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HomeMy WebLinkAbout820010.tiff AR1112103 RESOLUTION RE: APPROVE REQUEST OF ALBERTA PETROLEUM, INC. TO WAIVE BIDDING PROCEDURE CONCERNING AN OIL AND GAS LEASE WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, 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, Alberta Petroleum, Inc. has requested that the bidding procedure be waived concerning an oil and gas lease on C 3 property located in part of Section 26, Township 6 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M. , Weld County, Colorado containing 160. 00 : land acres and 7.0 net mineral acres, and r v WHEREAS, Alberta Petroleum, Inc. has offered a price of ey ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE and NO/100 DOLLARS per net mineral acre m - for a total sum of EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE and NO/100 DOLLARS LQ ($875. 00) , and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners, after review, found that Alberta Petroleum, Inc. did show good cause for — z z waiving the bidding procedure, and Lu WHEREAS, the Board deems it advisable and in the best in- N .: terest of Weld County to approve the request of Alberta Petro- v leum, Inc. ow NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Com- missioners of Weld County, Colorado that the request of Alberta Petroleum, Inc. to waive the bidding procedure on an oil and gas lease be, and hereby is , approved. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that said oil and gas lease shall be in effect from December 6, 1982, to December 6 , 1985, with the total sum being as above listed and a rental fee of ONE DOLLAR ($1. 00) per net mineral acre. r r v' 820010 ti 1 Page 2 RE: WAIVE BIDDING PROCEDURE - ALBERTA PETROLEUM, INC. The above and . foregoing Resolution was , on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 6th day of CD 3 December, A.D. , 1982. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO CD CC J0071 T. Martin, Chairman 1, V s uck Carlso , Pro-Tem ter Norman Carlson P C . Kirby y r ne K. Stei mark • / Clerk and Recorder the Bdard' � -- ` < t / I Br - a�-,vUY�, Deputy County Cl elk APPROVED A1' TO FORM: Co ty Attorney DATE PRESENTED: December 13, 1982 WELD COUNTY. COLORADO OIL AND GAS LEASE THIS AGREEMENT made this 21 day of November ' 1982, between Weld County, Colorado, a political subdivision of the State of Colorado, by the Board of County Commissioners, for its respective interests, C/0 Board of County Corris- sioners, Welo County Centennial Center, 915 10th Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631 , Lessor (whether one or more) , and Alberta Petroleum Inc. , Lessee, WITNESSETH: a Colorado corporation, 1251 Salem St. , Aurora, CO 80011 Dollars ($ 875.00 ). 1. essor in pons deration of --Ejz t Ijundred Seventy Rive a d No/100--- in hand paid, of the royalties herein prove an o the agreement or Lessee ereirf contained, hereby grants, leases ,; and lets exclusively unto Lessee for the purpose of investigating, exploring, prospecting, drilling and mining for and uroducing oil , gas and other hydrocarbons, laying pipe lines, building tanks, power stations, telephone lines and other structures thereon to produce, save, take care of, treat, transport and own said products, and housing its employees, (subject to all applicable Weld County Zoning Regulations), the following tract of land with any reversionary rights therein being situated in the County of Weld, State of Colorado, and described as follows: Township 6 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section 26: SW4; in and containing 160.00 acres, more or less ( 7.0 net mineral acres). re 2. Subject to the other provisions herein contained, this lease shall be for a term of 3 years from this date txi _j (called "primary term") and as long thereafter as oil , gas or other hydrocarbons, is produced from said land hereunder, or drilling or reworking operations are conducted thereon. 3. The royalties to be paid by Lessee are: (a) on oil , one-eighth of that produced and saved from said land, the '�. LEj same to he delivered at the wells, or to the credit of Lessor into the pipe line to which the wells may be connected; v- Lessee may from time to time purchase any royalty oil in its possession, paying the market price therefor prevailing ae for the field where produced on the date of purchase; (b) on gas, including casinghead gas or other hydrocarbon sub- Lid stance, produced from said land and sold or used off the premises or in the manufacture of gasoline or other products therefrom, the market value at the well of one-eighth of the gas so sold or used, provided that on gas sold at the wells the royalty shall be one-eighth of the amount realized from such sale; on sulfur the royalty shall be fifty cents (sot) per long ton. Lessee shall have free use of oil , gas, coal , wood and water from said land, except water C4 Z from Lessor's wells, for all operations hereunder, and the royalty on oil and gas shall be computed after deducting any so used. If a well capable of producing gas in paying quantities is completed on the above described land and is ,— C shut in, this lease shall continue in effect for a period of one year from the date such well is shut in. Lessee or v ;-- any assignee may thereafter, in the manner provided herein for the payment or tender of delay rentals, pay or tender `--' '= to Lessor as royalty, on or before one year from the date such well is shut in, the sum of $100.00 per well , and, if • Z such payment or tender is made, this lease shall continue in effect for a further period of one year. In like manner and upon like payments or tenders annually, made on or before each anniversary of the shut-in date of such well , this lease shall continue in effect for successive periods of twelve (12) months each. Ci 4. If operations for drilling are not tormented on said land as hereinafter provided, on or before one year from V▪ ie , this date, the lease shall then terminate as to both parties, unless on or before such anniversary date Lessee shall — nay or tender to Lessor, and shall continue a5 the depository for all rentals payable hereunder regardless of changes in ownership of said land or the rentals either by conveyance or by the death or incapacity of Lessor, the sum which osf --Seven and No/100--- Dollar(s) ($ 1.00 ) per net mineral acre, (herein called rental), cover the privilege of deferring commencement of operations for drilling for a period of twelve (12) months. In like manner and upon like payments or tenders annually the commencement of operations for drilling may be further deferred for successive periods of twelve (12) months each during the primary term. The payment or tender of rental herein referred to may be made in currency, or check at the option of the Lessee; and the depositing of such currency, or check in any post office, properly addressed to the Lessor, on or before the rental paying date, shall be deemed pay- ment as herein provided. The down cash payment is consideration for the lease according to its terms and shall not he allocated as mere rental for a period. Lessee may at any time execute and deliver to Lessor or place of record a release or releases covering any portion or portions of the above described premises and thereby surrender this the acreage , and then rentalss payablerhereunderro shalls ben reducedin the n proportion ig that n the n acrreage covered herebyd isereduced thereafter by such potion rad be sai release or releases. 5. Should any well drilled on the above described land during the primary term before production is obtained be a dry hole, or should production be obtained during the primary term and thereafter cease, then and in either event, if operations for drilling an additional well are not commenced or operations for reworking an old well are not pur- sued on said land on or before the first rental paying date next succeeding the cessation of production or drilling or reworking on said well or wells, then this lease shall terminate unless Lessee, on or before said date, shall re- sume the payment of rentals. Upon resumption of the payment of rental , Section 4 governing the payment of rentals, shall continue in force just as though there had been no interruption in the rental payments. If during the last year of the primary term and prior to the discovery of oil , gas, or other hydrocarbons on said land Lessee should drill a dry hole thereon, or if after discovery of oil , gas or other hydrocarbons before or during the last year of no rental the he rent arirary term the production thereof should cease during the last year of said term from any cause, or operations are necessary in order to keep,. the lease in force during the remainder of the primary term. if, at the expiration of the primary term, Lessee is conducting operations for drilling a new well or reworking an old well, this lease neverthelessshall continue in force as long as such drilling or reworking operations continue, or if, after the expiration of the primary term, production on this lease shall cease, this lease nevertheless shall continue in force if drilling or reworking operations are commenced within sixty (60) days after such cessation of production; if pro- duction is restored or additional production is discovered as a result of any such drilling or reworking operations, conducted without cessation of more than sixty (60) days, this lease shall continue as long thereafter as oil , gas, other hydrocarbons or other mineral is produced and as long as additional drilling or reworking operations are had without cessation of such drilling or reworking operations for more than sixty (60) consecutive days. 6. Lessee,at its option, is hereby given the right and power to pool or combine the land covered by this lease, or any portion thereof, as to oil and gas, or either of them, with any other land lease or leases when in Lessee's judgment it is necessary or advisable to do so in order to properly develop and operate said premises, such pooling to be into a well unit or units not exceeding forty (40) acres, plus an acreage tolerance of ten per cent (10%) of forty (40; acres, for oil , and not exceeding six hundred and forty (640) acres, plus an acreage tolerance of ten per cent (10 ) of six hundred and forty (640) acres, for gas, except that larger units may be created to conform to any spacing or well unit pattern that may be prescribed by governmental authorities having jurisdiction. Lessee may pool or com- bine acreage covered by /his lease, or any portion thereof, as above provided, as to oil or gas in any one or more strata, and units so formed need not conform in size or area with the unit or units into which the lease is pooled or co-tined as to any other stratum or strata, and oil units need not conform as to area with gas units. The 000linc in one or more instances shall not exhaust the rights of the Lessee hereunder to pool this lease or portions thereof into in 0 other units, Lessee shall execute in writing and place of record an instrument or instruments identifying and describ- e 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 tr en or gas therefrom, or the completion thereon of a well as a shut-In gas well, shall be considered for all purposes, Ci 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 this 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 rffi the royalty stipulated herein as the amount of his acreage placed in the unit or his royalty interest therein bears a 3 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 n enlarged unit shall in no event exceed the acreage content hereinabove specified. In the event an existing unit is cz 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 Cc 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 `C termination. r v 7. Lessee also shall have the right to unitize, pool , or combine all or any part of the above described lands 14-1 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 Z 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 7-J, the production allocated to any particular tract of land shall , for the purpose of computing the royalties to be u. 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 he based 0- z upon production only as so allocated. Lessor shall formally express Lessor's consent to any cooperative or unit r 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 r 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 `t 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 he 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 he 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 State of Colorado now in effect restricting or limiting the powers of counties or boards of county commissioners, and any 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 be binding upon the parties hereto, their heirs, administrators, successors and assigns. • 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. ' 3 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WE UNTY, COLORADO in ATTEST: 1, ±€4.,::/:0/.k.✓ni , ,c. ct Weld County Cler and Record and Clerk io the Board •'� DJ J7^M 4;,`' % � LESSEE: � Pe •role4u}. a. ,. By: :y �^'. 41 ? Thomas'%V « "r it r STATE OF COLORADb,'r 't/" `+ -/ Attest: L�j�UJ�lf6yi(34. `sr'^' )-- COUNTY OF WELD ) Sili .:.�: `U Alberta L.iiitillAbndo y CrCorporate Secretary ix .i da of December 1982, by The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 13th Y `.. 0 Thomas E. Orr -- President of Alberta Petroleum Inc. , a Colorado corporation. a •` My commission expires: 9-.LES-- Witness my hand and official seal. I % ?t: * T�R�,' _ �u�� LSD -a-6-0 _ SO- . ............�v, `- Alberta Petroleum Inc. 1251 Salem Street,Awore,Colorado 80011 (303)892690 394-41.200 �flt COnry N • a November 21, 19q$ } 82 GREELENd COLO. Board of County Commissioners Weld County Centennial Center 915 10th Streets'; Greeley, Colorado 80631 Dear Sirs: Enclosed please-find an oil and gas lease for minerals you own under Right-of-Way dds in Township 6 North, Range 66 "West, Section 26: SW4. Alberta Petrol * holds the existing oil and gas lease on this property (OG lease BK. 901 Rec. 01908131, ASSN BK. 981 Rec. 01908132) and is requesting thi&&-lease as a protective measure. We are requesting a bid waiver on this lease. Enclosed is a check for �. $875.00 ($125.00 X 7.0 net mineral acres) for bonus payment to the ., county and conitderation for the lease. `-3 Thank you for your time and consideration on this matter. If you need additional infctkutation, please contact me. Sincerely, Thomas E. Orr ? CT- Enclosure: WE!3 COIIIITY CSIOI SINEA5 TEO/ale = -t 6 jc, �I t Nov 2 3 1982 k el• 0 i .. ..y , 'ti 0 - -It ,1 •: "- f GREELEY. COLO. .r _ , 1. r t.0. f 1.1 . Hello