BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND                         )                       CAUSE NO. 407

ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN                      )                      

OPERATIONS IN THE CODELL-NIOBRARA SPACED AREA,       )                       DOCKET NO. 0401-UP-01

WELD COUNTY, COLORADO                                                    )                      

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

 

            On December 20, 1983 (amended March 29, 2000), the Commission issued Order No. 407-1, which established 80-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil and/or gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Codell Formation underlying certain lands, including the below-listed lands:

 

Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M.

Section 34: All

 

            On March 15, 1985, the Commission issued Order No. 407-10, which established 80-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil and/or gas from the Niobrara Formation underlying certain lands, including the above-listed lands.

 

            On November 17, 2003, Prima Oil & Gas Company (“Prima”), by its attorney, filed with the Commission a verified application for an order to pool all interests in the 80-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of the W½ SW¼ of Section 34, Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M. for the development and operation of the Codell-Niobrara Formation.  The Applicant requests that such pooling order make provisions for the drilling of a well on the drilling unit, and for the operations thereof by Prima and that the pooling order provide for the payment of the reasonable costs of the drilling and operation of the well, including a reasonable charge for supervision and storage, together with penalties as provided by statute.   In addition, the applicant requests that the Order determine the interest of each owner in the drilling unit and provide that each consenting owner be entitled to receive production attributable to non-consenting owners, including penalties, in accordance with the provisions of §34-60-116(7), C.R.S. 

 

            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:                                        Tuesday, February 10, 2004

 

                        Time:                                        9:00 a.m.

 

                        Place:                                       Garfield County Courthouse Plaza

                                                                        108 8th Street, Room 100

                                                                        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 January 26, 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.).  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 January 26, 2004, the Applicant may request that an administrative hearing be scheduled for the week of January 26, 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                                            Peter A. Bjork                                       

Denver, Colorado 80203                                      Bjork Lindley Little PC

January 9, 2004                                                 1600 Stout Street, Suite 1400

                                    Denver, CO 80203

                                    (303) 892-1400