BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND        )                                        CAUSE NO. 166

ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN     )

OPERATIONS IN THE PLATEAU FIELD,                        )                                        DOCKET NO. 0501-AW-04

MESA COUNTY, COLORADO                                          )

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

        On April 20, 1981, the Commission issued Order No. 166-15, which amended Order No. 166-11, which, among other things, established 160-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas from the Mesaverde Formation (defined to include the Corcoran Sandstone as its basal member), to cover additional lands including those described below, with the permitted well to be located no closer than 600 feet from the boundaries of the drilling unit:

        On May 21, 1984, the Commission entered Order No. 166-19 which among other things, deleted Sections 31 and 32, Township 9 South, Range 94 West, 6^th P.M. from the spaced area of the Plateau Field and exempted these lands from Rule 318 only insofar as it pertains to the Cameo Coal Section of the Mesaverde Formation.

        On November 23, 2004, Laramie Energy, LLC, by its attorney, filed with the Commission a verified application for an order to allow three (3) additional wells to be drilled within the above-described 160-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of gas from the Mesaverde Formation (defined to include the Corcoran Sandstone as its basal member), for a total of four (4) wells, with the permitted well to be located no closer than 600 feet from the boundaries of the drilling unit upon which it is located.

        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, January 10, 2005

                    1120 Lincoln Street

                    Denver, CO 80203

        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 Angie Gipson at (303) 894-2100 ext. 113, 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 December 27, 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 December 27, 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 December 27, 2004, the Applicant may request that an administrative hearing be scheduled for the week of December 27, 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 and Peterson, LLC

December 7, 2004                                               1775 Sherman St., Suite 1400

Denver, CO 80203                                                (303) 861-4400