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BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION APR 1 i 2014
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO Weld Count
Y an ,g Department
IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ) CAUSE NO. 535 GREEL.Ey OFFICE
ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN )
OPERATIONS FOR THE CODELL AND NIOBRARA ) DOCKET NO. 1404-SP-2041
FORMATIONS, UNNAMED FIELD, WELD COUNTY, )
COLORADO )
NOTICE OF HEARING
TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
On February 27, 2014, Noble Energy, Inc. ("Noble" or "Applicant") filed a verified
application pp pursuant
uant to §34-60-116, C.R.S. for an order to:
1) Vacate five approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing units established by Order
No. 535-3 for Sections 25, 26, 27, 34 and 35, Township 9 North, Range 59 West, 6th P.M.
2) Vacate Order Nos. 535-257, 535-282 and 535-434.
3) Establish an approximate 3,200-acre unconventional resource unit for the Codell
and Niobrara Formations.
4) Determine the appropriate number of wells to efficiently and economically
recover the oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from Codell and Niobrara Formations.
5) Require the productive interval of the wellbore to be located no closer than 300
feet from the unit boundaries, except the eastern section boundary of Section 25 and the
southern section boundary of Section 35 which shall remain at 600 feet, and no closer than 150
feet from the productive interval of any other wellbore located in the unit.
6) Applicant requests the Commission consider the Codell-Niobrara Formation as a
common source of supply underlying the Application Lands because there is no significant
stratigraphic barrier between the formations and could be completed as a single completion.
7) Applicant requests any existing vertical or directional wells be excluded from the
unit. Existing horizontal wells will be included in the proposed unit.
APPLICATION LANDS
Township 9 North, Range 59 West, 6th P.M.
Section 25: ALL(LEO/2 a-/
Section 26: ALL
Section 27: ALL
Section 34: ALL(LEOI g3-1, LEO1a3 0?J
Section 35: ALL (worn
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RECEIVED
BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION APR 1 i 2014
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO Weld County
IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND CAUSE NO. 535GREELEY OFFICErtment
ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN )
OPERATIONS FOR THE CODELL AND NIOBRARA ) DOCKET NO. 1404-SP-2041
FORMATIONS, UNNAMED FIELD
, WELD COUNTY, )
COLORADO )
NOTICE OF HEARING
TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
On February 27, 2014, Noble Energy, Inc. ("Noble" or "Applicant") filed a verified
application pursuant to §34-60-116, C.R.S.for an order to:
1) Vacate five approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing units established by Order
No. 535-3 for Sections 25, 26, 27, 34 and 35, Township 9 North, Range 59 West, 6'"P.M.
2) Vacate Order Nos. 535-257, 535-282 and 535-434.
3) Establish an approximate 3,200-acre unconventional resource unit for the Codell
and Niobrara Formations.
4) Determine the appropriate number of wells to efficiently and economically
recover the oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from Codell and Niobrara Formations.
5) Require the productive interval of the wellbore to be located no closer than 300
feet from the unit boundaries, except the eastern section boundary of Section 25 and the
southern section boundary of Section 35 which shall remain at 600 feet, and no closer than 150
feet from the productive interval of any other wellbore located in the unit.
6) Applicant requests the Commission consider the Codell-Niobrara Formation as a
common source of supply underlying the Application Lands because there is no significant
stratigraphic barrier between the formations and could be completed as a single completion.
7) Applicant requests any existing vertical or directional wells be excluded from the
unit. Existing horizontal wells will be included in the proposed unit.
APPLICATION LANDS
Township 9 North. Range 59 West, 6th P.M. _
Section 25: ALL
Section 26: ALL
Section 27: ALL
Section 34: ALL
Section 35: ALL
PRIOR RULES AND ORDERS
(available online at: htto://coocc.state.co.us, under"ORDERS")
On February 22, 2011, Order No. 535-3 established five approximate 640-acre drilling
and spacing units for the Niobrara Formation.
On January 7, 2013, the Commission entered Order No. 535-257 which pooled all
interests in Section 34 of the Application Lands to accommodate the Castor LC 34-68HN Well(API
No. 05-123-33451)to the Niobrara Formation.
On March 25, 2013, the Commission entered Order No. 535-282 which pooled all
interests in Section 25 of the Application Lands to accommodate the Castor LC 25-72HN Well(API
No. 05-123-33166)to the Niobrara Formation.
On October 28, 2013, the Commission entered Order No. 535-434 which pooled all
interests in Section 35 of the Application Lands to accommodate the Castor LC35-62HN Well (API
No. 05-123-37507)to the Niobrara Formation.
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 28, 2014
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Place: Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
1120 Lincoln Street, 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. My 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 April 14, 2014. 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 April 14, 2014. 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.
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OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
By e�
Robert J. Frick, Secretary
Dated:April 4, 2014
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Attorneys for Noble:
1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Jamie L. Jost
Denver, Colorado 80203 James Parrot
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
(720)379-1812
jjost@jsenergygroup.com
jparrot@jsenergygroup.com
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