| 1 | 229 | 10-29-2018 | | | WFILS | Approved the request for a Basin-Wide Order to establish setbacks for portions of the Piceance Basin, downhole well density and surface use limits. Staff requested downhole well density at the equivalent of one well per ten acres for the Williams Fork Formation and Iles Formation of the Mesaverde Group with 100-foot setback along the northern and southern unit boundary or lease line for lands not within a unit and 600-foot setback along the eastern and western unit boundary or lease line for lands not within a unit. The below described lands (“Application Lands”) included in this Basin-Wide Order are located in Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Moffat, and Rio Blanco Counties and specifically include all Sections within:
Townships 2 North to 1 South in Range 99 West to 96 West;
Townships 2 South to 4 South in Range 99 West to 95 West; and
Townships 5 South to 10 South in Range 99 West to 91 West.
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| 440 | 40 | 01-08-2007 | 67350 | PARACHUTE | WMFK | Approves the request for an order to allow the equivalent of one (1) well per 10 acres, with the permitted well to be located no closer than 100 feet from the outside boundary for certain lands in Township 6 South, Ranges 95 and 96 West, 6th P.M., for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork, Iles and Sego Formations. |
| 479 | 2 | 04-19-1990 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | MVRD, WMFK, WSTC | Adds certain lands to the area established for both Wasatch and Mesa Verde development with 320 acre drilling and spacing units for Mesa Verde production, with the option to drill a third Mesa Verde well in each governmental section, and provisions for Surface Agreements for the Battlement Mesa Planned Unit Development. See 139-16 for scanned hearing files. |
| 479 | 5 | 02-21-1995 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approves the request to allow additional wells to be drilled on existing 640-acre, 320-acre and 160-acre drilling and spacing units for certain lands located in Parachute Field, Grand Valley Field and Rulison Field for production from the Williams Fork Formation of the Mesaverde Group, with the permitted well to be located no closer than 400 feet from the lease line nor 800 feet from any other producible or drilling oil and gas well in the Williams Fork Formation. |
| 479 | 6 | 01-05-1998 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approves the request to establish drilling and spacing units for certain lands in Grand Valley and Rulison Fields with forty (40) acre drilling and spacing units requested for lands which are currently unspaced and within these 40-acre drilling and spacing units, and approves the request for up to two (2) well be authorized to be drilled into and produced from the Williams Fork Formation of the Mesaverde Group. On the lands which are currently spaced, the order approves the request for the equivalent of one (1) Williams Fork Formation well per 20 acres. The order establishes certain provisions for permitted well locations. (also see 139-32, 495-2 & 510-3) |
| 479 | 7 | 10-31-2000 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approves the request for 20-acre density for certain lands in Townships 6 and 7 South, Ranges 94-96 West, 6th P.M. for production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation, adopting additional conditions and requirements. (also see 139-34, 440-19 & 510-4) |
| 479 | 8 | 04-23-2001 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approves the request to drill additional wells on 20-acre density for certain lands in Township 6 South, Range 94 West and Townships 6 and 7 South, Ranges 95 and 96 West, 6th P.M. (also see 139-35, 440-20 & 510-5) |
| 479 | 9 | 07-09-2001 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approves the request to allow additional optional wells to be drilled to bottomhole locations within each of the quarter-quarter sections for the certain lands in the Rulison and Grand Valley Fields with each well to have a bottomhole location no closer than 200 feet from the boundaries of the drilling unit and no closer than 200 feet from the boundary of the unit within existing drilling and spacing units established for the Williams Fork Formation of the Mesaverde Group. (also see 139-37, 510-6 & 440-22) |
| 479 | 11 | 04-30-2003 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approved the request for an order to allow the equivalent of one well per 10 acres, with the permitted well to be located no closer than 100 feet from the unit boundary for certain lands in Township 7 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M., for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation. |
| 479 | 12 | 08-18-2003 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approves the request by Williams Production RMT Co. to increase well density, the equivalent of 1 well per 10 acres, in certain sections of Township 6 South, Ranges 94-96 West, 6th P.M. and Township 7 South, Ranges 95 and 96 West, 6th P.M. for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation. (see Order No. 139-40) |
| 479 | 13 | 01-05-2004 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approves the request by Williams Production RMT Co. for an order to amend Order Nos. 139-38, 440-23, 479-11, 495-3 and 510-8 to change the well setbacks to 100 feet from the boundaries of the drilling and spacing unit for certain lands in Township 6 South, Ranges 94-96 West, 6th P.M. and Township 7 South, Ranges 95 and 96 West, 6th P.M. for production from the Williams Fork Formation. (See Order No. 139-41) |
| 479 | 14 | 02-14-2005 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approves the request for an order to increase well density in existing drilling and spacing units to the equivalent of one well per 10 acres and establish new setbacks for various sections in Townships 6 and 7 South, Ranges 94 through 96 West, 6th P.M. for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation. |
| 479 | 15 | 03-22-2005 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approves the request for an order to increase well density in existing drilling and spacing units to the equivalent of one well per 10 acres and establish new setbacks for various sections in Townships 4, 5 and 6 South, Ranges 95 and 96 West, 6th P.M., for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation. |
| 479 | 16 | 08-15-2005 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WSTC | Approves the request that certain lands in Township 6 South, Range 95 West, 6th P. M., and Township 6 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M. be vacated from the 320-acre drilling and spacing units established in Order No. 440-12 and Order No. 479-1 and the lands be placed under the provisions of the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. |
| 479 | 17 | 04-24-2006 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approves the request to allow the equivalent of one well per 10 acres, with the permitted well to be located no closer than 100 feet from the unit boundary, for certain lands in Township 6 South, Ranges 93 through 95 West, and Townships 6 and 7 South, Ranges 96 and 97 West, 6th P.M., for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation. |
| 495 | 1 | 06-14-1991 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | MVRD | Approves the request to establish a 160 acre drilling and spacing unit for production from the Mesaverde formation for the SE1/4 of Section 28, Township 6 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M., for the GV 26 28 Well located in the SW1/4 SE1/4. |
| 510 | 1 | 05-16-1994 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approves the request to establish new setback rules for production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation of the Mesaverde Group for certain lands located in various sections in Townships 6 and 7 South, Ranges 96 and 97 West, 6th P.M., Garfield County. |
| 510 | 2 | 11-18-1996 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approves the request to allow the optional drilling of four (4) additional wells to the Williams Fork Formation of the Mesaverde Group for the S½SE¼ of Section 33, Township 6 South, Range 96 West, and the N½NE¼ of Section 4, Township 7 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M. |
| 510 | 5 | 04-23-2001 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approves the request to drill additional wells on 20-acre density for certain lands in Township 6 South, Range 94 West and Townships 6 and 7 South, Ranges 95 and 96 West, 6th P.M. (also see 139-35, 440-20 & 479-8) |
| 510 | 9 | 08-18-2003 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approves the request by Williams Production RMT Co. to increase well density, the equivalent of 1 well per 10 acres, in certain sections of Township 6 South, Ranges 94-96 West, 6th P.M. and Township 7 South, Ranges 95 and 96 West, 6th P.M. for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation. (see Order No. 139-40) |
| 510 | 11 | 07-12-2004 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approves the request by Petroleum Development Corporation for an order to increase well density, the equivalent of 1 well per 10 acres, and change existing well setbacks in Rule 318.a. that apply to certain lands in Townships 6 and 7 South, Ranges 96 and 97 West, 6th P.M., to allow wells to be located downhole anywhere in the drilling and spacing unit but no closer than 100 feet from the boundaries, with no more than 1 multi-wellsite per governmental quarter-quarter section for production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation. |
| 510 | 12 | 02-14-2005 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approves the request for an order to increase well density in existing drilling and spacing units to the equivalent of one well per 10 acres and establish new setbacks for various sections in Townships 6 and 7 South, Ranges 94 through 96 West, 6th P.M. for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation. |
| 510 | 13 | 03-22-2005 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approves the request for an order to increase well density in existing drilling and spacing units to the equivalent of one well per 10 acres and establish new setbacks for various sections in Townships 4, 5 and 6 South, Ranges 95 and 96 West, 6th P.M., for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation. |
| 510 | 18 | 01-09-2006 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approves the request for an order to establish 320-acre drilling and spacing units, to allow the equivalent of one well per 10 acres, with the permitted well to be located no closer than 100 feet from the unit boundary, for certain lands in Townships 5 and 6 South, Ranges 96 and 97 West, 6th P.M., except that permitted wells shall be located 400 feet from the Jelco wells in Section 12, 14 and 22, Township 6 South, Range 97 West, 6th P.M., for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation. |
| 510 | 20 | 04-24-2006 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approves the request to allow the equivalent of one well per 10 acres, with the permitted well to be located no closer than 100 feet from the unit boundary, for certain lands in Township 6 South, Ranges 93 through 95 West, and Townships 6 and 7 South, Ranges 96 and 97 West, 6th P.M., for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation. |
| 510 | 25 | 08-16-2006 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approves the request for an order to establish various drilling and spacing units for certain lands in Townships 5 and 6 South, Ranges 96 and 97 West, 6th P.M, and to allow the equivalent of one (1) well per 10 acres, with the permitted well to be located no closer than one hundred (100) feet from the unit boundary, for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation. |
| 510 | 31 | 01-08-2007 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WFILS | Approves the request for an order to allow the equivalent of one (1) well per 10 acres, with the permitted well to be located no closer than 100 feet from the outside boundary for certain lands in Township 6 South, Ranges 95 and 96 West, 6th P.M., for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork, Iles and Sego Formations. |
| 510 | 34 | 05-25-2007 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approves the request for an order to allow the equivalent of one (1) well per 10 acres for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation, with the permitted well to be located no closer than 100 feet from the outside boundary for the S½ N½ of Section 13, Township 6 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M. |
| 510 | 40 | 01-15-2008 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Approves the request for an order to vacate the 320-acre drilling and spacing units established in Order No. 510-18 for Sections 5 and 6, Township 6 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M. and establish five (5) drilling and spacing units of various sizes, for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation. |
| 510 | 49 | 08-18-2009 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Among other things IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: Approves the request for an order to establish the North Parachute Ranch Unit under § 34-60-118, C.R.S., for certain lands located in Sections 15 through 17, Sections 20 through 22, and Sections 27 through 34, Township 5 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M., for the development and operation of the Williams Fork Formation. |
| 510 | 53 | 06-01-2010 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Among other things IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: Order contracting the size of the North Parachute Ranch Unit as established in Order No. 479-20 and 510-49, for certain lands in Township 5 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M., and Township 6 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M., for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation. |
| 510 | 62 | 10-01-2012 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | ILES | Among other things IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: Approves the request for an order to approve the equivalent of one well per 10 acres for certain lands in various sections in Townships 4 through 6 South, Ranges 95 and 96 West, 6th P.M., for the production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Iles Formation. |
| 510 | 72 | 10-29-2018 | 31290 | GRAND VALLEY | WMFK | Among other things IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: Order Nos. 510-13, 510-18, 510-25, 510-35, and 510-40 are hereby amended to remove the downhole limitation of four wells per governmental quarter-quarter section insofar and only insofar as to the application lands and maintaining all other portions of the orders including the allowance of the equivalent of one well per 10 acres for production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams Fork Formation. |
| 547 | 3 | 09-16-2013 | | | MNCS | Approves the request for an order to establish an approximate 362.73-acre drilling and spacing unit for certain lands in Sections 21 and 28, Township 6 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M., and approve up to two horizontal wells within the unit, for the production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Mancos, Niobrara, Frontier, Mowry and Dakota Formations. |
| 547 | 8 | 07-28-2014 | | | MNCS | Approves the request for an order to among other things: 1) Establish an approximate 1295-acre exploratory drilling unit for the Mancos, Niobrara, Frontier, Mowry, and Dakota Formations. 2) Approve the one or more horizontal wells, and one or more vertical or directional wells within the unit. |
| 547 | 9 | 07-28-2014 | | | MNCS | Approves the request for an order to among other things: 1) Establish an approximate 1132-acre exploratory drilling unit for the Mancos, Niobrara, Frontier, Mowry, and Dakota Formations. 2) Approve the one or more horizontal wells, and one or more vertical or directional wells within the unit. |
| 547 | 15 | 09-15-2014 | | | MNCS | Approve WPX Energy Rocky Mountain, LLC’s request for an order to among other things: 1) Establish an approximate 2,400-acre exploratory drilling unit for the Application Lands, for the production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Mancos, (including the Sego Sandstone) Niobrara, Frontier, Mowry, and Dakota Formations (collectively, the “Deep Formations”); 2) Approve up to 80 horizontal, directional, or vertical horizontal wells within the unit. |
| 547 | 17 | 03-02-2015 | | | MNCS | Approve WPX Energy Rocky Mountain, LLC’s (Operator No. 96850) request for an order to among other things: Approve an additional 8 horizontal wells, for a total of up to 10 horizontal wells, within the approximate 362.73-acre drilling and spacing unit established for the Application Lands, for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Mancos, Niobrara, Frontier, Mowry, and Dakota Formations. |
| 547 | 21 | 09-14-2015 | | | MNCS | Approves WPX Energy Rocky Mountain, LLC’s request for an order to among other things: Pool all interests in an approximate 1132-acre drilling and spacing unit established for Sections 28 and 33, Township 6 South, Range 96 West, 6th P.M., for the development and operation of the Mancos (including the Sego Formation), Niobrara, Frontier, Mowry, and Dakota Formations. |