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FACSIMILE (303)810.2653 TO THE B v",9 t;�.. D.RUSSMAN
January 19, 1996
Mr. Ron Olsen
Vessels Oil & Gas Company
Suite 2000, Independence Plaza
1050 17th Street
Denver, CO 80265
Re: Drilling of Erie-Champlin 18-15 Well
Township 1 North. Range 68 West
Section 18: SW/4SE/4
Weld County, Colorado
Dear Mr. Olsen:
This office represents Peter Luce with respect to your January 13, 1996 letter advising
of Vessels' intent to commence dirt work for the drilling of the captioned well on Mr. Luce's
property.
In this regard, Mr. I uce has provided me a copy of the deed to this property, which
he received from Vessels' predecessor in interest, Union Pacific Land Resources
Corporation (copy enclosed). The deed reserves the underlying minerals to Union Pacific,
under the following lanpnge:
Excepting from this grant and reserving unto the Grantor, its
successors and assigns, forever, all minerals and all mineral
rights of every kind and character now known to exist or
hereafter discovered including,without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, oil and gas and rights thereto, together with the
sole, exclusive, and perpetual right to explore for, remove and
dispose of, said minerals by any means or methods suitable to
the Grantor, its cursors and acrignc, but without entering
upon or using the surface of the lands hereby conveyed and in
such n>anner as not to mm�ge tie surface of said lands or
interfere with the use thereof by the Grantee. his heirs and
assigns. (emphasis added)
7)1411 960286
Mr. Ron Olsen
January 19, 1996
Page 2
As a result of the foregoing language, it appears to me that Vessels Oil & Gas
Company does not have the right to enter upon Mr. Luce's property nor to use the surface
of the property in connection with its exploratory efforts. Mr. Luce's present intentions are
to subdivide and develop the subject property as a residential subdivision. Vessels' drilling
efforts on this property would constitute an incompatible use. Accordingly, Mr. Luce
respectfully declines to execute the Surface Use Agreement enclosed with your letter or
otherwise permit the surface use of his property for exploitation of the underlying minerals.
Once you've had a chance to consider the foregoing, please get back to me with
Vessels' position on this matter, and, if Vessels takes a contrary position, any supporting
documentation on which it relies.
Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours very truly,
E.'Brown
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cc County Commissioners, Weld County
Attention: Barbara Kirkmeyer, Chair
Mr. Peter Luce
Mr. Keith Bell
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