BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND                         )                       CAUSE NO. 1

ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN                      )                      

OPERATIONS IN THE WATTENBERG GAS SPACED AREA,       )                       DOCKET NO. 0408-GA-05

ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO                                                  )                      

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

 

            An oil and gas lease upon the below-listed lands (“Application Lands”) is owned and operated by Patina Oil & Gas Corporation (“Patina”) pursuant to a lease agreement dated June 1, 1990 in Adams County, covering 160-acres more or less.  The lease agreement provides that the lease will continue so long as certain substances listed therein are produced from the leased premises or from lands with which all of any part of the leased premises are pooled or unitized. 

 

Township 1 South, Range 68 West, 6th P.M.

Section 15: SW¼

 

            As of June 28, 2004, all wells within the Application Lands or within any pooled unit have been plugged and abandoned except the Huron “H” Unit #1 Well (“Well”), located in the SW¼ SW¼ of said Section 15.  The Well is not currently producing in commercial quantities and has not produced in commercial quantities since approximately January 2003.  Patina has recognized the non-production of the Well and made a commitment on March 22, 2004 to the previous owner of the Application Lands that the well would be plugged and abandoned by June 22, 2004.  No action has been taken to plug and abandon the Well by Patina.

 

On June 28, 2004, City of Westminster, by its attorney, filed with the Commission a verified application for an order to require Patina to plug and abandon the Huron “H” Unit #1 Well, located in the SW¼ SW¼ of Section 15, Township 1 South, Range 68 West, 6th P.M.  The City of Westminster is in the process of developing and selling the Application Lands and its efforts are detrimentally affected because development cannot proceed on the land that the Well is on and the sale price of the developed property may be adversely affected as a result of any continuance of the Lease Agreement.

 

            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                                            Randall J. Feuerstein                             

Denver, Colorado 80203                                      Dufford & Brown, P.C.

July 13, 2004                                                     1700 Broadway, Suite 2100

                                    Denver, CO 80290

                                                                        (303) 861-8013