BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN OPERATIONS FOR THE FRUITLAND COAL SEAMS FORMATION, IGNACIO-BLANCO FIELD, ARCHULETA COUNTY, COLORADO
CAUSE NO. 112
DOCKET NO. 170100017
TYPE: ADDITIONAL WELLS
NOTICE OF HEARING
TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
APPLICATION LANDS
Township 33 North, Range 5 West, N.M.P.M.
Section 21: S½
APPLICATION
On November 9, 2016, Petrox Resources, Inc., Operator No. 69805 (“Petrox” or “Applicant”) filed a verified application pursuant to §34-60-116, C.R.S., for an order to:
1) Authorize the drilling of an additional two horizontal wells, for a total of three horizontal wells, within the approximate 320-acre drilling and spacing unit established for the Application Lands, for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Fruitland Coal Seams Formation; and
2) Providing that the productive intervals of the wellbores be located no closer than 300 feet from the unit boundaries, with an inter-well setback of not less than 300 feet from the productive interval of a well producing from the Fruitland Coal Seams Formation, unless an exception is granted by the Director.
APPLICABLE RULES AND ORDERS
(available online at: http://cogcc.state.co.us, under “Regulation,”
then select “Orders” or “Rules”)
● On August 15, 1988, the Commission entered Order No. 112-61 (amended and corrected on December 17, 1990, under Order No. 112-85) which, among other things, established 320-acre drilling and spacing units for certain lands, including the Application Lands, as designated lay-down or stand-up by the operator, with authority to drill one well no closer than 990 feet from unit boundary and no closer than 130 feet from any interior quarter section line, for the production of gas and associated hydrocarbons from the Fruitland Coal Seams Formation.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to §§ 34-60-101 to -130, C.R.S. and the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, 2 CCR 404-1, that the Commission has scheduled this matter for hearing on:
Date: January 30-31, 2017
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Place: Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Chancery Building
1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801
Denver, CO 80203
Additional information about the hearing on this Application will be in the Commission’s Agenda, which is posted on the Commission website approximately 3 days before the hearing.
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 January 13, 2017. 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 January 16, 2017. Pursuant to Rule 511., if the matter is uncontested, it may be approved without a hearing.
OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
By_________________
Julie Murphy, Secretary
Dated: December 15, 2016
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801
Denver, Colorado 80203
Website: http://cogcc.state.co.us
Phone: (303) 894-2100
Fax: (303) 894-2109
Attorneys for Applicant:
James Parrot
Jillian Fulcher
Beatty & Wozniak, P.C.
216 16th Street, Suite 1100
Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 407-4499
jparrot@bwenergylaw.com
jfulcher@bwenergylaw.com
Published December 29, 2016 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS and BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HEARINGS ON January 17th
Black & Veatch, representing Verizon Wireless, has applied for the Verizon Escobar Telecommunication Facility Conditional Use Permit (CUP) and Variances, on property owned by Sydonia Poenish, the N½SE¼NW¼ S6 T35N R2W NMPM, at 3700 County Rd 600 (Piedra Road), Pagosa Springs, CO. The CUP will permit a new Commercial Mobile Radio Systems (CMRS) wireless communication facility with a 65’ monopole cell tower and antennas, approximately 1,000 feet west of the road (PLN16-114).
Applicant has also made a concurrent request for Variances from Section 3.1.4 of the Archuleta County Land Use Regulations maximum height of 35’ in the Agricultural Estate (AE) zone, and Section 5.4.5.4 of the Land Use Regulations and Section 27.1.7.3 and 27.1.7.4 of the Archuleta County Road and Bridge Design Standards requiring paving of access, which will be heard at the same meeting by the Board of Adjustment (PLN16-115).
Comments may be submitted to the Archuleta County Development Services-Planning Department, P.O. Box 1507, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147-1507, telephone: (970) 264-1390 or to Planning@archuletacounty.org prior to the public hearing by the Archuleta County Board of County Commissioners and Board of Adjustment on January 17, 2017, at 1:30 p.m. in the County Administration Office Meeting Room, 398 Lewis Street, Pagosa Springs. Public comment will be taken at the meeting.
Published December 29, 2016 and January 5, 2017 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.
Archuleta County District Court
449 San Juan Street
P.O. Box 148
Pagosa Springs, CO 81147
In the Matter of the Determination of Heirs and of Interests in Property, of
W. E. Bristol, Cynthia B. Bowmer, John Silvey Bristol, a/k/a J. S. Bristol, Frances James Bristol, John Robert Bowmer, and Suzanne Bristol, a/k/a Suzanne Bristol Hirschi
Deceased
Attorney for Petitioner:
William E. Zimsky
Abadie & Schill, PC
555 Rivergate Lane, Ste B4-180
Durango, CO 81301
Phone Number: 970-385-4401
E-mail: bill@abadieschill.com
FAX Number: 970-385-4901
Atty. Reg. #: 25318
Case Number: 2016 PR 30064
NOTICE OF HEARING
To All Interested Persons:
A hearing on PETITION FOR THE DETERMINATION OF HEIRS AND OF INTERESTS IN PROPERTY will be held at the following date, time and location:
Date: February 6, 2017 Time: 8 a.m.
Address: 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147
The names, addresses, and relationship of all interested persons, including Decedent’s spouse, partner in a civil union, children, owners by inheritance, heirs and devisees:
Name Address Relationship
Pamela Rothfield 33b Rhyll-Newhaven Road Devisee of Suzanne Bristol, who
Rhyll VIC 3923was a Devisee of W. E. Bristol
Australia
Megan Nicole Lucas, f/k/a 708 Southmoor Lane Devisee of Cynthia Bristol
Megan Nicole Bowmer Wichita Falls, TX 76302 Bowmer, who was a Devise of
W. E. Bristol
John Robert Bowmer, Jr. 2713 Austin Drive Devisee of John Robert
Mesquite, TX 75181Bowmer, who was a devisee of
Frances James Bristol, who was
a devisee of John Silvey Bristol
Lora Janice Bowmer 3006 McNeil Ave., Apt 222, Devisee of John Robert
Wichita Falls, TX 76309-494Bowmer, who was a devisee of
Frances James Bristol, who was
a devisee of John Silvey Bristol
EXOK, Inc. ATTN: Steven A. Muns Lessee of mineral interests now
6410 B. North Santa Feowned by Suzanne Bristol
Oklahoma City, OK 73116Hirschi, Megan Nicole Bowmer,
John Robert Bowmer, Jr., and
Lora Janice Bowmer
This Petition concerns the descent or succession of the Decedents’ interest in the following property:
Township 33 North, Range 5 West, N.M.P.M.
Section 15: SW/4SW/4
Section 16: S/2SE/4, SE/4SW/4
Section 28: SE/4NW/4, N/2SW/4, Part of the SW/4NW/4,
Section 29: SW/4NE/4, NE/4NE/4, NW/4SE/4, SW/4SE/4, Part of SW/4NW/4
Section 32: NW/4NE/4 LESS and EXCEPT the South 370 Feet in Section 32, and NE/4NE/4, LESS and EXCEPT that portion of the NE/4NE/4 lying West of the Piedra River; that portion of the following tract of land located in the NE/4NE/4 and the NW/4NE/4, containing 1.00 acres, more or less, and more particularly described as follow:
Beginning at the S/4 corner of said Section 29, said corner being a brass cap; Thence N00°01’25”E a distance of 1316.33 feet along the West line SW/4SE/4 of said Section 29 to the NW corner SW/4SE/4 of said Section 29; Thence S89°43’59”E a distance of 1339.63 feet along the North line SW/4SE/4 of said Section 29 to a fence corner, being the true point of beginning. Thence South a distance of 2275.32 feet to the South line of Lot 9 of the replat of the Dunagan Ranch; Thence West a distance o 36.05 feet; Thence N05°56’57”W a distance of 963.22 feet to a brass cap; Thence N05°53’21”E a distance to 1324.28 feet to the point of beginning. containing 519.14 acres, more or less.
Together with any other mineral interest in the State of Colorado that may have been owned by W. E. Bristol, J. S. Bristol Suzanne Bristol Hirschi, a/k/a Suzanne Bristol and/or Cynthia Bristol Bowmer, as of March 14, 1963, whether or not set forth above and/or accurately described above.
The Petitioner is seeking an order from the Court vesting the mineral interest described above as follows:
Name Interest
Pamela Rothfield An undivided one-quarter interest by devise
Megan Nicole Lucas, f/k/a Megan An undivided one-quarter interest by devise
Nicole Bowmer
John Robert Bowmer, Jr. An undivided one-quarter interest by devise
Lora Janice Bowmer An undivided one-quarter interest by devise
All persons interested persons must appear and object to the petition on or before the hearing date and time specified above. All objections to the petition must be filed in writing with the Court and be served on the petitioner, through his attorney, and the filing fee must be paid on or before the hearing date and time specified above.
The hearing will be limited to objections timely filed and served. If no objections are timely filed and served, then the Court may enter a decree with a hearing.
Dated: December 21, 2016
/s/ William E. Zimsky
By: William E. Zimsky, Attorney for Petitioner
Published December 29, 2016, January 5, 12 and 19, 2017 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.
