5 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M.
Section 17: W½
Section 18: All
Section 19: All
Section 20: W½
Section 24: W½
Section 25: All
Section 26: S½
Section 27: S½
Section 28: S½
Section 29: S½
Section 30: S½
Section 31: All
Section 32: All
Section 33: All
Section 34: All
Section 35: All
Section 36: All
Township 5 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M.
Section 13: All
Section 14: All
Section 23: All
Section 24: All
Section 25: All
Section 26: All
Section 35: All
Section 36: All
Township 4 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M.
Section 1: N½
Section 2: N½
Section 3: N½
Section 4: NE¼
Township 4 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M.
Section 1: All
Section 2: All
Section 3: All
Section 4: All
Section 5: All
Section 6: E½, NW¼
Section 10: All
Section 11: All
Section 12: All
Section 13: All
Section 14: All
Section 15: All
Section 16: NE¼, S½
Section 17: S½
Section 18: All
Section 19: All
Section 20: All
Section 21: All
Section 22: All
Section 23: All
Section 24: All
Section 25: All
Section 26: All
Section 27: All
Township 4 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M.
Section 6: S½, NW¼
Section 7: All
Section 18: All
Section 19: All
Section 30: All |
| 407 | 3447 | 04-19-2023 | | | NBRR | Among other things IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. Pursuant to the provisions of C.R.S. § 34-60-116, all interests in the drilling and spacing unit established for the Application Lands are hereby pooled, for the development and operation of the Niobrara Formation, effective as of the date the Application was filed.
2. The production obtained from the drilling and spacing unit shall be allocated to each owner in the unit on the basis of the proportion that the number of acres in such tract bears to the total number of mineral acres within the drilling and spacing unit; each owner of an interest in the drilling and spacing unit shall be entitled to receive its share of the production of the Wells located on the drilling and spacing unit applicable to its interest in the drilling and spacing unit.
3. The following working interest owner(s) did not elect to participate in the Well(s) or failed to make a timely election and are hereby deemed to be nonconsenting and subject to the penalties as provided for in C.R.S. § 34-60-116(7): Millen Clawson, d/b/a Socorro Energy.
Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M.
Section 27: W½W½W½
Section 28: All
Section 29: All
Section 30: E½
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| 407 | 3452 | 05-04-2023 | | | NBRR | Among other things IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. Pursuant to the provisions of § 34-60-116, C.R.S., all interests in the designated horizontal wellbore spacing unit established for the Application Lands are hereby pooled, for the development and operation of the Niobrara and Fort Hays Formations, effective as of the date the Application was filed.
Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M.
Section 27: SW¼SW¼
Section 28: S½S½
Section 29: S½S½
Section 30: S½SE¼
Section 31: N½NE¼
Section 32: N½N½
Section 33: N½N½
Section 34: NW¼NW¼
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| 407 | 3483 | 07-19-2023 | | | NBRR | Among other things IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. Pursuant to the provisions of C.R.S. § 34-60-116, all interests in the designated horizontal wellbore spacing units established for the Application Lands are hereby pooled, for the development and operation of the Niobrara Formation, effective as the date the Application was filed.
Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M.
Section 19: S½SE¼
Section 20: S½S½
Section 21: S½S½
Section 22: SW¼SW¼
Section 27: NW¼NW¼
Section 28: N½N½
Section 29: N½N½
Section 30: N½NE¼
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| 407 | 3505 | 09-06-2023 | | | NBRR | Among other things IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
Pursuant to the provisions of C.R.S. § 34-60-116, all interests in the horizontal wellbore spacing units established for the Application Lands are hereby pooled, for the development and operation of the Niobrara Formation, effective as of the date the Application was filed.
Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M.
Section 29: S½S½
Section 30: S½SE¼
Section 31: N½NE¼
Section 32: N½N½
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| 407 | 3622 | 06-12-2024 | | | NFCC | Among other things IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. An Oil and Gas Development Plan is hereby approved for the Application Lands and 40 new horizontal wells are hereby authorized within the Application Lands, to be drilled on Applicants leasehold interest, for the production of oil, gas, and associated hydrocarbons from the Niobrara, Fort Hays, Codell, and Carlile Formations.
2. Applicant is subject to the findings made and approval of Order Nos. 407-3623, 407-3624, 407-3625, 407-3626, 407-3627, 407-2628, attached to this Order as Exhibits 6-11, which established one approximate 2,580-acre drilling and spacing unit, one approximate 360-acre wellbore spacing unit, one approximate 300-acre wellbore spacing unit, one approximate 1,280-acre drilling and spacing unit, and two approximate 240-acre wellbore spacing units, for the Application Lands, and approved up to 40 horizontal wells within the units, and were approved by the Commission on June 12, 2024.
Surface Lands:
Township 4 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M.
Section 1: NE¼SE¼
Blackburn Federal 4N66W1 1-16 Pad (Location ID 487263) 15.9 acres
Township 5 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M.
Section 36: SE¼SW¼
Township 4 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M.
Section 1: NE¼NW¼
Capitol 1-8 Pad (Location ID 487264) 12.1 acres total
Township 4 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M.
Section 3: SE¼NE¼
Oxford 4N66W3 1-16 Pad (Location ID 487262) 21.5 acres
Mineral Development:
Township 4 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M.
Section 6: NW¼
Township 4 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section 1: NE¼; E½E½E½NW¼
Township 5 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section 24: W½
Section 25: All
Section 36: All
Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section 30: W½
Section 31: W½
Blackburn-Capitol Drilling and Spacing Unit
( Blackburn-Capitol DSU )
DSU No. 1 approx. 2,580 acres
Township 4 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M.
Section 6: E½E½NW¼; W½W½W½NE¼
Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M.
Section 30: E½E½W½; W½W½W½E½
Section 31: E½E½W½; W½W½W½E½
Blackburn Wellbore Spacing Unit
( Blackburn WSU )
WSU No. 2 approx. 300 acres
Township 5 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M.
Section 23: E½E½E½E½
Section 24: W½W½W½
Section 25: W½W½W½
Section 26: E½E½E½E½
Section 35: E½E½E½E½
Section 36: W½W½W½
Capitol Wellbore Spacing Unit
( Capitol WSU )
WSU No. 3 approx. 360 acres
Township 4 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M.
Section 2: W½
Section 3: All
Section 4: E½
Oxford Drilling and Spacing Unit
( Oxford DSU )
DSU No. 4 approx. 1,280 acres
Township 4 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M.
Section 2: N½N½NW¼
Section 3: N½N½N½
Section 4: N½N½NE¼
Township 5 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M.
Section 33: S½S½S½SE¼
Section 34: S½S½S½S½
Section 35: S½S½S½SW¼
Oxford N Wellbore Spacing Unit
( Oxford N WSU )
WSU No. 5 approx. 240 acres
Township 4 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M.
Section 2: S½S½SW¼
Section 3: S½S½S½
Section 4: S½S½SE¼
Section 9: N½N½N½NE¼
Section 10: N½N½N½N½
Section 11: N½N½N½NW¼
Oxford S Wellbore Spacing Unit
( Oxford S WSU )
WSU No. 6 approx. 240 acres
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| 407 | 3625 | 06-12-2024 | | | NFCC | Among other things IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. The approximate 300-acre wellbore and spacing unit is hereby established, and one horizontal well is approved within the unit, for the production of oil, gas, and associated hydrocarbons from the Niobrara, Fort Hays, Codell, and Carlile Formations.
Township 4 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M.
Section 6: E½E½NW¼; W½W½W½NE¼
Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M.
Section 30: E½E½W½; W½W½W½E½
Section 31: E½E½W½; W½W½W½E½
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| 407 | 3652 | 09-18-2024 | | | NFCC | Among other things IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. Pursuant to the provisions of C.R.S. § 34-60-116, all interests in the designated horizontal wellbore spacing unit established for the Application Lands are hereby pooled, for the development and operation of the Niobrara, Fort Hays, Codell, and Carlile Formations, effective as of the earlier of the date of the Application, or the date that any of the costs specified in C.R.S. § 34-60-116(7)(b)(II), are first incurred for the drilling of the Wells.
Township 4 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M.
Section 6: E½E½NW¼, W½W½W½NE¼
Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M.
Section 30: E½E½W½, W½W½W½E½
Section 31: E½E½W½, W½W½W½E½
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| 407 | 3702 | 04-02-2025 | | | NFCC | Among other things IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. Pursuant to the provisions of C.R.S. § 34-60-116, all interests in the drilling and spacing unit established for the Application Lands are hereby pooled, for the development and operation of the Niobrara, Fort Hays, Codell, and Carlile Formations, effective as of the earlier of the date of the Application, or the date that any of the costs specified in C.R.S. § 34-60-116(7)(b)(II), are first incurred for the drilling of the Wells.
2. The production obtained from the drilling and spacing unit shall be allocated to each owner in the unit on the basis of the proportion that the number of acres in such tract bears to the total number of mineral acres within the drilling and spacing unit; each owner of an interest in the drilling and spacing unit shall be entitled to receive its share of the production of the Wells located on the drilling and spacing unit applicable to its interest in the drilling and spacing unit.
Township 4 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M.
Section 6: NW¼
Township 4 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M.
Section 1: NE¼; E½E½E½NW¼
Township 5 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M.
Section 25: All
Section 36: All
Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M.
Section 30: W½
Section 31: W½
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| 407 | 3703 | 04-02-2025 | | | NFCC | Among other things IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. Order No. 407-3622 is hereby amended to remove the W½ of Section 24 and the E½E½E½E½ of Section 23, Township 5 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. and to approve an approximate 3,895.9-acre Raton Oil and Gas Development Plan;
2. The approximate 2,580-acre Blackburn-Capitol DSU established by Order No. 407-3623 is hereby amended to remove the W½ of Section 24, Township 5 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. and to establish an approximate 2,260-acre drilling and spacing unit for the development and operation of 22 horizontal wells in the Niobrara, Fort Hays, Codell, and Carlile Formations;
3. The approximate 360-acre Capitol 01N WSU established by Order No. 407-3624 is hereby amended to remove the E½E½E½E½ of Section 23 and the W½W½W½ of Section 24, Township 5 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. and to establish an approximate 240-acre wellbore spacing unit for the development and operation of one horizontal well in the Niobrara, Fort Hays, Codell, and Carlile Formations;
Blackburn-Capitol DSU:
Township 4 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M.
Section 6: NW¼
Township 4 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M.
Section 1: NE¼; E½E½E½NW¼
Township 5 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M.
Section 24: W½ [requested to be removed]
Section 25: All
Section 36: All
Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M.
Section 30: W½
Section 31: W½
Capitol 01N WSU:
Township 5 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M.
Section 23: E½E½E½E½ [requested to be removed]
Section 24: W½W½W½ [requested to be removed]
Section 25: W½W½W½
Section 26: E½E½E½E½
Section 35: E½E½E½E½
Section 36: W½W½W½
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| 493 | 2 | 05-21-1991 | | | SUSX | Approves the request to establish 80 acre drilling and spacing units for certain lands for production from the Sussex formation and further to allow the downhole commingling of production from the Sussex formation with production from the Codell and Niobrara formations |
| 499 | 15 | 11-16-1992 | 90750 | WATTENBERG | DKTA | Approves the Commission motion to establish 320-acre drilling and spacing units for certain lands previously not spaced in the lands covered by Cause No. 232, for production from the Dakota Formation, to provide for procedures to obtain exceptions to the permitted well locations and to allow the recompletion and downhole commingling of production from the Dakota, "J" Sand, Codell, Niobrara, Sussex and Shannon Formations. |