HEARING AGENDA
Monday, April 24, 2000
Tuesday, April 25, 2000
Colorado History Museum, Boettcher Auditorium
1300 Broadway
Denver, CO 80203
8:30 a.m.
¾8:30 a.m. Roll Call of Commissioners
¾8:35 a.m. Approval of Proceedings
¾8:40 a.m. Report from the Executive Director's Office
¾8:50 a.m. Report from the Director - Written report provided
¿9:00 a.m. Report from the Attorney General
¿9:10 a.m. Commissioner Comments
¿9:20 a.m. Audience Comments
¿9:30 a.m. Cause No. 112, Docket No. 0004-AW-05, Ignacio
Blanco Field, La Plata County N.U.L.
Applicant: Amoco
Production Company, J.M. Huber Corporation, Hallwood Petroleum, Inc., Four Star
Oil & Gas Company, EnerVest San Juan Operating, LLC
Attorneys: Bradley
S. McKim and Michael Wozniak
Protestant: La
Plata County
Attorney: Jeffery P. Robbins
Protestant: San
Juan Citizens Alliance
Attorney: Travis Stills
Protestant: Timothy
D. Blake
Subject: Request to allow an optional additional well to
be drilled for production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Fruitland
Coal seams for certain 320-acre drilling and spacing units, with the permitted
well to be located no closer than 990 feet to any outer boundary of the unit
nor closer than 990 feet to any outer boundary of the unit nor closer than 130
feet to any interior quarter section line.
Additional wells located in the E½ of the irregular sections of Township
34½ North should be located no closer than 990 feet to any outer boundary of
the unit, nor closer than 130 feet to any interior quarter section line.
Comments: Local
Public Forum was held on April 5, 2000 in Durango. Prehearing conference was held on April 12, 2000 in Denver.
 Noon to 1:30 p.m. Lunch
·1:30 p.m. Cause No. 112, Docket No. 0004-AW-06, Ignacio
Blanco Field, La Plata and Archuleta Counties S.U.L.
Applicant: Amoco
Production Company, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, d/b/a Red Willow Production
Company, J.M. Huber Corporation, Hallwood Petroleum, Inc., SG Interests I,
Ltd., Four Star Oil and Gas Company, Vastar Resources, Inc., EnerVest San Juan
Operating, LLC, Pablo Operating Company, Petrogulf Corporation, Elm Ridge
Resources, Inc., and Don Gosney
Attorney: Bradley S. McKim and Michael Wozniak
Protestant: La
Plata County
Attorney: Jeffery P. Robbins
Protestant: San
Juan Citizens Alliance
Attorney: Travis Stills
Protestant: Timothy
D. Blake
Subject: Request to allow an optional additional well to
be drilled for production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Fruitland
Coal seams for certain 320-acre drilling and spacing units, with the permitted
well to be located no closer than 990 feet to any outer boundary of the unit
nor closer than 130 feet to any interior quarter section line.
Comments: Local
Public Forum was held on April 4, 2000 in Ignacio. Prehearing conference was held on April 12, 2000 in Denver.
TO BE HEARD TUESDAY, April 25, 2000
¿8:30 a.m. Cause
No. 112 Docket No. 0001-AW-01, Ignacio Blanco Field, La Plata County
Applicant: Petrogulf Corporation
Attorney: Stephen Sullivan
Protestant: Vastar Resources, Inc.
Attorney: Peter Bjork
Subject: Request to allow an option well to be drilled
in the SW¼ of Section 21, Township 33 North, Range 10 West, N.M.P.M., and
further to determine the bottom hole location of the Vastar Southern Ute 33-10,
21-1 Well and to protect the correlative rights of contiguous leaseholder and
mineral interest owners.
Comments: Continued from the January, 2000 hearing. Letter filed by the Bureau of Land
Management requesting a continuance to the June, 2000 hearing. Request to allow an option well to be
drilled and the bottom hole location of the Vastar Southern Ute 33-10, 2101
Well to be heard today if Docket No. 0004-AW-06 is denied. On January 7, 2000 Vastar filed with the
Commission a Motion for Continuance of Hearing and an Amended Protest to
Application and Motion to Dismiss. On
March 31, 2000 Vastar filed with the Commission a Motion to Dismiss. On April 13, 2000 Petrogulf filed with the
Commission Petrogulf’s Motion for Issuance of Documents Directed by Subpoena
Duces Tecum on Vastar Resources, Inc. and Petrogulf Corporation’s Uncontested
Motion for a Ten-day Extension of Time to Respond to Vastar Resource, Inc.’s
Motion to Dismiss. On April 13, 2000
Vastar filed with the Commission a Motion for Bifurcation of Hearing. All other issues are continued to the July,
2000 hearing.
Cause
No. 511, Docket No. 0003-UP-02, Cliff “D” Sand Unit, Logan County
Applicant: L.R. Thompson and Julia Casement
Campbell
Attorney: Keith M. Crouch
Protestant: Rex Monahan
Attorney: Peter J. Wall
Subject: Request
to terminate Order No. 511-1 that created the Cliff “D” Sand Unit for certain
lands in Townships 11 and 12 North, Range 54 West, 6th P.M. based
upon the failure to comply with jurisdictional statutory requirements and the
fact that Monahan has not implemented the plan of operation for which unit
approval was obtained.
Comments: Prehearing conference held on March 7,
2000. Continued the matter to allow Mr.
Monahan time to prepare a revised plan for enhanced recovery. A second prehearing conference was held
April 19, 2000.
Á10:00 a.m. Cause No. 1, Docket
No. 0004-GA-03, Adams County
Applicant: Energy Search Company
Representative: Don Robuck
Subject: Request to amend Order No. 1V-184 to
reduce or eliminate the Eight Thousand Dollar ($8000) fine imposed.
Cause
No. 112, Docket No. 0003-UP-01, La Plata County
Applicant: Questar Exploration and Production Company
Attorney: William A. Keefe
Protestant: Southern Ute Indian Tribe d/b/a Red Willow
Production Company
Attorney: Michael J. Wozniak
Subject: Request
to pool all interests in the drilling and spacing unit consisting of the N½ of
Section 8, Township 32 North, Range 11 West, N.M.P.M.
Comment: Application withdrawn; hearing canceled.
Cause No. 521, Docket No.
0004-UP-03, Little Creek Field, Huerfano County
Applicant: Petroglyph Energy Inc.
Attorney: William Odell
Subject: Request to establish a unit covering
certain sections in Townships 28 and 29 South, Range 67 West, 6th P.M.
Comment: Request
to continue to the June, 2000 hearing.
Cause No. 311, Docket No. 0004-AW-07,
Douglas Creek South Field, Morapos-Castlegate Formation, Rio Blanco County
Applicant: Coastal
Oil & Gas Corporation
Attorney: Carleton
L. Ekberg
Subject: Request to allow an additional well to be
drilled and completed on each 160-acre drilling and spacing unit in Sections 5,
6, 7, and NW¼ of Section 8, Township 4 South, Range 101 West, 6th
P.M. and Sections 1, 11, 12 and SE¼ of Section 2, Township 4 South, Range 102
West, 6th P.M. for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons
from the Morapos-Castlegate Formation, with the additional well to be located
in accordance with Rule 318 of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Rules and Regulations. In addition,
each existing well should be designated as on of the permitted wells for the
spacing unit in which the well is located.
Hearing Officer: Tricia Beaver
Comments: Heard
by Hearing Officer who recommends approval, however due to the existence of a
federal unit covering some of the application lands, the matter is continued to
the June hearing to resolve the overlapping state spacing order with the
federal unit agreement.
Cause
No. 311, Docket No. 0004-AW-08, Douglas Creek South Field, Dakota Formation,
Rio Blanco County
Applicant: Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation
Attorney: Carleton L. Ekberg
Subject: Request
to allow three (3) additional wells to be completed and produced for gas and
associated hydrocarbons from the Dakota Formation for the 640-acre drilling and
spacing units in Sections 11 and 12, Township 4 South, Range 102 West, 6th
P.M., with the additional wells to be located in accordance with Rule 318 of
the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Rules and Regulations. In addition, each of the two existing wells
in the above-described units should be designated as one of the permitted wells
for the spacing unit in which the well is located.
Hearing Officer: Tricia Beaver
Comments: Heard
by Hearing Officer who recommends that the application be withdrawn and a new
application be filed to vacate this order as there is no current Dakota
Formation production in the field.
Cause
No. 311, Docket No. 0004-AW-09, Douglas Creek South Field, Mancos “B”
Formation, Rio Blanco County
Applicant: Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation
Attorney: Carleton L. Ekberg
Subject: Request
to allow an additional well to be drilled and completed on each 160-acre
drilling and spacing unit in Sections 5 though 7, Township 4 South, Range 101
West, 6th P.M. and Sections 1 through 3 and 10 through 15, Township
4 South, Range 102 West, 6th P.M. for the production of gas and
associated hydrocarbons from the Mancos “B” Formation, with any additional well
to be located no closer than 600 feet from the boundary of the quarter section
upon which it is located and no closer than 1200 feet from any other Mancos “B”
Formation well in the same drilling and spacing unit. In addition, the four wells identified in Order No. 311-4 and
Order No. 311-8 should be designated as one of the permitted wells for the
spacing unit in which it is located.
Hearing Officer: Tricia Beaver
Comments: Heard
by Hearing Officer who recommends approval, however due to the existence of a
federal unit covering some of the application lands, the matter is continued to
the June hearing to resolve the overlapping state spacing order with the
federal unit agreement.
Consent Agenda
Adjourn
CONSENT AGENDA
August
24-2, 2000
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No protests were received
on the application listed below and an administrative hearing was held for this
matter. Appropriate testimony
accompanied by required exhibits were presented to the Hearing Officers in support
of this application. Hearing Officer
recommendations are provided and exhibits are available upon request. The Applicant agreed to be bound by oral
Order of the Commission.
Administrative Hearing
Cause
No. 328, Docket No. 0004-AW-10, Waverly Field, Niobrara Formation, Yuma County
Applicant: J-W Operating Company
Attorney: William
Odell
Subject: Request to
allow two additional wells to be drilled for the production of gas and
associated hydrocarbons from the Niobrara Formation on each 160-acre drilling
and spacing unit in Sections 9 and 10, Township 4 North, Range 46 West, 6th
P.M. with the said well to be located upon any undrilled quarter-quarter
section within the spacing unit at a location in the center of each such
quarter-quarter section with a tolerance of 100 feet for topographic or
geological reasons.
Hearing
Officers: Tricia Beaver/Dave Dillon
Comments: Heard by Hearing Officers who recommend
approval.