BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION                                )           CAUSE NO. 112

AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO                             )

GOVERN OPERATIONS IN THE IGNACIO-BLANCO                    )           DOCKET NO. 0309-AW-11

FIELD, LA PLATA COUNTY, COLORADO                                   )          

                                                                                               

                                                                          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 and associated hydrocarbons from the Fruitland Coal Seams for certain lands, including Township 33 North, Range 11 West, N.M.P.M., with the permitted well located, when north of the north line of Township 32 North, in the NW¼ and the SE¼ of the section, and when south of the north line of Township 32 North, in the NE¼ and the 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.

 

            Subsequent orders issued in Cause No. 112 allowed an optional additional well to be drilled for production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Fruitland Coal Seams for certain 320-acre drilling and spacing units, with the permitted well to be located in any undrilled quarter section no closer than 990 feet to any outer boundary of the unit nor closer than 130 feet to any interior quarter section line.

 

            On August 4, 2003, Southern Ute Tribe, d/b/a Red Willow Production Company, by its attorney, filed with the Commission a verified application for an order to allow two (2) wells to be drilled in the existing 320-acre drilling and spacing units underlying the below-described lands with the second well being an optional well to be drilled and completed in the discretion of the operator in the center of the NE¼ and/or the SW¼ with a tolerance in any direction of 200 feet.  The Applicant also requests that the Director may without further notice and hearing approve exceptions to the permitted well locations due to topography or surface hazards.

 

Township 33 North, Range 11 West, N.M.P.M.

Section 1: W½

Section 11: N½ and S½

           

            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, September 22, 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 September 8, 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 September 8, 2003, the Applicant may request that an administrative hearing be scheduled for the week of September 8, 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 J. Wozniak

Denver, Colorado 80203                                      Dorsey & Whitney LLP

August 21, 2003                                                370 17th Street, Suite 4700

                                                                        Denver, CO 80202

                                                                        (303) 629-3400