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HomeMy WebLinkAbout810004.tiff 4 BOOK`J 2 RECEPTION 1873611 DATE 417 TIME.JP %rt MARY ANN FEUERSTEIN, Clerk and Recorder, Vick,' County, Coloradq, RESOLUTION RE : AUTHORIZATION OF OIL AND GAS LEASE COVERING CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNED BY WELD COUNTY, COLORADO LOCATED IN THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER AND THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 30 , TOWNSHIP 8 NORTH, RANGE 59 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M. , WELD COUNTY, COLORADO WHEREAS , the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, O Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and WHEREAS , Weld County, Colorado is the owner of vast acres of mineral lands located in Weld County, Colorado, and WHEREAS, a portion of said mineral acres presently is not leased, and WHEREAS, Hrubetz Oil Company, 8235 Douglas , Suite 707 , Dallas, Texas 75225, has offered to lease the following described mineral lands, to-wit: The East Half of the Southeast Quarter and the Northeast Quarter of Section 30, Township 8 North, Range 59 West of the 6th P.M. , Weld County, Colorado. WHEREAS , said described mineral acres contain 240 land acres which contain 230 net mineral acres , more or less , and WHEREAS , said mineral lands shall be leased for the bonus sum of Eleven Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-seven and 50/100 Dollars ($11,797. 50) with the annual rental of ONE DOLLAR ($1. 00) per acre, which lease is to run for a period of three (3) years, commencing October 28, 1981, and ending October 27 , 1984 , and WHEREAS, Weld County is desirous of accepting said offer to lease the abovedescribed mineral acreage. NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado that the offer of Hrubetz Oil Company, 8235 Douglas, Suite 707 , Dallas, Texas 75225, be, and hereby is , accepted for a period of three (3) years. The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 28th day of October, A.D. , 1981. I % eli `t„3 810004 BOOK 952 RECEPTI0N._..1873611 Page 2 RE : HRUBETZ OIL COMPANY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO ABSENT Chuck Carlson, Chairman ABSENT Norman Carlson, Pro-Tem C. W. Kirby hh T. Martin ' "(sue,22Z).� , ,Le?%yiw e K. Stei mark 71 ATTEST: r i law n«•w« vw r o/ Weld 'nfi' erk and Recorder { d 'C. r ,�it&o the Board tirri -1- eouty County Clerk AP$R h ED' AS TO FORM: County Attorney DATE PRESENTED: November 2 , 1981 glA�Kx Js�/✓ l-_� !. ., - P ' tidi t'Y E.J 1 C-rr.- 3 , MARY AN' 'E'JEFS-E!N, Clerk cod ( c s:3r V' uny Co(orade WELD COUNTY. COLORADO Olt AND Ch ,, LEASE `j- THIS AGREEMENT made this ':— day of 19 between Weld County, Colorado, a political subdivision of m i' si priers, for its respective interests, C/0 Board of County Commis- the State of Colorado. by the Board of County Comioners, weld County Centennial Center. 915 10th Si'-'c,et_ Greeley, Colorado P5€31, Lessor (whether one or more), and Irubetz Oil Company, 8235 Douglas,Suite- /J Lessee, w, r; SSETH: Dallas, Texas 752 and 50/100 1. Lessor in consideration of Eleven Thou ''-\ =r� Hun f r '''�'nntvy-seveh Dollars (S 11 ,797.)50 )• in hand paid, of the royalties herein provided, and.-oz_ talent c nerlin contained; hereby grants, eases g, er i prospecting, drilling and mining for and and cin exclusively unto re Lessee for the purpose of Ir."" `- rui1diu power stations, telephone lines and other producing oil, gas and other hydrocarbons, aryl of f:>de- .v,rt m:,, id products, and housing its employees, structures llthereon ltoi produce,ll save, take cInge of,egu ire 101'- of land with any reversionary rights o (subject to all applicable Weld County Zoning Regul-tti. therein being situated in the County of Weld, State of IC -.s follows: Township 8 North, Range 59 West of the Section 30: E}aSE , NEq and containing 240 acres, more or less (21 ' 2. Subject to the other provisions herein contain ""' a term of 3 years from this date (called "primary term") and as long thereafter as utl, is produced from said land hereunder, "" or drilling or reworking operations are conducted there ___ 3. The royalties to be paid by Lessee are: (a) on -,duced and saved from said land, the same to be delivered at the wells, or to the credit of owhich the wells may be connected; Lessee may from time to time purchase any royalty oil I' - , .. market price therefor prevailing for the field where produced on the date of purchase; (', -ead gas or other hydrocarbon sub- stance, produced from said land and sold or used off th :are of gasoline or other products therefrom, the market value at the well of one-eighth c- 'tided that on gas sold at the wells the royalty shall be one-eighth of the amount rea , 'f.::r the royalty shall be fifty cents (50t) per long ton. Lessee shall have free use o ...Ter from said land, except water from Lessor's wells, for all operations hereunder, and ail be computed after deducting any so used. If a well capable of producing gas in pay -- the above described land and is shut in, this lease shall continue in effect for a perir ich well is shut in. Lessee or any assignee may thereafter, in the manner provided hers. . of delay rentals, pay or tender to Lessor as royalty, on or before one year from the da :m of $100.00 per well, and, if such payment or tender, is made, this lease shall contin, :ad of one year. In like manner and upon like payments or tenders annually, made on or t shut-in date of such well, this lease shall continue in effect for successive periods o' 4. If operations for drilling are not commenced o, ?aided, on or before one year fror this date, the lease shall then terminate as to both pa - • 'i anniversary date Lessee shall nay or tender to Lessor, and shall continue as the depoa hereunder regardless of changes in ownership of said land or the rentals either by cony, .ncity of Lessor, the sum of Two hundred thirty and no/latilllar(s) ($1.0C =in called rental), which shall cover the privilege of d₹ferring commencement of operat of twelve (12) months. In like manner and upon like payments or tenders annually the c: grilling may be further deferred for successive periods of twelve (12) months each durin, tt or tender of rental herein referred to may be made in currency, or check at the op. :rifting of such currency, or check in any post office, properly addressed to the Les aping date, shall be deemed pay- ment as herein provided. The down cash payment is cons -mg to its terms and shall not he allocated as mere rental for a period. lessee may a- .. to Lessor or place of record a release or releases covering any portion or-portions ; - and thereby surrender this lease as to such portion or portions and be relieved of - --ge surrendered, and thereafter the rentals payable hereunder shall be reduced in the p . td hereby is reduced by said release or releases. 5. Should any well drilled on the above described • afore production is obtained be a dry hole, or should production be obtained during the • -se, then and in either event, if operations for drilling an additional well are not c -.--king an old well are not pur- sued on said land on or before the first rental paying . ' • 'on of production or drilling or reworking on said well or wells, then this lease she • ' -r before said date, shall re- sume the payment of rentals. Upon resumption .of the p - -rning the payment of rentals, shall continue in force just as though there had been n ' ' _ ,moots. If during the last year of the primary term and prior to the discovery of oil, ' .did land Lessee should drill a dry hole thereon, or if after discovery of oil, gas or ., . 'lug the last year of the primary term the production thereof should cease durinc • .. any cause, no rental payment or operations are necessary in order to keep the lease " the primary term. If, at the expiration of the primary term, Lessee is ronducting op or reworking an old well, this lease neverthelessshall continue in force as long as su continue, or if, after the expiration of the primary term, production on this leas ess shall continue in force if drilling or reworking operations are commenced with t.- on of production; if pro- duction is restored or additional production is discove . . or reworking operations. conducted without cessation of more than sixty (60) day. • thereafter as oil, gas. other hydrocarbons or other mineral is produced and as " ' king operations are had without cessation of such drilling or reworking operate tive days. 6. Lessee,at its option, is hereby given',the righ and covered by this lease, or any portion thereof, as to oil and gas.or eitherof leases when in Lessee's judgment it is necessary or advisable to do so in order i premises, such pooling to be into a well unit or units not exceeding forty (40) a: _n per cent (10%) of forty (40) acres, for oil, and not exceeding six-hundred and • ,lerance of ten per cent (l0%) of six hundred and forty (640) acres, for gas, ex: i to conform to any sparing or well unit pattern that may be prescribed by governme Lessee may pool or com- bine acreage covered by this lease, or any portion then - gas in any one or more and units so formed need not conform in size or .ch the lease is pooled .r strata, . las units. The non" in combined as to any other stratum or strata, and oil unY B :952 RECEPTION 1873612 3 -A. one or more instances shall not exhaust the rights of the Lessee hereunder to pool this lease or portions thereof into other units, Lessee shall execute in writing and place of record an instrument or instruments identifying and describ- ing the pooled acreage. The entire acreage so pooled into a unit shall be treated for all purposes, except the payment of royalties, as if it were included in this lease, and drilling or reworking operations thereon or production of oil or gas therefrom, or the completion thereon of a well as a shut-in gas well , shall be considered for all purposes, except the payment of royalties, as If such operations were on or such production were from or such completion were on the land covered by thts lease, whether or not the well or wells be located on the premises covered by this lease. In lieu of the royalties elsewhere herein specified, Lessor shall receive from a unit so formed, only such portion of the royalty stipulated herein as the amount of his acreage placed in the unit or his royalty interest therein bears to the total acreage so pooled in the particular unit involved. Should any unit as originally created hereunder con- tain less than the maximum number of acres hereinabove specified, then Lessee may at any time thereafter, whether before or after production is obtained on the unit, enlarge such unit by adding additional acreage thereto, but the enlarged unit shall in no event exceed the acreage content hereinabove specified. In the event an existing unit is so enlarged, Lessee shall execute and place of record a supplemental declaration of unitization identifying and describing the land added to the existing unit; provided, that if such supplemental declaration of unitization is not filed until after production is obtained on the unit as originally created, then and in such event the supplemental declaration of unitization shall not become effective until the first day of the calendar month next following the filing thereof. In the absence of production Lessee may terminate any unitized area by filing of record notice of termination. 7. Lessee also shall have the right to unitize, pool, or combine all or any part of the above described lands with other lands in the same general area by entering into a cooperative or unit plan of development or operation approved by any governmental authority and, from time to time, with like approval, to modify, change or terminate any such plan or agreement and, in such event, the terms, conditions, and provisions of this lease shall be deemed modified to conform to the terms, conditions, and provisions of such approved cooperative or unit plan of development or operation and, particularly, all drilling and development requirements of this lease, express or implied, shall be satisfied by compliance with the drilling and development requirements of such plan or agreement, and this lease shall not terminate or expire during the life of such plan or agreement. In the event that said above described lands or any part thereof, shall hereafter be operated under any such cooperative or unit plan of development or operation whereby the production therefrom is allocated to different portions of the land covered by said plan, then the production allocated to any particular tract of land shall, for the purpose of computing the royalties to be paid hereunder to Lessor, be regarded as having been produced from the particular tract of land to which it is al- located and not to any other tract of land and the royalty payments to be made hereunder to Lessor shall be based upon production only as so allocated. Lessor shall formally express Lessor's consent to any cooperative or unit plan of development or operation adopted by Lessee and approved by any governmental agency by executing the same upon request of Lessee. 8. Lessee shall have the right at any time without Lessor's consent to surrender all or any portion of the leased premises and be relieved of all obligation as to the acreage surrendered. Lessee shall have the right at any time during or after the expiration of this lease to remove all property and fixtures placed by Lessee on said land, including the right to draw and remove all casing. When required by Lessor, Lessee will bury all pipe lines below ordinary plow depth, and no well shall be drilled within two hundred (200) feet of any residence or barn now on said land without Lessor's consent. The Lessee agrees to promptly pay to the owner thereof any damages to crops, or improvements, caused by or resulting from any operations of Lessee. All disturbed portions of surface land are to be returned to original condition within time designated by Lessor. 9. The rights of either party hereunder may be assigned, in whole or in part, and the provisions hereof shall extend to the heirs, successors and assigns of the parties hereto, but no change or division in ownership of the land, rentals, or royalties, however accomplished, shall operate to enlarge the obligations or diminish the rights of Lessee. No change in the ownership of the land or any interest therein, shall be binding on Lessee until Lessee shall be furnished with a certified copy of all recorded instruments, all court proceedings and all other necessary evidence of any transfer, inheritance, or sale of said rights. In event of the assignment of this lease as to a segregated portion of said land, the rentals payable hereunder shall be apportionable among the several leasehold owners ratably according to the surface area of each, and default in rental payment by one shall not affect the rights of other lease- hold owners hereunder. -In case Lessee assigns this lease, in whole or in part, Lessee shall be relieved of all obli- gations with respect to the assigned portion or portions arising subsequent to the date of assignment. 10. All express or implied covenants of this lease shall be subject to all Federal and State Laws, Executive Orders, Rules or Regulations, and this lease shall not be terminated, in whole or in part, nor Lessee held liable in damages, for failure to comply therewith, if compliance is prevented by, or if such failure is the result of, any such Law, Order, Rule or Regulation, or if prevented by an act of God, of the public enemy, labor disputes, inability to obtain material, failure of transportation, or other cause beyond the control of Lessee. If during the term of this lease, oil or gas or other hydrocarbons is discovered upon the leased premises, but Lessee is prevented from producing the same by reason of any of the causes set out in this Section, this lease shall nevertheless be considered as producing and shall continue in full force and effect until Lessee is permitted to pro- duce the oil, gas and other hydrocarbons, and as long thereafter as such production continues in paying quantities or drilling or reworking operations are continued as elsewhere herein provided. 11. Lessor does not warrant title to said real estate or to the mineral interests in said real estate, however, it is agreed that if Lessor owns less than 100% of the minerals, then, and in that event, the royalties and rentals to be paid Lessor shall be reduced proportionately. 12. Not withstanding in a provision of this lease to the contrary, no operations shall be conducted on the above described land without the written consent of the Lessor. 13, Upon the termination of this lease in whole or in part by election or by failure to make payments as afore- said, Lessee or its assigns shall within thirty (30) days release by written instrument the land or portion thereof which said lease terminates, and said notice shall also be sent to Lessor giving the book and page number of said lease. It is expressly understood that this lease is subject to and controlled by any law of the and any of Coloradoorado now in effect restricting or limiting the powers of counties or boards of county commissioners, provision herein in conflict therewith shall be inoperative and void. 14. All of the provisions of this lease shall inure to the benefit of and he binding upon the parties hereto, their heirs, administrators, successors and assigns. BOOK 9.5-'2 RECEPTION 18t3612 3 - 3 15. This agreement shall be binding on each of the above named parties who sign the same, regardless of whether it is signed by any of the other parties. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument is executed on the date first above written. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS � ° L • WELD,COUNTY 5COLORAOfY k- - ABSENT - � � ABSENT r ATTEST `139 Y{L.:.L- �1�,iv Weld County Clerk aai Recorder ' \ ,{ �j/ and Clerk to the Board 'tee 1� / s.. 7�� '� By:, ATTEST`.::...ge S4aGt HRUCOMlNY _!!�l/ fi Socre y Senior Vient 5-64 OF'`COLORADO 55. COUNTY 'OF,,Nab ' The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this day of 19 , by My commission expires: Witness my hand and official seal. Notary Public STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF DALLAS ON THIS 8 day of October, 1981 , before me appeared Robert E. Slingerland, to me personally known, who being by me duly sworn, did say that he is the Senior Vice President of HRUBETZ OIL COMPANY and that said instrument was signed in behalf of said corporation by authority of its Board of Directors and the said officer acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation. 2r � r ' Notary Pub c 4:::;C:2(1 HRUBETZ OIL COMPANY DENVER REGION DENVER NATIONAL BANK PLAZA 1125-17TH STREET, SUITE NO. 2460 DENVER, COLORADO 80202 303/623-6485 August 12, 1981 Weld County Board of County Commissioners P. 0. Box 758 Greeley, Colorado 80632 Re: Township 8 North-Range 59 West Section 30: ELSE*-a, NE* Containing 240 Acres Weld County, Colorado Gentlemen: A recent check of the county records indicated that the referenced land is not currently under lease for Oil and Gas. We have specific plans in this area and respectfully request that the referenced land be made available for leasing. We understand that the Commissioners generally hold an oral auction and grant leases to the high bidders. We request that the referenced land be included in your next sale list. Due to our uncertainty as to ' when the next sale will be held, we would like to explore the possibility of negotiating a lease on all or part of the referenced lands with the Commissioners if such a procedure is permissible. Thank you for your consideration. Si rely, y stner Regio al Land Manager MWK:jgm I j t 1 n L Go`• 4:\tc rt v{. G Hello