HomeMy WebLinkAbout20153405.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-NIOBRARA ) DOCKET NO. 151000655
FORMATION, WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD
COUNTY, COLORADO ) TYPE: POOLING
NOTICE OF HEARING RECEIVED
TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
APPLICATION LANDS SEP 2 9 2015
WELD COUNTY
Township 6 North. Range 67 West. 6th P.M. COMMISSIONERS
Section 20: S'/SEA%
Section 29: WANE%
APPLICATION
On August 27, 2015, 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 160-acre designated wellbore spacing unit,
for the development and operation of the Codell-Niobrara Formation.
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(7)(b), C.R.S. were first incurred for the drilling of the H-Y 29-
31-2 Well (API No. 05-123-35439).
PRIOR RULES AND ORDERS
(available online at: http://cogcc.state.co.us, under"ORDERS")
• 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 inf ill 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.
• 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
Formations, the Codell Formation, and the Niobrara Formation underlying certain,lands,
including the Application Lands, with the permitted well locations in accordance'with the
provisions of Order No. 407-1. •
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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, October 26, 2015
Tuesday, October 27,2015
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Place: Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
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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 October 9, 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 October 12, 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 Murphy, ecreta
- Dated: September 17,2015
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Attorneys for Great Western:
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
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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. 407
GREAT WESTERN OPERATING COMPANY,
LLC FOR AN ORDER TO POOL ALL DOCKET NO.
INTERESTS IN AN APPROXIMATE 160-ACRE
DESIGNATED WELLBORE SPACING UNIT TYPE: POOLING
FOR PORTIONS OF SECTIONS 20 AND 29
TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST, 6T14
P.M., FOR THE CODELL-NIOBRARA RECEIVED
FORMATION, WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD -
COUNTY, COLORADO • SEP 0 8 2015
APPLICATION - WELD COUNTY
• COMMISSIONERS
COMES NOW Great Western Operating Company, LLC (Operator No.
10110) ("Great Western" 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 160-acre
Wellbore Spacing Unit, as defined below, for the drilling of the H-Y 29-31-2 Well (API
No. 05-123-35439) ("Well"), for the development of theCodell-Niobrara Formation on
the following described lands:
Township 6 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M.
Section 20: S%%SE%
Section 29: N%NEI4
160 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.
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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 Formations, the Codell Formation, and the 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 July 29, 2013, the Commission entered Order No. 407-835,
which among other.-things, approved the request for an order to pool all interests in an
approximate 160-acre designated wellbore spacing unit established for certain lands in
Section 20 Township 6 North, range 76 West, 6th P.M., for the development and
operation of the Codell-Niobrara Formation. Order No. 407-835 does not affect this
Application.+';;! cJJPA'
6. On March 2, 2015, the Commission entered Order No. 407-1238,
which among other things, approved the request for an order to 1) vacate the pooling
provisions entered by Order No. 407-1025 for five approximate 320-acre designated
wellbore spacing units established for the N% of Section 28, Township 6 North, Range
67 West, 6th P.M., for the development and operation of the Codell and Niobrara
Formations; 2) pool all interests in seven approximate 400-acre to 640-acre designated
wellbore spacing units, including portions of the Application Lands; for the development
and operation of the Codell and Niobrara Formations. Order No. 407-1238 does not
affect this Application.
7. Applicant designated the 160-acre Wellbore Spacing Unit for the
production of oil, gas, and associated hydrocarbons from the Codell-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 Codell-
Niobrara Formation underlying the following approximate 160-acre Wellbore Spacing Unit:
Township 6 North, Ranqe 67 West, 6th P.M.
Section 20: S%SE'
Section 29: WANE'/
(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 Codell-
Niobrara Formation on the Application Lands.
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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)
clays 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.
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 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 the Application Lands and the Wellbore
Spacing Unit 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 the Well in the Wellbore
Spacing Unit to the Codell-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 Codell-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 October 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: August 27, 2015.
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Respectfully submitted:
GREAT WESTE OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
By: /6
mie L. Jost
Zachary P. Sears
Burleson LLP
Attorneys for Applicant
1700 Lincoln St., Suite 1300
Denver, Colorado 80203
(303) 801-3200
Applicant's Address:
Great Western Operating Company, LLC
ATTN: Michael Tucker
1801 Broadway, Suite 500
Denver, CO 80202
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VERIFICATION
STATE OF COLORADO )
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CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER )
Hal Writer,of lawful age, being first duly sworn upon oath, deposes and says that
he is Land Manager 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
Land Manager
Great Western Operating Company, LLC
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this971 day of August 2015.
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Witness my hand and official seal.
7 CHRISTEN NICOLE JACKSON
[SEAL] STATE OF COLORRADO
OTARY ID#20124040032
MY CE'MAIISSION EXPIRES JUNE 24 2017 •
My commission expires: U[ -a24-e?(7(3-
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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. 407
GREAT WESTERN OPERATING COMPANY,
LLC FOR AN ORDER TO POOL ALL DOCKET NO. 151000655
INTERESTS IN AN APPROXIMATE 160-ACRE
DESIGNATED WELLBORE SPACING UNIT TYPE: POOLING
FOR PORTIONS OF SECTIONS 20 AND 29,
TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST, 6TH
P.M., FOR THE CODELL-NIOBRARA
FORMATION, WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD
COUNTY, COLORADO
AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING
STATE OF COLORADO ) .
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CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER )
I, Zachary P. Sears of lawful age, and being first duly sworn upon my oath,
state and declare that I am the %trey for Great Western Operating Company,
LLC, and that on or before the " day of September 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.
Za ary P. Sears
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Z day of September 2015.
Witness my hand and official seal. RACH•
EL FLEMING
NOTARY PUBLIC
STATE OF COLORADO
[S
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[SEAL] ,MY COMMISSION EXPIRESJUNE 244,2018
My commission expires: 3wlc Z'1, 2w
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Exhibit A
FP — H-Y29-31-2
Adrian Field Christine Kadlub Solomon
37120 Soaring Eagle Circle 906 East Dona Street,
Severance, CO 80550 Cheyenne, WY 82009
Alexander Ferrel, Craig Alan Kadlub
a/k/a Alexandor Ferrel 10387 Burensburg Avenue
1185 Hemlock Drive Las Vegas, NV 89135
Windsor, CO 80550
Daniel J. Bisceglia and
Annemarie Dressel Miller and Brittany Biseglia, join tenants
Keith Brian Miller, joint tenants 1110 Hemlock Drive
1049 Pinyon Drive Windsor, CO 80550
Windsor, CO 80550
Daniel L. Larson and
Anthony Lee Barbour Donna L. Krcina,joint tenants
1061 Pinyon Drive 1041 Pinyon Drive
Windsor, CO 80550 Windsor, CO 80550
Archdiocese of Denver Daniel N. Lobato and
1300 South Steele Street Mary Beth Lobato, joint tenants
Denver, CO 80210 1170 Hemlock Drive
Windsor, CO 80550-4938
Barry Wayne Kadlub
309 Locust Street David B. Nicholl a/k/a
Windsor, CO 80550 David Bret Nicholl, and
Amy L. Nicholl a/k/a
Bradley V. Hulse and Amy Louise Nicholl, joint tenants
Paula Kay Hulse, tenants in common 381 Buffalo Drive# E
1065 Juniper Dr. Windsor, CO 80550
Windsor, CO 80550
David F. Meisinger and
Brooke Kadlub Ward Fredia M. Meisinger,joint tenants
PO Box 3275 1042 Larch Drive
West Wendover, NV 89883 Windsor, CO 80550
Carolyn Anne Jones and David Kenneth Kick
Timothy William Giffey II, 1049 Larch Drive
joint tenants Windsor, CO 80550-4964
1054 Pinyon Court
Windsor, CO 80550 Dawn R. Huski
1049 Hemlock Drive
Windsor, CO 80550
Diane S. West Harland T. Houser, as
1056 Larch Drive remainderman with '
Windsor, CO 80550 Wyendolyn R. Houser a/k/a
Wendy R. Houser a/k/a
E. L. Boddy and Wyendolyn R. Carroll
Elsie M. Boddy, joint tenants of the Emma R. Houser life estate
Unknown Address W9660 County Road TT,
Hortonville, WI 54944-8532
Emma R. Houser, life tenant with •
Harland T. Houser and •
H. E. Beaver
Wyendolyn R. Houser a/k/a 31505 Eastman Park Drive
Wendy R. Houser a/k/a Windsor, CO 80550
Wyendolyn R. Carroll
as remaindermen Jackes LLC
3708 N. Illinois Avenue 1078 South Coffman
Florence, AZ 85132 Longmont, CO 80610
Eric Calderone and Jacqueline J. Garcia
Jennifer D. Bachowski, joint tenants 1073 Pinyon Drive
1114 Hemlock Court Windsor, CO 80550
Windsor, CO 80293
Jeffrey R.T. Cobb and
Esperanza Jaramillo Jennifer L. Cobb,joint tenants
503 Spuce Mountain Court 1143 Hemlock Drive
Windsor, CO 80550-4901 Windsor, CO 80550-4937
Francisco A. Villa and Jeremy Lutz
Echo D. Villa, joint tenants 1073 Larch Drive
1084 Larch Drive Windsor, CO 80550
Windsor, CO 80550
Jerome J. Janicki
Gary L. Erbes and 1069 Pinyon Drive
Marita Erbes,joint tenants Windsor, CO 80550
1054 Juniper Drive
Windsor, CO 80550 Jerry Charles Dickey and
Kim Marie Dickey,
Gene G. Sammelman tenants in common
1048 Juniper Drive 1037 Larch Drive
Windsor, CO 80550 Windsor, CO 80550
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Grizzly Petroleum Company, LLC John Kosmicki and Susan Leschnik
1801 Broadway, Suite 500 Living Trust dated January 21, 2014
Denver, CO 80202 1116 Hemlock Court
Windsor, CO 80550
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John L Garcia and Mark A. Fleener and Andrea L.
Patricia L. Garcia,joint tenants Fleener, tenants in common
1129 Hemlock Drive 1130 Hemlock Drive
Windsor, CO 80550 Windsor, CO 80550
Jordan and Hilary Beck Martin P. Franz
1042 Pinyon Court 2658 5th Street
Windsor, CO 80550 SW, Loveland, CO 80537
Kelly P. King and Melvin L. Whipple and
Elizabeth K. King, joint tenants Karen K. Whipple, joint tenants
1072 Pinyon Drive, 1171 Hemlock Drive
Windsor, CO 80550 Windsor, CO 80550-4937
Kenneth C. Baldwin and Michael C. Watt and
Tamara J. Baldwin, joint tenants Melissa R. Watt, joint tenants
1032 Hemlock Drive 1030 Pinyon Court
Windsor, CO 80550-4934 Windsor, CO 80550
Kenneth L. Blum and - Michael P. Holman and
Ella Mae Blum, joint tenants Kimberly Wright-Holman
166 Pinyon Drive joint tenants
Windsor, CO 80550-4941 1036 Pinyon Court
Windsor, CO 80550
Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
1099 18th Street, Suite1800 Michael Vern Jensen and
Denver, CO 80202 Kandy Ewell Jensen, joint tenants
1048 Pinyon Drive
Lisa Reiter Windsor, CO 80550
1140 Hemlock Court
Windsor, CO 80550 . Nathan Lopatin and
Rachael Lopatin, joint tenants
Lisa Tirreil Gurley and 1033 Hemlock Drive
Philip Nicolas Gurley,joint tenants Windsor, CO 80550
1037 Pinyon Drive
Winsor, CO 80550 Patrick J. McCabe and
Lisa A. McCabe,joint tenants
Louis M. Rivera and 1065 Pinyon Drive
Roberta L. Rivera,joint tenants Windsor, CO 80550
1157 Hemlock Drive
Windsor, CO 80550 Paula D. Harder
'" 5164 Shavano Court
Lynn F. Skoglund and - Winsor, CO 80550-2584
Debra Skoglund, joint tenants ,
1120 Hemlock Court
Windsor, CO 80550-4933
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Paula Marlene Brown Robert Lee Grither
1061 Larch Drive 1150 Hemlock Drive
Windsor, CO 80550 Windsor, CO 80550
Peter J. Dick and Janet R. Dick, Robert R. Duffy and Kristy L. Duffy,
joint tenants joint tenants
1060 Pinyon Dr •1057 Pinyon Drive
Windsor, CO 80550-4941 Windsor, CO 80550 •
Phillip G. Yastrow, as joint tenants Rosalinda Dressel
with Ellen J. Yastrow 1045 Pinyon Drive
PO Box 341 Windsor,,CO 80550
Windsor, CO 80550 •
Sherry Lynn Carey Revocable Trust
Ellen J. Yastrow, as joint tenants 1024 Pinyon Court
with Phillip G. Yastrow Windsor, CO 80550
139 Bayside Circle
Windsor, CO 80550 Stacey Kadlub
6423 County Road 89
Randall L. Hocking, Roggen, CO 80652-9291
individually and as joint tenants with
Patricia E. Quade-Hocking Stephen Ralph Kennedy and
31591 Country Road 17 Catherine M. Kennedy, joint tenants
Windsor, CO 80550 1085 Larch Drive
Windsor, CO 80550-4929
Patricia E. Quade-Hocking, as joint
" tenants with Randall L. Hocking Steven C. Kingery, Mollie M.
31591 Country Road 17 Kingery, Jason Kingery, and
Windsor, CO 80550 Catherine Kingery, joint tenants
1180 Hemlock Dr.
Randy L. Knaub and •
RWindsor, CO 80550-4938
Tammy Knaub, joint tenants
1115 Hemlock Dr Thomas Edwin Kadlub
Windsor, CO 80550 PO Box 447
Roseau, MN 56751
Richard E. Smith and Jennifer J.
Dizmang-Smith, joint tenants - Town of Windsor
1101 Hemlock Drive . 301 Walnut Street -
Windsor, CO 80550-4937 • Windsor, CO 80550
Richard H. Dumm, Jr. Travis.Ross and Laura Ross,joint
352 North Shores Circle tenants •
Windsor, CO 80550 1048 Hemlock Drive,
Windsor, CO 80550
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Una A. Johnston •
7614 S. County Road 3
Fort Collins, Co 80528-9326
Vicki L. Baler
1049 Juniper Drive
Windsor, CO 80550
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Weld County
915 Tenth Street
Greeley, CO 80631
William E. Bathauer and
Joyce D. Bathauer, joint tenants
1053 Pinyon Drive
Windsor, CO 80550
William H. Brooks and
Nancy J. Brooks, joint tenants
1118 Hemlock Ct.
Windsor, CO 80550-4933
Wyendolyn R. Houser a/k/a
Wendy R. Houser a/k/a
Wyendolyn R. Carrollas
remainderman with Harland T.
Houser of the Emma R. Houser
life estate
PO Box 6997
Mesa, AZ 85216
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