HomeMy WebLinkAbout20150732.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 ) DOCKET NO. 150300097
FORMATION, WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD )
COUNTY, COLORADO ) TYPE: POOLING
NOTICE OF HEARING
TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: pCnEI`'cCD
APPLICATION LANDS �'iGV V
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APPLICATION
On December 23, 2014, 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) Pool all interests in an approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing spacing unit
established for the Application Lands, for the development and operation of the Niobrara
Formation; and
2) 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
M-28HN well (API No. 05-123-39833).
APPLICABLE RULES 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.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to: 1) the general jurisdiction granted to the Oil
and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado under §34-60-105 C.R.S.; 2)
specific powers granted pursuant to §34-60-106 C.R.S.; 3) the State Administrative Procedures
Act at §24-4-105 C.R.S.; and 4) the Commission's Series 500 Rules at 2 CCR 404-1, that the
Commission has scheduled the above-entitled matter for hearing on:
Date: Monday, March 2, 2015 2015-0732
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
1 LE02.12-
(150300097)
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Place: Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
1120 Lincoln St., Suite 801
Denver, Colorado 80203
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
February 13, 2015. 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 February 13, 2015. Pursuant to Rule 511, if the
matter is uncontested, it may be approved without a hearing.
OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE `C,OLORADO
By - C4.
JI Dorancy, Acting ecretary
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Dated: January 29, 2015
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Attorneys for Applicant:
1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Joseph C. Pierzchala
Denver, Colorado 80203 Chelsey J. Russell
Website: http://cogcc.state.co.us Welborn Sullivan Meck &Tooley, P.C.
Phone: (303) 894-2100 1125 17th Street, Suite 2200
Fax: (303) 894-2109 Denver, CO 80202
(303) 830-2500
jpierzchala@wsmtlaw.com
crussell@wsmtlaw.com
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BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO CO CC
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF )
BAYSWATER EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION, ) Cause No.
LLC FOR AN ORDER POOLING ALL )
INTERESTS IN THE NIOBRARA FORMATION ) Docket No. 150300097
IN A 640-ACRE WELLBORE SPACING UNIT )
LOCATED IN SECTIONS 28 AND 33, ) Tsva(t§Ig$M103
TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 64 WEST, 6TH ) AiNf10O 013M
P.M., WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD COUNTY, )
COLORADO. ) hLOZ 0 £ 330
APPLICATION a3AI333H
Bayswater Exploration & Production, LLC ("Bayswater" or "Applicant"), Operator No.
10261, by and through its attorneys, Welborn Sullivan Meck & Tooley, P.C., respectfully submits
this Application to the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado
("Commission" or "COGCC") for an order pooling all interests in an approximate 640-acre wellbore
spacing unit for the EY2 of Section 28 and the E1/2 of Section 33, Township 7 North, Range 64
West, 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado for the development and production from the Niobrara
Formation. In support thereof, the Applicant states as follows:
1. Applicant is a limited liability company duly authorized to conduct business in
the State of Colorado.
2. Applicant owns a leasehold interest in the following lands ("Application
Lands"):
Township 7 North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M.
Section 28: E'/2
• Section 33: E'/2
Weld County, Colorado.
A reference map of the Application Lands is attached hereto.
1. Rule 318A.a.(4)D. provides, in relevant part, that where a drilling and spacing
unit does not exist for a horizontal well, the horizontal wellbore spacing unit shall be comprised of
the governmental quarter-quarter sections in which the wellbore lateral penetrates the productive
formation as well as any governmental quarter-quarter sections that are located less than four
hundred sixty (460) feet from the portion of the wellbore lateral that penetrates the productive zone
regardless of section or quarter section lines. Rule 318A.a.(4)D. further provides that a horizontal
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wellbore spacing unit may overlap portions of another horizontal wellbore spacing unit or other
wellbore spacing unit designated in accordance with subsection a.(4)C.
2. Applicant drilled the Mojack M-28HN well (API# 05-123-39833), spud on or
about October 25, 2014. The above-described horizontal well is designed to test and produce gas
and associated hydrocarbons from the Niobrara Formation underlying the Application Lands.
3. Pursuant to the relevant provisions of Section 34-60-116(6) & (7), C.R.S., and
COGCC Rule 530, Applicant seeks an order pooling all interests in the Application Lands for the
development and operation of the Niobrara Formation.
4. Applicant certifies that, at least 35 days prior to the date of the scheduled
protest deadline for this Application, each owner which Applicant was able to locate, not already
leased or voluntarily pooled, will be provided with the well proposal and information required by
Rule 530 and tendered a reasonable offer to lease (if an unleased mineral owner), or participate
and bear costs associated with the drilling and completion of the Mojack M-28HN well.
5. Applicant requests that a pooling order be entered as a result of this
Application and that it be made effective as of the earlier of the date of this Application, or the date
costs specified in Section 34-60-116(7)(b)(II), C.R.S., are first incurred for the drilling of the Mojack
M-28HN well.
6. The granting of this Application would be in accord with the Oil and Gas
Conservation Act, found at Section 34-60-101, et seq., C.R.S., and Commission rules.
7. The names and addresses of the interested parties (persons who own an
interest in the mineral estate of the tracts to be pooled, except owners of overriding royalty interest)
are attached hereto and marked Exhibit A. Applicant certifies that copies of this Application will be
served on all locatable interested parties within seven (7) days of the date hereof, as required by
Commission Rule 507.b(2), and that at least thirty-five (35) days prior to the date of the scheduled
protest deadline for this Application, each such owner not already leased or voluntarily pooled will
be offered the opportunity to lease, or to participate in the drilling of the respective wells, and will
be provided with the information required by Rule 530.
WHEREFORE, Applicant respectfully requests that this matter be set for hearing, that
notice be given as required by law and that upon such hearing this Commission enter its order:
A. Pooling all interests in the Application Lands for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
B. Providing that the pooling order is made effective as of the date of this
Application, or the date that the costs specified in Section 34-60-116(7)(b)(II), C.R.S., are first
incurred for the drilling of the Mojack M-28HN well on the Application Lands, whichever is earlier.
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 authorized well, are
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pooled by operation of statute, pursuant to Section 34-60-116(7), C.R.S., and made subject to the
cost recovery provisions thereof.
D. For such other findings and orders as the Commission may deem proper or
advisable in the premises.
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011/4,
Dated this Z day of December, 2014
Respectfully submitted,
WELBORN SULLIVAN MECK &TOOLEY, P.C.
By:
Jose C. P' rzchala
Chelsey J. ussell
Welborn Sullivan Meck&Tooley, P.C.
Attorneys for Applicant
1125 - 17th Street, Suite 2200
Denver, CO 80202
303-830-2500
ipierzchala@wsmtlaw.com
crussell@wsmtlaw.com
Applicant's Address:
730 Seventeenth Street, Suite 610
Denver, CO 80202
Attn: Blake Leavitt, DJ Basin Landman
Phone: 303-893-2503
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VERIFICATION.
STATE OF COLORADO )
) ss.
CITY & COUNTY OF DENVER )
Blake Leavitt, DJ Basin Landman with Bayswater Exploration & Production, LLC,
upon oath deposes and says that he has read the foregoing Application and that the
statements contained therein are true to the best of his knowledge, information and
belief.
BAYSWATER EXPLORATION &
PRODUCTION, LLC
Blake Leavitt, DJ Basin Landman
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1 ' day of December, 2014 by Blake
Leavitt, DJ Basin Landman for Bayswater Exploration & Production, LLC.
Witness my hand and official seal.
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Exhibit A
E1/2 SECTION 28-T7N-R64W and E1/2 SECTION 33-T7N-R64W
MOJACK M-28HN WELL
639.90 ACRES, MORE OR LESS
UNLEASED MINERAL OWNERS: LOCATION OF TRACT
OMB Royalties II, LLC NE/4 SECTION 28
410 17th Street, Suite 1150
Denver, CO 80202
BOB MCDONALD NE/4 SECTION 28
90360 Shadows Drive
Springfield, Oregon 97478
RICK MCDONALD NE/4 SECTION 28
90360 Shadows Drive
Springfield, Oregon 97478
NOLA KARI NE/4 SECTION 28
90360 Shadows Drive
Springfield, Oregon 97478
LEASED MINERAL OWNERS:
Weld County, Colorado Wallace Roy MacKenzie
P.O. Box 758 20188 Klyne Street
Greeley, CO 80631 Corona, CA 92881
Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC Linda Pfannenstiel
1099 18th Street 13931 East Marina Drive, Unit 602
Denver, CO 80202 Aurora, CO 80014
Donna MacKenzie Williams La Verle Londen
Fountainhead Blvd #C 5608 West Yucca Street
Grand Junction, CO 81505 Glendale, AZ 85304
Beverly A. Schell and Donald J. Schell John Foster
2505 17th Ave. 16 Grassmere
Greeley, CO 80631 Horley, UK RH6 9UG
Lois Steiner James Foster
5107 Shady Dell Trail 5925 Taylor Draper Cove
Knoxville, TN 37914 Austin, TX 78759
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David E. Dewey
Jennifer Foster P.O. Box 126
7501 Creston Lane Kersey, CO 80644
Austin, TX 78752
Mojack Interests, LLLP
Cary A. Kincade Monte C. Faulk
525 Jefferson St. 38375 CR 55
Pueblo, CO 81004 Eaton, CO 80615
Charles Dewey Warren Richard Hime
2405 Baystone Court 5 Briargate Place
Colorado Springs, CO 80921 Pueblo, CO 81001
Robbie Mae Warren Linda A. Mitchell
2319 West 18th Street 719 Paseo Dorado
Greeley, CO 80634 Pueblo West, CO 81007
Bessie M. Dewey Helen L. Cook
1326 Country Club Road 2124 Kechter Road
Fort Collins, CO 80524 Fort Collins, CO 80528
Fred James Warren Leland L. McDonald
4271 King Street 431 Topeka Avenue
Denver, CO 80211 Leavenworth, KS 66048
Laura Lee (Carney) Elliott Mary Gayle McDonald
619 South Patterson Ave. 2228 Dunbar Court
Springfield, MO 65802 Longmont, CO 80501
James Dean Carney Terry J. McDonald
9242 Grey Cliff Drive 83100 Bradford Road
Germantown, TN 38139 Creswell, OR 97426
Michael E. Potter Lori McDonald Petersen
5705 Westbound 40 Highway 2920 45th Avenue
Blue Springs, MO 64015 Greeley, CO 80634
Martha Brown Crouch Randy McDonald
115 Northview Placwe 3102 17th Avenue #3
Windsor, MO 65360 Greeley, CO 80631
Raymond G. Dewey, Jr. Ted McDonald
1011 Cottonwood Place NW 851 W. Mulberry Street
Albuquerque, NM 87107 Louisville, CO 80027
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Darene (Maloit) Wisecup JLW Investment, LLC
3634 Coffee Lane 351 Glencoe Street
Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Denver, CO 80220
Paula J. Mitchell NG Resources, LLC
325 Brentwood 9896 Clairton Way
Pueblo, CO 81008 Highlands Ranch, CO 80126
Bert L. Dewey Old West Tours
230 Cheyenne 110 E. Center Street
Eaton, CO 80615 PMB 1989
Madison, SD 57042-2908
Tim McDonald
4554 Ivy Street Ronald Rich, Kevin Rich and Amy Rich
Springfield, OR 97478 28050 CR 53
Eaton, CO 80615
Vicky Mangan
5286 S. Jamaica Way Nancy Kern
Englewood, CO 80111 P.O. Box 496
Gilcrest, CO 80623
WORKING INTEREST OWNERS:
Bayswater Blenheim Holdings, LLC Dios Del Mar Petroleum, LLC
Bayswater Exploration & Production, LLC P.O. Box 621128
Bayswater Blenheim Holdings II, LLC Littleton, CO 80162
730 17th Street Street, Suite 610
Denver, CO 80202 Malu Lani Oil & Gas Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 621128
Noble Energy, Inc. Littleton, CO 80162
1625 Broadway
Denver, CO 80202 Green Oil Energy, LLC
245 East 54th Street, Suite 5M
Lincoln Energy LLC New York, NY 10022
P.O. Box 6975
Denver, CO 80206 Aluma Energy, LLC
245 East 54m Street, Suite 5M
WYOTEX Oil Company New York, NY 10022
Box 280969
Lakewood, CO 80228-0969 Shoreline Energy Holdings II, Inc.
500, 500 —4th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta Canada T2P 2V6
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BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF )
BAYSWATER EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION, )
LLC FOR AN ORDER POOLING ALL ) Cause No.
INTERESTS IN THE NIOBRARA FORMATION
IN A 640-ACRE WELLBORE SPACING UNIT ) Docket No. 1503XXX �
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LOCATED IN SECTIONS 28 AND 33, )
TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 64 WEST, 6TH ) Type: POOLING
P.M., WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD COUNTY, )
COLORADO. )
AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING
STATE OF COLORADO §
CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER §
I, Joseph C. Pierzchala, of lawful age, and being first duly sworn upon my oath, state and
declare:
That I am the attorney for Bayswater Exploration & Production, LLC and that on or before
December 29, 2014, 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.
Jose 9" ierzchala
Subscribed and sworn to before me December-, 2014.
Witness my hand and official seal.
tS3tarL
JOAN E.HOOVER No ry Public
STATE My commission expires: -.5f.(7-1.9.01,b
OF COLORADO
NOTARY ID 19144011557
M!f COMMON WIRES AUGUST 17,2019
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