HEARING
AGENDA
Monday, July 10, 2000
Tuesday, July 11, 2000
Suite 801, The Chancery Building
1120 Lincoln Street
Denver, CO 80203
8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
¿8:30 a.m. Roll Call of Commissioners
¿8:35 a.m. Approval of Proceedings
¿8:40 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.
On April 25, 2000 the Commission issued Order No. 112-156 which approved
the downhole technical portion of this application. Order No. 112-156 has been stayed pending the Public Issues
Hearing. Continued from the June 5 and
6 Public Issues Hearing.
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. On April 25, 2000 the Commission issued
Order No. 112-156 which approved the downhole technical portion of this
application. Order No. 112-156 has been
stayed pending the Public Issues Hearing.
Continued from the June 5 and 6 Public Issues Hearing.
Consent Agenda
Adjourn
CONSENT AGENDA
July 10 and July 11, 2000
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No protests were received on the below-listed applications and administrative hearings were held for these matters. Appropriate testimony accompanied by required exhibits were presented to the Hearing Officer(s) in support of the applications. Hearing Officer recommendations are provided and exhibits are available upon request. The Applicants agreed to be bound by oral Order of the Commission.
Administrative Orders by Consent
Cause
No. 1, Docket No. 0007-OV-07, Moffat County
STAFF
RECOMMENDATION
Subject: Request to approve an Administrative Order by Consent
finding Reed Operating Company, Inc.
(“Reed”) in continuing violation of Rules 602.b. and 603.g., failure to
remediate potentially dangerous conditions as soon as practical and that all
locations shall be kept free of equipment, supplies, weeds and other waste
material and Rules 317.f. and 317.g., failure to cement the casing in a manner
sufficient to protect all fresh water for the Shefstead-Ninker #1 Well. Further the AOC proposed that Reed clean up
the location and protect the aquifer within thirty (30) days of the date the
AOC is accepted by the Commission. In
addition, a monetary penalty of Two Thousand dollars ($2000) should be
assessed.
Cause No. 1, Docket
No. 0007-OV-08, Routt County
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Subject: Request to approve an Administrative Order by Consent
finding Dominion Energy Corporation (“Dominion”) in continuing violation of
Rule 326.b., failure to perform a mechanical integrity test within two (2)
years of the shut-in date for the State 1-36 Well, Further, the AOC proposed
that Dominion either perform a mechanical integrity test, place on production,
or plug and abandon the State 1-36 Well within sixty (60) days of the date the
AOC is accepted. In addition, a
monetary penalty of One Thousand dollars ($1000) should be assessed.
Administrative Hearing
Cause
No. 256, Docket No. 0007-SP-04, White River Field, Rio Blanco County
Applicant: Chesapeake Operating Inc.
Attorney: William Keefe
Subject: Request
to establish a 160-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of the SW¼ of Section
1, Township 2 North, Range 97 West, 6th P.M. for the production of
gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Wasatch and Mesa Verde Formations.
Hearing
Officers: Morris Bell/ Tricia Beaver
Comment: Heard by Hearing Officers who
recommend approval.
Cause
No. 256, Docket No. 0007-UP-04, White River Field, Rio Blanco County
Applicant: Chesapeake Operating Inc.
Attorney: William Keefe
Subject: Request
to pool all interests in the SW¼ of Section 1, Township 2 North, Range 97 West,
6th P.M. for development and operation of the Wasatch and Mesa Verde
Formations.
Hearing
Officers: Morris Bell/ Tricia Beaver
Comment: Heard by Hearing Officers who
recommend approval.
Cause No. 323, Docket
No. 0007-SP-03, Hamilton Creek Field, San Miguel County
Applicant: Tom Brown, Inc.
Attorney: Stephen Sullivan
Subject: Request to vacate Order
No. 323-1 which established 160-acre drilling and spacing units in Sections 1
through 36, Township 44 North, Range 14 West, N.M.P.M. and Sections 1, 2, 11
through 14, 23 through 26, 35 and 36, Township 44 North, Range 15 West,
N.M.P.M. to allow the location of wells drilled to and producing from the
Permian-Pennsylvanian Formations to be governed by Commission Rule 318.
Hearing
Officers: Tricia Beaver/ Brian Macke
Comment: Heard by Hearing Officers who
recommend approval.