BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION
COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF
IN THE MATTER THE PROMULGATION AND ) CAUSE NO. 290
ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO
GOVERN )
OPERATIONS IN THE BIG HOLE FIELD, ) DOCKET NO. 0303-AW-02
NOTICE
OF HEARING
TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO
WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
On
Township 10 North, Range 93 West, 6th
P.M.
Sections 6 and 7: All
Sections 18 and 19: All
Sections 30 and 31: All
Township 10 North, Range 94 West, 6th
P.M.
Sections 1 through 36: All
On
January 31, 2003, Tom Brown, Inc., by its attorney, filed with the Commission a
verified application for an order to allow up to three (3) additional wells,
for a total of four (4) wells, to be drilled on the 320-acre drilling and
spacing units for the below-listed lands, for production of gas and associated
hydrocarbons from the Middle Lewis Formation,
with the permitted well for all subsequent wells to be located no closer than 990 feet from another well
producing or producible from the same formation. In addition, the Applicant requests that the
Director be authorized, without additional notice and hearing or consent, to
grant an exception to the well location setbacks up to and including 100 feet,
but not beyond, to avoid archaeological sites and for topographic reasons.
Township 10 North, Range 94 West, 6th
P.M.
Sections 10 and 11: All
Sections 14 and 15: All
Sections 22 and 23: All
If the
Commission determines that the Application should not be granted, the Applicant
requests, in the alternative, that the Commission issue an order providing (i)
that, at the option of the operator, up to four (4) wells may be drilled to and
completed in the 320-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of the W½ of
Section 14 and the E½ of Section 15, Township 10 North, Range 94 West, 6th
P.M., for production from the Middle Lewis Formation as a pilot project to
gather additional geological and engineering information about the Middle Lewis
Formation, (ii) that, at the option of the operator in the remainder of the
Application Lands described above, two (2) wells may be drilled to and
completed in each 320-acre drilling and spacing unit in the Application Lands,
(iii) that Order No. 290-1 be revised to provide that any well drilled
subsequent to entry of the same order be no closer than 990 feet from another
well producing or producible from the same formation, (iv) that the Director be
authorized, without additional notice and hearing or consent, to grant an
exception to the well location setbacks up to and including 100 feet, but not
beyond, to avoid archaeological site and for topographical reasons.
NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of
Date:
Time:
Place: Birch
Banquet Room, Ramada Inn & Suites
124
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
IN
THE NAME OF THE STATE OF
OIL
AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF
By_____________________________________
Patricia C. Beaver, Secretary
Dated at
February 14,
(303)
861-4400