BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF WILLIAMS PRODUCTION RMT COMPANY FOR AN ORDER ESTABLISHING SPACING AND WELL LOCATION RULES FOR THE WILLIAMS FORK FORMATION OF THE MESAVERDE GROUP FOR CERTAIN DESCRIBED LANDS IN THE PARACHUTE FIELD AREA, GARFIELD COUNTY, COLORADO

 

 

CAUSE NO. ____________

 

DOCKET NO. ___________

 

 

APPLICATION

COMES NOW Williams Production RMT Company ("Applicant"), a Delaware corporation, by its attorneys, Gorsuch Kirgis LLP, and makes application to the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado for an order establishing spacing rules applicable to the drilling and producing of wells from the Williams Fork Formation of the Mesaverde Group covering certain described lands in the Parachute Field area, Garfield County, Colorado and in support of its application states and alleges as follows:

1.                  That Applicant is a corporation duly authorized to conduct business in the State of Colorado.

2.                  That Applicant owns a leasehold interest in the following described lands:

Township 7 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M.

Section 6:  N/2

 

(hereinafter the “Subject Lands”)

 

3.                  That the Subject Lands are subject to the Commission's Order No. 440-12 which established 320-acre drilling and spacing units for the Mesaverde Formation covering certain described lands including the Subject Lands.  However, such order also provided that the GV 42-6 well located on the SW/4NE/4 of the Subject Lands would continue to be treated as a well pooled upon a 160 acre basis since the well had been spudded prior to the date of the order.  Two additional wells have been drilled in the NE/4 of the Subject Lands, the PA 41‑6 well (Williams Fork) drilled in NE/4NE/4 and the TW 11‑6 (Wasatch) drilled in SW/4NE/4.  Both of those wells also were drilled and produced under pooling agreements covering only the NE/4 of the Subject Lands.

4.                  Plans are now underway to drill wells upon the NW/4 of the Subject Lands (as well as additional wells on the NE/4 of the Subject Lands) and it is appropriate that the 320 acre drilling and spacing unit established for the Subject Lands be vacated in favor of two 160 acre drilling and spacing units for the Williams Fork Formation of the Mesaverde Group, one being the NE/4 of the Subject Lands and the other being the NW/4 of the Subject Lands.  No prejudice will result by changing from one 320 acre drilling and spacing unit to two 160 acre drilling and spacing units since the only wells located on the 320 acre unit are being produced on a pooled 160 acre basis.

5.                  That the above-proposed spacing and well location rules will allow more efficient drainage of the Williams Fork Formation of the Mesaverde Group; will not promote waste; will not violate correlative rights and will assure the greatest ultimate recovery of gas and associated hydrocarbon substances from the reservoir.

6.                  That the names and addresses of the interested parties according to the information and belief of the Applicant are set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof.

WHEREFORE, Applicant respectfully requests that this matter be set for hearing in April, 2004, that notice be given as required by law and that upon such hearing this Commission enter its order consistent with Applicant's proposals as set forth above.

Dated this 27th day of February, 2004.

GORSUCH KIRGIS LLP

 

 

By:                                                                             

      William A. Keefe

Tower 1, Suite 1000

1515 Arapahoe Street

Denver, Colorado  80202

Attorneys for Williams Production RMT Company

 

STATE OF COLORADO                               )

                                                                        )         ss.

CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER             )

 

 

Annette Apperson, of lawful age, being first duly sworn upon oath, deposes and says that she is the Senior Landman for Williams Production RMT Company and that she has read the foregoing Application and that the matters therein contained are true to the best of her knowledge and belief.

                                                                                  

Annette Apperson

 

Subscribed and sworn to before me this ____day of ___________, 2004.

Witness my hand and official seal.

My commission expires:                                                   

                                                                                  

Notary Public

( S E A L )

EXHIBIT A

Owner List T7s R95w, Section 6: N/2

Garfield County, Colorado

 

Key Equity Holdings Inc

A Texas Corporation

c/o R-O Mfg Co

7701 Will Rogers Blvd

Fort Worth, Texas  76140

 

Mahaffey Minerals LLC

A Colorado Limited Liability Company

216 30 Road

Grand Junction, Colorado  81503

 

Exxon Mobil Corp

515 West Greens Road

Houston, Tx  77067

Attention:  Mr. Christopher H. Dunbar

 

Exxon Mobil Corp

16825 Northchase Drive, Suite 200

Houston, Tx  77060

Attention:  Mr. Brent Patterson

 

Jo Ann Marchand

1135 Kelly Creek Trail

Canon City, Colorado  81212

 

Margaret Mahaffey Beckner

613 Northwind Ln

Stockbridge, Georgia  30281-6255

 

William F Clough

A/K/A W F Clough

P O Box 686

Rifle, Colorado  81650

 

Colorado Dept Transportation

Attn: Staff Row

4201 E Arkansas Room 212

Denver, Colorado  80222

 

Maureen Mahaffey Frederick

216 30 Rd

Grand Junction, Colorado  81503

 

Barbara J Hoffman

1001 W Lincoln Rd #H

Stockton, California  95207-2550

 

Donna Joyce Mahaffey

P O Box 492263

Redding, California  96049-2263

 

Averyl I Mahaffey

1205 N University

Spokane Valley, Washington  99206

 

Merrill D Mahaffey

4 Puerto Ct

Santa Fe, New Mexico  87508

 

Linda C Mahaffey

9500 Harritt Rd 126

Lakeside, California  92040

 

Helen Marchand

4807 State Hwy #9

Canon City, Colorado  81212

 

Clara L Nash

P O Box 830

Canon City, Colorado  81215

 

Laura Nash

1224 Harrison

Canon City, Colorado  81212

 

Edra L Piepho

849 Georgetown Place

San Jose, California  95126-3068

 

The Mahaffey Brothers Trust

Charles A Shear Trustee

P O Box 426

Collbran, Colorado  81624

 

Hazel Thorne

Box 151 Sunset House

Alberta, Canada  T0h 3h0

 

Freda Webb

3063 S Sherrelwood Dr

Canon City, Colorado  81212

 

Connie M Luther

P O Box 30133

Laughlin, Nevada  89028

 

Wilbur E Giem

1004 Red Canyon Rd

Canon City, Colorado  81212

 

Carol L Seal

1050 Josie Belle

Canon City, Colorado  81212

 

Douglas W Giem

400 N 12th St

Canon City, Colorado  81212

 

Clara M Hamby

1439 Ash St

Pueblo, Colorado  81001

 

Eugene W Giem

1017 Sherman

Canon City, Colorado  81212

 

Phyllis I Giem

1222 S 1st St

Canon City, Colorado  81212

 

Daniel Giem

1065 C R 13-A

Florence, Colorado  81226

 

Judy Young

137 Rio Grande Dr

Canon City, Colorado  81212

 

Philip R Mahaffey

119 Jill Lane

Satsuma, Florida  32189-2222

 

Margo L Johnson

1702 Edgar St

Rock Springs, Wyoming  82901

 

Don Lawrence Living Trust

Don Lawrence Sole Trustee

Po Box 1141

Boise City, Oklahoma  73933

 

Charlotte Ann Lawrence Living Trust

Don Lawrence Sole Trustee

Po Box 1141

Boise City, Oklahoma  73933

 

Barry J Hicks

8895 Us Hwy 6 & 24

Parachute, Colorado  81635

 

Linda Wills

1648 Illinois

Canon City, Colorado  81212

 

Gary V Marchand

4817 State Hwy 9

Canon City, Colorado  81212

 

Gmw Company A Partnership

C/O Lexington Gas & Marine

P O Box 664

Norwich, Vermont  05055

 

Kilgore & Kilgore Employee P-S

Stephen Swayze, Sole Trustee

3109 Carlisle Ave

Dallas, Texas  75204

 

Bureau Of Land Management

2815 "H" Road

Grand Junction, Co  81506

Attention:  Mr. Wayne Bankert

 

Hollis Cameron And

Daniel Cameron, Jr.

411 Mccarron Ave.

Rifle, Co  81650

 

Yates Petroleum Corporation

Yates Drilling Company

Abo Petroleum Corporation

Myco Industries, Inc.

105 S. Fourth St.

Artesia, Nm  88210

 

Doug Dennison

Garfield County

144 E. 3rd

Rifle Co 81650