BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

                                                                OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THE                           )                    CAUSE NO. 1              

RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE COLORADO OIL                         )

AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION BY                                       )                     DOCKET NO. 0209-OV-23   

MONUMENT GAS MARKETING, INC., KIOWA                                     )

COUNTY, COLORADO                                                                           )                   

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

 

On May 17, 2001, a drilling permit was issued to Monument Gas Marketing, Inc (“Monument”) to drill the Bucklen #2-34 Well located in the SW¼ NW¼ of Section 34, Township 17 South, Range 46 West, 6th P.M.  The permit required Monument to comply with conditions of approval described on the back of the permit.  On June 7, 2001, Jack Hickey of Monument called Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (“COGCC”) staff to ask for plugging instructions for the Bucklen #2-34 Well.  Mr. Hickey stated his faxed copy of the drilling permit had no conditions of approval on the back.  COGCC staff informed Mr. Hickey that, among other things, cement plugs should be set below the Cheyenne Formation, between the Dakota and Cheyenne Formations and above the Dakota Formation.  On April 8, 2002, COGCC staff received a Drilling and Completion Report, Form 5, from Monument reporting the location of cement plugs in the Bucklen 2-34 Well.  The Form 5 indicated that the top of the Cheyenne Formation was incorrectly picked and that cement plugs were not properly placed to protect the Cheyenne Aquifer.

 

            On April 18, 2002, COGCC staff issued a Notice of Alleged Violation (“NOAV”) to Monument alleging violations of Rule 308A., requiring the submittal of a mud log, and Rule 319.a.(1), requiring wells be plugged to confine fluids to the original formations.  The NOAV required Monument to submit a copy of the mud log and to re-enter the well and place plugs at a depth sufficient to protect the Cheyenne and Dakota Formations. Per return receipt, Monument accepted the NOAV.  On April 30, 2002, COGCC staff received a copy of the mud log for the Bucklen #2-34 Well.  On August 9, 2002, COGCC staff received a letter from Mr. Hickey stating that the cement plugs in the Bucklen #2-34 Well were located correctly and that the well did not need to be re-entered. 

 

In accordance with Rule 522.c.(1)., the Director requests the Commission issue an Order Finding Violation of Rule 319.a.(1), and order Monument to re-enter the well and set cement plugs as required by the COGCC.

 

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, September 23, 2002

 

Time:                           10:00 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 for this hearing as a result of a disability, please contact Shannon Haliw at (303) 894-2100, extension 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 and necessary to protect public health, safety and welfare and to prevent the waste of oil and gas, either or both, in the operations of said field, and carry out the purposes of the statute.

 

In accordance with Rule 509., any interested party desiring to protest or to intervene should file with the Commission a written protest or a notice to intervene no later than September 9, 2002 briefly stating the basis of the protest or intervention.  Such interested party shall, at the same time, serve a copy of the protest or notice to intervene to the person filing the application.  An original and nine (9) copies shall be filed with the Commission.

 

                  IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

                                                                  OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

                                           OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

 

                                    By_________________________________

Dated at Suite 801                                                   Patricia C. Beaver, Secretary

1120 Lincoln Street

Denver, Colorado, 80203

August 28, 2002