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Home My WebLink About20160374.tiff BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ) CAUSE NO. 407 ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN OPERATIONS FOR THE NIOBRARA FORMATION, ) DOCKET NO. 160100066 WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO ) TYPE: POOLING NOTICE OF HEARING TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: RECEIVED APPLICATION LANDS DEC 2 8 2015 Township 6 North, Range 67 West. 61h P.M. WELD COUNTY Section 26: SVaSWYa COMMISSIONERS Section 27: Si/2S1/2 Section 34: N1/2 N1/2 Section 35: NYzNWY APPLICATION On November 25,2015, Great Western Operating Company, LLC (Operator No. 10110) ("Great Western" or "Applicant"), filed a verified application pursuant to §34-60-116, C.R.S. for an order to: 1) Pool all interests in an approximate 480-acre designated horizontal wellbore spacing unit,for the development and operation of the Niobrara Formation. 2) Subject any non-consenting interests to the cost recovery provisions of §34-60- 116(7), C.R.S., effective as of the earlier of the date of the Application, or the date that any of the costs specified in §34-60-116(7)(b), C.R.S. were first incurred for the drilling of the Kodak South FD 27-3821-IN Well (API No. 05-123-40803). PRIOR RULES AND ORDERS (available online at: http://coocc.state.co.us, under"ORDERS") • On April 27, 1998, the Commission adopted Rule 318A, the Greater Wattenberg Area Special Well Location, Spacing and Unit Designation Rule. • On February 19, 1992, the Commission entered Order No. 407-87 (amended August 20, 1993) which, among other things, established 80-acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Codell-Niobrara Formations, the Codell Formation, and the Niobrara Formation underlying certain lands, including the Application Lands, with the permitted well locations in accordance with the provisions of Order No. 407-1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to §§ 34-60-101 to -130, C.R.S. and the Commission's Rules of Practice arid-Procedure, 2 CCR 404-1, that the Commission has scheduled this matter for hearing on: 1 (160100066) 2016-0374 LED ,3 Dates: January 26-27,2016 Time: 9:00 a.m. Place: Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission The Chancery Building 1120 Lincoln Street,Suite 801 Denver, CO 80203 Additional information about the hearing on this Application will be in the Commission's Agenda, which is posted on the Commission website approximately 3 days before the hearing. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if any party requires special -----accommodationsas a result-of-a-disability for this hearing, please contact Margaret-Humecki at - — 111T, '(303)'894-2100 ext.5139, prior to the hearing and arrangements will be made. ' s:.""• • !At'hearing, the Commission will consider the Application and enter an order pursuant to iits-autfiority under the statute. Any interested party desiring to protest or intervene should file with the Commission a written protest or intervention in accordance with Rule 509., no later than January 12, 2016. Such interested party shall, at the same time, serve a copy of the protest or intervention to the person filing the application. One electronic (cogcc.hearings_unit@state.co.us), one original and two copies shall be filed with the Commission. Anyone who files a protest or intervention must be able to participate in a preheating conference during the week of January 12, 2016. Pursuant to Rule 511., if the matter is uncontested, it may be approved without a hearing. OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO /AD By ' /�/ ry r Julie urp y, Secret ry V Dated: December l 2015 Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Attorneys for Great Western: 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 _ - Jamie L.Jost- - --- — — --- — - Denver_cnInradn ao2n-z - Zachary P. Sears us Burleson LLP 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 1300 Denver,Colorado 80203 (303) 801-3200 jjost@burlesonlIp.com zsears@burlesonlIp.com Lease in Place : YES NO Q Lease# Acres 1. 21 Keep for Hearing Outcome/Minutes File-No Action Needed ' 2 (160100066) BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF CAUSE NO. 407 GREAT WESTERN OPERATING COMPANY, LLC FOR AN ORDER TO POOL ALL DOCKET NO. INTERESTS IN AN APPROXIMATE 480-ACRE DESIGNATED HORIZONTAL WELLBORE TYPE: POOLING SPACING UNIT FOR PORTIONS OF SECTIONS 26, 27, 34 AND 35, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST, 6TH P.M., FOR THE RECEIVED NIOBRARA FORMATION, WATTENBERG DEC 1 4 2015 FIELD, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO WELD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPLICATION COMES NOW Great Western Operating Company, LLC (Operator No. 10110) ("Great Western" or "Applicant"), by its attorneys, Burleson LLP, and makes this application to the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado ("Commission") for an order to pool all interests within an approximate 480-acre Wellbore Spacing Unit, as defined below, for the drilling of the Kodak South FD 27-382HN Well (API No. 05=123-40803) ("Well"), for the development of the Niobrara Formation on the following described lands: Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M. Section 26: S%SWY Section 27: S%S% Section 34: WAN'% Section 35: N'/NW/ 480 acres, more or less, Weld County, Colorado. Hereinafter"Application Lands" In support thereof, 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. 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 recomplete a well and to commingle any or all of the Cretaceous Age Formations 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. On August 8, 2011, Rule 318A was again amended to, among other things, address drilling of horizontal wells. • 4. On February 19, 1992, the Commission entered Order No. 407-87 (amended August 20, 1993) which, among other things, established 80- acre drilling and spacing units for the production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from.the Codell-Niobrara Formations, the Codell Formation, and the Niobrara Formation underlying certain lands, including the Application Lands, with the permitted well locations in .accordance with the provisions of Order No. 407-1 r,r,c r J 3_l 5., ,; Applicant designated the approximate 480-acre Wellbore Spacing Unit 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. 6. Applicant, pursuant to Commission Rule 530 and/or the provisions of C.R.S. § 34-60-116 (6) and (7), hereby requests an order to pool all interests, including but not limited to, any non-consenting interests, in the Application Lands in the Niobrara Formation underlying the following approximate 480-acre Wellbore Spacing Unit for the drilling of the Well: Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M. Section 26: S%SW1 Section 27: S%S% Section 34: N%N% Section 35: N%NW/ (throughout as "Wellbore Spacing Unit"). 7. Applicant requests that the Commission's pooling order be made effective as of the earlier of the date of this Application, or the date that the costs specified in C.R.S. § 34-60-116(7)(b) are first incurred for the drilling of the Well to the Niobrara Formation in the Wellbore Spacing Unit, on the Application Lands. 8. Applicant certifies that copies of this 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 503.e., and that at least thirty-five (35) 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 as applicable. • 9. That in order to prevent waste and to protect correlative rights, all interests in the Wellbore Spacing Unit should be pooled for the orderly development of the Niobrara Formation, including any non-consenting 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 Application Lands and the Wellbore 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 date of this Application, or the date that any of the costs specified in C.R.S. § 34-60-116(7)(b) are first incurred for the drilling of the Well in the Wellbore Spacing Unit to the Niobrara Formation on the Application Lands. 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(6) and (7), and made subject to the cost recovery provisions thereof with respect to the Well drilled to develop the Niobrara Formation in the Wellbore Spacing Unit comprising 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 2016, 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. Dated: November 25 , 2015. . I Respectfully submitted: GREAT WESTERN OPERATING COMPANY, LLC By: �je,/r JarSiie L. Jost Zachary P. Sears Burleson LLP Attorneys for Applicant 1700 Lincoln St., Suite 1300 Denver, Colorado 80203 (303) 801-3200 Applicant's Address: Great Western Operating Company, LLC ATTN: Hal Writer 1801 Broadway, Suite 500 Denver, CO 80202 A VERIFICATION STATE OF COLORADO ) ) ss. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER ) Steve Stacy, of lawful age, being first duly sworn upon oath, deposes and says that he is the Senior Vice President Land for Great Western Operating Company, LLC, and that he has read the foregoing Application and that the matters therein contained are true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief. Steve Stacy Senior Vice President Land Great Western Operating Company, LW Subscribed and sworn to before me this ay of November 2015. Witness my hand and official seal. CHRISTEN NICOLE JACKSON .1 [SEAL] NOTARY PUBLICSTATE OF COLORADO NOTARY ID*2013 0400322.MY COMMIBSDN EXPIRES JUNE 24 2 ' My commission expires: Qua O01--- Notary Public M 1 • BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF CAUSE NO. 407 GREAT WESTERN OPERATING COMPANY, LLC FOR AN. ORDER TO POOL ALL DOCKET NO. INTERESTS IN AN APPROXIMATE 480-ACRE • DESIGNATED HORIZONTAL WELLBORE TYPE: POOLING SPACING UNIT FOR PORTIONS OF SECTIONS 26, 27, 34 AND 35, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST, 6TH P.M., FOR THE • NIOBRARA FORMATION, WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING STATE OF COLORADO ) )ss. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER ) I, Zachary P. Sears of lawful age, and being first duly sworn upon my oath, state and declare that I am the attorney for Great Western Operating Company, LLC, and that on or before the l?% day of December 2015, I caused a copy of the attached Application to be deposited in the United States Mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the parties listed on Exhibit A to the Application. • • chary P. Sears • Subscribed and sworn to before me this St-day of November 2015. Witness my hand and official seal. RACHELFLEMWe "- NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF COLORADO NOTARY ID 20144025048 [SEAL] ,MY COMMISSION EXPIRES JUNE 24.2018 My-commission expires: • 1Ue'Le 741, 201( , • • No is 1 Exhibit A FP- Kodak South FD 27-382HN Grizzly Petroleum Company, LLC 1801 Broadway, Suite 500 Denver, CO 80202 Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP 1099 18th Street, Suite 1800 Denver, CO 80202 Noble Energy WyCo, LLC 1625 Broadway, Suite 2200 Denver, CO 80202 Dynasty Royalty Company, LLC 1700 Broadway, Suite 650 Denver, CO 80290 Northern Colorado Royalties, LLC 252 Clayton St., 4th Fl. Denver, CO 80206 Weld County, CO P.O. Box 758 Greeley, CO 80632 Hello