HEARING DOCKET: NOVEMBER 2009    
11/30/2009            
Docket
Number
Cause
Number
Applicant/Attorney
or Representative
Application
Received
Field
Formation
County
Matter Remarks
             
0907-UP-15 232 & 407 INB Land & Cattle, LLC./
Robert L. McPeek
04/27/2009 Wattenberg
Codell/Niobrara/"J" Sand
Weld
Request for an order to establish two 160-acre drilling and spacing units consisting of the SW¼ of Section 10 and the NW¼ of Section 30, Township 2 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M., and to pool all nonconsenting interests in said units. Protest filed by Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

Continued from the July hearing

Prehearing conference held November 18, 2009 wherein Order on Prehearing Conference was entered recommending judgment in favor of the Protestant

232-253

407-341

0908-SP-18 139 Williams Production RMT Company/
William A. Keefe
06/29/2009 Rulison
Williams Fork/Iles
Garfield
Request for an order to: (1) continue to allow the equivalent of one well per 10 acres for Section 15, Township 7 South, Range 94 West, 6th P.M., for the Williams Fork Formation, and (2) allow the equivalent of one well per 10 acres for said Section 15, for the Iles Formation. Protest filed by BLM; subsequently withdrawn due to amendment to original application

Continued from the August hearing

139-106

0908-EX-04 449 Wiepking-Fullerton Energy, LLC/
Howard Boigon
07/06/2009 Arapahoe
 Morrow A
Cheyenne
Request for an order to allow an exception to the permitted well location and remove the production limitations as specified in Order 449-7 for the re-entry of the Lewis 22-17 #4 Well located in the W½ of Section 17, Township 14 South, Range 42 West, 6th P.M.  Protest filed by Citation Oil & Gas Corporation

Continued from August, September and October hearings.

Application withdrawn

0910-EX-06 232, 407, 499 Noble Energy Inc./
Michael J. Wozniak/Susan L. Aldridge
09/04/2009 Wattenberg
Codell/Niobrara
Weld
Request for an order allowing an exception to the permitted location for the Lorenz L #30-4D Well located at 359 feet FNL and 862 feet FWL in the NW¼ NW¼ of Section 30, Township 30 North, Range 69 West, 6th P.M.  Continued from the October hearing

232-251

407-340

499-80

0910-GA-06 232, 407, 499 Noble Energy, Inc./
Andrew Bremner/Susan L. Aldridge
09/04/2009 Wattenberg
Codell/Niobrara/"J" Sand
Weld
Request for Commission hearing, under Rule 318A(e)(6)B., on an APD filed by Noble Energy, Inc., for the Nelson-USX WW #09-24D Well which establishes a wellbore spacing unit for certain lands in Section 9, Township 1 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Objection filed by Merit Energy Co.

Continued to the January hearing
0910-GA-09 1 COGCC Staff 09/04/2009 Wattenberg
Laramie-Fox Hills Aquifer
Adams/Broomfield/Weld
Request to establish a bradenhead testing area for lands from Townships 1 South through 4 North and Ranges 64 West through 68 West, 6th P.M., inclusive, for all wells in said area having exposed Laramie-Fox Hills Aquifer below the surface casing depth. Continued from the October hearing

1-144

0911-GA-10 407 Michael R. Witman 11/05/2009 Wattenberg
Codell/Niobrara
Weld
Request for Commission hearing, under Rule 305, on an APD filed by Great Western Oil & Gas Company, LLC for the Witman #2-34 Well, located in the SW¼ SE¼ of Section 2, Township 4 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M., on the basis that the permitted surface location does not conform with the well location set out in a Surface Use Agreement entered into with Great Western’s predecessor. Prehearing conference convened on November 17, 2009, which resulted in objection/application being dismissed by Hearing Officer
0911-GA-11 1 Unioil/
Kenneth A. Wonstolen
11/05/2009 Wattenberg
Sussex/Shannon/
Niobrara/Codell/“J” Sand
Weld
Request for Commission hearing for a variance under Rule 502.b. for a one year extension to commence drilling operations for the Zeiler #23-7U Well, the Zeiler #24-7U Well, the Zeiler #13-7U Well, and the Zeiler #14-7U Well. 1-146
0911-RM-03 1R
Staff Recommendation
09/30/2009 Statewide Request to amend Rules 328. and 329. to include provisions containing methodology to resolve the payment of proceeds or sales reconciliation from oil and/or gas production from a well. 1R-110
0911-RM-04 1R Staff Recommendation 10/30/2009 Statewide Request to amend Rule 303.j.(1) to extend the term of drilling permits that are issued pursuant to Applications for Permit-to-Drill ("APDs,", Form 2s) from one year to two years. 1R-111
0911-AW-05 527 Williams Production RMT Company/
Williams A. Keefe
10/02/2009 Sulphur Creek
Williams Fork/Iles
Rio Blanco
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 any leaseline adjacent to the application lands for certain lands in Townships 2 and 3 South, Range 97 West, 6th P.M., Townships 1 through 4 South, Range 98 West, 6th P.M., and Townships 2 and 3 South, Range 99 West, 6th P.M.  Continued to the January hearing
0911-AW-06 528 Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation/
Stephen J. Sullivan
10/13/2009 Sulphur Creek
Mesaverde Group
Rio Blanco
Request for an order to amend Order No. 528-1 to vacate the requirement that the Iles and Sego Formation wells must be drilled in conjunction with Williams Fork wells for Section 3, Township 3 South, Range 97 West 6th P.M., and allow Iles and Sego Formation wells to be drilled downhole no closer than 100 feet from the outside boundary of the application lands. Continued to the January hearing
0911-UP-28 232 Petroleum Development Corporation/
Susan L. Aldridge/Michael J. Wozniak
10/15/2009 Wattenberg
"J" Sand
Weld
Request for an order to pool all nonconsenting interests in the established 320-acre drilling and spacing unit for the W½  of Section 34, Township 5 North, Range 67 West, P.M. 232-252