BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION                        )           CAUSE NOS. 232 and 499

AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO                     )

GOVERN OPERATIONS IN THE WATTENBERG                )

FIELD, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO                                 )           DOCKET NO. 0307-SP-04

                                                                                               

                                                                        NOTICE OF HEARING

 

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

 

            On June 18, 1971, the Commission issued Order No. 232-3, to add certain lands to the provisions of Order No. 232-1, which established 320-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the “J” Sand Formation, including the below-listed lands:

 

Township 5 North, Range 63 West, 6th P.M.

Section 32: All

 

            On December 2, 1992, the Commission issued Order No. 499-15 which established 320-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Dakota Formation, including the below-listed lands:

 

Township 5 North, Range 63 West, 6th P.M.

Section 32: All

 

            On April 29, 1998, effective on May 30, 1998, the Commission promulgated Rule 318A. for certain lands in the Greater Wattenberg Area, including Section 32, Township 5 North, Range 63 West, 6th P.M., which among other things designated drilling locations in certain windows within each quarter section and allowed the commingling of production from all Cretaceous Age Formations.

 

            On May 22, 2003, CFG Energy, Inc. and Eddy Oil Company, by their attorneys, filed with the Commission a verified Application for an order to amend Order Nos. 232-3 and 499-15 to establish 80-acre drilling and spacing units for below-listed lands for the production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the “J” Sand, Dakota, Codell and Niobrara Formations:

 

Township 5 North, Range 63 West, 6th P.M.

Section 32: SW¼, NE¼, NW¼, W½ SE¼

 

            The Applicants also request an order to establish 40-acre drilling and spacing units for the below-listed lands, with each well to be drilled pursuant to Rule 318A. for production from the Cretaceous Age Formations:

 

Township 5 North, Range 63 West, 6th P.M.

Section 32: E½ SE¼

 

            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, July 14, 2003

                       

                        Time:                                       10:00 a.m.

 

                        Place:                                      Suite 801, The Chancery Building

                                                                        1120 Lincoln Street

                                                                        Denver, CO 80203

 

            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 June 30, 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 June 30,  2003, the Applicant may request that an administrative hearing be scheduled for the week of June 30, 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                                          Attorneys for Applicants:

1120 Lincoln Street                                         J. Michael Morgan

Denver, Colorado 80203                                 Lohf, Shaiman, Jacobs & Hyman, P.C.

June 4, 2003                                                   950 South Cherry Street, Suite 900

                                                                        Denver, CO 80246

                                                                        (303) 753-9000

 

                                                                        Robert D. Hoehn

                                                                        Rothgerber, Johnson & Lyons LLP

                                                                        1200 17th Street, Suite 3000

                                                                        Denver, CO 80202

                                                                        (303) 623-9000