HomeMy WebLinkAbout720483.tiff SIGN OIL AND GAS LEASE #573
AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY
EXPIRES MAY 31, 1977:
WHEREAS, Amoco Production Company of Security Life Building, Denver,
Colorado 80202, has presented this Board with an Oil and Gas Lease covering the
following tract of land situate in Weld County, Colorado, described as follows;
to-wit
Township 2 North, Range 67 West, Weld County, Colorado.
Section 31: The North 40' of the South 340' of the NW4
contains 2.43 acres m/1
and
WHEREAS, the Board believes it to be in the best interests of the
County to sign said lease.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of County Commissioners,
Weld County, Colorado, that they accept said lease by signing, a copy of which
is hereto attached and made a part of this resolution, with Amoco Production
Company, $1.00 per acre bonus and annual delay rental of $1.00 per acre has
heretofore been received and recognized by receipt number 1215 under date of
May 31, 1972.
The above and foregoing resolution was, on motion duly made and
seconded, adopted by the following vote:
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THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
DATED: MAY 31, 1972
MB 38: -?7'� LHR 720483
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Recorded at_��o'clock....) M.__J.I IN Q Iq7(
BOOK ��:� 1J3.133I
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Producers 98 Rev.(10 Year Lease)(2-56) ( XYEAR PAID UP LEASE)
With 640 Acres Pooling Provision OIL AND GAS LEASE
THIS AGREEMENT made this__lith ___.-. ____--day of.- May _ 18 72,between
_Weld.-CauntY., o_oolitisml_subdiviekon_of the.Stet* of COlerado by the__poard__01 C Unty_
CommieHiA.HOTS,.._for_ita_Tmspective_interest._.%_4Aerd of County Commie-*loners, Weld County--
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and_kmO.co._Prosiuotion_-Compeny,_lec,uxit _Lifa_51dgs. Dinwor4._Ceolgre_dQ._10202_...____..Lessee,WITNESSETH:
1. Lessor in consideration of. —Ian and NeTr-_------------------------- -- -- -- -a Douai,
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($_t_Q.QOaMAre_)in hand paid,of the royalties herein provided anal of the agreements of Lessee herein contained, hereby grants, eases an lets ex-
clusively unto Lesree for he purpose of investigating,exploring,prospecting.drilling and i.for d producing oil d gas,laying pipe lines,building
n oth ' b'� r corn an and� and other structures thereon and on, r and a rocs lands owned or claimed by Lessor adjacent and contiguous
roads,tanks.Dower stations,telephone lines
thereto,to produce,save,take care of,treat,transport,and own said products,and housing its employees,the following described land in___..____._...---
___.WastdCounty, CAlorada_ .. to-wit:
The North 40' of the South 340' of the NW}of Section 31, Township 2 North, Range 67 West
Upon termination of this lease in whole or in part by election or by failure to make payments as
aforesaid, lass.. or his assigns shell within 30 days release by written instrument' the land or
portion thereof which said lease terminates, and said notice shall also be sent to the lessor
giving the book and page of said lease. It is expresely understood that this lease is subject to
and controlled by any law of the State of Colorado now in effect restricting the powers of Counties
or Boards of County Commissioners end provisions herein in conflict therewith shall be
inoperative and void.
2. Without reference h the commencement,prosecution or cessation at any time of drilling or other development operations,and/or to the discovery,de-
velopment or cessation at any time of production of oil or gas and without further payments than the royalties herein provided, and notwithstanding any-
thing else herein contained to the contrary,this lease shall be for a term of imKyearsjimthis date (called"primary term") and are long thereafter as oil
or gas is produced from said land or land with which said land is pooled hereunder. rV
3. The royalties to be paid by Lessee,are:(a)on oil,one-eighth of that produced and saved from said land,the same to be delivered at the wells or to the
credit of Lessor into the pipe line to which the wells may be connected:Lessee may from time to time I purchase any royalty
oil in others possession,
paying pro-
duced market price therefor prevailing for the field where produced p the date of purchase; (b)on gas, c one-
eighth
duced from said land,and sold or used off the premises or for the extraction f gasoline or.other product therefrom,the market value t the
there e
of the vas so sold or used,provided that on gas sold at the wells the royalty oshalle be one-eighth yoffathe amount
realized from such ninety le, days after the
gas well this lease or n acreage pooled therewith but gas is not beings r s ere a payment ion or o tendered,this lease hall not
date on which said well is shut inand thereafter at annual intervals the sum of$1.00 per acre.and if such
terminate and it will be considered that gas is being produced from this lease in paying quantities.Lessee shall have free use of oil,gas,coal and water from said
land,except water from Lessor's wells,for all operations hereunder,and the royalty on oil and gas shall be computed after deducting any so used.
4. Le-.sec, at its option, is hereby given the right and power to pool or combine the acreage covered by this lease,or any portion thereof
as to oil
judgment
and a either of them.with other land,lease or leases in he immediate vicinity thereof to d eled extent,herein fter stipulated,
when in with the spacing rules of
it i or
advisable t,do order properly to explore, r to develop'•and s' in compliance conservation
the sa➢propr ate or
governmental uthority, other lawful authority,or who o do o would,in the judgment f Lessee,promote their of oil
and gas i and ale,mid hat may ebe produced from said premises.Unite pooled for oil hereunder hall t substantially d 40 each government-
al a irit pooled for gas hereunder shll not substantially ion of i arts ea 640 acres each plus a,units e of thereafter creatteedd,providedconform substantially in size
al authority basin,prescribed
d �isd goner prescribe g permit the creation of a provision than those specified,d,units combine acreage created
by conform
lease, or any portion
with those ore's r ibed by 4 [el regulations. eLesseeata and hoop provisions m pool or
The units formed by pooling as to any stratum or strata
need
nf ot•rol form in nd z"rt ear oil rn with ytheeunit or more whi as ch gas errlease is re led or mo a ombined as to any other stratum o strata,and oil units need
not conforms as with area
units.The pooling sin one into
c mime instances shall not exhaust the nights f the Lessee hereunder to pool this lease or
portions thereof i other lints.I•essee shall file for record i the appropriate records of the county i which the leased premises are situated an instrum or
ent
es ribin and de� the ooisd a r age as a pooled unit.Less may at i s election exercise its pooling option after commencing en s. poperation �ons for
m let describing
oil Teas well o the leased.Premises,and the pooled unit may include, but it not required include. or cop n iofproducin_s oil, quantities has theretofore been completed o upon whichoperations for te drilling of a well for oil or gas have
theretofore been commenced.Operations for drilling or production [ it or gas from d any ,art of the led unit which includes all or a portion of the
land covered by thisnlease regardless of whether such operations for drilling we commenced or such production s secured before o after the execution
of this o instrument n the instrument designating the pooled u shall be considered a operations fordrilling on or production of it or gr.from land cov oil ered by
this wht her, t the well o wells be located o the premises covered by this lease,and the tire acreage constituting such unit o nits,as if the same
or either of them,as herein provided,shall be treated for all purposes,except the payment of royalties Ton production from the pooled nit,are
included in this lease.For thepurpose of computing the royalties to which owners f royalties and payments t of production and each f them, hall
are wirentitled on rNI. ion of oil d gas. either of either ofthem the produced froled it.there m he pooled unit
be allocated
[deducting that used forboperations QBse n the pooleddu its
said unit n pro meta portion of a the oil and gas, o p
Such allocation shell be n e basis.--thate cis h Oar,[rode hall m allocated to the acreage covered by this lease and includedvexed b the pooled unit
that pro r of it beast nog either number
them,produced from the in the poor unit the umber of dace a covered by this ]ease and
included pr int t nhei!unit bears to the total n bar of surface acres included n the pooled nit.Royalties hereunder roll acres
computed t the portion f
such prod Tennis wrath rr h la oil and gas,or either m them,so 1?oc red to the land co act by thishelease and included the from
iv is are is pro such
codaoion v from such land.The production from oil well a a ll will production from the louse or oil pooled the nit from which it a producing
and r .nroelurtion from a as pooled unit:and production from a gas resell will be considered ere production from the lease or gee pooled unit from
which it a producing and not from an oil pooled unit.
5. If at the expiration of the primary term oil or gas is not being produced on said land,or from land pooled therewith,but Lessee is then engaged
In drilling or reworking operations thereon,or shall have completeda dry hole thereon within 60 days prior to the end of the primary terms,the lease shall
on-
n force so long as reworking operations on said well r for drilling u w rking of any additional well are prosecuted with no caseation f m than 60 c
ecutive�days,and if they result in the production of oil o gas so long thereafter as o'1 r gas i produced from said land, r from land pooled therewith.If,
after the expiration of then ry term of his lease and after it or gas is produced from said land,or from land pooled therewith,the production thereof
shop.ild re�.(from an cause,this lease shall no,terminate if Lessee mences operations for drilling or reworking within 60 days after the cessation f
such production, but shall rem. n force and effect a long s uch operations a prosecuted with n cessation of ore than 60 cone tive days.and
f they result.inL the in accord f oil or gas,so he thereafter a dissolved
ve Rua produced from said lend,for
from lend pooled therewith.rigrcod o pooled unit
inwhich
designate!by Lessee i accordance with the terms hereof, r be as oil
of Lessee by instrument filed for record in the said unit. records a the a or
my
whirr the goil premises situated at any time after the completion nlcation of l dry hole it the cessation f production t said unit.In the evenlandt well
ache ilh.Lem nil, a paying .notice well
old el brought in o adjacent land and within 660 feet [and draining the lease premses. nLess pooled
h h. 1 " i drill er h Lessor
well place
wellsreasonablyon
n el e se operator would drill under the acme e 1 circumstances.ribed Lessee may
t 1 I 1 I o or ponce of a l ass or releases. covering any portion or portons of h bone s robed premises and
thereby surrender this lease as to such portion or portions and b relieved of all obligations as to the acreage surrendered
6. Le-sac.shall have the right at any time during o levee to the expiration of this le to r rn n all property and fixture s placed by L said land.
m
eluding the right to draw and remove all casing.When required by Lessor,Lessee will Bury all n pre lines below ordinary plow depth,and no well shall be
wi
thin ithin two hundred feet of any residence or barn now on said land without Lessor's consent..
7. The rights of either party hereunder may be assigned in whole or in part,and the poovisinns hereof shall extend to their heirs,successors and assigns
but no chan,c or division in ownership of the land or royalties.however accomplished, shall operate to enlarge the obligations or diminish the rights of
lessee,and no chat), 1 ch ownership shall be binding Lessee until thirty (30) days after Lessee shall have been furnished by registered
U t 1 I 'dare of laisiness with a eertified cony of recorded instrument or instruments evidencing lease or n t portion thereof he event
ntfo Tent
hereof n whet part I'1't f breach ! 11 2 hereunder,hall exclusively non t owner f
thiscommits such breach.It six or more parties become entitled to royalty hereunder, Lessee see may withhold payment thereof unless and until furnished with a
recordable instrument exeroted by all such ioitns designating an agent to rerrive payment for e
S. The drench by Lessee of any obligation arising hereunder shell not work a forfeiture or termination of this lease nor cause a termination or reversion
of the estate created hereby nor be grounds for cancillstion hereof in whole o in part In the event ent Lessor considers that operations are not at any time
being conducted in crnplimeew with this lease.Lessor shall notify Lessee in writing of the fact- relied uniin as constituting a hrearh hereof, and Lessee, if
in&Molt.*hull have sixty days after receipt of such notice in which to commence the compliance with the obligations im ased by virtue of this instrument.
After the discovery f oil . on said e.lid premises.Lessee shalldeveMn the retained hereunder as a reasonobly prudent operator
but in discharging this it shall t pbe re Tl to drill more thanwell per fooy 1401 acres of the k ed hereunder and a nohle
of producing 'I in paying quantities and nr, well per 640 acres phis e acreage e.tole not to exceed 10 of 640 acres of the area retained hereunder
and capable of producing gas in paying 90arditieo-
0. Lessor 11Qx](9IXJIMIKM1$aRXmxMxXIMIXXXXXXXMX11iXMWfmM)MR ees that Leswe at is option may discharge any tax,mortgage o other lien
upon said land either in.whole r in art.and in e Lessee does so,it shall lie silirognted to such lien with thr right to enforce same and ga ply royalties
accruing hereunder toward satisfying same.Without y impairment of Lessee's right under the warranty i event of failure of title. t' agreed that if oLessor
own interest in the oil or gas o or under said land less than the call,fee simple estate, then the royalties to be paid Lessor shall be reduced
proportionately. Shmd,d any on, or more of the parties named as Lessors fail to execute this lease,it shall nevertheless be binding upon the party or parties
executing the.same.
10. Should Lessee be � ented from complying with a re implied covenant of this lease,from conducting drilling or reworking operations
thereon r from riuloeing nil or g therefrom by re ofn_scncity express
inability to obtain or to use equipment o material, o by operation of force
Federal, state law or any order, rules or regulation of yp rrnmental authority.then while so prevented,Lessee's obligation to ply with such
covenanto shall he suspended,and I. shall not be liable in damages for Milo,to comply therewith; and this lease shall be extended while and so Iona
as 1 t i tch,dpause all from bcocduct i drilling-v1.L onkib' operations
on or fire producing
r ducingl gasm the leased Premises;an
he time while lessee is so p vent_ net ere g y on notwithstanding.
is WITNESS WHEREOF,this instrument is executed on the date first almye written. Weld County Colorado, . political
Attest: 6G,..,__sJ/,',.n:»a.ty__ Subdivision of -th S is of Colorado._by_.the_Boscd
County Cler(Jand Recorder and of County Commi rs
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Clerk t0 the Board , +�� '�
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INDIVIDUAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT
STATE OF
County of
Weld as.
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 31s.t day of May ,
1972 by Glenn K. Billings, Harry S. Ashley,
The Board of County Commissioners
Marshall Anderson Weld County, Mora
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My Commission expires >',D(-4'2.4.--' / ,197 3' / Notary bhc
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INDIVIDUAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT
STATE OF
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County of
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