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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20151015.tiff BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ) CAUSE NO. ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO ) GOVERN OPERATIONS FOR THE CODELL- ) DOCKET NO. 150300128 NIOBRARA FORMATION, WATTENBERG FIELD, ) WELD COUNTY, COLORADO ) TYPE: SPACING NOTICE OF HEARING TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: APPLICATION LANDS Township North, anqe 67 West, 6th P.M. (Section 15: All • ection'fi6; All APPLICATION On December 22, 2014, 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) Amend Order No. 40.77741..10 authorize no more than one horizontal well within the approximate drilling and spacing unit established by such order, for the development and operation of the Codell-Niobrara Formation. 2) Establish an approximate 1280-acre drilling and spacing unit for the Application Lands, for the production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Codell-Niobrara Formation; 2) Approve up to 21 horizontal wells within the unit; and 3) Require the productive interval of the wellbore to be located no closer than 460 feet from the unit boundaries, and no closer than 150 feet from the productive interval of any other wellbore located in the unit, without exception granted by the Director. 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. • 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 1 2015-1015 LEDD5g underlying certain lands, including the Application Lands, with the permitted well locations in accordance with the provisions of Order No. 407-1. • On January 7, 2013, the Commission entered Order No. 407-741 which: 1) vacated the approximate 80-acre drilling and spacing units established by Order No. 407-87 for Section 16, Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 6`1 P.M.; 2) established an approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of Section 16, Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M., and 3) approved up to seven horizontal wells within each unit, for the development and operation of the Codell-Niobrara Formation, with the productive interval of the horizontal wellbores to be no closer than 460 feet from the unit boundaries, and no closer than 150 feet from the productive interval of any other wellbore located in the unit, without exception being granted by the Director. • On July 29, 2013, the Commission entered Order No. 407-848, which pooled all interests in the approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit established by Order No. 407-741 for Section 16, Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 6'h P.M., for the development and operation of the Codell-Niobrara Formation. • On September 15, 2014, the Commission entered Order No. 407-1107, which applied the cost recovery provisions of C.R.S. § 34-60-116(7) to any non-consenting owners within the approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit established by Order No. 407- 741 for Section 16, Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 6"' P.M. for the DeTienne FD 16- 022HC Well(API No. 05-123-39630). • The Application Lands are the subject of a concurrently filed application pending before the Commission and set for hearing at the Commission's April, 2015 hearing, to pool the proposed approximate 1,280-acre drilling and spacing unit composed of the Application Lands and apply the cost recovery provisions C.R.S. § 34-60-116 (6)and (7) to the wells to be drilled and completed in the unit, effective as of the earlier of the date of such pooling application, or the date that the costs specified in C.R.S. § 34-60-116(7)(b) are first incurred for the drilling of any well to the Codell or Niobrara Formation in the Application Lands. 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, April 13, 2015 Tuesday, April 14, 2015 Time: 9:00 a.m. Place: Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 1120 Lincoln St., Suite 801 Denver, Colorado 80203 2 (150300128) 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 March 30, 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 March 30, 2015. Pursuant to Rule 511, if the matter is uncontested, it may be approved without a hearing. OIL AND GAS CON 'VATION COMMISSION OF THE - O COLIRADO By Jill D ran y,Acting Secretary Dated: March 6, 2015 Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Attorneys for Applicant: 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Jamie L. Jost Denver, Colorado 80203 Joseph. Evers Website: http://cogcc.state.co.us Jost&Shelton Energy Group, P.C. Phone: (303) 894-2100 1675 Larimer Street, Suite 420 Fax: (303)894-2109 Denver, Colorado 80202 jjost@jsenergygroup.com jevers@jsenergygroup.com (720)379-1812 Lease in Place : YES.c NO O G Lease d (L Ci.Lf.3 J AcresOv I CU' ,7 Keep for Hearing Outcome/Minutes File-No Action Needed t/; r / 1 3 (150300128) BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF GREAT WESTERN OPERATING COMPANY, LLC, FOR AN Cause No. ORDER TO ESTABLISH AN APPROXIMATE 1,280- ACRE DRILLING AND SPACING UNIT AND Docket No. 150.3n a,%% ESTABLISHING WELL LOCATION RULES FOR THE CODELL-NIOBRARA FORMATION IN SECTIONS 15 AND 16, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST, 6TH P.M, WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO APPLICATION COMES NOW Great Western Operating Company, LLC (Operator No. 10110) ("GW' or "Applicant"), by and through its attorneys, Jost & Shelton Energy Group, P.C., and makes this application to the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado ("Commission") for an order to 1) amend Order No. 407-741 to authorize no more than one (1) horizontal well within the approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit established by such order, for the development and operation of the Codell- Niobrara Formation, 2) establish an approximate 1,280-acre drilling and spacing unit, 3) authorize up to twenty-one (21) horizontal wells in order to efficiently and economically recover the oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons within said 1,280-acre drilling and spacing unit from the Codell-Niobrara Formation underlying the below-described lands, 4) provide that the treated interval of the horizontal wellbores shall be no closer than 460 feet from the unit boundaries, without exception being granted by the Director, 5) provide that the treated interval of any horizontal wellbore permitted to a specific formation shall be no closer than 150 feet to the treated interval of any other horizontal wellbore in the unit that is permitted to the same formation, without exception being granted by the Director. In support of its Application, 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 leasehold interests or holds the right to operate on the following lands: Township 6 North, Range 67 Westt_6th P.M. Section 15: All Section 16: All 1,280 acres, more or less, Weld County, Colorado. (hereinafter"Application Lands") A reference map of the Application Lands is attached hereto. 1 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 the 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 January 7, 2013, the Commission entered Order No. 407-741, which 1) vacated the approximate 80-acre drilling and spacing units established by Order No. 407-87 for Section 16 of the Application Lands 2) established an approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of Section 16 of the Application Lands, and 3) approved up to seven (7) horizontal wells within each unit, for the development and operation of the Codell-Niobrara Formation, with the treated interval of the horizontal wellbores to be no closer than 460 feet from the unit boundaries, and no closer than 150 feet from the treated interval of any other wellbore located in the unit, without exception being granted by the Director. Applicant is requesting in this Application that the approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit established by Order No. 407-741 remain in place. Thus, the proposed approximate 1,280-acre drilling and spacing unit will overlap the existing approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit. Proceeds of production from the single well permitted to the existing approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit (DeTienne FD 16-022HC Well, API No. 05-123-39630) will continue to be allocated on the basis of the existing unit. Applicant is requesting in this Application that Order No. 407-741 be amended to allow only a single horizontal well within the unit for the development and operation of the Codell-Niobrara Formation. 6. On July 29, 2013, the Commission entered Order No. 407-848, which pooled all interests in the approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit established by Order No. 407-741 for Section 16, Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M., for the development and operation of the Codell-Niobrara Formation. 7. On June 17, 2014, the Commission entered Order No. 407-1027, which pooled all interests in two approximate 640-acre designated wellbore spacing units, both of which cover the N'/N'/2 of Section 16 of the Application Lands, and other lands, for the development and operation of the Codell and/or Niobrara Formations. 8. On September 15, 2014, the Commission entered Order No. 407-1107, which applied the cost recovery provisions of C.R.S. § 34-60-116(7) to any non- consenting owners within the approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit established 2 by Order No. 407-741 for Section 16, Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M. for the DeTienne FD 16-022HC Well (API No. 05-123-39630). 9. The Application Lands are the subject of an application pending before the Commission, filed concurrently herewith, and set for hearing at the Commission's March, 2015 hearing, to pool the proposed approximate 1,280-acre drilling and spacing unit composed of the Application Lands and apply the cost recovery provisions C.R.S. § 34-60-116 (6) and (7) to the wells to be drilled and completed in the unit, effective as of the earlier of the date of such pooling application, or the date that the costs specified in C.R.S. § 34-60-116(7)(b) are first incurred for the drilling of any well to the Codell or Niobrara Formation in the Application Lands. 10. The records of the Commission reflect that ten (10) wells are currently producing in the Application Lands, as listed below. Applicant maintains and confirms that each of these wells shall remain subject to currently applicable COGCC-approved spacing units and shall not become subject to the proposed approximate 1,280-acre drilling and spacing unit herein. Proceeds from such wells will continue to be allocated in accordance with their current allocation. Name APINo. Operator Formation DeTienne FD 05-123-39630 Applicant Codell 16-022HC Simpson 1 05-123-11328 Bill Barrett Corporation Codell-Niobrara Haas 1 05-123-11564 Bill Barrett Corporation Codell-Niobrara Winder 1 05-123-11836 Bill Barrett Corporation Codell-Niobrara Winder 11-15 05-123-26149 Bill Barrett Corporation Codell-Niobrara RBF 15B 05-123-31988 Peterson Energy Operating Inc. Codell & Niobrara RBF 24-15D 05-123-32060 Peterson Energy Operating Inc. Codell & Niobrara RBF 14-15D 05-123-32061 Peterson Energy Operating Inc. Codell & Niobrara RBF 13-15D 05-123-32323 Peterson Energy Operating Inc. Codell & Niobrara RBF 23-15D 05-123-32324 Peterson Energy Operating Inc. Codell & Niobrara 11. To promote efficient drainage within the Codell-Niobrara Formation of the Application Lands, to protect correlative rights and to avoid waste, the Commission should establish an approximate 1,280-acre drilling and spacing unit for horizontal well development on the Application Lands, and should amend Order No. 407-741 to authorize no more than one (1) horizontal well within the approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit established by such order, for the development and operation of the Codell-Niobrara Formation. 12. That the above-proposed drilling and spacing unit will allow efficient drainage of the Codell-Niobrara Formation; will prevent waste; will not adversely affect correlative rights and will assure the greatest ultimate recovery of gas and associated hydrocarbon substances from the reservoirs. The unit of the size and shape specified above is not smaller than the maximum area that can be economically and efficiently drained by the proposed wells in the unit. 3 13. That the Applicant is requesting to drill and complete up to twenty-one (21) horizontal wells in order to efficiently and economically recover the oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Codell-Niobrara Formation within the 1,280-acre drilling and spacing unit composed of the Application Lands and that there will be no adverse effect on correlative rights of adjacent owners. 14. The Applicant maintains that there will be no more than eight (8) new well pads in the unit, unless an exception is granted by the Director. 15. The treated interval of each proposed horizontal well shall be no closer than 460 feet from the unit boundaries (regardless of the lease lines within the unit), without exception being granted by the Director, and the treated interval of any horizontal wellbore permitted to a specific formation shall be no closer than 150 feet to the treated interval of any other horizontal wellbore in the unit that is permitted to the same formation, without exception being granted by the Director. 16. That establishment of the 1,280-acre drilling and spacing unit composed of the Application Lands shall not preclude designation of overlapping wellbore spacing units and/or overlapping horizontal wellbore spacing units pursuant to Commission Rule 318A. 17. The undersigned certifies that copies of this Application will be served on each interested party within seven (7) days of the filing hereof, as required by Rule 503.e. WHEREFORE, Applicant respectfully requests that this matter be set for hearing at the Commission's March, 2015 hearing, that notice be given as required by law, and that upon such hearing this Commission enter its order: A. Amending Order No. 407-741 to authorize no more than one (1) horizontal well within the approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit established by such order, for the development and operation of the Codell-Niobrara Formation. B. Establishing an approximate 1,280-acre drilling and spacing unit for horizontal development on the Application Lands and allowing up to twenty-one (21) horizontal wells in the unit in order to efficiently and economically develop and recover the oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from each of the Codell-Niobrara Formation in the unit. C. Providing that the treated interval of each proposed horizontal well shall be no closer than 460 feet from the unit boundaries (regardless of the lease lines within the unit), without exception being granted by the Director, and the treated interval of any horizontal wellbore permitted to a specific formation shall be no closer than 150 feet to the treated interval of any other horizontal wellbore in the unit that is permitted to the same formation and authorizing eight (8) new multi-well pads in the unit, unless an exception is granted by the Director, without exception being granted by the Director. 4 D. Finding that an approximate 1,280-acre drilling and spacing unit for the development of the Codell-Niobrara Formation on the Application Lands will prevent waste, protect correlative rights, and maximize the efficient and economic production of the Codell-Niobrara Formation on the Application Lands. E. 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 March 2015, 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 this 22nd day of December, 2014. Respectfully submitted: GREAT WESJERN OPERAT COMPANY, LLC By: ti - Jaamie L. Jost James P. Parrot Jost & Shelton Energy Group, P.C. Attorneys for Applicant 1675 Larimer St., Suite 420 Denver, Colorado 80202 (720) 379-1812 Applicant's Address: Great Western Operating Company, LLC ATTN: Mike Tucker 1801 Broadway, Suite 500 Denver, CO 80202 5 VERIFICATION STATE OF COLORADO ) ) ss. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER Hal Writer, of lawful age, being first duly sworn upon oath, deposes and says that he is the Landman 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. GTh Hal Writer Landman Manager Great Western Operating Company, LLC Subscribed and sworn to before me this ag day of December 2014. Witness my hand and official seal. [SEAL] My commission expires: 6111I9Dkl - �� C . atary Public JANET C WILLSON NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF COLORADO NOTARY sU It 20024018949 MY COMMISSION EXPIRES JUNE 11.2018 Reference Map Great Western Operating Company, LLC Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M. Section 15: All Section 16: All ii v_ -t �, iti, — .tist,N 'i jii g 9 - 10 H I • I T , • }7 iB 15 -v —_-14 - n II p 6fJe7vV\ // • c^ C7ILN C:. r i O! 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Parrot 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 02flay of December, 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. James . a rot Subscribed and sworn to before me this gft ay of Decembe 14. Witness my hand and official seal. 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Bartels 7251 W. 20th Street, Suite D-1 ROBERT WOODEN AND Greeley, CO 80634 KELLY WOODEN 75 VERONICA DR Foscol Associates WINDSOR, CO 80550 4785 Lagoon Drive Mound, MN 55364 ROGER ALLAN YOUNG AND PATTY JO YOUNG Windsor Industrial Park LLC 617 CEDAR CT 1357 43rd Ave Unit#7 WINDSOR , CO 80550 Greeley, CO 80634 GRIZZLY PETROLEUM COMPANY LLC Roche Investments, LLLP 1801 BROADWAY STE 500 361 71st Avenue DENVER , CO 80202 Greeley, CO 80634 HALL-WINDSOR FAMILY William R. Fisher PARTNERSHIP LLP 361 71st Avenue 301 CENTENNIAL DR Greeley, CO 80634 MILLIKEN , CO 80543 Grandchildren's Trust 1 James D. Benson and Susan E. Benson, under the will of Leonard H. Bartels Trustees under the James D. and Susan E. 7251 W. 20th Street, Suite D-1 Benson Living Trust dated 3/14/2008 Greeley, CO 80634 9746 county Road 70 Windsor, CO 80550-3102 Jane R. Bartels 7251 W. 20th Street, Suite D-1 Larry D. Simpson and Greeley, CO 80634 Ruby M. Simpson as Joint Tenants 5420 Lone Tree Dr. Great Western Railway of Colorado, LLC Loveland, CO 80537 252 South Clayton St. Denver, CO 80206 Global Asset Recovery, LLC 12032 Wellingham Ct. Duran Enterprises LLC Fort Wayne, IN 46845 418 N. 9th Avenue Greeley, CO 80631 Jarrod M. Bessire and Paula K. Bessire 9909 Hwy 392 H & C Holdings LLC Windsor, CO 80550 6600 West 20th Street, #30 Greeley, CO 80634 Donald H. Scott and Mary Sue Scott, Joint Tenants First Baptist Church of Windsor 33111 CR 21 9477 Hwy 392 Windsor, CO 80550 Windsor, CO 80550 Renee A. Davis and Anna Winder Terry L. Davis, Joint Tenants c/o Adolph Winter 9889 Hwy 392 Box 1920 Windsor, CO 80550 Windsor, CO 80550 Connie Rae Lunn and John D. Ziel and Hilde R. Ziel husband and wife James T. Lunn, Joint Tenants 8733 Doane Place 9877 Hwy 392 Denver, CO 80231 Windsor, CO 80550 Keith R. Burman Clement M. McNaney III and 628 Gait Circle Tish M. McNaney Fort Collins, CO 80524 34006 CR 19 Windsor, CO 80550 Mark A. Brinkman and Virginia L. Brinkman as Joint Tenants The Richard L .Huwa and 9734 County Road 70 Valerie M. Huwa Revocable Trust, under Windsor, CO 80550 instrument dated June 9, 1997, as amended 9455 Hwy 392 Trent Kerbs Windsor, CO 80550 913 Oak Creek Drive Moore, OK 73160 Colorado Department of Transportation 4201 E. Arkansas Ave, Room 212 Bruce Kerbs Denver, CO 80222 913 Oak Creek Drive Moore, OK 73160 RBF Minerals LLC 7251 W. 20th Street, Suite D-1 Candace Kay Mathiason Greeley, CO 80634 9594 County Road 70 Windsor, CO 80550 Bill Barrett Corporation 1099 18th St, Ste 2300 Denver, CO Noble Energy WyCo, LLC 1625 Broadway, Suite 2200 Denver, CO 80202 Petro-Canada Resources (USA) Inc. 999 18th St., Ste 600 Denver, CO 80202-1094 American Colorado Energy, LLC 361 71st Ave Greeley, CO 80634 Tom Schreiner Colorado Parks and Wildlife 6060 Broadway Denver, CO 80526 Ken Kuster Colorado Department of State Health and Environment 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South Denver, CO 80246-1530 Tom Parko Weld County 1555 North 17th Street Greeley, CO 80631 BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ) CAUSE NO. ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO ) GOVERN OPERATIONS FOR THE CODELL- ) DOCKET NO. 150300126 NIOBRARA FORMATION, 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 15: All Section 16: All APPLICATION On December 22, 2014, 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 1280-acre drilling and 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 any well to the Codell-Niobrara Formation. APPLICABLE 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 (amended August 20, 1993), the Commission entered Order No. 407-87 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. • On January 7, 2013, the Commission entered Order No. 407-741 which: 1) vacated the approximate 80-acre drilling and spacing units established by Order No. 407-87 for Section 16, Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M.; 2) established an approximate 1 (150300126) 640-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of Section 16, Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M., and 3) approved up to seven horizontal wells within each unit, for the development and operation of the Codell-Niobrara Formation, with the productive interval of the horizontal wellbores to be no closer than 460 feet from the unit boundaries, and no closer than 150 feet from the productive interval of any other welibore located in the unit, without exception being granted by the Director. • On July 29, 2013, the Commission entered Order No. 407-848, which pooled all interests in the approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit established by Order No. 407-741 for Section 16, Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M., for the development and operation of the Codell-Niobrara Formation. • On September 15, 2014, the Commission entered Order No. 407-1107, which applied the cost recovery provisions of C.R.S. § 34-60-116(7) to any non-consenting owners within the approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit established by Order No. 407- 741 for Section 16, Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M. for the DeTienne FD 16- 022HC Well (API No. 05-123-39630). • The Application Lands are the subject of a concurrently filed application pending before the Commission and set for hearing at the Commission's April, 2015 hearing, to established an approximate 1,280-acre drilling and spacing unit for the Application Lands and approve 21 wells within the proposed unit. 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, April 13, 2015 Tuesday, April 14, 2015 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 March 30, 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 2 (150300126) prehearing conference during the week of March 30, 2015. Pursuant to Rule 511, if the matter is uncontested, it may be approved without a hearing. OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE S TE OF RADO / By �.. Jill D ra cy, Acting Secretary Dated: March 6, 2015 / Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Attorneys for Applicant: 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Jamie L. Jost Denver, Colorado 80203 Joseph Evers Website: http://cogcc.state.co.us Jost& Shelton Energy Group, P.C. Phone: (303)894-2100 1675 Larimer Street, Suite 420 Fax: (303)894-2109 Denver, Colorado 80202 jjost@jsenergygroup.com jevers@jsenergygroup.com (720)379-1812 3 (150300126) BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF GREAT CAUSE NO. WESTERN OPERATING COMPANY, LLC, FOR AN 2� t ORDER TO POOL ALL INTERESTS IN AN DOCKET NO. i5D �"/� APPROXIMATE 1,280-ACRE DRILLING AND SPACING UNIT LOCATED IN SECTIONS 15 AND 16, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 68 WEST, 6TH P.M., FOR THE DEVELOPMENT/OPERATION OF THE CODELL-NIOBRARA FORMATION, WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO APPLICATION COMES NOW Great Western Operating Company, LLC (Operator No. 10110) ("Applicant"), by its attorneys, Jost & Shelton Energy Group, 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 1,280-acre drilling and spacing unit, for the development of the Codell-Niobrara Formation on the following described lands: Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M. Section 15: All Section 16: All 1,280 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 the 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 LEOC 1 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 January 7, 2013, the Commission entered Order No. 407-741, which 1) vacated the approximate 80-acre drilling and spacing units established by Order No. 407-87 for Section 16 of the Application Lands 2) established an approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit consisting of Section 16 of the Application Lands, and 3) approved up to seven (7) horizontal wells within each unit, for the development and operation of the Codell-Niobrara Formation, with the treated interval of the horizontal wellbores to be no closer than 460 feet from the unit boundaries, and no closer than 150 feet from the treated interval of any other wellbore located in the unit, without exception being granted by the Director. 6. On July 29, 2013, the Commission entered Order No. 407-848, which pooled all interests in the approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit established by Order No. 407-741 for Section 16, Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M., for the development and operation of the Codell-Niobrara Formation. 7. On June 17, 2014, the Commission entered Order No. 407-1027, which pooled all interests in two approximate 640-acre designated wellbore spacing units, both of which cover the N'AN'/z of Section 16 of the Application Lands, and other lands, for the development and operation of the Codell and/or Niobrara Formations. 8. On September 15, 2014, the Commission entered Order No. 407-1107, which applied the cost recovery provisions of C.R.S. § 34-60-116(7) to any non- consenting owners within the approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit established by Order No. 407-741 for Section 16, Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M. for the DeTienne FD 16-022HC Well (API No. 05-123-39630). 9. Applicant has concurrently filed an application herewith, to be heard at the Commission's March hearing, which seeks to, among other things, 1) reduce the number of wells allowed in the approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit established by Order No. 407-741 to one, 2) establish an approximate 1,280-acre drilling and spacing unit covering the Applications Lands and 3) authorize up to twenty- one (21) horizontal wells in order to efficiently and economically recover the oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons within said 1,280-acre drilling and spacing unit from the Codell-Niobrara Formation. 10. 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 within the drilling and spacing unit, including but not limited to, any non-consenting interests and leased mineral interests, in the Application Lands in the Codell-Niobrara Formation underlying the following approximate 1,280-acre drilling and spacing unit: Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M. Section 15: All Section 16: All 1,280 acres, more or less, Weld County, Colorado. (hereinafter "Application Lands") 11. 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 any well to the Codell- Niobrara Formation in the Application Lands. 12. 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, including leased mineral interest owners, within seven (7) days of the date hereof, as required by Rule 507.b(2), 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(s), and will be provided with the information required by Rule 530 as applicable. The list of such interested parties is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 13. That in order to prevent waste and to protect correlative rights, all interests in the drilling and spacing unit should be pooled for the orderly development of the Codell-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 an approximate 1,280-acre drilling and spacing unit established for the Application Lands for the development of the Codell-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 any well to the Codell-Niobrara Formation in 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(s) 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(s) drilled to develop the Codell-Niobrara Formation in the drilling and spacing unit composing 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 March 2015, 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: December 22nd, 2014. Respectfully submitted: GREAT WESTERN OPERATING COMPANY, LLC By: Jamie Jost James P. Parrot Jost & Shelton Energy Group, P.C. Attorneys for Applicant 1675 Larimer St., Suite 420 Denver, Colorado 80202 (720) 379-1812 Applicant's Address: Great Western Operating Company, LLC ATTN: Steve R. Stacy 1801 Broadway, Suite 500 Denver, CO 80202 } VERIFICATION STATE OF COLORADO )ss. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER Hal Writer, of lawful age, being first duly sworn upon oath, deposes and says that he is the Landman 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. Hal Writer Landman Manager Great Western Operating Company, LLC Subscribed and sworn to before me this nd a day of December 2014. Witness my hand and official seal. [SEAL] My commission expires: 6111100C% C - Wit9ePn ary Public JANET C WILLSON NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF COLORADO NOTARY.0 N 20024016949 MY COMMISSION EXPIRES JUNE 11,2016 BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF GREAT CAUSE NO. WESTERN OPERATING COMPANY, LLC, FOR AN ORDER TO POOL ALL INTERESTS IN AN DOCKET NO. APPROXIMATE 1 ,280-ACRE DRILLING AND SPACING UNIT LOCATED IN SECTIONS 15 AND 16, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 68 WEST, 6TH P.M., FOR THE DEVELOPMENT/OPERATION OF THE CODELL-NIOBRARA FORMATION, WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING STATE OF COLORADO )ss. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER ) I, James P. Parrot 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 ,c749'44slay of December, 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 Jam Subscribed and sworn to before me thi Q '3 ay of Dece r 4. Witness my hand and official seal. 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Butler as Trustee of the 1996 WAYNE WILLIAM WALTER Erna M. Butler Revocable Trust 14 MAIN ST dated 5/13/1996 WINDSOR, CO 80550-5012 725 Las Colinitas Road San Rafael, CA 94903 VIRGINIA WALTER 6 MAIN ST The County of Weld, a municipal WINDSOR, CO 80550 Corporation 1150 O Street WELD COUNTY P.O. Box 758 ATTN: BARB CONNOLLY Greeley, CO 80632 PO BOX 758 GREELEY, CO 80632 Micoar, Inc. A Minnesota Corporation WIND SHORE LLC 6837 Emerson Ave. N. 212 MAIN ST Minneapolis, MN 55430 WINDSOR, CO 80550 Weld County, State of Colorado WINDSOR ENTERPRISES INC 1150 O Street 526 MAIN ST Greeley, CO 80632 WINDSOR , CO 80550 Weld County, State of Colorado WINDSOR-SEVERANCE HISTORICAL P.O. Box 758 SOCIETY INC Greeley, CO 80632 501 ASH ST WINDSOR, CO 80550 Grandchildren's Trust 2 under the will of Leonard H. 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