| 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 | 974 | 03-17-2014 | | | NB-CD | Approves the request for an order to pool all interests in an approximate 160-acre designated wellbore spacing unit established for certain lands in Sections 19 and 20, Township 4 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M., for the development and operation of the Codell-Niobrara Formation. |
| 407 | 1413 | 07-20-2015 | | | NB-CD | Approves Great Western Operating Company, LLC’s request for an order to among other things: Pool all interests in two approximate 320-acre designated horizontal wellbore spacing units, for the development and operation of the Codell and Niobrara Formations. |
| 407 | 1891 | 01-30-2017 | | | NB-CD | Approves Great Western Operating Company, LLC’s request Great Western Operating Company, LLC’s request for an order to among other things: Pool all interests in seven approximate 320-acre designated horizontal wellbore spacing units established for the Application Lands, for the development and operation of the Niobrara and Codell Formations. |
| 407 | 1892 | 01-30-2017 | | | NBRR | Approves Great Western Operating Company, LLC’s request for an order to among other things: Pooling all interests in two approximate 320-acre designated horizontal wellbore spacing units established for the Application Lands, for the development and operation of the Niobrara Formation. |
| 407 | 2657 | 10-29-2018 | | | NB-CD | Among other things IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. Pursuant to the provisions of §34-60-116, C.R.S., as amended, of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act, all interests in two approximate 800-acre designated horizontal wellbore spacing units established are hereby pooled, for the development and operation of the Niobrara and Codell Formations, effective as of the earlier of the date of the Application, or the date that any of the costs specified in §34-60-116(7)(b)(II), C.R.S., are first incurred for the drilling of the Sharon 21-1HZ Well (API No. 05-123-43767) and the Sharon 21-2HZ Well (API No. 05-123-43766). |
| 407 | 2658 | 10-29-2018 | | | NBRR | Among other things IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. Pursuant to the provisions of §34-60-116, C.R.S., as amended, of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act, all interests in an approximate 400-acre designated horizontal wellbore spacing unit established are hereby pooled, for the development and operation of the Niobrara Formation, effective as of the earlier of the date of the Application, or the date that any of the costs specified in §34-60-116(7)(b)(II), C.R.S., are first incurred for the drilling of the Sharon 21-3HZ Well (API No. 05-123-43761). |
| 407 | 2659 | 10-29-2018 | | | NB-CD | Among other things IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. Pursuant to the provisions of §34-60-116, C.R.S., as amended, of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act, all interests in three approximate 800-acre designated horizontal wellbore spacing units established are hereby pooled, for the development and operation of the Niobrara and Codell Formations, effective as of the earlier of the date of the Application, or the date that any of the costs specified in §34-60-116(7)(b)(II), C.R.S., are first incurred for the drilling of the Sharon 21-4HZ Well (API No. 05-123-43765), Sharon 21-5HZ Well (API No. 05-123-43760) and Sharon 21-6HZ Well (API No. 05-123-43763). |
| 407 | 2660 | 10-29-2018 | | | CODL | Among other things IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. Pursuant to the provisions of §34-60-116, C.R.S., as amended, of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act, all interests in an approximate 800-acre designated horizontal wellbore spacing units established are hereby pooled, for the development and operation of the Codell Formation, effective as of the earlier of the date of the Application, for the drilling of the Sharon 21-8HZ Well (API No. 05-123-43764). |
| 407 | 3672 | 11-20-2024 | | | NFCCS | Among other things IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. An Oil and Gas Development Plan, the Tulip OGDP, is hereby approved for the Application Lands and 22 new horizontal wells are hereby authorized within the Application Lands, for the production of oil, gas, and associated hydrocarbons from the Niobrara, Fort Hays, Codell, Carlile, and Sharon Springs Formations.
2. Applicant is subject to the findings made and approval of Order No. 407-3673, approved by the Commission on November 20, 2024, and attached to this Order as Exhibit 5, which established one approximate 2,880-acre drilling and spacing unit for the Application Lands and approved up to 22 new horizontal wells to be developed from two new Oil and Gas Locations within the unit.
Surface Lands:
Tulip Well Pad (Location ID 488534)
Township 4 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M.
Section 30: Approximately 9.25 acres in the NW¼NE¼
Tulip Facility Pad (Location ID 447259)
Township 4 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M.
Section 30: Approximately 4.93 acres in the NW¼NE¼
Mineral Development:
Drilling and Spacing Unit ( DSU ) No. 1 Approximately 2,880 acres
Township 4 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M.
Section 19: W½
Section 29: All
Section 30: All
Township 4 North, Range 68 West, 6th P.M.
Section 23: All
Section 24: All
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| 407 | 3673 | 11-20-2024 | | | NFCCS | Among other things IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. An approximate 2,880-acre drilling and spacing unit is hereby established for the Application Lands and up to 22 horizontal wells are approved within the unit, for the production of oil, gas, and associated hydrocarbons from the Niobrara, Fort Hays, Codell, Carlile, and Sharon Springs Formations.
2. The productive interval of wells in the Niobrara and Sharon Springs Formations will be not less than 190 feet from the unit boundaries along the well axis and not less than 60 feet from unit boundaries at the well lateral ends; the productive interval of wells in the Codell, Carlile and Fort Hays Formations will be not less than 435 feet from unit boundaries along the well axis and not less than 140 feet from unit boundaries at the well lateral ends; and each well shall be not less than 150 feet from the productive interval of any other horizontal well producing from the same common source of supply, unless authorized by Rule 401.c or Rule 408.u.(1), as applicable.
3. The proposed wells shall be located on and developed from the Tulip Well Pad (Location ID 488534) and Tulip Facility Pad (Location ID 447259) on the Application Lands, unless the Director grants an exception.
Township 4 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M.
Section 19: W½
Section 29: All
Section 30: All
Township 4 North, Range 68 West, 6th P.M.
Section 23: All
Section 24: All
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| 407 | 3698 | 03-26-2025 | | | NFCCS | 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 Sharon Springs, Niobrara, Fort Hays, Codell, and Carlile Formations, 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.
Township 4 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M.
Section 19: W½
Section 29: All
Section 30: All
Township 4 North, Range 68 West, 6th P.M.
Section 23: All
Section 24: All
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| 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. |