BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ) CAUSE NO. 84
ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN )
OPERATIONS IN THE FORT COLLINS FIELD, ) ORDER NO. 84-5
LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO )
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION
This cause came on for hearing before the Commission on April 15, 1996 at 8:30 a.m., in Suite 801, The Chancery Building, 1120 Lincoln Street, Denver, Colorado, after giving Notice of Hearing as required by law, on the application of Whiting Petroleum Corporation for an order to expand the unit agreement and operating agreement for the Fort Collins Muddy Formation Unit to include additional lands in the Fort Collins Field.
FINDINGS
The Commission finds as follows:
1. Whiting Petroleum Corporation, as applicant herein, is an interested party in the subject matter of the above-referenced hearing.
2. Due notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing has been given in all respects as required by law.
3. The Commission has jurisdiction over the subject matter in said Notice, and of the parties interested therein, and jurisdiction to promulgate the hereinafter prescribed order.
4. On February 17, 1978, the Commission issued Order No. 84-2 which approved a Unit Agreement for the Fort Collins Muddy Formation Unit area consisting of the following described lands in Larimer County, Colorado:
Township 8 North, Range 68 West, 6th P.M.
Section 7: SE¼
Section 8: SW¼NW¼, W½SW¼
Section 17: W½W½
Section 18: E½, SE¼SW¼
Section 19: Lot 1, 2, E½, E½W½
Section 20: W½NW¼
Section 30: Lot 1, 2, E½, E½W½
Section 31: Lot 1, E½NW¼, NE¼
containing 2,361.31 acres, more or less
5. Based upon the testimony presented at the administrative hearing showing that adjacent lands may contain hydrocarbons, the Unit boundary should be expanded to include these additional lands:
Township 8 North, Range 68 West, 6th P.M.
Section 8: E½ SW¼
Section 17: E½ NW¼ and all that part of the W½ NE¼ lying
west of the outlet ditch of N. Poudre Irrigation Company
Reservoir #6, described in W.D. at B 1058, p. 543
NE¼ SW¼
6. Testimony presented at the administrative hearing stated that one hundred percent (100%) of the working interest owners have approved the expansion of the unit, and that the surface owners have been notified of the proposed expansion with an updated chain of title to be prepared to ensure proper payout upon expansion and proper notification for approval of the unit expansion.
7. That the effective date of the unit should be the first day of the first month after approval by at least 80% of the non cost-bearing interest owners, and upon notification of such to the Commission by Whiting Petroleum Corporation.
8. Based upon the facts stated in the application, receiving no objections to the application, and having been heard by the Hearing Officers who recommended approval, the Commission should enter an order to expand the unit agreement and operating agreement for the Fort Collins Muddy Formation Unit to include the above-described lands.
O R D E R
NOW THEREFORE IT IS ORDERED, that the Fort Collins Muddy Formation Unit hereby includes the below-listed lands:
Township 8 North, Range 68 West, 6th P.M.
Section 7: SE¼
Section 8: SW¼NW¼, W½SW¼, E½ SW¼
Section 17: W½W½, NE¼ SW¼
E½ NW¼ and all that part of the W½ NE¼ lying
west of the outlet ditch of N. Poudre Irrigation Company
Reservoir #6, described in W.D. at B 1058, p. 543
Section 18: E½, SE¼SW¼
Section 19: Lot 1, 2, E½, E½W½
Section 20: W½NW¼
Section 30: Lot 1, 2, E½, E½W½
Section 31: Lot 1, E½NW¼, NE¼
containing 2,581 gross acres, more or less
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the unit shall become effective on the first day of the first month after approval by at least eighty-percent (80%) of the non cost-bearing interest owners, upon notification of such to the Commission.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the provisions contained in the above order shall become effective forthwith.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the Commission expressly reserves its rights, after notice and hearing, to alter, amend, or repeal any and/or all of the above orders.
ENTERED this day of , 1996, as of April 15, 1996.
OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
By
Patricia C. Beaver, Secretary
Dated at Suite 801
1120 Lincoln Street
Denver, Colorado
April 25, 1996