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Home My WebLink About20151134.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. 150500322 FORMATION, WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD ) COUNTY, COLORADO ) TYPE: POOLING NOTICE OF HEARING RECEIVED TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: APPLICATION LANDS APR 16 2015 • WELD COUNTY Township 6 North. Ranoe 63 West. 6th P.M. COMMISSIONERS Section 8: E1/2E% Section 9: W1/2W% Section 16: NW%NW36 Section 17: NE%NE% APPLICATION On March 19, 2015, Noble Energy, Inc. (Operator No. 100322) ("Noble" or "Applicant") filed a verified application pursuant to §34-60-116, C.R.S., for an order to: 1) Pool all interests in two approximate 400-acre designated horizontal wellbore spacing units established for the Application Lands for the development and operation of the Niobrara Formation; and 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(7Xb), C.R.S., were first incurred for the drilling of the Mahalo State AA09-79HNC Well (API No. 05-123-39105), or Mahalo State AA09-79-1HNB Well (API No. 05-123-39102). APPLICABLE RULES AND ORDERS (available online at: htto://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: 1 (150500322) 2015-1134 LE picot Date: Monday, May 18, 2015 Tuesday, May 19, 2015 Time: 9:00 a.m. Place: Alms Community College Platte Building, Room PL111 and PL113 260 College Avenue Fort Lupton, Colorado 80621 In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if any party requires special Itrisanelagations as a result of a disability for this hearing, please contact Margaret Humecki at 2100 ext. 5139, prior to the heating 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 May 4, 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 May 4, 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 Julie M rphy, Se tary Dated:April 9,2015 Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Attorneys for Applicant 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Jamie L. Jost Denver, Colorado 80203 Zachary P. Sears Website: http://cogcc.state.co.us Burleson LLP Phone:(303)894-2100 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 1300 Fax: (303)894-2109 Denver, Colorado 80203 (303)801-3200 jjost©burlesonllp.com zsears@ burtesonilp.com Lease in Place: YES g NO O Lease#(.EDA0g Acres t M/1L Keep for Hearing Outcome/Minutes File-No Action Needed 2 5 17( TON,Af1 1243 tit) (150500322) NEVa - r BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF CAUSE NO. NOpil ENERGY, INC., FOR AN ORDER TO ALL INTERESTS IN TWO DOCKET NO. APPROXIMATE 400-ACRE DESIGNATED HORIZONTAL WELLBORE SPACING UNITS TYPE: POOLING LOCATED IN SECTIONS 8, 9, 16 AND 17, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 63 WEST, 6TH P.M., FOR THE DEVELOPMENT/OPERATION RECEIVED OF THE NIOBRARA FORMATION, WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD COUNTY, MAR 31 2D15 COLORADO WELD COUNTY APPLICATION COMMISSIONERS COMES NOW Noble Energy, Inc. (Operator No. 100322) ("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 two (2) approximate 400-acre designated horizontal wellbore spacing units for the drilling of the Mahalo State AA09-79HNC Well (API No. 05-123-39105), and the Mahalo State AA09-79-1HNB Well (API No. 05-123-39102) (collectively "Wells"), for the development of the Niobrara Formation on the following described lands: Township 6 North, Range 63 West, 6t' P.M. Section 8: E%ZEY2 Section 9: W1/2W'/2 Section 16: NW'ANW/4 Section 17: NEXNE'/4 400-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 I 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 March 25, 2013, the Commission entered Order No. 407-765, which among other things, approves the request for an order to pool all interests in an approximate 640-acre designated wellbore spacing unit established for certain lands in Sections 9, 10, 15 and 16, Township 6 North, Range 63 West, 6th P.M., for the development and operation of the Niobrara Formation. Order No. 407-765 does not affect this Application. z n; . 5. cOn September 16, 2013, the Commission entered Order No. 407- 862, which among other things, approves the request for an order to affirm Order No. 407-765, pooling all interests, including previously unnoticed interests, in an approximate 640-acre designated wellbore spacing unit established for the certain lands in Sections 9, 10, 15 and 16, Township 6 North, Range 63 West, 6th P.M., for the development and operation of the Niobrara Formation. Order No. 407-862 does not affect this Application. 6. On June 17, 2014, the Commission entered Order No. 407-1032, which among other things, approves the request for an order to pool all interests in an approximate 640-acre designated wellbore spacing unit established for certain lands in Sections 3, 4, 9 and 10, Township 6 North, Range 63 West, 6th P.M., for the development and operation of the Niobrara Formation. Order No. 407-1032 does not affect this Application. 7. Applicant designated the two (2) approximate 400-acre horizontal wellbore spacing units for the production of oil, gas, and associated hydrocarbons from the Niobrara Formation pursuant to Rule 318A and notified the appropriate parties under Rule 318A. 8. 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 two (2) designated horizontal wellbore spacing units, including but not limited to, any non- consenting interests and leased mineral interests, in the Application Lands in the Niobrara Formation underlying the following approximate 400-acre wellbore spacing units: Township 6 North, Range 63 West, 6th P.M. Section 8: E''/E%2 Section 9: W'%W,4 Section 16: NW%NW'% Section 17: NE%NE'% • 9. 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 Mahalo State AA09- 79HNC Well (API No. 05-123-39105), or the Mahalo State AA09-79-1HNB Well (API No. 05-123-39102) to the Niobrara Formation on the Application Lands. 10. 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 Wells, 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. 11. That in order to prevent waste and to protect correlative rights, all interests in the wellbore spacing units should be pooled for the orderly development of the 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 two (2) approximate 400-acre designated horizontal wellbore spacing units established on Application Lands for the development of the 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 the Mahalo State AA09- 79HNC Well (API No. 05-123-39105), or the Mahalo State AA09-79-1HNB Well (API No. 05-123-39102) to the Niobrara 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 Wells 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 Wells drilled to develop the Niobrara Formation in the wellbore spacing units 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 May 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: March 11, 2015. Respectfully submitted: NOBLE EN RGY, INC. By: GCcL mie L. Jost Zachary P. Sears Jost & Shelton Energy Group, P.C. Attorneys for Applicant 1675 Larimer Street, Suite 420 Denver, Colorado 80202 (720) 379-1812 Applicant's Address: Noble Energy, Inc. ATTN: Jill Angelo 1625 Broadway, Suite 2200 Denver, CO 80202 VERIFICATION STATE OF COLORADO ) ss. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER ) Charles A. Snure, of lawful age, being first duly sworn upon oath, deposes and says that he is a Land Manager for Noble Energy, Inc., 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. Charles A. Snure Land Manager Noble Energy, Inc. t Subscribed and sworn to before me this /e day of March 2015. Witness my hand and official seal. o DOLORESSPRESSER NOTARY PUBLIC [SEAL] STATE OF COLORADO NOTARY ID 20104617063 MY COMMISSION EXPIRES MAY 26,2018 My commission expires: Public BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF CAUSE NO. NOBLE ENERGY, INC., FOR AN ORDER TO POOL ALL INTERESTS IN TWO DOCKET NO. APPROXIMATE 400-ACRE DESIGNATED HORIZONTAL WELLBORE SPACING UNITS TYPE: POOLING LOCATED IN SECTIONS 8, 9, 16 AND 17, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 63 WEST, 6TH P.M., FOR THE DEVELOPMENT/OPERATION OF THE NIOBRARA FORMATION, WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING STATE OF COLORADO )ss. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER ) I, Jamie Jost of lawful age, and being first duly sworn upon my oath, sta declare that I am the attorney for Noble Energy Inc., and that on or before the ay of March 2015, I caused a copy of the attached Application to be deposite in the United States Mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the parties listed on Exhibit A to the Application. jal Jamie L. Jost Subscribed and sworn to before me on this day of March 2015. Witness my hand and official seal. My commission expires: atiitji' CHARLOTTE LAWLESS NOTARMLIC STATEO COLORADO Notary Pu . NOTARY ID 20144023899. MYCOMMI881ON EXPIRES JUNE 18,2018 w Exhibit A — Interested Parties List Noble Energy WyCo, LLC Kelly Kincaid 1625 Broadway Suite 2200 3445 South Ouray Way Denver, CO 80202 Aurora, CO 80013 Grizzly Petroleum, LLC Kimberly Graham 1801 Broadway Suite 500 4929 South Espana Court Denver, CO 80202 Centennial, CO 80015 Leslie E Gibson Brian and Darlene Bower PO Box 444 Revocable Trust Grain Valley, MO 64029 7437 Rio Grande NW Albuquerque, NM 87107 PDC Energy, Inc. 1775 Sherman Street Suite 3000 John Randolph Hodge and Denver, CO 80203 Deborah Ann Hodge, Joint Tenants PO Box 1882 Larry Krummel Longmont, CO 80502 13750 Sierra Oaks Court Saratoga, CA 95070 Charles Christopher Hodge PO Box 118 Mark A. Bishop Elizabeth, CO 80107 2242 Wakefield Drive Fort Collins, CO 80526 David Alan Hodge 935 South Locust Street Anadarko Land Corp. Denver, CO 80224 1099 - 18th Street Suite 1800 Denver, CO 80202 Rebecca Hodge-Malvitz 102 Locust Avenue Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP Lochbuie, CO 80603 1099 18th Street Suite 1800 Denver, CO 80202 Shaun M Hodge Diana Hodge, POA Estate of Andrew J Campbell 6720 South Downing Circle West Address Unknown Centennial, CO 80122 The Skeeters Company Robert Alan Hodge 18221 Sandy Cove 17051 East Arkansas Drive Nassau Bay, TX 77058 Aurora, CO 80017 The New Cache La Poudre Irrigating Cornish Plains Livestock, LLLP Company 1601 44th Avenue Court, Unit 1 PO Box 104 Greeley, CO 80634 Lucerne, CO 80646 Robin Peppier Trust Susan E Dvorak 613 63rd Avenue 11367 North 131st Place Greeley, CO 80634 Scottsdale, AZ 85259 - C Millard Bashor 31857 WCR 68 Michael O'Dale Campbell Gill, CO 80624 Tenant in Common PO Box 204 iifilkheouniti Kila, MT 59920 PO Box 758 Greeley, CO 80632 Ginny Alftine 1880 Harding Court State of Colorado Bettendorf, IA 52722 1127 Sherman Street Suite 300 Denver, CO 80203 Nancy Nell McKibben, a/k/a Nancy N McKibben D and D Bashor Farms, LLC 5392 Sierra Roja Road 32235 CR 68 Irvine, CA 92603 Gill, CO 80624 Steve R Bishop, a/k/a Steve Gary Dixon Bishop 8447 North 53rd Avenue 3850 East 14th Street, Unit O Glendale, AZ 85302 Casper, WY 82609 Heirs of Elmer C Billingsley Geraldine L Shull do Barbara Billingsley, AIF 2343 West First Street 10826 Potter Street Greeley, CO 80631 Omaha, NE 68142 Kathleen Louise Twiford Sandra K Miller Tenant in Common 1147 North Arroyo Lane 207 Esterbrook Road Gilbert, AZ 85234 Douglas, WY 82633 Susan D Miller Joan Johnson, a/k/a Joan 1624 Palm Street, Unit 311 Lee Johnson Las Vegas, NV 89104 224 Juniper Road Avoca, IA 51521 Barbara O. Billingsley 10826 Potter Street Arlene Bishop Omaha, NE 68142 708 22nd Avenue #27 Greeley, CO 80631 Jeff L Bishop, a/k/a Jeff Bishop 1900 Elkhorn Valley Drive Todd P Bishop, a/k/a Todd Casper, WY 82609 Bishop 1812 County Road 149 State of Colorado, Department of Burns, WY 82053 Transportation P-03-065-00 Judy Campbell 4201 East Arkansas Avenue #212 NCR 63 Box 166 Denver, CO 80222 Jay, OK 74346 Hello