BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND                         )

ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN                      )                       CAUSE NO. 112

OPERATIONS IN THE IGNACIO BLANCO FIELD,                        )

LA PLATA COUNTY, COLORADO                                              )                       DOCKET NO. 0306-UP-04

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

 

            On July 11, 1988, the Commission issued Order No. 112-60 which established 320-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas from the Fruitland coal seams underlying certain lands, including the below listed lands, with the units consisting of the N½ and S½ or the E½ and W½ of a full section with the permitted well located, when north of the north line of Township 32 North, in the NW¼ and SE¼ of the section, and when south of the north line of Township 32 North, in the NE¼ and SW¼ of the section, and no closer than 990 feet to any outer boundary of the unit, nor closer than 130 feet to any interior quarter section line.  Order Nos. 112-61 and 112-85 were subsequently adopted amending Order No. 112-60 to establish additional field rules for the Fruitland coal seams.

 

Township 35 North, Range 7 West, N.M.P.M.

Section 23: N½

 

            On April 16, 2003, Petrogulf Corporation (“Petrogulf”), by its attorney, filed with the Commission a verified application for an order to pool all interests in the 320-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of the above-listed lands.  The Applicant requests that such pooling order provide that production obtained from said drilling unit be allocated to each owner therein on the basis of the proportion that the number of mineral acres held by each owner in said drilling unit bears to the total number of mineral acres within said drilling unit and that it be allowed to recover from any non-consenting owner’s share of production the penalty costs as provided in §34-60-116(7), C.R.S.  In addition, the Applicant requests the Commission grant an exception to the permitted location established in Order No. 112-60 to allow the Petrogulf #23-32 Well to be located 2510 FNL and 1980 FEL in the NE¼ of Section 23, Township 35 North, Range 7 West, N.M.P.M.

 

            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 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 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 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 May 19, 2003, the Applicant may request that an administrative hearing be scheduled for the week of May 19, 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                                             Representative for Applicant:                  

1120 Lincoln Street                                            Paul D. Clarys                                      

Denver, Colorado 80203                                      518 17th Street, Suite 1455

April 25, 2003                                                    Denver, CO 80202

                                    (303) 893-5400