BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION
COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF
IN
THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ) CAUSE NO. 318
ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO
GOVERN )
OPERATIONS IN THE REPUBLICAN FIELD, ) DOCKET NO. 0402-AW-02
TO
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
On
Township 1 North, Range 44 West, 6th P.M.
Section 7: All
Sections 18 and 19: All
Sections 30 and 31: All
Township 1 North, Range 45
West, 6th P.M.
Sections 7 through 36: All
Township 1 South, Range 45
West, 6th P.M.
Sections 3 through 5: All
On July 17, 1994 (amended August 19,
1994), the Commission issued Order No. 318-5, which allowed an additional well
to be drilled on each 160-acre drilling and spacing unit in the Republican
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 the 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
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 three (3) 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 160-acre 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 1 North, Range 45 West, 6th PM
Sections 25 through 28: 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
at