CHAPTER 6 SPACING AND POOLING ISSUES FOR HORIZONTAL DEVELOPMENT

• Jurisdiction: United States

Horizontal Oil & Gas Development
(Nov 2012)
CHAPTER 6
SPACING AND POOLING ISSUES FOR HORIZONTAL DEVELOPMENT
Michael J. Wozniak
Beatty & Wozniak, P.C.
Denver, CO
Jamie L. Jost
Beatty & Wozniak, P.C.
Denver, CO
John W. Morrison
Crowley Fleck PLLP
Bismarck, ND
Barry D. Thomas
Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.
Dallas, TX
Russell L. Schetroma
Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC
Meadville, PA

MICHAEL J. WOZNIAK is the managing partner in the Denver office of the natural resources firm of Beatty & Wozniak, P.C. where the firm's practice focuses on representation of natural resource development companies throughout the Rockies. He received his B.A. degree with distinction from Indiana University in 1976 (Phi Beta Kappa) and his J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law in 1980. Mike represents oil and gas clients in regulatory and environmental compliance matters, Public Lands appeals, and natural resources litigation in both state and federal courts. Mike's primary practice over the past two decades has focused on oil and gas conservation commission matters in both Colorado and Wyoming. He has experience in merger, divestiture and acquisitions, involving oil and gas producing properties, midstream assets, gas processing plants and pipelines throughout the United States. He is licensed to practice in Colorado and Wyoming. He is a frequent lecturer on natural resources matters, including the Annual Institutes of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation in 2002, 2005 and 2011 and was a presenter and the Chair of the Foundation's the Federal Oil & Gas Leasing Short Course in 2005, 2007 and 2009. He serves as a Trustee-at-Large of the Foundation. Mike is active in community and governmental affairs. Mike previously served on the City Council and as chair of the Board of Adjustment and Appeals and two terms on a Municipal Planning and Zoning Commission. Mike has recently completed his third term as the Mayor of Cherry Hills Village, Colorado.

JAMIE L. JOST is a shareholder at Beatty & Wozniak, P.C. in Denver, Colorado. Jamie's practice focuses primarily on exploration, production, and development of oil and gas in the Rocky Mountain region as well as local, state, and federal permitting and regulatory issues. Jamie represents clients in front of the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission, the Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Commission, the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division and the Interior Board of Land Appeals, as well as federal and state...