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Home My WebLink About20152883.tiff 4, 1 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. 150900499 FORMATION, WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD ) COUNTY, COLORADO ) TYPE: POOLING NOTICE OF HEARING TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: APPLICATION LANDS RECEIVED Township 5 North, Range 61 West, 6111 P.M. Section 10: E1/2 AUG 1 3 2015 Section 15: E1/2 - WELD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPLICATION On July 15, 2015, Bonanza Creek Energy Operating Company LLC (Operator No. 8960) ("Bonanza" 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 welibore 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- 60116(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 Pronghorn P-10-15XRLNB Well (API No. 05-123-39005). 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 Wallenberg Area Special Well Location, Spacing and Unit Designation Rule. • On November 29, 2010, the Commission entered Order No. 407-380, which, among other things, established 21 approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing units for various lands in Township 5 North, Ranges 61 and 62 West, 6th P.M., and allowing one horizontal well in each of the units, for the development of the Codell and Niobrara Formations. Order No. 407-380 does not affect this application. • On May 29, 2012, the Commission entered Order No. 407-633 which 1 2015-2883 LE O0g) 3/4 things,things, approved one or more additional horizontal wells within each existing approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit, for certain lands in Township 5 North, Ranges 61 and 62 West, 6'" P.M., for the production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Niobrara Formation. Order No. 407-633 does not affect this application. • On July 28, 2014, the Commission entered Order No. 407-1087 which, among other things, pooled all interests in an approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit established for portions of the Application Lands, for the development and operation of the Niobrara Formation. Order No. 407-1087 does not affect this application. 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, September 14, 2015 11, Tuesday, September 15, 2015 Time: 9:00 a.m. 'in[;;2 aiF'd+I Place: Western State Colorado University University Center, South Ballroom 600 North Adams Street Gunnison, Colorado 81231 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 August 31, 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 interventionmust be able to participate in a prehearing conference during the week of August 31, 2015. Pursuant to Rule 511, if the matter is uncontested, it may be approved without a hearing. OIL AND GAS CONS VATION COMMISSIO OF THE OF ORADO By Juli Mu phy, Secretary Dated: August 6, 2015 2 (150900499) 1 Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Attorneys for Bonanza: 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@burlesonlip.com zsears@burlesonlIp.com Lease in Place : YES NO Q Lease p Acres Hab Keep for Hearing Outcome/Minutes File-No Action Needed I � 3 (150900499) BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF CAUSE NO. 407 BONANZA CREEK ENERGY OPERATING COMPANY LLC, FOR AN ORDER TO POOL DOCKET NO. ALL INTERESTS IN AN APPROXIMATE 640- _ ACRE DESIGNATED HORIZONTAL TYPE: POOLING WELLBORE SPACING UNIT FOR SECTIONS 10 AND 15, TOWNSHIP 5 NORTH, RANGE 61 RECEIVE® WEST, 6TH P.M., FOR THE NIOBRARA FORMATION, WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD JUL 31 2015 COUNTY, COLORADO WELD COUNTY APPLICATION COMMISSIOrunc COMES NOW Bonanza Creek Energy Operating Company LLC (Operator No. 8960) ("Bonanza" or "Applicant"), by its attorneys, Burleson LLP, 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 Wellbore Spacing Unit, as defined below, for the drilling of the Pronghorn P-10- 15XRLNB Well (API No. 05-123-39005) ("Well"), for the development of the Niobrara Formation on the following described lands: Township 5 North, Range 61 West, 6th P.M. Section 10: EA Section 15: E% 640-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. ceg► -S 4. On November 29, 2010, the Commission entered Order No. 407- 380, which among other things, approves the request for an order establishing twenty- one approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing units for various lands in Township 5 North, Ranges 61 and 62 West, 6th P.M. and Township 6 North, Range 62 West, 6th P.M., and allowing one horizontal well in each of the units, for the development of the Codell and Niobrara Formations. Order No. 407-380 does not affect this Application. 5. On May 29, 2012, the Commission entered Order No. 407-633, which:among other things, approves the request for an order to allow one or more additional horizontal wells within each existing approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing,unit;;for certain lands in Township 5 North, Ranges 61 and 62 West, 6th P.M., for the production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Niobrara Formation. Order:No. 407=633 does not affect this Application. 6. On July 28, 2014, the Commission entered Order No. 407-1087, which among other things, the request for an order to pool all interests in an approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit established for portions of the Application Lands, for the development and operation of the Niobrara Formation. Order No. 407-1087 does not affect this Application. 7. Applicant designated the 640-acre Wellbore Spacing Unit 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, including but not limited to, any non-consenting interests, in the Application Lands in the Niobrara Formation underlying the following approximate 640-acre Wellbore Spacing Unit: Township 5 North, Range 61 West, 6th P.M. Section 10: E% Section 15: E% (throughout as "Wellbore Spacing Unit"). 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 Well 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 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. 11. 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 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 the Application Lands and the Wellbore • Spacing Unit 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 Well in the Wellbore Spacing Unit 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 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 Niobrara 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 September 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: July /6, 2015. Respectfully submitted: BONANZA CREEK ENERGY OPERATING PANY LLC By: Q ii7'1 Jamie L. Jost Zachary P. Sears Burleson LLP Attorneys for Applicant 1700 Lincoln St., Suite 1300 Denver, Colorado 80203 (303) 801-3200 Applicant's Address: Bonanza Creek Energy Operating Company LLC ATTN: Caroline Heuring 410 17th Street, Suite 1400 Denver, CO 80202 4\ VERIFICATION STATE OF COLORADO ) ) ss. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER ) Caroline Heuring, of lawful age, being first duly sworn upon oath, deposes and says that she is a Landman, Rocky Mountain Region for Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc., and that she has read the foregoing Application and that the matters therein contained are true to the best of her knowledge, information and beel/lii�ef. il/4.kti V:12 Caroline Heuring 4 Landman, Rocky Mountain R ' Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. Subscribed and sworn to before me this I" day of July 2015. Witness my hand and official seal. [SEAL] My commission expires: /7/047 Ai Notary Publ' MATTHEW W.JONES NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF COLORADO NOTARY ID/I 20134057901 MY COMMISSION EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 13.2017 BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF CAUSE NO. 407 BONANZA CREEK ENERGY OPERATING COMPANY LLC, FOR AN ORDER TO POOL DOCKET NO. ALL INTERESTS IN AN APPROXIMATE 640- ACRE DESIGNATED HORIZONTAL TYPE: POOLING WELLBORE SPACING UNIT FOR SECTIONS 10 AND 15, TOWNSHIP 5 NORTH, RANGE 61 WEST, 6TH P.M., FOR THE NIOBRARA FORMATION, WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING STATE OF COLORADO )ss. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER ) I, Jamie L. Jost of lawful age, and being first duly sworn upon my oath, state and declare that I am the attorney for Bonanza Creek Energy Operating Company LLC, and that on or before the 7r1 day of July 2015, I caused a copy of the attached Application to be deposi ed in the United States Mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the parties listed on Exhibit A to the Application. ( Jamie L. Jost Subscribed and sworn to before me this if day of July 2015. Witness my hand and official seal. [SEAL] My commission expires: IUM P1 201K RACHELFLEMING� NOTARY PUBLIC MTATE E COLORADO I NOTARY ID 20144025048 MY COMMISSION EXPIRES JUNE 24,2018 Notary Public Exhibit A Pronghorn P-10-15XRLNB ConocoPhillips Company -Robert D. Wellman • 3300 North "A" Street 485 High Street Midland, TX 79705 Denver, CO 80218 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Deanne M. Owre f/k/a First Interstate Bank of Denver, 4 Taber Hill Road Trustee of the Family Trust under the North Smithfield, RI 02896 will of M.A. Bresnahan P.O. Box 5383 Charles W. Wellman Denver, CO 80201 13747 Rockpoint, Unit 102 Broomfield, CO 80023 Heirs of P.E. Williams 6207 Lamar Street Kristin Zinis Arvada, CO 80003 1300 South St. Paul Street Denver, CO 80210 Dianne Ross 37881 Rd. 422 Nina Bonn Oakhurst, CA 93644 978 East Irwin Place Centennial, CO 80122 Jean LeVan Magoffin 21028 Barrett Smith Rd. Andrew Wellman Dulzura, CA 91917 13747 Rockpoint, Unit 102 Broomfield, CO 80023 WYOCO Royalty Partners LLC P.O. Box 280969 Paul Wellman Lakewood, CO 80228 13747 Rockpoint, Unit 102 Broomfield, CO 80023 The John D. Stephenson Family Trust Ella Brown 1575 Ocean Shore Blvd. #602 1250 S Monroe Street Ormand, FL 32176 Denver, CO 80210 Kathryn B. Stahlman and Mary Wellman Robbin L. Peppler, as Co-Trustees of 786 S 3`d Street the Grandchildren's Trust I Lander, WY 82520 7251 West 20th Street, Bldg. D-1 Greeley, CO 80634 Jay Wellman 485 High Street Richard J. Bartels and Denver, CO 80218 Robbin L. Peppler, as Co-Trustees of the Grandchildren's Trust II Nancy Lee Aston 7251 West 20th Street, Bldg. D-1 2914 East Snowberry Lane Greeley, CO 80634 Spokane, WA 99223 John R. Moran, Jr. and Dennis W. Grotheer Living Trust, dated Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as February 26, 1996 Co-Trustees of the Moran Family 770 E 510th Avenue Minerals Trust Pittsburg, KS 66762 P.O. Box 5383 Denver, CO 80217 Centennial Mineral Holdings, LLC 8235 Douglas Ave, Suite 815 John Herbert Beyers, Jr. Dallas, TX 75225 6918 Hidden Brook Lane Citrus Heights, CA 95621 Charles Cecil Jackson 809 27th Avenue Lance A. Julander Greeley, CO 80634 4185 South Oneida Street Denver, CO 80237 Chris Bowland Jackson Schultz 34978 WCR 83 Larry Jarboe Davis Briggsdale, CO 80611 222 Cove Road Inglis, FL 34449 Magnus Eugene Tappan 1137 E Racine Drive James Fletcher Davis Casa Grande, AZ 85122 9511 Belleview Avenue Kansas City, MO 64114-3838 Nancy Colleen Tappan Baird P.O. Box 1634 Debbie D. Legrotte Weldon, CA 93283 7915 Colonial Drive Prairie Village, KS 66204 Twyla Louise Tappan Jorgensen 911 S. Hickory Heirs or Devisees of Irene M. LeVan Sapulpa OK 74066 12242 Bannock Circle, Unit E West Minster, CO 80234 Weld County, Colorado c/o Board of County Commissioners LeeRoy Bush 915 10th Street 7236 W Canberrra Street Greeley, CO 80632 Greeley, CO 80634 Jackie Bowland Jackson Halley Bernice Martinelli 6703 N Wall Street 981 W 70th Ave Spokane, WA 99208 Denver, CO 80221 Nancy Lee Jackson Crespin Audrey Kathryn Buck 6703 N Wall Street 706 Huber Street Spokane, WA 99208 Festus, MO 63028 Geraldine Nelson Dorothy Jean Baker 1619 South Yale P.O. Box 975 Wichita, KS 67218 Palm City, FL 34991 Cynthia Lou Satriano Therese Reichardt 917 Nakomis Dr. NE #B 12340 Oakland Albuquerque, NM 87112 Henderson, CO 80640 Claudia Lea Satriano George R. Mandelko 956 12th Street 6220 Otis Street Imperial Beach, CA 92116-3122 Arvada, CO 80003 Christopher Lynn Satriano H. Loraine Mandelko 1261 S Monaco Pkwy 938 Collyer Street Denver, CO 80224-1881 Longmont, CO 80501 Pamela Jean Stephens-Quint James R. Harrison and 4468 Utah St Janice A. Harrison San Diego, CA 92116 2409 15th Avenue Longmont, CO 80503 McCulliss Oil and Gas, Inc. P.O. Box 221515 John R. Mandelko Denver, CO 80222 10009 Beach St. Federal Heights, CO 80260 Paul L. McCulliss P.O. Box 3248 Linda Jean Davis Sedgeley Littleton, CO 80161 8810 West Iliff Avenue Lakewood, CO 80227 George G. Vaught, Jr. P.O. Box 13557 Mary Evalyn Davis Denver, CO 80201 110 North 7th Street Livingston, MT 59047 Tracker Resources Development III, LLC Michael Campbell 1050 17th Street, Suite 2200 PO Box 781651 Denver, CO 80265 Wichita, KS 67278 Alice M. 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