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BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOM A
APPLICANT : PENN VIRGINIA MC ENERGY, LLC
CAUSE CD 200804482- T
RELIEF SOUGHT : WELL LOCATION EXCEPTIO N
LEGAL DESCRIPTION : SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 16
NORTH, RANGE 3 WEST, LOGAN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
558250
ORDER NO .
FI NDINGS AND INTERIM ORDER
Hearing Dat e an d Pl a ce :
1 .
Eastern Regional Ser v ice O ff ice of
Oklahoma .
8 : 30 a .m ., 15t h day of Ju ly, 2008 ,
t he Co rp oration Commiss i on , Tuls a,
2 .
Appea r anc e s : Mi c hae l D . St a c k, A t t orne y fo r Pe nn V irgin i a M C
Energy , L LC ; and Sal ly Sh ip ley, Dep ut y Gen er a l Counse l fo r Co n servation for
the Comm i ssion , fi l ed n otice o f a pp ea r a n c e .
3 .
Notice a nd Ju ri s di ctio n : N o t ic e h as b e e n g i v e n as r equ i r ed a nd
T h e te s ti m o ny
the Commission has j urisd ic ti o n o f t he s u bj e ct and p er so ns .
presented established that the Applicant owned the right to drill in the
captioned unit .
4 .
Amendm ent : N one .
Applicant requests that a well be permitted
5 . Relief Requested :
in Section 8, Township 16 North, Range 3 West, Logan County, Oklahoma .
6.
Relief Gra nted : The request e d re lief i s granted, P en n Vi r ginia
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, L L C , is designa t e d op erat or of t he we ll a u th o r i zed b y this
MC Ope
The well to be located as follows :
order .
Surface Location :
Entry Point to
each common source
o f supply :
Bottom Hole Loc
terminus point :
no closer than 1320 feet to the south line and no
closer than 330 feet to the west line of Section 8 ;
no closer than 1320 feet to the south line and no
closer than 330 feet to the west line of Section 8 ;
No closer than 1320 feet to the south line, no
closer than 330 feet to the west line and no closer
than 330 feet to the east line of Section 8,
Township 16 North, Range 3 West, Logan County,
Oklahoma .
7.
T h e wel l wi l l be f o r t he 6 4 0 -a c re unit in the cap t i o n, and f o r
the follo w ing commo n s o u rc es o f s u pply :
Common
Source
of
Supply
Order
No .
Cottage Grove, Layton, Checkerboard, 55758 1
Skinner, Mississippian and Woodfor d
8 . Reason for Relief : The well should be located at the location
set out in Paragraph 6 above for the following reason :
A) To allow for a longer lateral i n th e W oodford common
sou r c e of supply . The witness testified this h o r i z o ntal
late r a l co uld b e as long as 4 00 0 fee t and the l o ng e r the
l ate r al t he b ett e r op p o r tunit y t h e we l l h as t o p r o du ce
hydroc arb ons .
Repo r ts :
Oper a t or wil l be r e sp o nsi bl e f o r fi lin g
9.
Reports requi r ed by th e R ul es o f th e Co rpo r a ti o n Comm is s i o n .
al l
the
PENN VIRGINIA MC ENERGY ,
CAUSE CD NO . 200804482-T
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LLC
10 .
Allowable : T he allo w able fo r t he w ell shall be 10 0 % of th e
regularly assigned al l o w abl e for the common sources o f s uppl y, i f the w el l
is drilled at the locatio n defined in t h is order .
11 . Comp anion Cause :
N o ne .
12 .
T h at the
we ll location e x ce p tio n,
in accor da nce
w it h
t he
foregoing , is n ecess a ry t o p r event w as t e a n d to p ro te c t co r r e lat i ve ri g ht s
and the operator sha l l d rill ,
co mp let e an d p r o du c e t he w ell as set o ut
herein and IT IS SO O RDERED .
13 . The Operator must commenced operations within one year from the
date of this order and then continue to diligently operate the well covered
hereby in a reasonably prudent manner and within the rules of the
Commission, or this order shall be of no force and effect .
The cause to
be reopened at 8 : 30 a . m ., on the 19th day of August , 2008 , Eastern Regional
Service Office of the Corporation Commission , 440 South Houston, Room 114 ,
Tulsa , Oklahoma , for the presentation of a directional survey .
C P T ON OMMISS ON OF OKLAHOMA
j,CLbfJ D, _ CHAI
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Y, VICE CHAIRMAN
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M ROTH, COMMISSIONE R
DONE AND PERFORMED THIS ~
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I LL, SECRETARY OF THE COMMISSION
REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDG E
The foregoing findings and order are the report and recommendations
of the Administrative Law Judge .
Approved :
L0e
Ka y McKeown,
Administrative Law Judg e
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