BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION                               )          CAUSE NO. 325

AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO                            )

GOVERN OPERATIONS IN THE BARKER DOME FIELD,            )          DOCKET NO. 0309-SP-06

LA PLATA COUNTY, COLORADO                                              )

 

                                                                          NOTICE OF HEARING

 

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

 

            On May 26, 1977, the Commission issued Order No. 325-1 which approved the project for the storage of natural gas in an underground reservoir in the Dakota Formation underlying the lands described below in the Barker Dome Field:

 

Township 32 North, Range 13½ West, N.M.P.M.

Portions of Sections 1-4, 12, 13 and 24

Sections 9-11: All

Sections 14-16: All

Section2 21-23: All

 

Township 32 North, Range 14 West, N.M.P.M

Portions of Sections 1, 12, 13, 23, and 24

 

            On August 1, 2003, Burlington Resources Oil and Gas Company LP (“Burlington”), successor-in-interest to El Paso Natural Gas Company, by its attorney filed with the Commission a verified Application for an order to vacate Order No. 325-1.  Burlington requests to vacate Order No. 325-1 because the lands and acreage covered under the Order were never developed as an underground storage area for the storage of natural gas.

 

            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                                            John F. Zent

Denver, Colorado 80203                                      Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co. LP

August 20, 2003                                                3401 East 30^th Street

                                                                        Farmington, NM 87402

                                                                        (505) 326-9700