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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
COGCC Meeting Minutes—October 29, 2018
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October 29, 2018
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (“COGCC” or “Commission”) met on
October 29-30, 2018, at the COGCC Office Wasatch Hearing Room at 1120 Lincoln Street, STE
801, Denver, CO 80246.
Monday, October 29, 2018
Roll Call of Commissioners:
Present:
John Benton Chair
Howard Boigon Vice Chair
Ashley Ager Commissioner
Bill Hawkins Commissioner
Kent Jolley Commissioner
Karin McGowan Commissioner
Erin Overturf Commissioner
Staff present:
Kyle Davenport Assistant Attorney General
Julie Prine Secretary
Public Comment:
The Commission heard general public comments.
Commissioner Randall arrives
Report from the Executive Director’s Office
SCORP (Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan) update included economic
impact numbers; Outdoor Recreation economy contributed 62 billion to Colorado’s
economy in 2017 and consumer spending contributed 35 billion (10% of CO GDP).
Outdoor Recreation accounts for over half a million jobs in Colorado and 84 million out of
state visitors were attracted which contributed 1.25 million in state and local tax revenues.
Colorado Water Conservation Board is working with the 7 states along the Colorado River
Basin to plan for drought. This is year 19 of drought and hydrology does not indicate that
it is improving.
* Commission proceedings began at 9:00 am MDT on October 29, 2018. Time stamps provided throughout
these minutes reflect the approximate time of day that the agenda item was addressed by the Commission.
The audio recording of this Hearing can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57zN-CaoMpo.
9:02 am
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Introduced Mike Leonard as Acting Director while Director Murphy is out on maternity
leave.
Commissioner Hawkins extends gratitude to Greg Deranleau for speaking at a water
conference exploring ways to recycle and reuse produced and flow-back water and use less
fresh water.
Commissioner Hawkins also asked about the two Comments about Form 2A in Aurora
Highlands and First Creek Ranch. Ms. Prine reports that Extraction has requested that they
are delayed so that process with stakeholders can continue. Greg Deranleau can provide
additional details if anyone is interested.
Mike Leonard would like to make a clarification regarding public comments about Conoco
Philips fire. Two weeks ago Friday, Conoco Phillips had a tank fire which was quickly put
out by the fire department and reported as required. On Sunday, they had an “upset
condition” where some liquids came in contact with an ECD (Emission Control Device)
and caused black smoke (which the fire department was called for). There was no spill.
They also had a “safety moment” companywide in the area to address concerns.
Mike Leonard would like to provide an update on the tank explosion last Saturday about 3
miles east of Briggsdale on Mallard Exploration site. Wells have not been drilled. They
were constructing a tank battery and using used tanks on the site. Workers were warned
that tanks were “hot” (vapors in the tanks) and they were to treat the tanks as if they had
fluids in them. An employee used a power tool within the proximity of the tank and that
caused the explosion. OSHA is on the scene and OGCC will cooperate with the
investigation.
Report from the Director
No Director Report
Report from the Secretary
179 applications for December cycle; continuing upward trend
Commissioners can request state emails, have paperwork available
Docket No. 180600380 payment of proceeds case – withdrawn (10/30 @4pm on agenda).
180900710 Piceance Basin order – the director and stakeholders changed some of the
language, will be an updated order provided after lunch break.
Consent agenda typos will be corrected
10/3 Minutes have been corrected
Commissioner Comments:
Commissioner Ager
o Concern based on public comment: Are Swan or Tower pads on the consent
agenda? Mr. Leonard: They are not and the Swan well was rejected for technical
reasons.
o Concern based on public comment: Is Rocky Mountain Arsenal grounds drilling
on consent agenda? Mr. Leonard: No.
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o Concern based on public comment: Are the 5 proposed sites in Commerce City on
the consent agenda today? Ms. Prine & Mr. Leonard: Not sure, will find out and
get back to you.
o Two hearings ago, there was public comment about an unpermitted flaring incident
at the Triple Creek site. Mr. Leonard has been in touch with Mr. Lewis who will
be here in December to speak. It will be on Staff Report.
o Is there an update on the SOGRE report? Ms. Prine states that it is still being
reviewed internally and Director Murphy will be providing a report regarding this
at the next commissioner hearing.
Commissioner Overturf asked Ms. Prine to clarify if staff was accelerating applications
due to the election and Proposition 112 (based on multiple public comments). Ms. Prine
reports that it is business as usual and notes that there are more applications and the OGCC
is fully staffed making it possible to process more in one hearing cycle that 6 months ago.
Commissioner Randall also notes that Director Murphy has directed staff to handle permits
as they would in the normal course of business without regard to the pending election or
the backlog.
Commissioner Hawkins asked if Commissioners might consider a basin-wide Order in DJ
Basin to lower number of applications in the region.
Commissioner Overturf (regarding public comment) asked about timing for upcoming
School Setback Rulemaking – scheduled for December hearing. There is still a
stakeholder meeting this Wednesday.
Approval of Minutes
Motion: Commissioner Hawkins moved to approve minutes for September 2018 hearings.
Second: Commissioner Ager
Yea: Ager, Benton, Hawkins, Jolley,
McGowan, Overturf & Randall Abstain: Boigon
Nay: None Recused: None
Result: Motion passed (7-0).
Motion: Commissioner Boigon moved to approve minutes for special October 3rd hearing
as amended.
Second: Commissioner Hawkins
Yea: Ager, Benton, Boigon, Hawkins, Jolley,
McGowan, Overturf & Randall Abstain:
Nay: None Recused: None
Result: Motion passed (8-0).
General Consent Agenda:
Secretary Prine called out the following mistakes on the agenda
Group F, DN 181000737 continued to future hearing
11:09 am
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Group E, all following Docket Numbers should begin 1810, not 1809 as reflected in
agenda: 181000725, 181000727, 181000728, 181000730, 181000741, 181000742,
181000759, 181000760, 181000761, 181000763
Commissioner Boigon recused himself from the following:
o Group B, DN 180400317, 180600427, 181000785, 181000800 (Axis & Extraction)
o Group H, DN 181000747, 181000748 (Conoco)
o Group J, DN 180400286, 180600473 (8 North)
Commissioner Ager discloses that BP America has some applications in Group D; she does
sometimes work with BP, but not anything related to the spacing units on the consent agenda and
she is able to be impartial. No rebuttals.
Commissioner Benton recused himself from Group L, DN 181000805 (Caerus).
Motion: Commissioner Jolley moved to approve Consent Agenda Groups A-T (those with
no recusals, listed above).
Second: Commissioner Boigon
Yea:
Ager, Benton, Boigon, Hawkins,
Holton, Jolley, McGowan &
Overturf
Abstain: None
Nay: None Recused: None
Result: Motion passed (8-0).
Motion: Commissioner Hawkins moves to approve Consent Agenda Group L, DN
181000805
Second: Commissioner Jolley
Yea: Ager, Boigon, Hawkins, Holton,
Jolley, McGowan & Overturf Abstain: None
Nay: None Recused: Benton
Result: Motion passed (7-0).
Motion:
Commissioner Hawkins to approve remaining Consent Agenda matters (DN
180400317, 180600427, 181000785, 181000800, 181000747, 181000748,
180400286, 180600473
Second: Commissioner Jolley
Yea: Ager, Benton, Hawkins, Holton,
Jolley, McGowan & Overturf Abstain: None
Nay: None Recused: Boigon
Result: Motion passed (7-0).
Enforcement Consent Agenda:
There are no conflicts.
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Commissioner Ager discloses that there are multiple references to “LT Environmental” and would
like to clarify that she works for this company but has not worked on this project or with this client.
(Dockets 171200650) No rebuttals.
Commissioner Overturf asked about updating financial assurance. Commissioner Randall
responded that there should be recommendations made at the December hearing, based on
conclusions made by the stakeholder group that has been meeting on the issue.
Motion: Commissioner Hawkins moved to approve Enforcement Consent Agenda Group A
Second: Commissioner Ager
Yea: Ager, Benton, Boigon, Hawkins,
Jolley, McGowan, Overturf & Randall Abstain: None
Nay: None Recused: None
Result: Motion passed (8-0).
180900660, Entek GRB LLC (Operator No. 10323) Enforcement matter:
Staff: Steven Mah, Enforcement Officer
Subject: Pursuant to Rule 522.e.(2), Staff requests approval of
a Stipulated OFV assessing a $61,330 penalty for a
violation of Rule 326 (Mechanical Integrity Testing)
at the Battle Mountain Federal #14-15 well in Moffat
County.
Staff wants to claim bond.
Commissioners are concerned that these wells are going to become orphaned and potentially
want to put a lien on the property. Also concerned about financial assurance going forward.
Motion: Commissioner McGowan moved to approve the order finding violation
Second: Commissioner Hawkins
Yea: Ager, Benton, Boigon, Hawkins, Jolley,
McGowan, Overturf & Randall Abstain: None
Nay: None Recused: None
Result: Motion passed (8-0).
Docket No. 180600394 - 2RC Operating LLC (Operator No. 10681)
Docket No. 181000770, Fortigen Resources, LLC (Operator No. 10704)
Staff: Jeremy I. Ferrin, Enforcement Supervisor
David A. Beckstrom, Assistant Attorney General
Subject: Pursuant to Rule 522.e.(1), Staff requests approval of
an AOC with 2RC imposing a $73,600 penalty for a
368-day violation of Rule 312.a. (COGCC Form 10.
Certificate of Clearance and/or Change of Operator).
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Attorneys: Julia E. Rhine
Request for an order granting a waiver of the Rule 707.a. requirement for additional financial
assurance for "excess inactive wells" and granting a variance to the mechanical integrity testing
requirements of Rule 326.c.
Break: 5min
The Commission requests that the parties come back tomorrow with an alternate plan focusing
on financial assurance and commitment to report on progress at the January hearing.
Motion: Commissioner McGowan moved to approve the AOC for 2RC (180600394).
Second: Commissioner Overturf
Yea: Ager, Benton, Boigon, Hawkins, Jolley,
McGowan, Overturf & Randall Abstain: None
Nay: None Recused: None
Result: Motion passed (8-0).
Lunch Break/Executive Session
Motion: Commissioner Jolley moved to enter into Executive Session.
Second: Commissioner Randall
Yea: Ager, Benton, Boigon, Hawkins, Jolley,
McGowan, Overturf & Randall Abstain: None
Nay: None Recused: None
Result: Motion passed (8-0).
Motion: Commissioner Hawkins moved to exit into Executive Session.
Second: Commissioner McGowan
Yea: Ager, Benton, Boigon, Hawkins, Jolley,
McGowan, Overturf & Randall Abstain: None
Nay: None Recused: None
Result: Motion passed (8-0).
No decisions were made nor votes taken during the Executive Session.
General Hearing:
Secretary Prine read a statement by Director Murphy in support of the Noble Comprehensive
Drilling Plan (CDP).
Docket No. 180700613, Weld County
Applicant: Noble Energy, Inc. (Operator No. 100322)
1:46 pm
2:35 pm
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Attorneys: Michael J. Wozniak, James Martin & Jillian Fulcher
Hearing Officer: James P. Rouse
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establishing and approving a Comprehensive
Drilling Plan in accordance with the requirements
of Commission Rule 216 for the Application Lands,
for the comprehensive development and operation
of the Niobrara, Fort Hays, Codell, and Carlile
Shale formations
Motion: Commissioner Boigon moved to approve docket No. 180700613
Second: Commissioner Randall
Yea: Ager, Benton, Boigon, Hawkins, Jolley,
McGowan, Overturf & Randall Abstain: None
Nay: None Recused: None
Result: Motion passed (8-0).
Break: 5min
Docket No. 180900710, Delta, Garfield, Mesa, and Rio Blanco Counties
Subject: Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
staff, having coordinated with various stakeholders,
seeks an order to establish Piceance Basin drilling
and spacing requirements for the Williams Fork
Formation and Iles Formation (of the Mesa Verde
Group) in portions of Delta, Garfield, Mesa, and Rio
Blanco counties, as follows: a downhole density
equivalent to one well per ten acres, a 100-foot
downhole setback at northern and southern unit
boundaries or lease lines, a 600-foot downhole
setback at eastern and western unit boundaries or
lease lines, and no more than one multi-well pad
located in any given quarter-quarter.
Commissioners Benton and Jolley recuse themselves due to conflicts of interest.
The Commission heard from Stuart Ellsworth and Jane Stanczyk of the COGCC, Counsel, COO
of Laramie Energy, Michael Jewell and 2 witnesses of Terra Energy Partners (TEP). Director
Murphy worked with TEP and Laramie to find agreeable language.
3:22 pm
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TEP reluctantly withdraws their protest as they feel they have been heard; 5:03 pm Record is
closed.
Motion: Commissioner Hawkins motions to approve the order with the modifications
provided by staff (version 3).
Second: Commissioner Overturf
Yea: Ager, Boigon, Hawkins, McGowan,
Overturf & Randall Abstain: None
Nay: None Recused: Benton & Jolley
Result: The motion passed (6-0).
Motion: Commissioner McGowan moves to adjourn until 9:00am, Tuesday 10/30/18
Second: Commissioner Hawkins
Yea: Ager, Benton, Boigon, Hawkins,
Jolley, McGowan & Overturf
Abstain: None
Nay: None Recused: None
Result: Motion passed 7-0
5:03 pm
5:15 pm
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October 29-30, 2018
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (“COGCC” or “Commission”) met on
October 29-30, 2018, at the COGCC Office Wasatch Hearing Room at 1120 Lincoln Street, STE
801, Denver, CO 80246.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Roll Call of Commissioners:
Present:
John Benton Chair
Howard Boigon Vice Chair
Ashley Ager Commissioner
Bill Hawkins Commissioner
Kent Jolley Commissioner
Karin McGowan Commissioner
Erin Overturf Commissioner
Staff present:
Julie Murphy Director
Kyle Davenport Assistant Attorney General
Julie Prine Secretary
Docket No. 181000770, Fortigen Resources, LLC (Operator No. 10704)
Attorneys: Julia E. Rhine
Subject: Request for an order granting a waiver of the Rule 707.a.
requirement for additional financial assurance for "excess inactive
wells" and granting a variance to the mechanical integrity testing
requirements of Rule 326.c.
Motion: Vice Chair Hawkins moves to approve the order as revised including slight verbal
modifications.
Second: Commissioner Ager
Yea: Ager, Benton, Boigon, Hawkins,
Jolley, McGowan & Overturf
Abstain: None
Nay: None Recused: None
Result: Motion passed 7-0
9:00 am
9:06 am
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Order No. 540-14 SWN URU Review
This is an informational update, and any decisions will be continued to January hearing. It is the
hope the mineral rights in question will be sold by then.
Order No. 535-827 Great Western Pierce South URU Review
Informational update.
General Hearings:
Docket No. 180900646 Pooling and Hearing Process Rulemaking
AAG Davenport reiterated scope of rulemaking as defined in the Notice. Secretary Prine
provided draft rules with review comments of all outstanding issues from 10/3 Special Hearing.
The Commission worked through each comment, making some amendments to rules.
Commissioner Overturf requested a separate rulemaking to update Rule 508, with stakeholder
discussions beginning in January 2019, and asked staff to report back to Commission next
March.
Roll
Call
Vote:
Does the commission agree to the following wording of Rule 530.a: “The
Commission must receive evidence that owners were tendered a reasonable offer
to lease or participate no less than sixty (60) days prior to an involuntary pooling
hearing. An application for involuntary pooling may be filed concurrently with the
sending of a reasonable offer to lease or participate.”
Yea: Ager, Hawkins, Jolley, McGowan & Overturf
Nay: Benton, Boigon Abstain: None
Result: Motion passed 5-2 Recused: None
Vote: Will the commission accept staff proposed changes of Rule 509.B.ii. Yes to leave
as is, No to make changes.
Yea: Benton, Boigon, Hawkins
Nay: Ager, Jolly, McGowan & Overturf Abstain: None
Result: Motion failed 4-3 Recused: None
Lunch
Return from Lunch, continue 180900646 Pooling and Hearing Process Rulemaking
Rule 509 redrafting.
9:33 am
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Commissioner Boigon leaves the room.
Motion: Commissioner Jolley moves to approve Docket 180900646 Pooling & Hearing
process rules as amended by proceedings today.
Second: Commissioner McGowan
Yea: Ager, Benton, Hawkins, Jolley,
McGowan & Overturf
Abstain: Boigon (out of the room)
Nay: None Recused: None
Result: Motion passed 6-0
Docket No. 180700522, Weld County
Applicant: Extraction Oil & Gas, LLC
(Operator No. 10459)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
Hearing Officer: James P. Rouse & Michael Eden
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 1,280-acre drilling and
spacing unit for the Application Lands for the
production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons
from the Niobrara and Codell Formations, and
approve up to 22 horizontal wells within the unit.
Protested by: SRC Energy Inc.
Attorney: Brent Chicken & David Little
Commissioner Boigon returns to the room, recuses himself for conflict of interest and is
dismissed for the day.
Motion: Commissioner Hawkins moves to approve docket 180700522.
Second: Commissioner Jolley
Yea: Ager, Benton, Hawkins, Jolley,
McGowan & Overturf
Abstain: None
Nay: None Recused: Boigon
Result: Motion passed 6-0
Public Comment:
The Commission heard general public comments from those who were not able to take their turn
yesterday due to time constraints.
2:42 pm
2:43 pm
2:45 pm
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Motion: Commissioner Hawkins moves to adjourn.
Second: Commissioner Ager
Yea: Ager, Benton, Hawkins, Jolley,
McGowan & Overturf
Abstain: None
Nay: None Recused: Boigon
Result: Motion passed 6-0
6:00 pm
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Appendix A
Approved General Consent Orders
Group A
Docket No. 181000751, Weld County
Applicant: PDC Energy, Inc., LLC
(Operator No. 69175)
Attorneys: Michael T. Jewell & Courtney M. Shephard
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 640-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
Application lands: Township 5 North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section
29: NW¼, W½NE¼ Section 30: N½ Township 5
North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section 25: E½NE¼
Docket No. 181000752, Weld County
Applicant: PDC Energy, Inc., LLC
(Operator No. 69175)
Attorneys: Michael T. Jewell & Courtney M. Shephard
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 640-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
Application lands: Township 5 North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section
29: NW¼, W½NE¼ Section 30: N½ Township 5
North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section 25: E½NE¼
Docket No. 181000753, Weld County
Applicant: PDC Energy, Inc., LLC
(Operator No. 69175)
Attorneys: Michael T. Jewell & Courtney M. Shephard
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 640-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
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Application lands: Township 5 North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section
29: NW¼, W½NE¼ Section 30: N½ Township 5
North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section 25: E½NE¼
Docket No. 181000754, Weld County
Applicant: PDC Energy, Inc., LLC
(Operator No. 69175)
Attorneys: Michael T. Jewell & Courtney M. Shephard
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 640-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
Application lands: Township 5 North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section
19: S½S½ Section 20: S½SW¼, SW¼SE¼ Section
29: N½NW¼, NW¼NE¼ Section 30: N½N½
Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
24: SE¼SE¼ Section 25: NE¼NE¼
Docket No. 181000755, Weld County
Applicant: PDC Energy, Inc., LLC
(Operator No. 69175)
Attorneys: Michael T. Jewell & Courtney M. Shephard
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 320-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
Application lands: Township 5 North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section
29: N½NW¼, NW¼NE¼ Section 30: N½N½
Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
25: NE¼NE¼
Docket No. 181000756, Weld County
Applicant: PDC Energy, Inc., LLC
(Operator No. 69175)
Attorneys: Michael T. Jewell & Courtney M. Shephard
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 320-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
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Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
Application lands: Township 5 North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section
29: N½NW¼, NW¼NE¼ Section 30: N½N½
Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
25: NE¼NE¼
Docket No. 181000757, Weld County
Applicant: PDC Energy, Inc., LLC
(Operator No. 69175)
Attorneys: Michael T. Jewell & Courtney M. Shephard
Subject: Request for an order to among other things Pool all
interests in an approximate 640-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
Application lands: Township 5 North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section
29: NW¼, W½NE¼ Section 30: N½ Township 5
North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section 25: E½NE¼
Docket No. 181000762, Weld County
Applicant: PDC Energy, Inc., LLC
(Operator No. 69175)
Attorneys: Michael T. Jewell & Courtney M. Shephard
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 400-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
Application lands: Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
11: E½ Section 14: N½NE¼
Docket No. 181000764, Weld County
Applicant: PDC Energy, Inc., LLC
(Operator No. 69175)
Attorneys: Michael T. Jewell & Courtney M. Shephard
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 200-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
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Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
Application lands: Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
11: E½E½ Section 14: NE¼NE¼
Docket No. 181000766, Weld County
Applicant: PDC Energy, Inc., LLC
(Operator No. 69175)
Attorneys: Michael T. Jewell & Courtney M. Shephard
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 200-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
Application lands: Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
12: E½W½ Section 13: NE¼NW¼
Docket No. 181000767, Weld County
Applicant: PDC Energy, Inc., LLC
(Operator No. 69175)
Attorneys: Michael T. Jewell & Courtney M. Shephard
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 200-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
Application lands: Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
12: W½W½ Section 13: NW¼NW¼
Docket No. 181000768, Weld County
Applicant: PDC Energy, Inc., LLC
(Operator No. 69175)
Attorneys: Michael T. Jewell & Courtney M. Shephard
Subject: Request for an order to among other things Pool all
interests in an approximate 400-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
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Application lands: Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
11: E½E½ Section 12: W½W½ Section 13:
NW¼NW¼ Section 14: NE¼NE¼ Wellbore
Spacing Unit No. 1 Barr 11i-221 Well (API No. 05-
123-45681) – Niobrara Wellbore Spacing Unit No. 2
Barr 11i-301 Well (API No. 05-123-45687) –
Niobrara Wellbore Spacing Unit No. 3 Barr 4N Well
(API No. 05-123-45686) – Niobrara Wellbore
Spacing Unit No. 4 Barr 3N Well (API No. 05-123-
45684) – Niobrara
Docket No. 181000769, Weld County
Applicant: PDC Energy, Inc., LLC
(Operator No. 69175)
Attorneys: Michael T. Jewell & Courtney M. Shephard
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in four approximate 400-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing units, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara and Codell Formations.
Application lands: Township 5 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
12: W½ Section 13: N½NW¼ Wellbore Spacing
Unit No. 1 Barr 11L-221 Well (API No. 05-123-
45683) – Niobrara Wellbore Spacing Unit No. 2 Barr
11L-301 Well (API No. 05-123-45682) – Niobrara
Wellbore Spacing Unit No. 3 Barr 11L-401 Well
(API No. 05-123-45688) – Codell Wellbore Spacing
Unit No. 4 Barr 11L-201 Well (API No. 05-123-
45692) – Niborara
Docket No. 181000782, Weld County
Applicant: PDC Energy, Inc., LLC
(Operator No. 69175)
Attorneys: Michael T. Jewell & Courtney M. Shephard
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 400-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit for the development
and operation of the Niobrara Formation.
Application lands: Township 4 North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section
5: W½SW¼ Section 6: S½
Docket No. 181000783, Weld County
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Applicant: PDC Energy, Inc., LLC
(Operator No. 69175)
Attorneys: Michael T. Jewell & Courtney M. Shephard
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 1,040-acre drilling and
spacing unit for the Application Lands and approve
up to 19 horizontal wells in the proposed unit, for
production of oil, gas, and associated hydrocarbons
from the Niobrara and Codell Formations.
Application lands: Township 4 North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section
5: S½S½SW¼ Section 6: S½S½S½ Section 7: N½,
N½S½, S½SE¼, SE¼SW¼ Section 8: W½
Group B
Docket No. 170900529, Weld County
Applicant: Verdad Resources LLC
(Operator No. 10651)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish two approximate 640-acre drilling and
spacing units covering the Second Amended
Application Lands for production of oil, gas and
associated hydrocarbons from the Codell and
Niobrara Formations and Approve a total of eleven
(11) new horizontal wells in each unit.
Application lands: DSU No. 1 Township 1 North, Range 65 West, 6th
P.M. Section 15: E½ Section 22: E½ DSU No. 2
Township 1 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
15: W½ Section 22: W½
Docket No. 180400317, Arapahoe County
Applicant: Axis Exploration
(Operator No. 10646)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 160-acre enhanced oil
recovery unit for the J-Sand Formation to obtain
enhanced oil production from the J-Sand Formation
from the Cavanaugh #3 well (API No. 05-005-
06523).
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Application lands: Township 4 South, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section
15: SW¼
Docket No. 180600427, Weld County
Applicant: Extraction Oil & Gas, LLC
(Operator No. 10459)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Stephen J. Sullivan
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in the Application Lands underlying an
approximate 1,360-acre drilling and spacing unit for
the Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Codell and Niobrara Formations.
Application lands: Township 1 North, Range 68 West, 6th P.M. Section
33: E½ Section 34: W½ Township 1 South, Range
68 West, 6th P.M. Section 3: W½ Section 4: E½,
E½E½W½
Docket No. 180900662, Weld County
Applicant: Verdad Resources LLC
(Operator No. 10651)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 640-acre drilling and
spacing unit for the Application Lands for the
production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons
from the Niobrara, Fort Hays, Codell, and Carlile
Formations and approve up to 16 horizontal wells
within the unit.
Application lands: Township 8 North, Range 61 West, 6th P.M. Section
26: All
Docket No. 181000707, Weld County
Applicant: Verdad Resources LLC
(Operator No. 10651)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Modify
an approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit
established by Order No. 535-13 for the Application
Lands to include the Fort Hays, Codell, and Carlile
Formations.
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Application lands: Township 8 North, Range 61 West, 6th P.M. Section
27: All
Docket No. 181000785, Adams County
Applicant: Axis Exploration, LLC
(Operator No. 10646)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: 1)
Modify an established 1,280-acre drilling and
spacing unit under Order No. 535-512 covering the
Application Lands for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation; 2) Approve a
total of up to 16 total horizontal wells within the unit.
Application lands: Township 3 South, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
16: All Section 17: All
Docket No. 181000800, Broomfield & Adams Counties
Applicant: Extraction Oil & Gas, LLC
(Operator No. 10459)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Stephen J. Sullivan
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 640-acre drilling and
spacing unit covering the Application Lands for the
development and operation of the Niobrara and
Codell Formations.
Application lands: Township 1 North, Range 68 West Section 34: E½
Township 1 South, Range 68 West Section 3: E½
Group C
Docket No. 181000812, Weld County
Applicant: Edge Energy II, LLC
(Operator No. 10671)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Stephen J. Sullivan
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish two approximate 1,280-acre drilling and
spacing units for the Application Lands and approve
a total of up to 12 horizontal wells within each unit
for the production of oil, gas, and associated
hydrocarbons from the Niobrara, Fort Hays, Codell,
and Carlile Formations.
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Application lands: Township 8 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section
11: All Section 14: All DSU No. 2 Township 8
North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section 12: All
Section 13: All
Docket No. 181000813, Weld County
Applicant: Edge Energy II, LLC
(Operator No. 10671)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Stephen J. Sullivan
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 1,280-acre drilling and
spacing unit for the Application Lands, and approve
a total of up to 12 horizontal wells within the unit for
the production of oil, gas, and associated
hydrocarbons from the Niobrara, Fort Hays, Codell,
and Carlile Formations.
Application lands: Township 8 North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section
5: All Section 6: All
Docket No. 181000815, Weld County
Applicant: Edge Energy II, LLC
(Operator No. 10671)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Stephen J. Sullivan
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 1,280-acre drilling and
spacing unit for the Application Lands, and approve
a total of up to 12 horizontal wells within the unit for
the production of oil, gas, and associated
hydrocarbons from the Niobrara, Fort Hays, Codell,
and Carlile Formations.
Application lands: Township 8 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M. Section
2: All Section 3: All
Docket No. 181000822, Weld County
Applicant: Bayswater
(Operator No. 10261)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 800-acre drilling and
spacing unit covering the Application Lands, and
approve up to ten horizontal wells within the unit, for
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production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons
from the Niobrara and Codell Formations.
Application lands: Township 7 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section
26: W½NW¼ Section 27: N½ Section 28: N½
Section 29: E½NE¼
Docket No. 181000832, Weld County
Applicant: Verdad Resources LLC
(Operator No. 10651)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 960-acre drilling and
spacing unit for the Application Lands, approve up
to 16 horizontal wells within the unit.
Application lands: Township 3 North, Range 62 West, 6th P.M. Section
17: S½ Section 20: All
Docket No. 181000834, Weld County
Applicant: Verdad Resources LLC
(Operator No. 10651)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 1,280-acre drilling and
spacing unit for the Application Lands described
below, approve up to 16 horizontal wells within the
unit, and establish well location rules, for the drilling
of wells and production of oil, gas, and associated
hydrocarbons from the Niobrara and Codell
Formations.
Application lands: Township 3 North, Range 62 West, 6th P.M. Section
10: All Section 15: All
Docket No. 181000837, Weld County
Applicant: Verdad Resources LLC
(Operator No. 10651)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 1,280-acre drilling and
spacing unit for the Application Lands, and approve
a total of up to 16 additional horizontal wells within
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the unit, for the production of oil, gas, and associated
hydrocarbons from the Niobrara, Fort Hays, Codell,
and Carlile Formations.
Application lands: Township 7 North, Range 60 West, 6th P.M. Section
29: All Section 32: All
Docket No. 181000841, Weld County
Applicant: Verdad Resources LLC
(Operator No. 10651)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Modify
an approximate 1,280-acre drilling and spacing unit
for the Application Lands to include the Fort Hays,
Codell and Carlile Formations, and to approve a total
of up to 16 horizontal wells within the unit.
Application lands: Township 8 North, Range 61 West, 6th P.M. Section
31: All Township 7 North, Range 61 West, 6th P.M.
Section 6: All
Group D
Docket No. 180900630, La Plata County
Applicant: BP America Production Company
(Operator No. 10000)
Attorneys: Elizabeth Y. Spencer
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Vacate,
as to certain parties, Order No. 112-259, which
subject all nonconsenting interests in the Application
Lands to the cost recovery provisions of § 34-60-
116(7) C.R.S., for the drilling of the Rhodes #1 Well
(API No. 05-067-09955).
Application lands: Township 34 North, Range 6 West, N.M.P.M.(SUL)
Section 6U: E½ (Lots 1 and 2) Section 7U: E½
Group E
Docket No. 180900700, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in two approximate 720-acre designated
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horizontal wellbore spacing units, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara and Codell Formations.
Application lands: Township 2 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M. Section
25: S½S½ Section 26: SE¼SW¼, S½SE¼ Section
35: NE¼NW¼, N½NE¼ Section 36: N½N½
Township 2 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section
30: S½SW¼ Section 31: N½NW¼
Docket No. 181000725, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 880-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
Application lands: Township 1 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
7: SE¼SE¼ Section 8: SW¼SW¼ Section 17:
W½W½ Section 18: E½E½ Section 19: E½E½
Section 20: W½W½ Section 29: W½NW¼ Section
30: E½NE¼
Docket No. 181000727, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
Subject: Request for an order to among other things Pool all
interests in three approximate 880-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara and Codell Formations.
Application lands: Township 1 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
8: S½SW¼ Section 17: W½ Section 20: W½ Section
29: NW¼
Docket No. 181000728, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
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Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in two approximate 440-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing units, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara and Codell Formations.
Application lands: Township 1 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
8: SE¼SW¼ Section 17: E½W½ Section 20: E½W½
Section 29: E½NW¼
Docket No. 181000730, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in three approximate 880-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing units, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara and Codell Formations.
Application lands: Township 1 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section 8:
S½SE¼ Section 17: E½ Section 20: E½ Section 29:
NE¼
Docket No. 181000741, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in three approximate 720-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing units, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara and Codell Formations.
Application lands: Township 1 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
9: S½SE¼ Section 16: E½ Section 21: E½
Docket No. 181000742, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
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Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in two approximate 360-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing units, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara and Codell Formations.
Application lands: Township 1 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
9: SE¼SE¼ Section 16: E½E½ Section 21: E½E½
Docket No. 181000759, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 480-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Codell Formation.
Application lands: Township 1 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
18: S½SE¼ Section 19: E½ Section 30: N½NE¼
Docket No. 181000760, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 240-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
Application lands: Township 1 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
18: S¼SE¼ Section 19: E½E½ Section 30: N¼NE¼
Docket No. 181000761, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 480-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
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Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
Application lands: Township 1 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
17: SW¼SW¼ Section 18: SE¼SE¼ Section 19:
E½E½ Section 20: W½W½ Section 29: NW¼NW¼
Section 30: NE¼NE¼
Docket No. 181000763, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 480-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
Application lands: Township 1 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
7: S½SE¼ Section 18: E½ Section 19: N½NE¼
Group F
Docket No. 170700502, Garfield County
Applicant: Ursa Operating Company LLC
(Operator No. 10447)
Attorneys: James Parrot & Jillian Fulcher
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests, including, but not limited to, any
nonconsenting interests, in the approximate 480-acre
drilling and spacing unit for the Application Lands,
proposed by the concurrent spacing application filed
by Applicant.
Application lands: Township 7 South, Range 95 West, 6th P.M. Section
17: W½, W½E½
Docket No. 180600468, Weld County
Applicant: Ephphatha, LLC
(Operator No. 10282)
Attorneys: James Parrot & Jillian Fulcher
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 200-acre drilling and
spacing unit in the Application Lands, for the
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development and operation of the Niobrara
Formation.
Application lands: Township 6 North, Range 88 West, 6th P.M. Section
29: W½SW¼ Section 30: SE¼SE¼ Section 31:
NE¼NE¼ Section 32: NW¼NW¼
Docket No. 181000737, Weld County (Continued to future hearing)
Applicant: SRC Energy Inc.
(Operator No. 10311)
Attorneys: James Parrot & Jillian Fulcher
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in two approximate 733.22-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing units, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
Application lands: Township 5 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section
6: SW¼SW¼ Section 7: NW¼NW¼ Township 5
North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M. Section 1: S½S½
Section 2: S½S½ Section 11: N½N½ Section 12:
N½N½
Docket No. 181000738, Weld County
Applicant: SRC Energy Inc.
(Operator No. 10311)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in two approximate 742.27-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing units, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara and Codell Formations.
Application lands: Township 5 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section
5: S½S½ Section 6: S½S½ Section 7: N½N½
Section 8: N½N½ Township 5 North, Range 67
West, 6th P.M. Section 1: SE¼SE¼ Section 12:
NE¼NE¼
Docket No. 181000784, Weld County
Applicant: Enerplus Resources (USA) Corporation
(Operator No. 10177)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Evan Bekkedahl
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Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 1,303.58-acre drilling and
spacing unit for the Application Lands, for
production of oil, gas, and associated hydrocarbons
from the Niobrara, Fort Hays, Codell, and Carlile
Formations, and Approve the drilling of 12
horizontal wells in the proposed unit, to be drilled in
a general east/west orientation.
Application lands: Township 8 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
31: All Section 32: All
Docket No. 181000786, Weld County
Applicant: Enerplus Resources (USA) Corporation
(Operator No. 10177)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Evan Bekkedahl
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 640-acre drilling and
spacing unit established for the Application Lands,
for the development and operation of the Niobrara,
Fort Hays, Codell, and Carlile Formations.
Application lands: Township 8 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M. Section
25: E½ Section 36: E½
Docket No. 181000787, Weld County
Applicant: Enerplus Resources (USA) Corporation
(Operator No. 10177)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Evan Bekkedahl
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 640-acre drilling and
spacing unit established for the Application Lands,
for the development and operation of the Niobrara
and Codell Formations.
Application lands: Township 7 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
5: All Section 6: All
Docket No. 181000788, Weld County
Applicant: Enerplus Resources (USA) Corporation
(Operator No. 10177)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Evan Bekkedahl
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Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Declare
Order No. 535-1027, which pooled all interests in an
approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit
established for the Application Lands, to be
applicable to all previously unnoticed parties.
Application lands: Township 8 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section
33: S½ Section 34: S½
Group G Docket No. 181000765, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 240-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
Application lands: Township 1 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
7: S¼SE¼ Section 18: E½E½ Section 19: N¼NE¼
Docket No. 181000771, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in two approximate 800-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara and Codell Formations.
Application lands: Township 4 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M. Section
16: S½SW¼; SW¼SE¼ Section 17: S½S½ Section
18: S½SE¼; SE¼SW¼ Section 19: N½NE¼;
NE¼NW¼ Section 20: N½N½ Section 21:
N½NW¼; NW¼NE¼
Docket No. 181000772, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
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Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 400-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
Application lands: Township 4 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M. Section
19: N½NE¼; NE¼NW¼ Section 20: N½N½ Section
21: N½NW¼; NW¼NE¼
Docket No. 181000773, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in three approximate 800-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara and Codell Formations.
Application lands: Township 4 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M. Section
19: NE¼; E½NW¼ Section 20: N½ Section 21:
NW¼; W½NE¼
Docket No. 181000774, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 800-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Codell Formation.
Application lands: Township 4 North, Range 67 West, 6th P.M. Section 19:
S½NE¼; N½SE¼; SE¼NW¼; NE¼SW¼ Section
20: S½N½; N½S½ Section 21: S½NW¼; N½SW¼;
SW¼NE¼; NW¼SE¼
Docket No. 181000856, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
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Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in two approximate 720-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing units, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara and Codell Formations.
Application lands: Township 2 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section
7: SE¼SW¼; SW¼SE¼ Section 18: E½W½;
W½E½ Section 19: E½W½; W½E½
Docket No. 181000857, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in three approximate 720-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing units, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara and Codell Formations.
Application lands: Township 2 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section
7: S½SE¼ Section 18: E½ Section 19: E½
Docket No. 181000859, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 360-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
Application lands: Township 2 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section
7: SW¼SE¼ Section 18: W½E½ Section 19: W½E½
Docket No. 181000863, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in two approximate 360-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing units, established for the
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Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara and Codell Formations.
Application lands: Township 2 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section
7: SE¼SE¼ Section 18: E½E½ Section 19: E½E½
Docket No. 181000865, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 720-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
Application lands: Township 2 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section
7: SE¼SE¼ Section 8: SW¼SW¼ Section 17:
W½W½ Section 18: E½E½ Section 19: E½E½
Section 20: W½W½
Group H
Docket No. 180300189, Weld County
Applicant: Nickel Road Operating, LLC
(Operator No. 10669)
Attorneys: Jamie L. Jost & Kelsey H. Wasylenky
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 1,280-acre drilling and
spacing unit for Sections 16 and 17, Township 7
North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M., and allowing up to
24 new horizontal wells in the unit in order to
efficiently and economically develop and recover the
Codell and Niobrara Formations in the unit.
Application lands: Township 7 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
16: All Section 17: All
Docket No. 180400293, Weld County
Applicant: Confluence DJ LLC
(Operator No. 10518)
Attorneys: Jamie L. Jost & Kelsey H. Wasylenky
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 1,280-acre drilling and
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spacing unit and approve up to 27 horizontal wells
within the unit, for the production of oil, gas, and
associated hydrocarbons from the Niobrara and
Codell Formations.
Application lands: Township 7 North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section
6: All Township 7 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M.
Section 1: All
Docket No. 181000744, Weld County
Applicant: Crestone Peak Resources Operating LLC
(Operator No. 10633)
Attorneys: Jamie L. Jost & Kelsey H. Wasylenky
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 960-acre drilling and
spacing unit, and allow up to eight horizontal wells
within the unit for the development and operation of
the Niobrara and Codell Formations, and Authorize
one new well pad within the unit.
Application lands: Township 2 North, Range 68 West, 6th P.M. Section
19: E½ Section 30: E½ Section 31: E½
Docket No. 181000747, Weld County
Applicant: ConocoPhillips Company
(Operator No. 19160)
Attorneys: Jamie L. Jost & Kelsey H. Wasylenky
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Approve
an additional four horizontal wells, for a total of up
to nine.
Application lands: Township 4 South, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
25: All Section 26: All
Docket No. 181000748, Weld County
Applicant: ConocoPhillips Company
(Operator No. 19160)
Attorneys: Jamie L. Jost & Kelsey H. Wasylenky
Subject: Request for an order to among other thingsApprove
an additional seven horizontal wells, for a total of up
to eleven.
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Application lands: Township 4 South, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
27: All Section 28: All
Docket No. 181000776, Weld County
Applicant: Noble Energy, Inc.
(Operator No. 100322)
Attorneys: Jamie L. Jost & Kelsey H. Wasylenky
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests, including but not limited to any non-
consenting interests and any party failing to fulfill its
election, in ten designated horizontal Wellbore
Spacing Units established for the Application Lands
for the development and operation of the Codell and
Niobrara Formations.
Application lands: WSU #1: Emmy State H25-718 (API No. 05-123-
46967) (Niobrara) Township 3 North, Range 65
West, 6th P.M. Section 13: SE¼SE¼ Section 24:
E½E½ Section 25: E½E½ Section 36: NE¼NE¼
400-acres, more or less, Weld County, Colorado.
WSU #2-3: Emmy State H25-724 (API No. 05-123-
46969) (Niobrara) Emmy State H25-731 (API No.
05-123-46971) (Niobrara) Township 3 North, Range
65 West, 6th P.M. Section 13: S½SE¼ Section 24:
E½ Section 25: E½ Section 36: N½NE¼ 800-acres,
more or less, Weld County, Colorado. WSU #4:
Emmy State H25-738 (API No. 05-123-46972)
(Niobrara) Township 3 North, Range 65 West, 6th
P.M. Section 13: SW¼SE¼ Section 24: W½E½
Section 25: W½E½ Section 36: NW¼NE¼ 400-
acres, more or less, Weld County, Colorado. WSU
#5 - 6 Emmy State H25-744 (API No. 05-123-46970)
(Niobrara) Emmy State H25-751 (API No. 05-123-
46977) (Niobrara) Township 3 North, Range 65
West, 6th P.M. Section 13: SE¼SW¼, SW¼SE¼
Section 24: E½W½, W½E½ Section 25: E½W½,
W½E½ Section 36: NE¼NW¼, NW¼NE¼ 800-
acres, more or less, Weld County, Colorado. WSU
#7: Emmy State H25-757 (API No. 05-123-46974)
(Niobrara) Township 3 North, Range 65 West, 6th
P.M. Section 13: SE¼SW¼, SW¼SE¼ Section 24:
E½W½, W½E½ Section 25: E½W½, W½E½
Section 36: NE¼NW¼ 760-acres, more or less,
Weld County, Colorado. WSU #8: Independence
D30-711 (API No. 05-123-47706) (Codell)
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Township 3 North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section
17: SW¼SW¼ Section 18: SE¼SE¼ Section 19:
E½E½ Section 20: W½W½ Section 29: W½W½
Section 30: E½E½ Section 31: NE¼NE¼ Section
32: NW¼NW¼ 800-acres, more or less, Weld
County, Colorado. WSU #9: Independence D30-718
(API No. 05-123-47707) (Niobrara) Township 3
North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section 17:
SW¼SW¼ Section 18: SE¼SE¼ Section 19: E½E½
Section 20: W½NW¼ Section 30: E½E½ Section 31:
NE¼NE¼ 520-acres, more or less, Weld County,
Colorado. WSU #10: Independence State D30-784
(API No. 05-123-47687) (Niobrara) Township 3
North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section 18:
SW¼SW¼ Section 19: W½W½ Section 30: W½W½
Section 31: NW¼NW¼ Township 3 North, Range
65 West, 6th P.M. Section 13: SE¼SE¼ Section 24:
E½E½ Section 25: E½E½ Section 36: NE¼NE¼
Group I
Docket No. 180900684, Weld County
Applicant: Mallard Exploration, LLC
(Operator No. 10670)
Attorneys: Jamie L. Jost & Kelsey H. Wasylenky
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 1,280-acre drilling and
spacing unit, and approve up to 16 new wells in the
unit, for the production of oil, gas, and associated
hydrocarbons from the Niobrara and Codell
Formations.
Application lands: Township 7 North, Range 61 West, 6th P.M. Section
4: All Section 5: All
Docket No. 181000746, Weld County
Applicant: Mallard Exploration, LLC
(Operator No. 10670)
Attorneys: Jamie L. Jost & Kelsey H. Wasylenky
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Amend
Order No. 535-69 which established an approximate
640-acre drilling and spacing unit established for
Section 33, Township 8 North, Range 59 West, 6th
P.M., for the production of oil, gas and associated
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hydrocarbons from the Niobrara Formation, to add
the Fort Hays, Codell and Carlile Formations.
Application lands: Township 8 North, Range 59 West, 6th P.M. Section
33: All
Docket No. 181000749, Weld County
Applicant: Mallard Exploration, LLC
(Operator No. 10670)
Attorneys: Jamie L. Jost & Kelsey H. Wasylenky
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Approve
reduced productive interval setbacks of not less than
300 feet from the boundaries of the approximate 640-
acre drilling and spacing unit.
Application lands: Township 8 North, Range 62 West, 6th P.M. Section
25: All
Docket No. 181000790, Weld County
Applicant: GMT Exploration Company LLC
(Operator No. 10243)
Attorneys: Jamie L. Jost & Kelsey H. Wasylenky
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 1,287.89-acre drilling and
spacing unit, and approve up to ten horizontal wells
in the unit in order to efficiently and economically
develop and recover the oil, gas and associated
hydrocarbons from the Niobrara Formation.
Application lands: Township 6 South, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section
3: All Section 4: All
Docket No. 181000791, Elbert County
Applicant: GMT Exploration Company LLC
(Operator No. 10243)
Attorneys: Jamie L. Jost & Kelsey H. Wasylenky
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 1,600-acre drilling and
spacing unit, and approve up to ten horizontal wells
in the unit in order to efficiently and economically
develop and recover the oil, gas and associated
hydrocarbons from the Niobrara Formation in the
unit.
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Application lands: Township 6 South, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section
8: All Section 9: All Section 10: W½
Docket No. 181000795, Elbert County
Applicant: GMT Exploration Company LLC
(Operator No. 10243)
Attorneys: Jamie L. Jost & Kelsey H. Wasylenky
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 1,600-acre drilling and
spacing unit for Sections 12, 13 and the N½ of 24,
Township 6 South, Range 65 West, 6th P.M., and
approve up to ten horizontal wells in the unit in order
to efficiently and economically develop and recover
the oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the
Niobrara Formation in the unit.
Application lands: Township 6 South, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
12: All Section 13: All Section 24: N½
Docket No. 181000797, Elbert County
Applicant: GMT Exploration Company LLC
(Operator No. 10243)
Attorneys: Jamie L. Jost & Kelsey H. Wasylenky
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 960-acre drilling and
spacing unit, and approve up to ten horizontal wells
in the unit in order to efficiently and economically
develop and recover the oil, gas and associated
hydrocarbons from the Niobrara Formation in the
unit.
Application lands: Township 6 South, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
23: S½ Section 26: All
Group J
Docket No. 180400286, Weld County
Applicant: 8 North LLC
(Operator No. 107575)
Attorneys: Robert A. Willis
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 1,280-acre drilling and
spacing unit for the Application Lands, and approve
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up to 20 horizontal wells within the unit, for the
production of oil, gas, and associated hydrocarbons
from the Niobrara, Fort Hays, Codell, and Carlile
Formations.
Application lands: Township 8 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
35: All Section 36: All
Docket No. 180600473, Weld County
Applicant: 8 North LLC
(Operator No. 107575)
Attorneys: Robert A. Willis
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establishing an approximate 1,600-acre drilling and
spacing unit for the Application Lands, and
authorizing the drilling of 12 horizontal wells within
the proposed unit, for the production of oil, gas and
associated hydrocarbons from the Codell, Fort Hays,
Carlile, and Niobrara Formations.
Application lands: Township 10 North, Range 59 West, 6th P.M.
Section 9: All Section 16: All Section 21: N½
Group K Docket No. 181000779, Weld County
Applicant: PDC Energy, Inc., LLC
(Operator No. 69175)
Attorneys: Michael T. Jewell & Courtney M. Shephard
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 1,360-acre drilling and
spacing unit for the Application Lands and approve
up to 16 horizontal wells in the proposed unit, for
production of oil, gas, and associated hydrocarbons
from the Niobrara and Codell Formations.
Application lands: Township 4 North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section
1: All Section 2: All Section 3: E½E½E½
Group L
Docket No. 181000705, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
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Subject: Request for an order to among other things: 1)
Establish an approximate 1,600-acre drilling and
spacing unit for the Application Lands; 2) Approve
up to 17 horizontal wells within the unit.
Application lands: Township 1 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
11: S½ Section 14: All Section 23: All
Docket No. 181000706, Weld County
Applicant: Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
(Operator No. 47120)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
Subject: Request for an order to among other things1)
Establish an approximate 947.16-acre drilling and
spacing unit for the Application Lands; 2) Approve
up to 17 horizontal wells within the unit.
Application lands: Township 1 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
2: All Section 11: N½
Docket No. 181000708, Arapahoe County
Applicant: Bison Oil & Gas, LLC II
(Operator No. 10661)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: 1)
Modify Order No. 535-253 to be specific to the
Slickrock 2-17-11-60 ST Well; and 2) Modify an
approximate 1,280-acre drilling and spacing unit the
Application Lands to include the Fort Hays, Codell,
and Carlile Formations, and to approve a total of 17
horizontal wells within the unit, for the production of
oil, gas, and associated hydrocarbons from the
Niobrara, Fort Hays, Codell, and Carlile Formations.
Application lands: Township 7 North, Range 60 West, 6th P.M. Section
17: All Section 18: All
Docket No. 181000733, Weld County
Applicant: Verdad Resources LLC
(Operator No. 10651)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
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Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 1,280-acre drilling and
spacing unit for the Application Lands, and approve
up to 16 horizontal wells within the unit.
Application lands: Township 7 North, Range 60 West, 6th P.M. Section
19: All Section 30: All
Docket No. 181000736, Weld County
Applicant: Bison Oil & Gas, LLC II
(Operator No. 10661)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Allow
the productive interval of each authorized well
within the unit to be located no closer than 300 feet
from the unit boundary, but maintain the setback
between the productive interval of the authorized
wellbores at 100 feet.
Application lands: Township 9 North, Range 60 West, 6th P.M. Section
30: S½ Section 31: All
Docket No. 181000805, Garfield County
Applicant: Caerus Piceance LLC
(Operator No. 10456)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Remove
the downhole limitation of four wells per
governmental quarter-quarter section only as to the
Application Lands and maintaining all other portions
of the orders including the allowance of the
equivalent of one well per 10 acres for production of
gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Williams
Fork Formation
Application lands: Certain lands in Townships 5 and 6, Ranges 95
through 97 West, 6th P.M., Garfield County,
Colorado, as more particularly described on the
attached Exhibit A to Notice of Hearing.
Docket No. 181000807, Weld County
Applicant: Bison Oil & Gas, LLC II
(Operator No. 10661)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
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Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Amend
Order No. 535-51 to include the Ft. Hays, Codell,
and Carlile Formations in the established 1,280-acre
drilling and spacing unit for the Niobrara Formation
and to allow an additional 16 horizontal wells in the
unit for a total of up to 17 horizontal within the unit
for the production of oil, gas, and associated
hydrocarbons from the Niobrara, Fort Hays, Codell,
and Carlile Formations.
Application lands: Township 8 North, Range 62 West, 6th P.M. Section
13: All Section 24: All
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Docket No. 181000831, Weld County
Applicant: Bayswater Exploration & Production, LLC
(Operator No. 10261)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 1,440-acre drilling and
spacing unit covering the Application Lands, and
approve up to twenty-six horizontal wells within the
unit, for production of oil, gas, and associated
hydrocarbons from the Niobrara and Codell
Formations.
Application lands: Township 7 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section
25: All Section 26: E½E½ Township 7 North, Range
65 West, 6th P.M. Section 30: All
Docket No. 181000833, Weld County
Applicant: Bison Oil & Gas, LLC II
(Operator No. 10661)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Modify
Order No. 535-963 only as to the well setbacks such
that the treated interval of each authorized wellbore
be located no closer than 300 feet from the unit
boundary, and no closer than 100 feet from the
productive interval of any other wellbore located
within the drilling and spacing unit, unless an
exception is granted by the Director.
Application lands: Township 9 North, Range 61 West, 6th P.M. Section
34: All Section 35: All
Docket No. 181000835, Weld County
Applicant: Verdad Resources LLC
(Operator No. 10651)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Modify
an approximate 640-acre drilling and spacing unit
established by Order No. 535-1 for the Application
Lands to include the Fort Hays, Codell, and Carlile
Formations.
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Application lands: Township 9 North, Range 61 West, 6th P.M. Section
36: All
Docket No. 181000838, Weld County
Applicant: Verdad Resources LLC
(Operator No. 10651)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 1,280-acre drilling and
spacing unit for the Application Lands, and approve
a total of up to 16 additional horizontal wells within
the unit, for the production of oil, gas, and associated
hydrocarbons from the Niobrara, Fort Hays, Codell,
and Carlile Formations.
Application lands: Township 7 North, Range 60 West, 6th P.M. Section
7: All Section 8: All
Group M
Docket No. 180900687, Weld County
Applicant: Noble Energy, Inc.
(Operator No. 100322)
Attorneys: Jillian Fulcher, James Martin & Jobediah
Rittenhouse
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish four drilling and spacing units for portions
of Sections 13, 24, 25, 26, 35, and 36, Township 3
North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M., and for Sections 19
and 30, Township 3 North, Range 63 West, 6th P.M.,
and approve up to 15 horizontal wells within
proposed Drilling and Spacing Units (“DSU”) Nos.
6, 7, 8, and 9, for the production of oil, gas, and
associated hydrocarbons from the Niobrara, Fort
Hays, Codell, and Carlile Formations.
Application lands: Sections 13, 24, 25, 26, 35, and 36, Township 3
North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M., and for Sections 19
and 30, Township 3 North, Range 63 West, 6th P.M
Docket No. 181000715, Adams County
Applicant: Confluence DJ LLC
(Operator No. 10518)
Attorneys: James Parrot, Jillian Fulcher & Jobediah Rittenhouse
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Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish two approximate 640-acre stand-up drilling
and spacing units, and approve the drilling of up to
12 horizontal wells within each drilling and spacing
unit, for the production of oil, gas, and associated
hydrocarbons from the Niobrara and Codell
Formations.
Application lands: Township 1 South, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section
5: W½ Section 8: W½ Township 1 South, Range 65
West, 6th P.M. Section 5: E½ Section 8: E½
Docket No. 181000758, Archuleta County
Applicant: Red Willow Production Company
(Operator No. 81295)
Attorneys: Michael J. Wozniak & Jillian Fulcher
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Confirming that the plan for unit operations (Order
No. 112-283 ) has been approved in writing by those
owners of at least eighty percent (80%) of the
production or proceeds that will be credited to
interests which are free of costs and by those owners
who will be required to pay at least eighty percent
(80%) of the costs of the unit operation.
Application lands: Township 32 North, Range 4 West, N.M.P.M.
Section 7: E/2; E/2W/2; Lots 1 and 2 (W/2NW/4);
Lots 3 and 4 (W/2SW/4) Section 8: S/2 Section 17:
All Section 18: Lots 1 and 2 (W/2NW/4); Lots 3 and
4 (W/2SW/4); NE/4; E/2NW/4; E/2SW/4; SE/4
Section 19: Lots 1and 2 (W/2NW/4); Lots 3, 4, 5, and
6 (S/2); NE/4; E/2NW/4 Section 20: N/2; Lots 1, 2,
3, and 4 (S/2) Township 32 North, Range 5 West
Section 11: All Section 12: All Section 13: All
Section 14: All Section 15: All Section 23: N/2; Lots
1, 2, 3, and 4 (S/2) Section 24: N/2; Lots 1, 2, 3, and
4 (S/2)
Docket No. 181000801, Weld County
Applicant: Noble Energy, Inc.
(Operator No. 100322)
Attorneys: James Parrot & Jillian Fulcher
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 1,920-acre drilling and
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spacing unit for the Application Lands, and approve
the drilling of up to 23 horizontal wells within the
proposed unit, for the production of oil, gas, and
associated hydrocarbons from the Niobrara, Fort
Hays, Codell, and Carlile Formations.
Application lands: Township 3 North, Range 63 West, 6th P.M. Section
32: All Section 33: W½ Township 2 North, Range 63
West, 6th P.M. Section 4: W½ Section 5: All
Docket No. 181000802, Weld County
Applicant: Noble Energy, Inc.
(Operator No. 100322)
Attorneys: James Parrot & Jillian Fulcher
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish one approximate 1,236.44-acre drilling and
spacing unit, one approximate 1,235.60-acre drilling
and spacing unit, and one approximate 1,280-acre
drilling and spacing unit (each, a “DSU”) for the
Application Lands, and approve the drilling of up to
15 horizontal wells within each proposed unit, for the
production of oil, gas, and associated hydrocarbons
from the Niobrara, Fort Hays, Codell, and Carlile
Formations.
Application lands: Drilling and Spacing Unit (“DSU”) No. 1 Township
3 North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section 31: All
Township 2 North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section
6: All DSU No. 2 Township 2 North, Range 64 West,
6th P.M. Section 7: All Section 18: All DSU No. 3
Township 2 North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section
8: All Section 17: All
Group N
Docket No. 180900675, Weld County
Applicant: Great Western Operating Company, LLC
(Operator No. 10110)
Attorneys: Jamie L. Jost & Kelsey H. Wasylenky
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 320-acre drilling and
spacing unit established for the N½ of Section 34,
Township 1 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M., for the
development and operation of the Niobrara and
Codell Formations.
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Application lands: Township 1 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section
34: N½
Docket No. 180900676, Weld County
Applicant: Great Western Operating Company, LLC
(Operator No. 10110)
Attorneys: Jamie L. Jost & Kelsey H. Wasylenky
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 320-acre drilling and
spacing unit established for the S½ of Section 21,
Township 1 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M., for the
development and operation of the Niobrara and
Codell Formations.
Application lands: Township 1 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section
21: S½
Docket No. 180900683, Adams County
Applicant: Great Western Operating Company, LLC
(Operator No. 10110)
Attorneys: Jamie L. Jost & Kelsey H. Wasylenky
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Approve
an additional five horizontal wells, for a total of up
to 26 horizontal wells within an approximate
1,244.37-acre drilling and spacing unit established
by Order No. 407-1842, for the production of oil,
gas, and associated hydrocarbons from the Niobrara
and Codell Formations.
Application lands: Township 1 South, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section
4: All Section 9: All
Docket No. 180900692, Adams County
Applicant: Great Western Operating Company, LLC
(Operator No. 10110)
Attorneys: Jamie L. Jost & Kelsey H. Wasylenky
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Pool all
interests in an approximate 360-acre designated
horizontal wellbore spacing unit, established for the
Application Lands, for the development and
operation of the Niobrara Formation.
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Application lands: Township 1 South, Range 67 West, 6th P.M. Section
4: W½E½, E½W½ Section 9: W½E½, E½W½
Section 16: W½E½, E½W½ Section 21: NE¼NW¼,
NW¼NE¼
Docket No. 181000775, Adams County
Applicant: Great Western Operating Company, LLC
(Operator No. 10110)
Attorneys: Jamie L. Jost & Kelsey H. Wasylenky
Subject: Request for an order to among other thingsSubject
additional parties to Order No. 407-1843, which
pooled all interests in a 1,244.37 drilling and spacing
unit, for the development and operation of the Codell
and Niobrara Formations.
Application lands: Township 1 South, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section
4: All Section 9: All
Docket No. 181000777, Adams County
Applicant: Great Western Operating Company, LLC
(Operator No. 10110)
Attorneys: Jamie L. Jost & Kelsey H. Wasylenky
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Subject
additional parties to Order No. 407-1845, which
pooled all interests in a 906.46 drilling and spacing
unit established for Section 5 and the E½ of Section
6, Township 1 South, Range 66 West, 6th P.M., for
the development and operation of the Codell and
Niobrara Formations.
Application lands: Township 1 South, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section
5: All Section 6: E½
Docket No. 181000778, Weld County
Applicant: Great Western Operating Company, LLC
(Operator No. 10110)
Attorneys: Jamie L. Jost & Kelsey H. Wasylenky
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Subject
additional parties to Order No. 407-2472, which
pooled all interests in a 1,280 drilling and spacing
unit, for the development and operation of the Codell
and Niobrara Formations.
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
COGCC Meeting Minutes—October 29, 2018
Page 50 of 52
Application lands: Township 1 South, Range 67 West, 6th P.M. Section
13: All Section 24: All
Group O
Docket No. 180900629, La Plata County
Applicant: Catamount Energy Partners LLC
(Operator No. 10464)
Attorneys: Joseph C. Pierzchala & Geoffrey W. Storm
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: Vacate
Order No. 112-280, which pooled all interests in the
approximate 663-acre drilling and spacing unit
established for the Application Lands and in the
Morales 34-6-6U #2 well (API No. 05-067-09991),
for the development and operation of the Fruitland
Coal Seams.
Application lands: Township 34 North, Range 6 West, N.M.P.M.
(S.U.L.) Section 6U: Lots 1 and 2 Section 7U: E/2
Group P
Docket No. 181000849, Weld County
Applicant: Upland Exploration, LLC
(Operator No. 10701)
Attorneys: John F. Shepherd, P.C. Janet N. Harris Tina R. Van
Bockern
Subject: Request for an order to among other things:
Establish an approximate 1,280-acre drilling and
spacing unit for Sections 3 and 10, Township 10
North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M., for the production
of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the
Codell, Carlile, Fort Hays and Niobrara Formations;
3) Approve up to 16 new horizontal wells in the
approximate 1,280-acre unit.
Application lands: Township 10 North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M.
Section 3: All Section 10: All
Docket No. 181000851, Weld County
Applicant: Upland Exploration, LLC
(Operator No. 10701)
Attorneys: John F. Shepherd, P.C. Janet N. Harris Tina R. Van
Bockern
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
COGCC Meeting Minutes—October 29, 2018
Page 51 of 52
Subject: Request for an order to among other things: 1)
Establish an approximate 1,280-acre drilling and
spacing unit for Sections 14 and 23, Township 10
North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M., for the production
of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the
Codell, Carlile, Fort Hays and Niobrara Formations;
2) Approve up to 16 new horizontal wells in the
approximate 1,280-acre unit.
Application lands: Township 10 North, Range 64 West, 6th P.M.
Section 14: All Section 23: All
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
COGCC Meeting Minutes—October 29, 2018
Page 52 of 52
Appendix B
Approved Enforcement Consent Orders
Group A
Docket No. 171200650, Western Gas Resources, Inc. (Operator No. 26400)
Staff: Steven Mah, Enforcement Officer
Subject: Pursuant to Rule 522.e.(1), Staff requests approval of
an AOC with WGR imposing a $15,110 penalty for
a 483-day violation of Rule 1004 (Final Reclamation
of Well Sites and Associated Production Facilities).
Docket No. 180400298, PDC Energy Inc. (Operator No. 69175)
Staff: Steven Mah, Enforcement Officer
Subject: Pursuant to Rule 522.e.(1), Staff requests approval of
an AOC with PDC imposing a $94,650 penalty for a
237-day violation of Rule 909 (Site Investigation,
Remediation, and Closure) and a 175-day violation
of Rule 1004.a. (Final Reclamation of Well Sites and
Associated Production Facilities).
Docket No. 180600376, TOP Operating Company (Operator No. 39560)
Staff: Mimi C. Larsen, Assistant Attorney General
Subject: Pursuant to Rule 522.e.(1), Staff requests approval of
an AOC with TOP imposing a $621,110 penalty for
an 80-day violation Rule 324A.b. (Pollution), 478-
day violation of Rule 603.f. (Statewide equipment,
weeds, waste, and trash requirements), 307-day
violation of Rule 905.b. (Closure of Pits, and Buried
or Partially Buried Produced Water Vessels), 168-
day violation of Rule 906.a. (Spills and Releases),
and 54-day violation of Rule 1004.a. (Final
Reclamation of Well Sites and Associated
Production Facilities) at the Rider #1 Well in Boulder
County.