BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION
COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF
IN
THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ) CAUSE NO. 300
ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO
GOVERN )
OPERATIONS IN THE BEECHER ISLAND
FIELD, ) DOCKET NO. 0402-AW-01
TO
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
On
Township 1 South, Range 43
West, 6th P.M.
Sections 32 and 33: S½
Township 2 South, Range 43
West, 6th P.M.
Section 2: W½
Sections 3 through 5: All
Section 6: E½
Sections 7 through 10: All
Section 11: W½
Sections 14 through 23: All
Sections 26 through 34: All
Township 2 South, Range 44
West, 6th P.M.
Sections 12 and 13: All
Sections 14 and 23: E½
Sections 24 and 25: All
Section 36: All
Township 3 South, Range 43
West, 6th P.M.
Section 3: N½
Sections 4 through 6: All
Sections 7 through 9: N½
Township 3 South, Range 44
West, 6th P.M.
Section 1: All
On November 4, 1996, the Commission
issued Order No. 300-7, which allowed an additional well to be drilled on each
160-acre drilling and spacing unit in the Beecher Island Field, at the option
of the operator, for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the
Niobrara Formation, with the subsequent permitted well to be no closer than 560
feet from the outer boundaries of said 160-acre drilling and spacing unit. The order also allowed the Director to grant
exceptions to the permitted well locations without prior notice or hearing upon
an adequate showing by the operator that topography makes it unreasonable to
drill a second well within the 560 feet setback, but no closer than 380 feet
from the boundary of the drilling and spacing unit and requests for any other
exception location may be granted in accordance with Rule 318.
On December 22, 2003, Petroleum
Development Corporation (“PDC”), by its attorney, filed with the Commission a verified application for an order to
allow up to a total of four (4) wells to be drilled within each 160-acre drilling
and spacing unit for the below-listed lands for the production of gas and
associated hydrocarbons from the Niobrara Formation, at the option of the
operator, with the permitted location to be anywhere within the drilling and
spacing unit upon which it is drilled provided it is located no closer than 560
feet from the outer boundaries of the unit.
In addition, PDC requests that the Director be allowed to grant an
exception to the permitted well location without prior notice or hearing upon
an adequate showing by the operator that topography makes it unreasonable to
drill any additional well within a 560 foot setback, but no closer than 380
feet from the boundary of the drilling and spacing unit and requests that any
other exception location may be granted in accordance with Rule 318.
Township 2 South, Range 43
West, 6th P.M.
Section 6: E½
Sections 7 through 10: All
Section 15: All
Sections 17 and 18: All
Section 22: All
Section 27: All
Sections 32 and 33: All
Township 2 South, Range 44
West, 6th P.M.
Section 13: NE¼
Sections 24 and 25: All
Section 36: W½
Township 3 South, Range 43
West, 6th P.M.
Section 5: All
NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of
Date: Tuesday,
February 10, 2004
Time:
Place:
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
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
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE
OF
OIL
AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF
THE STATE OF
By
Patricia
C. Beaver, Secretary
Dated
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