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Home My WebLink About20152680.tiff O (-; BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION ) CAUSE NO. 407 AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN OPERATIONS FOR THE NIOBRARA ) DOCKET NO. 150700341 FORMATION, WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO ) TYPE: POOLING EC E I V E D NOTICE OF HEARING JUN 1 9 2015 TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: WELD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPLICATION LANDS. Township 2 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M. Section 23: E'l W'Y2, W% E'% Section 26: E'/ W%, W'/ E'% APPLICATION On April 9, 2015, Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP (Operator No. 47120) ("Kerr- McGee" 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 designated horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the Application Lands, for the development and operation of the Niobrara Formation, effective as of the date of the Application; 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 Barclay 15N-26HZ Well (API No. 05-123-39057). APPLICABLE RULES AND ORDERS - -- (available online at: http://cogcc.state.co.us, under"ORDERS") • o 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:• (150700341) 2015-2680 LEc1 Co) Co) Date: Monday,July 20,2015 Tuesday,July 21,2015 Time: 9:00 a.m. • Place: Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 1120 Lincoln Street,Suite 801 Denver,CO 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 July 6, 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 July 6,2015. Pursuant to Rule 511.,if the matter is uncontested,it may be approved without a hearing. OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO By Ju' I urphy,Secretary Dated: June 11,2015 Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Attorneys for Applicant. 1120 Lincoln Street,Suite 801 James Parrot Denver,Colorado 80203 Jillian Fulcher Website:-http://ccgcc:state:cou - Beatty-&-VVozniak,P.C. - Phnno,1gnnl.uod9inn 216 16th Street,Suite 1100 Denver,Colorado 80202 (303)407-4499 jparrot@bwenergylaw.com jfulcher@bwenergylaw.com Lease in Place:YES l?f NO O Lease#L.EOO(2'7 Acres 1100.O 0 Keep for Hearing Outcome/Minutes (Elie-N oAction'Needed7 NE, (150700341) ® BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF KERR- CAUSE NO. MCGEE OIL & GAS ONSHORE LP FOR AN ORDER TO POOL ALL INTERESTS IN AN APPROXIMATE 640- DOCKET NO. ACRE DESIGNATED HORIZONTAL WELLBORE SPACING UNIT, IN SECTIONS 23 AND 26, TOWNSHIP RECEIVED 2 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST, 6TH P.M., FOR THE NIOBRARA FORMATION, WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD APR 2 0 2015 COUNTY, COLORADO WELD COUNTY APPLICATION COMMISSIONERS COMES NOW Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP, Operator No. 47120, ("Kerr- McGee" or "Applicant"), by and through its attorneys, Beatty & Wozniak, P.C., 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 640- acre designated horizontal Wellbore Spacing Unit ("WSU") established for certain portions of Sections 23 and 26, Township 2 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M., for the development and operation of the Niobrara Formation. In support of its Application, Applicant states and alleges as follows: 1. Applicant is a limited partnership formed under the laws of the State of Delaware; is a wholly owned subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; is duly authorized to conduct business in the State of Colorado; and is a registered operator in good standing with the Commission. 2. Applicant owns substantial leasehold interests in the below-listed lands: Towns1iip.2'North;Range.67 West, 6th P.M. Section 23: E'%WY2, W%2 EA (SWEtioifl61 Eh WA, WA EA 640 acres, more or less, Weld County, Colorado. These lands are hereinafter referred to as the "Application Lands" and depicted in Exhibit A attached hereto. 3. On April 27, 1998, the Commission adopted Rule 318A, which among • other things, allows 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 the drilling of horizontal wells. 4. Pursuant to Rule 318k, Applicant designated an approximate 640-acre horizontal wellbore spacing unit, composed of the Application Lands, for the below- described well, for the production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Niobrara Formation. Applicant notified all owners in the proposed wellbore spacing unit pursuant to Rule 318A.e.(5). Applicant did not receive objections to the establishment of the proposed horizontal wellbore spacing unit within the 30-day response period: a. Barclay 15N-26HZ Well (API No. 05-123-39057) — Niobrara Formation (hereinafter referred to as the "Subject Well"). 5. Acting pursuant to the applicable Colorado statutes and COGCC regulations, Applicant seeks an order pooling all interests, including, but not limited to, any nonconsenting interests and leased mineral interests, in the WSU established for the Application Lands, for the development and operation of the Niobrara Formation. 6. Applicant requests that the pooling order entered as a result of this Application be made effective as of the date of this Application. 7. Further, Applicant requests 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 Subject Well, are made subject 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 the costs specified in §34-60-116(7)(b), C.R.S. are first incurred for the drilling of the Subject Well. 8. The granting of this Application is in accord with the Oil and Gas Conservation Act, found at §§34-60-101, et seq., C.R.S., and the Commission rules. 9. Applicant requests that relief granted under this Application should be effective on oral order by the Commission, and Applicant hereby agrees to be bound by said oral order. 10. That the names and addresses of the interested parties (persons who own any interest in the mineral estate of the tracts to be pooled, except owners of overriding royalty interest) according to the information and belief of the Applicant are set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto. The Applicant shall submit a certificate of service for the Application within the seven days as required by Rule 503.e. 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 WSU established for the Application Lands, for the development and operation of the Niobrara Formation, with the pooling order made effective as of the date of this Application. © B. 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 Subject Well, are pooled by operation of statute, pursuant to §34-60-116(6) & (7), C.R.S., and made subject to the cost recovery provisions thereof, effective as of the earlier of the date of the Application, or the date the costs specified in §34-60-116(7)(b), C.R.S. are first incurred for the drilling of the Subject Well. C. For such other findings and orders as the Commission may deem proper or advisable in the premises. DATED this / day of April, 2015. Respectfully submitted, KERR-MCGEE OIL & GAS ONSHORE LP By: James a t Jillian Fulcher Beatty &Wozniak, P.C. Attorneys for Applicant 216 16th Street, Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80202 (303) 407-4499 jparrot@bwenergylaw.com jfulcher@bwenergylaw.com Address of Applicant Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP ATTN: Anita Munkres 1099 18th Street, Suite 1800 Denver, Colorado 80202 � D VERIFICATION STATE OF COLORADO ) ) ss. CITY & COUNTY OF DENVER • ) j Jim Grant, Staff Landman for Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP, 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. KERR-MCGEE OIL & GAS ONSHORE LP Jirn,brant Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of April, 2015, by Jim Grant, Staff Landman for Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP. Witness my hand and official seal. �f My commission expires: , O 1 ))13 / I Notary Public RJ ur14¢ . • 4 a. -` I ® o BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF KERR- CAUSE NO. MCGEE OIL & GAS ONSHORE LP FOR AN ORDER TO POOL ALL INTERESTS IN AN APPROXIMATE 640- DOCKET NO. ACRE DESIGNATED HORIZONTAL WELLBORE SPACING UNIT, IN SECTIONS 23 AND 26, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST, 6TH P.M., FOR THE NIOBRARA FORMATION, WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING STATE OF COLORADO ) ss. CITY & COUNTY OF DENVER ) Jillian Fulcher, of lawful age, and being first duly sworn upon her oath, states and declares: That she is an attorney at Beatty & Wozniak, P.C., attorneys for Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP, and on or before April lCv , 2015, caused a copy of the attached Application to be deposited in the United States Mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the parties listed on Exhibit B to the Application. v_l�� I n Fulcher Witness my hand and official seal. My commission expires: C- 2.1-zDI Not Pub is • [asJENNIFER PITTENGER Notary Public State of Colorado Notary ID 20134062771 My Commission Expires Sep 27, 2017 EXHIBIT A Reference Map for Pooling Application Township 2 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M. 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GRANER AND ZIBA DARYABEGI- COMPANY OF COLORADO GRANER AS TRUSTEES OF THE J.B. 1800 LARIMER STREET GRANER AND ZIBA DARYABEGI-GRANER SUITE 1400 IRREVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DATED DENVER, CO 80202 AUGUST 28, 2009 2215 COLBY AVE LOS ANGELES, CA 90064 GEORGE G. KNOX WILLIAM W. KNOX, TRUSTEE OR HIS 1912 EASTLAKE BLVD, SUCCESSORS IN TRUST OF THE WILLIAM APT 611, W. KNOX LIVING TRUST DATED 9/1/2011 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80910 380 HIGH LONESOME DOVE RD VIRGINIA DALE, CO 80536 SHEILA MARIE BUCKLES FRANK L. KNOX, BETTY L. KNOX 3144 W 19TH STREET DRIVE 76975 ROAD 444 GREELEY, CO 80634 SUMNER, NE 68878 DAWN M. KNOX AND JOY KNOX DEWEY D. KNOX, LORETTA KNOX, 411 LAKEWOOD CIRCLE APT C-307, AND DEWEY D. KNOX, JR COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 8091 1010 E. BOBIER DRIVE#46 VISTA, CA 92084 WILIAM W. KNOX AND LAURA G. KNOX AND RHONDA L. GRIFFITH ANTHONY BECKER 380 HIGH LONESOME RD 18080 WELD COUNTY RD 1 VIRGINIA DALE, CO 80536 BERTHOUD, CO 80513 CONNIE F. EALEY AND CELENA M. EALEY, RAY SCOTT COPPLE AND ALEXANDER KNOX 3814 STAGECOACH DRIVE 2086 VIRGO CIR EVANS, CO 80620 LOVELAND, CO 80537 GREG G. KNOX JILLAINE S. HART AND C/O GEORGE G. KNOX ORVILLE R. HART, JT 1912 EASTLAKE BLVD, APT 611, 8596 WELD COUNTY ROAD 21 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80910 FORT LUPTON, CO 80621 G� DENETTE VONASEK AND HUGHES, LLC, A COLORADO EILEEN BUCKLEY, JT LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 2600 RIDGE DRIVE 3879 E 120TH AVENUE, #345 BROOMFIELD, CO 80020-6765 THORNTON, CO 80233 MAKI SERKAHN AKA KEITH Q. VONASEK BLACKRIVER NIOBRARA PARTNERS, LLC, 3265 REUBEN JOHNSON ROAD A COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY KETTLE RIVER, MN 55757 COMPANY 8001 S. INTERPORT BLVD, #260, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112 FERGUSON FAMILY TRUST, CREATED HEIRS OR DEVISEES OF FRED GUILDNER, JULY 10, 2013, STEPHEN R. FERGUSON DECEASED AND MAXINE F. FERGUSON, TRUSTEE C/O M F G PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, 5000 MOSS LANE 6465 ASCOT DRIVE GRANITE BAY, CA 95746 OAKLAND, CA 94611 BRADLEY R. GUILDNER JANET GUILDNER WILLIAMS 9794 NORFOLK ST 2600 BEL AIR DR COMMERCE CITY, CO 80022 MINOT, ND 58703 PRINCIPLE ENERGY, LLC, A LOUISIANA GERALD GUILDNER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 5135 WELD COUNTY ROAD 63, PO BOX 2228 KEENESBURG, CO 80643 HOUSTON, TX 77252 KELLY GUILDNER FROYEN KERR-MCGEE OIL& GAS ONSHORE, LP 18795 W 59TH PLACE 1099 18TH STREET, SUITE 1800 GOLDEN, CO 80403 DENVER, CO 80202 STREAR FARMS COMPANY KENT DAVID LINDER 6825 EAST TENNESSEE#235 4214 CARROLLWOOD VILLAGE DRIVE DENVER, CO 80224 TAMPA, FL 33618 GORDON CLYDE LINDER KATHRYN FERNANDEZ 3372 S 7780 WEST 600 RANDI LANE MAGNA, UT 84044 HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL 60169 CHERYL WESSMAN ROSALYN MUNYAN 2465 TANYA AVE 65 NORTH 100 WEST, WEST JORDAN, UT 84088 MILLVILLE, UT 84326 ATOMIC CAPITAL MINERALS, LLC, A RAMONA LEISHMAN NEVADA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 959 EAST MAIN ST 2777 ALLEN PARKWAY, SUITE 1185, WELLSVILLE, UT 84339 HOUSTON, TX 77019 HENRY E. LINDER WELD COUNTY, COLORADO 10162 FOREST SPRINGS DRIVE 915 10TH STREET GRASS VALLEY, CA 95949 GREELEY, CO 80632 EUGENE J.KLITZ PATTI A.KLITZ 225 AUTO GATE ROAD 225 AUTO GATE ROAD CHADRON,NE 69337 CHADRON,NE 69337 HAROLD R.RHOADES BLACKRIVER,LLC,A COLORADO LIMITED 3312 66TH AVE LIABILITY COMPANY GREELEY,CO 80634 2551 W.26TH AVE. DENVER,CO 80211 KERR-MCGEE OIL&GAS ONSHORE LP ATTN: ANITA MUNKRES 1099 18TH STREET,SUITE 1800 DENVER,COLORADO 80202 Hello