BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

IN THE MATTER OF A BOND CLAIM ) CAUSE NO. 1

FOR THE PITTENGER NO. 1 WELL, )

GARFIELD COUNTY, COLORADO ) DOCKET NO. 0306-GA-03

NOTICE OF HEARING

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

In December 1960, the Pittenger No. 1 Well located in the SE¼ SE¼ of Section 13, Township 6, South, Range 94 West, 6^th P.M. was drilled by Carter & Carter. The well was drilled to a total depth of 5250 feet with surface casing set at 837 feet. No production casing was installed in the well.

On August 15, 1968, the well was taken over by the landowner, Nicolas P. Pittenger. Mr. Pittenger provided a Two Thousand Five Hundred dollar ($2,500) plugging bond to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (“COGCC”). On May 24, 1986, Mr. Pittenger passed away.

On May 14, 2001, Mrs. Ruth Pittenger, the widow of Mr. Nicholas Pittenger, sent a letter to COGCC staff indicating that Union Carbide had purchased the surface where the Pittenger No. 1 Well was located, but that the Pittengers had retained the mineral rights. Mrs. Pittenger also requested that the plugging bond be released. On June 8, 2001, COGCC staff requested that the plugging bond be increased to Five Thousand dollars ($5,000) in accordance with Rule 706.

On July 12, 2001, Mrs. Pittenger sent a letter to COGCC staff stating that she did not have the funds to plug and abandon the well and that the insurance company would not increase the bond amount. She asked COGCC staff to claim the plugging bond and properly plug and abandon the well.

The Commission should authorize the COGCC staff to claim Pittenger’s Two Thousand Five Hundred dollar ($2,500) plugging bond and plug, abandon and reclaim the Pittenger No. 1 Well. The COGCC’s Environmental Response Fund should be used to supplement the funds to plug, abandon and reclaim the well.

On March 10, 2003, COGCC staff issued an Administrative Order by Consent (“AOC”) to Mrs. Ruth Pittenger to claim the Two Thousand Five Hundred dollar ($2,500) plugging bond. On March 24, 2003 Mrs. Pittenger agreed to and accepted the AOC.

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: Tuesday, June 3, 2003

Time: 8:00 a.m.

Place: Conference Center, Holiday Inn Express

2121 E. Main St.

Cortez, CO 81321

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

In accordance with Rule 509., any interested party desiring to protest or to intervene should file with the Commission a written protest or a notice to intervene no later than May 19, 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 notice to intervene to the person filing the application. An original and nine (9) copies shall be filed with the Commission.

IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

By_________________________________

Dated at Suite 801 Patricia C. Beaver, Secretary

1120 Lincoln Street

Denver, Colorado, 80203

April 25, 2003