HomeMy WebLinkAbout20162171.tiffBEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND
ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO
GOVERN OPERATIONS FOR THE NIOBRARA
AND CODELL FORMATIONS, WATTENBERG
FIELD, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
CAUSE NO. 407
DOCKET NO. 160700283
TYPE: POOLING
NOTICE OF HEARING
TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
APPLICATION LANDS
Welibore Spacing Unit (WSU) #1
Mojack N-28HC Well (Codeil Formation)
Township 7 North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M.
I Section 28: b''/2E14
Section 33: EY2E'%
WSU #2
Mojack P-28HN Well (Niobrara Formation)
Township 7 North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M.
Section 27: WYMW%
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Section 33: E'/:E'%
Section 34: W%W'/:
APPLICATION
On May 19, 2016, Bayswater Exploration & Production, LLC (Operator No. 10261)
("Bayswater" or "Applicant") filed a verified application pursuant to §34-60-116, C.R.S., for an
order to:
1) Vacate Order No. 407-1656, in part and only as it relates to the Mojack N-28HN
Well, which among other things, pooled all interests in an approximate 320 -acre wellbore
spacing unit for portions of Sections 26 and 33, Township 7 North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M., for
the development and operation of the Niobrara Formation and subjected all nonconsenting
interests to the cost recovery provisions of Section 34-60-116(7), C.R.S., for the drilling of the
Mojack N-28HN Well;
2) Vacate Order No. 407-1657, which pooled all interests in an approximate 640 -
acre wellbore spacing unit for portions of Sections 27, 28, 33, and 34, Township 7 North, Range
64 West, 6`" P.M., for the development and operation of the Codell Formation and subjected all
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nonconsenting interests to the cost recovery provisions of Section 34-60-116(7), C.R.S., for the
drilling of the Mojack P-28HC Well;
3) Pool all interests in one approximate 320 -acre wellbore spacing unit ("WSU No.
1") and in one approximate 640 -acre wellbore spacing unit ("WSU No. 2") established for the
Application Lands, for the development and operation of the Niobrara and Codell Formations;
and
4) Subject any nonconsenting 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 Mojack
N-28HC Well (API No. 05-123-39842), for the development and operation of the Codell
Formation and the Mojack P-28HN Well (API No. 05-123-39829) for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
APPL'ICABLERULES-AND-ORDERS
(available online at: http://cogcc.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 March 7, 2016, the Commission entered Order No. 407-1656, which, inter
alia, pooled all interests in one approximate 320 -acre WSU covering the
Application Lands, for the Niobrara Formation and subjected all nonconsenting
interests to the cost recovery provisions of Section 34-60-117(7), C.R.S. for the
Mojack N-28HN well.
• On March 7, 2016, the Commission entered Order No. 407-1657, which, pooled
all interests in one approximate 640 -acre WSU covering the Application Lands
along with the WS4W'/4 of Sections 27 and 34, Township 7 North, Range 64
West, 6th P.M., for the Codell Formation and subjected all nonconsenting
interests to the cost recovery provisions of Section 34-60-117(7), C.R.S. for the
Mojack P-28HC well.
• On March 18, 2016, the Commission approved a Sundry notice changing the
name of the Mojack P-28HC well to the Mojack P-28HN well and changing the
objective formation from the Codell Formation to the Niobrara Formation.
• OnMarch18,-2016,-the-Commission approved a Sundry notice changing the -
name of the Mojack N-28HN well to the Mojack N-28HC well and changing the
objective formation from the Niobrara Formation to the Codell Formation.
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:
Dates: July 18-20, 2016
Time: 9:00 a.m.
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Place for July 19-20:
Place for July 18: Colorado Mountain College
1402 Blake Avenue
Senior Center Room
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
Glenwood Springs Community Center
100 Wolfson Road
Sopris Rooms A & B
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
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 July 1, 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 July 1, 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
Dated: June 8, 2016
Lease in Place : YES(? NO Q
Lease # LSO
Acres
Keep for Hearing Outcome/Minutes
File - No Action Needed
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Julie rphy, Secretary
ommission Attorneys for Applicant:
Joseph C. Pierzchala
Chelsey J. Russell
Welborn Sullivan Meck & Tooley, P.C.
1125 17th Street, Suite 2200
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 830-2500
jpierzchala@wsmtlaw.com
crussell@wsmtlaw.com
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