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BEFORE THE OIL& GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION WELD COUNTY
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO COMMISSIONER:
IN THE MATTER OF THE AMENDED APPLICATION )
OF NOBLE ENERGY. INC. FOR AN ORDER ) Cause No. 407
POOLING ALL INTERESTS IN THE NIOBRARA )
FORMATION IN A DESIGNATED APPROXIMATE ) Docket No. 1301-UP-21
160-ACRE WELLBORE SPACING UNIT LOCATED )
IN SECTION 19. TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 63 )
WEST, 6TH P.M. IN THE WATTENBERG FIELD, )
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO )
AMENDED APPLICATION
COMES NOW Noble Energy, Inc. (referred to herein as "Applicant'); by and
through its undersigned attorneys, and makes this amended application ("Amended
Application") to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission ("Commission"), for
an order to pool all interests within a designated approximate 160-acre wellbore spacing
unit for the drilling of the horizontal Grigsby AC 19-62HN Well, API No. 05-123-34851
("Well") to produce from the Niobrara Formation located in the following lands:
Township 7 North. Range 63 West, 6th P.M
Section 19: S'Y2S3x
Weld County, Colorado ("Application Lands").
In support thereof, the Applicant states and alleges as follows:
1. Applicant is a corporation duly authorized to conduct business in the State
of Colorado, and is a registered operator in good-standing with the Commission.
2. Applicant owns certain leasehold interests in the Application Lands.
3. The Application Lands are unspaced as to the Niobrara Formation.
4. On April 27, 1998, the Commission adopted Rule 318A, which, among other
things, allowed certain drilling locations to be utilized to drill or twin a well, deepen a well or
recornplete a well and to commingle any or all of the Cretaceous Age Formation from the
base of the Dakota Formation to the surface. On December 5. 2005, Rule 318A was
amended to allow interior infill and boundary wells to be drilled and wellbore spacing units
to be established.
5. On August 8, 2011, Rule 31BA was amended to allow, among other things,
wellbore spacing units to be established on unspaced lands within GWA pursuant to
certain notice and hearing procedures and addressed the drilling of horizontal wells. The
Application Lands are subject to Rule 318A for the Niobrara Formation.
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6. Applicant designated an approximate 160-acre Weilbore Spacing Unit, as
defined below, for the production of oil, gas, and associated hydrocarbons from the
Niobrara Formation pursuant to Rule 318A. and notified the appropriate parties under
Rule 318A.
7. Applicant, pursuant to Commission Rule 530 and the provisions of C R.S.
§34-60-116 (6) and (7), seeks an order to pool all interests, including but not limited to,
any nonconsenting interests, and in the following designated approximate 160-acre
wellbore spacing unit. located within the Application Lands, for production from the
Niobrara Formation:
Township 7 North, Range 63 West. 6th P.M
Section 19: SIRS%
(referred to herein as the"Weilbore Spacing Unit").
B. Applicant requests that the Commission's pooling order be made effective
as of the earlier of the of the original November 2, 2012 filing date for this application,
or the date that any of the costs specified in C.R.S. § 34-60-116(7)(b)(II) were first incurred
for the drilling of the Well.
9. Applicant certifies that copies of this Amended Application will be served on
all persons owning an interest in the mineral estate of the tracts to be pooled within seven
(7) days of the date hereof, as required by Rule 507.b(2), and that at least thirty (30) days
prior to the hearing on this matter, each such interest owner not already leased or
voluntarily pooled will be offered the opportunity to lease, or to participate in the drilling of
the Well, and will be provided with the information required by Rule 530. The list of such
interested parties is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
10. That in order to prevent waste and to protect correlative rights, all interests in
the Application Lands and Weilbore Spacing Unit should be pooled for the orderly
development of the Niobrara Formation, including any nonconsenting interests therein.
WHEREFORE, Applicant requests that this matter be set for hearing at the next
available opportunity, that notice be given as required by law, and that upon such
hearing, the Commission enter its order:
A. Pooling all interests in the Weilbore Spacing Unit for the development of
the Niobrara Formation.
B. Providing that the Commission's pooling order is made effective as of the
earlier of the original November 2, 2012 filing date for this application, or the date that
any of the costs specified in C.R.S. § 34-60-116(7)(b)(ll) were first incurred for the drilling
of the Well.
C. Providing that the interests of any owners with whom the Applicant has
been unable to secure a lease or other agreement to participate in the drilling of the
Well are pooled by operation of statute, pursuant to C.R.S. § 34-60-116(7), and made
subject to the cost recovery provisions thereof with respect to all wells drilled to develop
the Niobrara Formation in the drilling unit comprised of the Application Lands.
D. For such other findings and orders as the Commission may deem proper
or advisable in this matter.
WHEREFORE, Applicant respectfully requests that this matter be set for hearing
in January, 2013, that notice be given as required by law, and that upon such hearing,
the Commission enter its order consistent with Applicant's request as set forth above.
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DATED thisott day of November, 2012.
Respectfully submitted:
NOBLE EN Y,
By:
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Eli th Y. Gallaway
atty &Wozniak, P.C.
ttorneys for Applicant
216 16th Street, Suite 1100
Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 407-4499
Applicant's Address:
Noble Energy, Inc.
ATTN: Sam McClung
1625 Broadway, Suite 2200
Denver, CO 80202
EXHIBIT A
Interested Parties
Noble Energy,Inc.
1625 Broadway, Suite 2200
Denver, CO 80202
Missouri Improvement Company
do Farmers National Company
5110 S. Yale. Suite 400
Tulsa, OK 74135
Weld County Board of Commissioners
915 10th St.
Greeley, CO 80632
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VERIFICATION
STATE OF COLORADO )
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CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER)
Joseph H. Lorenzo, of lawful age, being first duly sworn upon oath, deposes and
says that he is Attorney-in-Fact for Noble Energy, Inc. and that he has read the foregoing
Amended Application and that the matters therein contained ye true to the best of his
knowledge, information and belief.
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Joseph I1Lgre 'o, ' '1r6t-
Attorne jin-Fac
Noble Lnergy, Inc.
Subscribed and sworn to before this<: ,V(4-day of November, 2012.
Witness my hand and official seal.
[SEAL) NOTARY
?VOTARY PUBLIC
STATE OF COLORADO
NOTARY ID 20044030NO
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BEFORE THE OIL & GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
IN THE MATTER OF THE AMENDED APPLICATION )
OF NOBLE ENERGY. INC. FOR AN ORDER ) Cause No. O 7
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POOLING ALL INTERESTS IN THE NIOBRARA ) {�
FORMATION IN A DESIGNATED APPROXIMATE ) Docket No. /30/- Li - a/
160-ACRE VVELLBORE SPACING UNIT LOCATED )
IN SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 63 )
WEST, 6TH P.M. IN THE WATTENBERG FIELD, )
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO )
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STATE OF COLORADO )
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CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER )
Elizabeth Gallaway of lawful age, and being first duly sworn upon her oath, states
and declares:
That she is the attorney for Noble Energy, Inc., that on or before November
2012, she caused a copy of the attached Amended Application o be deposited in the
United States Mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the ' _rtie fisted on Exhibit A to the
Application.
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