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BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION DEC 2 8 2015
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO WELD COUNTY
IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ) CAUSE NO.407 COMMISSIONERS
ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN
OPERATIONS FOR THE CODELL FORMATION, ) DOCKET NO. 160100061
WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD COUNTY,
COLORADO ) TYPE: POOLING
NOTICE OF HEARING
TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
APPLICATION LANDS
Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M.
Section 26: N%2NW�/a
Section 27: N1/2N1/2
Section 28: NE1ANEV4
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 280-acre designated horizontal wellbore
spacing unit,for the development and operation of the Codell 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
North FD 28-042HC Well (API No. Pending).
PRIOR RULES AND ORDERS
(available online at: http://coacc.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 and Procedure, 2 CCR 404-1, that the Commission has
scheduled this matter for hearing on:
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2016-0375
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.:J.. 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
accommodations as a result of a disability for this hearing, please contact Margaret Humecki at
(303) 894-2100 ext. 5139, prior to the hearing and arrangements will be made.
At hearing, the Commission will consider the Application and enter an order pursuant to
its authority 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
prehearing 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
By \✓ JI .��
Julie* rphy,Secr6tary
Dated: December`1,2015
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Attorneys for Great Western:
1120 Lincoln Street,Suite 801 Jamie L.Jost
Denver, Colorado 80203 Zachary P. Sears
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1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 1300
Denver, Colorado 80203
(303)801-3200
jjost@buriesonlip.com
zsears@buriesonlip.com
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BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION.
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF. CAUSE.NO. 407
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GREAT WESTERN OPERATING COMPANY,
LLC FOR AN ORDER TO POOL ALL DOCKET NO.
INTERESTS IN.AN APPROXIMATE 440-ACRE
DESIGNATED HORIZONTAL WELLBORE TYPE: POOLING
SPACING UNIT FOR . PORTIONS OF RECEIVE®
SECTIONS 26, 27 AND 28, TOWNSHIP .6
NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST, 6T" P.M., FOR THE DEC O T 2015
CODELL FORMATION, WATTENBERG FIELD,
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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 440-acre
Wellbore Spacing Unit, as defined below, for the drilling of the Kodak North FD 28-
042HC Well (API No. Pending) ("Well"), for the development of the Codell Formation on
the following described lands:
Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 61h P.M.
Section 26: N%NW/
Section 27: NMN'%
Section 28: NE/NE/
440 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 Formation underlying certain lands, including the Application Lands,
with the permitted well locations in accordance with the provisions of Order No. 407-1.
5... ' On April 28, 2014, the Commission entered Order No. 407-1025,
which among other things, approves the request for an order to pool all interests in nine
(9) approzmiate 320-acre designated wellbore spacing units, including portions of the
Application Lands, for the development of the Codell and Niobrara Formations. Order
No. 407-1025 does.not affect this Application.
6. On March 2, 2015, the Commission entered Order No. 407-1238,
which among other things, approves the request for an order to pool all interests in
seven (7) designated wellbore spacing units, including portions of the Application
Lands, for the development of the Codell and Niobrara Formations. Order No. 407-1238
does not affect this Application.
7. On July 20, 2015, the Commission entered Order No. 407-1401,
which among other things, approves the request for an order to pool all interests in two
(2) approximate 560-acre wellbore spacing units, including portions of the Application
Lands, for the development of the Codell and Niobrara Formations. Order No. 407-1401
does not affect this Application.
8. Applicant designated the 440-acre Wellbore Spacing Unit for the
production of oil, gas, and associated hydrocarbons from the Codell Formation pursuant
to Rule 318A and notified the appropriate parties under Rule 318A. •
9. 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 Codell
Formation underlying the following approximate 440-acre Wellbore Spacing Unit:
Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M.
Section 26: N%NW%
Section 27: WAN'/2
Section 28: NE%NE%
(throughout as "Wellbore Spacing Unit").
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10. 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 Codell
Formation on the Application Lands.
11. 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.
12. 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 Codell 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 Codell 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 Codell 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 Codell 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.
Respectfully submitted:
GREAT WESTERN OPERATING COMPANY,
LLC
By: eke ,���
J ie L. Jost
Zachary P. Sears
Burleson LLP
Attorneys for Applicant
1700 Lincoln St., Suite 1300
Denver, Colorado 80203
(303) 801-3200
Applicants Address:
Great Western Operating Company, LLC
ATTN: Hal Writer
1801 Broadway, Suite 500 •
Denver, CO 80202
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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 JACK uN
[SEAL] NOTARY PUBLIC
STATE OF COLORADONOTARY ID#
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES JUNE 4 c
My commission expires: (Q--aq=O13f-9-
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Notary Public
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 440-ACRE
DESIGNATED HORIZONTAL WELLBORE TYPE: POOLING
SPACING UNIT FOR PORTIONS OF
SECTIONS 26, 27 AND 28, TOWNSHIP 6
NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST, 6TH P.M., FOR THE
CODELL 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 al rney for Great Western Operating Company,
LLC, and that on or before the 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 GJ - day of November 2015.
Witness my hand and official seal. RACHEL --NOTARY PUBLIC
STATE OF COLORADO
NOTARY ID 20144025048
[SEAL] �I MY COMMISSION SORES JUNE 24,2018
My commission expires: 2�, 2mg
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Exhibit A
FP — Kodak North FD 28-042HC
Grizzly Petroleum Company, LLC Great Western Railway of Colorado,
1801 Broadway, Suite 500 LLC
Denver, CO 80202 252 Clayton St., 4th Floor
Denver, CO 80204
Extraction Oil & Gas, LLC
370 17th Street, Suite 5300 Kornfield, Jennifer
Denver, CO 80202 100 Whitney Bay
Windsor, CO 80550
Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
1099 18th St., Suite 1800 Looking Up, LLC
Denver, CO 80202 5310 East County Road 42E
Fort Collins, CO 80525
Dynasty Royalty Company, LLC
252 Clayton St., 4th Floor Moore, Larry J. and Julene L.
Denver, CO 80206. 104 Whitney Bay
Windsor, CO 80550
- Weld County, Colorado
P.O. Box 758 Points West Community Bank
Greeley, CO 80632 1291 Main St.
Windsor, CO 80550
Adams, John and Paige, TIC
P.O. Box 699 SJS Properties, LLC
Windsor, CO 80550 320 North College Ave.
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Bretz, Kevin S. and Vanessa M., JT •
116 Whitney Bay Skov, Clare B. and Twyla A., JT
Windsor, CO 80550 101 Whitney Bay
Windsor, CO 80550
DAB Fort Collins, LLC
P.O. Box 115 Swanson, Richard Shane
Fort Collins, CO 80522 120 Whitney Bay
Windsor, CO 80550
Fisher, Jennifer
200 Whitney Bay Team SH Real Estate, LLC
Windsor, CO 80550 7687 Golden Prairie Ct.
Fort Collins, CO 80525
Frick, Rodney A. and Michelle E., JT
105 Whitney Bay Town of Windsor, Colorado
Windsor, CO 80550 301 Walnut St.
Windsor, CO 80550
Waterval 200,LLC
355 Eastman Park Dr.,Suite 200
Windsor,CO 80550
Windsor Royalty Company,LLC
1625 Pelican Lake Point,Suite 201
Windsor,CO 80550
Kohler,Garry E.and Angela M.,JT
204 Whitney Bay
Windsor,CO 80550
Raley,Kevin
4678 Swadley Rd
VVheatridge,CO 80033
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