HomeMy WebLinkAbout20151583.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 CODELL ) DOCKET NO. 150500320
FORMATION, WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD )
COUNTY, COLORADO ) TYPE: POOLING
NOTICE OF HEARING RECEIVED
TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: APR 16 205
APPLICATION LANDS WELD COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
Township 7 North. Range 65 West.6th P.M.
Section 18: WA
APPLICATION
On March 19, 2015, PDC Energy, Inc., Operator No. 69175 ("PDC 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 320-acre designated wellbore spacing unit
for the development and operation of the Codell Formation.
2) Subject any non-consenting interests to the cost recovery provisions of §3460-
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 Thornton
18L-401 Well(API No. 05-123-39562).
PRIOR RULES AND ORDERS
(available online at: http://coacc.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, May 18, 2015
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Place: Aims Community College, Fort Lupton Campus
260 College Avenue
Fort Lupton, CO 80621
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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 Humedci at
(303)8942100 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 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
(cogcp.hearings_unit@state.co.us), one original and two copies shall be filed with the
r j nortirtlisalbA. 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, based on review of the merits of the
verified application and supporting exhibits.
OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
By.
J e Murph , Secret ry
Dated:April 13,2015
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Attorneys for PDC:
1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Jamie L. Jost
Denver,Colorado 80203 Joseph M. Evers
Website:hdp://cogcc.state.co.us Burleson LLP
Phone: (303)894-2100 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 1300
Fax: (303) 894-2109 Denver, Colorado 80203
jjost Cr burlesonllp.com
jevers@burlesonlip.com
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BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF CAUSE NO.
PDC ENERGY, INC. FOR AN ORDER TO
POOtiALL INTERESTS IN AN APPROXIMATE DOCKET NO.
560-ACRE DESIGNATED HORIZONTAL
WELLBORE SPACING UNIT IN SECTIONS 13 RECEIVED
AND 14, TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 66
WEST, 6T" P.M. AND SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP MAR 3 0 2015
7 NORTH, RANGE 65 WEST, 6TH P.M., FOR
THE CODELL FORMATION, WATTENBERG WELD COUNTY
FIELD, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO COMMISSIONERS
APPLICATION
COMES NOW PDC Energy, Inc. (Operator No. 69175) ("PDC" or
"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 560-acre
Wellbore Spacing Unit, as defined below, for the drilling of the Tracy 14P-432 Well (API
No. 05-123-38737) ("Well"), for the development of the Codell Formation on the
following described lands:
Section 14: SE%
Township 7 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M.
Section 18: W'/SWY4
560-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 drilling of horizontal wells.
4. Applicant designated the 560-acre Wellbore Spacing Unit for the
production of oil, gas, and associated hydrocarbons from the Codell Formation pursuant
to Rule 318A and notified the appropriate parties under Rule 318A.
5. 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, including but
not limited to, any non-consenting interests, in the Application Lands in the Codell
Formation underlying the following approximate 560-acre Wellbore Spacing Unit:
Township 7 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M.
Section 13: S%
Section 14: SE%
Township 7 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M.
Section 18: W/SW'%
(throughout as "Wellbore Spacing Unit").
6. 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 Well to the Codell
Formation on the Application Lands.
7. 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 within seven (7)
days of the date hereof, as required by Rule 503.e., 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, 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.
8. That in order to prevent waste and to protect correlative rights, all
interests in the Wellbore Spacing Unit should be pooled for the orderly development of
the Codell 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 the Application Lands and the Wellbore
Spacing Unit for the development of the Codell 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 Well in the Wellbore
Spacing Unit to the Codell 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
Well 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 drilled to
develop the Codell Formation in the Wellbore Spacing Unit 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 19, 2015.
Respectfully submitted:
PDC ENERGY, INC.
By:
J ie L. Jost
seph M. Evers
Jost & Shelton Energy Group, P.C.
Attorneys for Applicant
1675 Larimer St., Suite 420
Denver, Colorado 80202
(720) 379-1812
Applicant's Address:
PDC Energy, Inc.
ATTN: Tyler Sims
1775 Sherman Street, Suite 3000
Denver, CO 80203
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VERIFICATION
STATE OF COLORADO
) ss.
CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER )
J. Tyler Sims, of lawful age, being first duly sworn upon oath, deposes and says
that he is a Senior Regional Landman for PDC 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.
J. yler Sims
Senior Regional Landman
PDC Energy, Inc.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this /9. hday of March 2015.
Witness my hand and official seal.
KRISTIE ANN MONEY
NOTARY[SEAL] STATE OF COLORADO
NOTARY ID 20134031387
My Commission Expires May 16, 2017
My commission expires: 5//IQ' -7(111-3 Notary Public
BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF CAUSE NO.
PDC ENERGY, INC. FOR AN ORDER TO
POOL ALL INTERESTS IN AN APPROXIMATE DOCKET NO. 150500318
560-ACRE DESIGNATED HORIZONTAL
WELLBORE SPACING UNIT IN SECTIONS 13
AND 14, TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 66
WEST, 6TH P.M. AND SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP
7 NORTH, RANGE 65 WEST, 6TH P.M., FOR
THE CODELL FORMATION, WATTENBERG
FIELD, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING
STATE OF COLORADO
)ss.
CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER )
I, Joseph M. Evers of lawful age, and being first duly sworn upon my oath, state
and declare that I am the attorney for PDC Energy, Inc., and that on or before the
day of March 2015, 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.
M. Evers
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2.1rday
((((((offf March, 2015.
Witness my hand and official seal.
[SEAL]
My commission expires: JWu- 21 201(
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NOTARY FUBUC
STATE OF COLORADO
NOTARY ID 20144025048
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Exhibit A
FP —Tracy 14P-432
PDC Energy, Inc. City of Thornton
1775 Sherman Street, Suite 3000 A Colorado Municipal Corp
Denver, CO 80203 9500 Civic Center Dr
Thornton, CO 80229
Extraction Oil & Gas, LLC
1888 Sherman Street, Suite 200 Elaine Waag Family Trust
Denver, CO 80203 620 North County Road #5
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Noble Energy, Inc.
1625 Broadway, Suite 2200 Janet Lee Roberts
Denver, CO 80202 PO Box 336
Ault, CO80610
Synergy Resources Corporation
20203 Highway 160 WolidatutScitComm.
Platteville, CO 80651 PO Box 758
Greeley, CO 80632-0758
Heirs/Devisees of Roland L. Mapelli
1357 43rd Avenue, #5 Double J Farms & Feeding Inc.
Greeley, CO 80634 Jay Hasbrouck, President
39646 WCR 39
Heirs/Devisees of Terri Sue Clair Ault, CO 80610
307 Pear Court
New Castle, CO 81647 Nancy L Earls
874 Vitala Drive
Jerald Charles Steele Fort Collins, CO 80524
18681 CR 80 '%
Ault, CO 80610 Jeffrey R & Cynthia Hasbrouck
39660 County Road 37
Janet Lee Roberts Ault, CO 80610
P.O. Box 336
Ault, CO 80610 Jerald Steele
18681 CR 80 '%
Nancy Loree Earls Ault, CO 80610
874 Vitala Drive
Ft. Collins, CO 80524
Lincoln Energy LLC
978 South Corona Street
Denver, CO 80209
Calvary Farms Lcc
134 Oak Ave
Eaton, CO 80615
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