BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER THE PROMULGATION AND                                     )                    CAUSE NO. 133

ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN                           )

OPERATIONS IN THE HIAWATHA WEST FIELD,                              )                    DOCKET NO. 0304-AW-04

MOFFAT COUNTY, COLORADO                                                        )

 

                                                                        NOTICE OF HEARING

 

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

 

           On June 23, 1959, the Commission issued Order No. 133-1 establishing 320-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Wasatch, Fort Union/Lance/Lewis and Mesaverde Formations for the below-listed lands, with the permitted well to be located no closer than 660 feet from the boundaries of the drilling unit and the wells previously drilled and capable of producing shall be the permitted wells for the units on which they are located.

 

Township 12 North, Range 100 West, 6th P.M.

Section 17: Lots 3 through 6

Section 18: Lots 5 through 12

Section 19: All

Section 20: W½

Section 29: NW¼  

Section 30: All

 

Township 12 North, Range 101 West, 6th P.M.

Sections 13 and 14: Lots 1 through 8

Section 15: Lots 1, 2, 7, and 8

Section 22: E½

Sections 23 through 26: All

Section 27: E½

Section 34: NE¼

Sections 35 and 36: N½

 

                        Subsequent orders issued by the Commission allowed additional wells, including up to four (4) wells to be drilled on certain 320-acre units for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Wasatch, Fort Union/Lance/Lewis, and Measverde Formations.

 

                        On March 3, 2003, Ensign Operating Company, by its attorney, filed with the Commission a verified application for an order to allow up to four (4) wells to be drilled on the 320-acre drilling and spacing units for the below-listed lands, for production of oil and associated hydrocarbons from the Wasatch, Fort Union/Lance/Lewis, and Mesaverde Formations, with the additional wells being optional wells to be drilled and completed in the discretion of the Operator located no closer than 600 feet from the unit boundaries.

 

Township 12 North, Range 101 West, 6th P.M.

Section 26: N½ and S½    

Section 36: N½

 

                        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, April 21, 2003

 

                        Time:                                       10:00 a.m.

 

                        Place:                                      City of Arvada Council Chambers

                                                                        8101 Ralston Rd.

                                                                        Arvada, CO 80002

 

                        In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if any party requires special accommodations as a result of a disability for this hearing, please contact Audra Serlet at (303) 894-2100 ext. 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 to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public and to prevent the waste of oil and gas, either or both, in the operations of said field, and to carry out the purposes of the statute.

 

                        In accordance with Rule 509., any interested party desiring to protest the granting of the application or to intervene on the application should file with the Commission a written protest or intervention no later than April 7, 2003, briefly stating the basis of the protest or intervention.  Such interested party shall, at the same time, serve a copy of the protest or intervention to the person filing the application.  An original and nine (9) copies shall be filed with the Commission (Rule 503.f.).  Pursuant to Rule 503.e., if a party who has received notice under Rule 503.b. wishes to receive further pleadings in the above-referenced matter, that party must file a protest or intervention in accordance with these rules.  In accordance with the practices of the Commission, should no protests or interventions be filed in this matter by April 7, 2003, the Applicant may request that an administrative hearing be scheduled for the week of April 7, 2003.

 

                       

                        IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

                                                                        OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

                                                                            OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

 

                                                                        By_____________________________________

                                                                               Patricia C. Beaver, Secretary

 

Dated at Suite 801                                          Attorney for Applicant:

1120 Lincoln Street                                         Michael Wozniak

Denver, Colorado 80203                                 Dorsey & Whitney LLP

March 24, 2003                                               370 17th Street, Suite 4700

                                                                        Denver, CO 80202       

                                                                        (303) 629-3400