BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND                         )                       CAUSE NO. 429

ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN                      )                      

OPERATIONS IN THE BRUSH CREEK FIELD,                            )                       DOCKET NO. 0408-AW-07

MESA COUNTY, COLORADO                                                    )                      

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

 

On May 30, 1985, the Commission issued Order No. 429-1, which established 160-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Mesaverde Formation for the below-listed lands, with the permitted well located no closer than 600 feet from the quarter section lines and wells presently producing or producible, or permitted within the proposed area designated as the permitted well for the unit upon which they are located:

 

Township 9 South, Range 94 West, 6th P.M.

Sections 1 and 2: All

Sections 11 through 14: All

 

On June 29, 2004, Laramie Energy, LLC, by its attorney, filed with the Commission a verified application for an order to allow three additional wells to be drilled, at the option of the operator, within the existing 160-acre drilling and spacing units for the below-listed lands, for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Mesaverde Formation.

 

Township 9 South, Range 94 West, 6th P.M.

Section 2: All

Sections 11 through 14: All

 

            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, August 16, 2004

 

Time:                            10:00 a.m.

 

Place:                           Ramada Inn, Aspen and Birch Rooms

                                                            124 W. 6th Street

                                                            Glenwood Springs, CO 81601

 

            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 August 2, 2004, 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.).  Anyone who files a protest or intervention must be available to participate in a prehearing conference during the week of August 2, 2004.  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 August 2, 2004, the Applicant may request that an administrative hearing be scheduled for the week of August 2, 2004.

 

                        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                                            Carleton L. Ekberg                                

Denver, Colorado 80203                                      Poulson, Odell & Peterson, LLC

July 13, 2004                                                     1775 Sherman Street, Suite 1400

                                                                        Denver, CO 80203

                                                                        (303) 861-4400