APR 23 2020 - Utah · 4/23/2020 · [email protected] . Petitioner’s Address: Bainbridge...

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BEFORE THE BOARD OF OIL, GAS AND MINING DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

STATE OF UTAH

IN THE MATTER OF THE REQUEST FOR AGENCY ACTION OF BAINBRIDGE UINTA, LLC FOR AN ORDER AMENDING THE BOARD’S ORDERS IN DOCKET NO. 2013-030, CAUSE NO. 270-02, DOCKET NO. 2014-026, CAUSE NO. 270-04, AND DOCKET NO. 2014-038, CAUSE NO. 270-06, TO REDUCE THE NORTH/SOUTH WELL SETBACKS TO 330 FEET AND TO ALLOW FOR THE PRODUCTION OF OIL, GAS AND ASSOCIATED HYDROCARBONS FROM THE EOCENE MIDDLE, LOWER GREEN RIVER AND WASATCH FORMATIONS UNDERLYING THE THREE RIVERS AREA, COMPRISED OF NUMEROUS LANDS IN TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 20 EAST, S.L.M. AND TOWNSHIP 8 SOUTH, RANGE 20 EAST S.L.M., ALL IN UINTAH COUNTY, UTAH

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

Docket No. 2020-010

Cause No. 470-02

Bainbridge Uinta, LLC (“Bainbridge”), by and through its undersigned attorneys, hereby

declares that on April 17, 2020, Bainbridge filed a Certificate of Service with the Utah Board of

Oil, Gas and Mining indicating that on April 15, 2020, Bainbridge cause to be mailed, pursuant

to applicable regulations, a copy of Bainbridge’s Request for Agency Action (“RAA”) on file in

the above-captioned Cause to the list of parties identified on Exhibit “A” attached hereto.

Since the filing of the Certificate of Service in this matter, the RAA was corrected to

address an error on page (9), paragraph “C”, regarding the surface location of the well and which

F I L E DAPR 23 2020

SECRETARY, BOARD OFOIL, GAS & MINING

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erroneously included the following language: “subject to an exception location approval by the

Board pursuant to Utah Admin. Code Rule R649-3-3, and” (“Erroneous Language”). The

Erroneous Language was stricken from the RAA and a Corrected Request for Agency was filed

in this Cause on April 17, 2020, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “B”.

Accordingly, the undersigned certifies that he caused a true and correct copy of page (9)

of the Corrected Request for Agency Action, attached hereto as Exhibit “C”, to be mailed,

properly addressed, and postage pre-paid, to each of the Interested Parties on or before the 21st

day of April, 2020.

Respectfully submitted this 23rd day of April, 2020.

LEAR & LEAR P.L.L.C.

By______________________

Mitchell S. Maio Brett Wiersum Attorneys for Bainbridge Uinta, LLC 808 E. South Temple St. Salt Lake City, UT 84102 Telephone: 801.538.5000 [email protected] [email protected]

Petitioner’s Address:

Bainbridge Uinta, LLC 8150 N. Central Expwy, Suite 650 Dallas, TX 75206 Attn: Brian Ching

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Exhibit “A”

ADALADE MICHELLE KOTTER 2845 E 5000 S VERNAL, UT 84078

ALBERT M REGAN 6071 ANNETTE CIRCLE HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92647

ALEX M CALDER 90 WEST 500 SOUTH 336 BOUNTIFUL, UT 84010

ALFRED LAWRENCE SMART P O BOX 1674 HAILEY, ID 83333

ANDRIA EYRAUD ULLETT 4819 REFORMA ROAD WOODLAND HILLS, CA 91364

ANITA KAYE PRICE 509 N 100 E MENDON, UT 84325

ANN MARGARET STADELMAN 4005 FOSTER CORNERS ROAD VERONA, NY 13478

ANNE SMART PEARCE FAMILY TRUST NORMAN 950 E FOREST VIEW AVENUE SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84106

ANTHONY RUDOLPH SMART 2500 EAST OSCEOLA ROAD GENEVA, FL 32732

ARTHUR L & MARTHA J BORIGHT TRUST 2270 NW WOODCREST AVE ALBANY, OR 97321

ASHLEY LINDA SMART 6713 WALKER AVE SEBASTOPOL, CA 95472

BARBARA JEANNE BURDSALL 3219 VINCENT ROAD WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33405

BONITA H ATKINSON 2096 EAST LOWER RIVER ROAD KAMAS, UT 84036

BRANNON G YOUNG 2859 E SUNSET DR EAGLE MOUNTAIN, UT 84005

BRET CALDER CO TRUSTEE 12367 SOUTH 2320 WEST RIVERTON, UT 84065

BRIAN & JANA WATTS 977 WIND RIVER WAY KAYSVILLE, UT 84037

BRIAN C BROWNING FAMILY LP 1862 SOUTH 775 EAST BOUNTIFUL, UT 84010

BRIAN JANA WATTS FLP 977 WIND RIVER WAY KAYSVILLE, UT 84037

CALDER FAMILY TR ACKNOWLEDGED 21797 SW OAK HILL LANE TUALATIN, OR 97062

CATHARINE DELONG 100 THAYER STREET, Apt 6E NEW YORK, NY 10040

CECILY DAVIS 4608 W 4200 SOUTH WEST HAVEN, UT 84401

CERINA EYRAUD 10331 SHANGRI LA DRIVE HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92646

CHRISTOPHER SMART 1240 SIMS WAY 46 PORT TOWNSEND, WA 98368

CRAIG MCSORLEY 4517 HAZELTON WOODBRIDGE, VA 22193

CYNTHIA GOURLEY 178 VIA LAMPARA RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA 92688

DARYL N AND LYNDA R RASMUSSEN CO TTEES 332 COPE RIDGE CT ROSEVILLE, CA 95747

DAVID STEVEN SMART 2223 EAST DES MOINES CIRCLE MESA, AZ 85213

DAVID DELONG 2648 EAST RENWICK COURT SPOKANE, WA 99223

DAVID H DILLMAN 4022 WEST 5600 SOUTH LAKE SHORE, UT 84660

DAVID ALLEN YOUNG 1542 HUCKLEBERRY CIRCLE SANDY, UT 84093

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DENNIS D REGAN 1826 CAPE TERRACE SAN PEDRO, CA 90732

DILLMAN FAMILY LLC 3206 OLD MILL CIRCLE SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84121

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E J WINDER FAMILY LLC 333 KENSINGTON DRIVE LEHI, UT 84043

EUGENE S & CAROLEE S FAIRBANKS FAIRBANKS FAMILY TRUST 1225 BROOKSTONE DR BELLINGHAM, WA 98229

EUGENE S CAROLEE S FAIRBANKS TTEES 1225 BROOKSTONE DRIVE BELLINGHAM, WA 98229

EYRAUD PROPERTIES LLC 6071 ANNETTE CIRCLE HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92647

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JAMES R RASMUSSEN 278 ENGLEWOOD DR BRIGHAM CITY, UT 84302

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JEAN HARRISON ROGERS 1285 VALENTINE ST SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84116

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JOANN W HUNTING 2575 SOUTH 2400 EAST VERNAL, UT 84078

JOANNE SMART ROBINSON 3727 W COBBLE HOLLOW DR ROOSEVELT, UT 84066

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JODIE MILLER 365 E WYANDOTTE AVE SANDY, UT 84070

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MARY S JENSEN ESTATE PO BOX 7099 PROVO, UT 84602

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MAUREEN ELOISE GALE 11439 HIGH MESA DR SANDY, UT 84092

MCCULLISS OIL AND GAS PO BOX 221515 DENVER, CO 80222

MCCULLISS RESOURCES CO. INC. PO BOX 3248 LITTLETON, CO 80161

MELINDA MARIE WOOD P O BOX 4040 DIAMOND BAR, CA 91765

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MICHAEL SHARON GUNN BECK 650 WEST 2400 NORTH GENOLA, UT 84655-5078

NORMA E STROUD 1702 CRESTHAVEN DR PANTEGO, TX 76013

OLIVIA SHERILL ESTATE CECILY DAVIS 4608 W 4200 SOUTH WEST HAVEN, UT 84401

P N INVESTMENTS LLC 69 N ROUNDABOUT WAY CEDAR CITY, UT 84720

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RHEA R HOOPER P O BOX 1821 HILLTOP LAKES, TX 77871

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RHODES LVG TR DTD 4/19/05 48303 20TH ST WSP 21 LANCASTER, CA 93534

RICHARD CHARLES YOUNG 148 N SIERRA BONITA CT MAPLETON, UT 84664

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RICHARD S BOWERS AND DEBORAH J BOWERS 2254 VELVET ANTLER TRAIL HAPPY JACK, AZ 86024

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SIVALLS INC PO BOX 2792 ODESSA, TX 79760-2792

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STATE OF UTAH SITLA 675 EAST 500 SOUTH, SUITE 500 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84102-2818

STONEGATE RESOURCES LLC P O BOX 680667 PARK CITY, UT 84068-0667

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TERRENCE MARTIN REGAN 2514 HILL CT BERKELEY, CA 94708

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VAL R RASMUSSEN 3219 VINCENT RD WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33405

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Exhibit “B”

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BEFORE THE BOARD OF OIL, GAS AND MINING DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

STATE OF UTAH

IN THE MATTER OF THE REQUEST FOR AGENCY ACTION OF BAINBRIDGE UINTA, LLC FOR AN ORDER AMENDING THE BOARD’S ORDERS IN DOCKET NO. 2013-030, CAUSE NO. 270-02, DOCKET NO. 2014-026, CAUSE NO. 270-04, AND DOCKET NO. 2014-038, CAUSE NO. 270-06, TO REDUCE THE NORTH/SOUTH WELL SETBACKS TO 330 FEET AND TO ALLOW FOR THE PRODUCTION OF OIL, GAS AND ASSOCIATED HYDROCARBONS FROM THE EOCENE MIDDLE, LOWER GREEN RIVER AND WASATCH FORMATIONS UNDERLYING THE THREE RIVERS AREA, COMPRISED OF NUMEROUS LANDS IN TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 20 EAST, S.L.M. AND TOWNSHIP 8 SOUTH, RANGE 20 EAST S.L.M., ALL IN UINTAH COUNTY, UTAH

CORRECTED REQUEST FOR AGENCY

ACTION Docket No. 2020-010

Cause No. 470-02

COMES NOW, Bainbridge Uinta, LLC (“Bainbridge”), by and through its attorneys

Lear & Lear, PLLC, and pursuant to Utah Code Annotated §§ 40-6-5(3)(b) and 40-6-6, hereby

respectfully requests that the State of Utah Board of Oil, Gas and Mining (“Board”) enter an

order modifying the Board’s Orders entered on November 9, 2013 in Docket No. 2013-030,

Cause No. 270-02 (“270-02 Order”), entered on August 27, 2014 in Docket No. 2014-026,

Cause No. 270-04 (“270-04 Order”), and entered on November 12, 2014 in Docket No. 2014-

038, Cause No. 270-06 (“270-06 Order”) (collectively, the 270-02, -04, and -06 Orders are

referred to as the “Current Spacing Orders”). Specifically Bainbridge seeks to modify the

established drilling units on the Subject Lands (defined below) to allow for 330’ North/South

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well setbacks, and to allow for the production of oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons from the

Eocene Middle, Lower Green River, and portions of the Wasatch Formation, defined for

purposes of this Request for Agency Action (“RAA”) as:

the stratigraphic equivalent of the interval between the top of the Mahogany Bench, as found at 4,359 feet, and the stratigraphic equivalent of the marker found at 7,787 feet within the Paleocene Wasatch, referenced to the Bainbridge Uinta, LLC Three Rivers 34-31-720 well located in Section 34, T7S, R20E, SLM

(the “Subject Formation”), comprised of the following described lands:

Township 7 South, Range 20 East, S.L.M. Section 27: W½SE¼ Section 32: S½NE¼, SE¼, E½SW¼, SW¼SW¼ Section 33: NE¼, N½NW¼, SW¼NW¼, SW¼, NE¼SE¼, S½SE¼ Section 34: All Section 35: Lots 1 (36.55), 2 (36.94), 3 (42.07), and 4 (42.24), NE¼NE¼, SE¼NW¼,

W½NW¼, S½ [All] Section 36: All

Township 8 South, Range 20 East, S.L.M.

Section 2: Lots 1 (40.27), 2 (40.47), 3 (40.68), 4 (40.88), 5 (36.76), 6 (20.00), and

7 (0.80), S½N½, W½SE¼, SW¼, and that portion of the Green River lying therein [All]

Section 3: Lots 1 (40.80), 2 (40.88), 3 (40.96), and 4 (41.04), S½N½, S½ [All] Section 4: Lots 1 (41.06), 2 (40.90), 3 (40.74), and 4 (40.58), S½NE¼, S½ Section 5: Lots 1 (40.48), 2 (40.48), 3 (40.48), 6 (43.78), 7 (27.06), 8 (40.36), SE¼NE¼,

SW¼SE¼, E½SE¼ Section 6: Lot 2 (1.41) Section 8: Lots 2 (34.88), 3 (17.89), 4 (40.80), 5 (42.28), and 6 (12.69), E½NE¼,

NE¼SE¼ [All] Section 9: NE¼ Section 10: N½ Section 16: Lots 3 (38.00), 4 (28.50), and 5 (10.50), NW¼NW¼, E½W½, E½ [All] Section 17: Lots 1 (23.00) and 3 (5.98) (collectively the “Subject Lands”).

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With respect to the Subject Lands, the 270-02 Order (as to all of the Subject Lands except

the W½SE¼ of Section 27, Township 7 South, Range 20 East, S.L.M.) and the 270-06 Order (as

to the W½SE¼ of Section 27, Township 7 South, Range 20 East, S.L.M.) currently establishes

the drilling, completion and production of up to 2 vertical wells per 40-acre or substantial

equivalent drilling unit from the Eocene Middle and Lower Green River formations, with 460’

well setbacks from a shared drilling unit/lease boundary line and 100’ well setbacks if the

adjacent lands are within the same lease and have the same production interest owners.

With respect to the Subject Lands, the 270-04 Order establishes the drilling, completion

and production of 1 vertical well per special drilling unit from the Eocene Middle and Lower

Green River formations along several of the lease lines (“Special Lease Line Drilling Units”) in

the Subject Lands (as further described in the 270-04 Order), consistent with the 20-acre well

density established under the 270-02 Order, to be located on or as close as reasonably feasible to

the respective lease line, and no closer than 460’ to another well producing from the same

formation or to a boundary with lands not subject to the 270-02 Order without an exception

location approval from the Division in accordance with Utah Admin. Code Rule R649-3-3.

This request seeks (1) maintenance of the drilling units and well density established

under the Current Spacing Orders—2 wells per 40-acre or substantial equivalent and 1 well per

Special Lease Line Drilling Unit; (2) amendment of the well setbacks such that wells can be

located no closer than 330’ North/South and 460’ East/West to another well producing from a

shared drilling unit/lease boundary line and 100’ if the adjacent lands are within the same lease

and have the same production interest owners; and (3) expansion of the spaced formations to

allow for drilling, completion and production from the Subject Formation (as described above).

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The geology and engineering data concerning the Subject Lands indicates that the reduced

North/South well setbacks and drilling of vertical/directional wells to the Subject Formation will

better protect correlative rights, maximize resource recovery by developing otherwise “stranded”

hydrocarbons, and prevent waste. Additionally, the reduced North/South well setbacks will not

only provide Bainbridge with the flexibility to develop wells in a manner driven by geology,

engineering, impact minimization and efficiency, but is necessary to allow the orderly

development of the Subject Formation in a way that protects correlative rights, prevents waste,

and maximizes resource recovery.

In summary, Bainbridge’s request in this RAA is subject to, among other things, the

following:

I. A maximum of 2 wells per 40-acre drilling unit may be drilled and

produced from the Subject Formation on the Subject Lands;

II. A maximum of 1 well may be drilled and produced from the Subject

Formation per Special Lease Line Drilling Unit as established in Order 270-04;

III. The Subject Formation constitutes a “common source of supply”, as

defined in Utah Code Ann. § 40-6-2(19);

IV. The productive interval of any well (with the exception of the Special

Lease Line Drilling Unit wells) may not be located closer than 460’ to a shared East/West

drilling unit/lease boundary line, 330’ to a shared North/South drilling unit/lease boundary line,

or 100’ radially if the adjacent lands are within the same lease and have the same production

interest owners, absent an exception location approval by the Board pursuant to Utah Admin.

Code Rule R649-3-3;

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V. The surface location of any future well may be located: (1) anywhere

within the Unit; or (2) outside of such Unit, subject to the acquisition of proper surface and

subsurface authorizations (including without limitation, subsurface easements from the

appropriate surface and/or mineral estate owners and their respective lessees, as applicable).

In support of this RAA, Bainbridge states, represents and alleges as follows:

1. Bainbridge is a Texas limited liability company, with its principal place of

business in Dallas, Texas.

2. Bainbridge is duly qualified to conduct business in the State of Utah and is fully

and appropriately bonded as required by all relevant federal, tribal and State of Utah

governmental agencies.

3. The oil, gas and other hydrocarbons within the Subject Lands are subject to

numerous fee, state, and federal oil and gas leases, in which Bainbridge owns substantial

leasehold working interests. The surface of the NE¼ and NW¼SE¼ of Section 36, Township 7

South, Range 20 East, S.L.M. is owned by the State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands

Administration, but is located in an environmentally sensitive area and is thus subject to an

easement to the United States Fish & Wildlife Service for the Ouray National Wildlife Refuge.

4. As of the filing of this RAA, there are no well spacing, density, or other orders of

the Board materially affecting the spacing of the Subject Lands, other than the Current Spacing

Orders, described in detail above, which collectively establish (1) 40-acre (or the substantial

equivalent) drilling units for production from the Eocene Middle and Lower Green River

formations, and authorize the drilling of up to 2 wells within each drilling unit with setbacks

providing that no producing interval shall be located closer than 460’ to a shared drilling

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unit/lease boundary line or 100’ from a drilling unit boundary if adjacent lands are within the

same lease and have the same production interest owners (as to the 270-02 Order and the 270-06

Order); and (2) Special Lease Line Drilling Units in the Subject Lands with the wells drilled

thereon to be located on or as close as reasonably feasible to the respective lease line, and no

closer than 460’ to another well producing from the same formation or to a boundary with lands

not subject to the 270-02 Order (as to the 270-04 Order).

5. However, because of the environmentally sensitive areas discussed in Paragraph 3

above, and because many wells have already been drilled in the center of certain quarter-quarter

sections under the general well siting rule and subsequent wells drilled under the spacing

established in the Current Spacing Orders, Bainbridge requires some flexibility in drilling future

wells under the 20-acre well density pattern. Consequently, and particularly given the relative

uniformity of mineral and leasehold ownership over each relevant 40-acre parcel within the

Subject Lands, it is fair, reasonable and just to allow a 330’ North/South setback from a shared

drilling unit/lease boundary line, which, based on a 20-acre equivalent well density pattern,

protects the correlative rights of the owners in adjacent lands.

6. As of the filing of this RAA, there are 147 Existing Vertical/Directional Wells,

(collectively, “Existing Wells”) located on and/or producing from the Eocene Middle and Lower

Green River formations on the Subject Lands, as set forth more particularly on Exhibit “A,”

attached hereto and incorporated herein.

7. With the exception of the Existing Wells, there are no other wells drilled or

producing from the Subject Formation on the Subject Lands as of the filing of this RAA.

8. Based upon the information and data obtained through Bainbridge’s drilling and

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operation of the vertical and/or directional wells on the Subject Lands, Bainbridge believes and

alleges that:

a) The Subject Formation constitutes a common source of supply;

b) Given the siting of the Existing Wells and the presence of environmentally

sensitive areas in the Subject Lands, flexibility in siting future wells is necessary to maximize

resource recovery, prevent waste and protect correlative rights;

c) Producing interval setbacks of no closer than 330’ North/South and 460’

East/West from drilling unit/lease boundary line, or no closer than 100’ laterally from another

well producing from the same lease and with the same production interest owner(s) will result in

efficient but limited communication between Existing Wells and future wells, and will allow

greater flexibility in locating future wells upon the Subject Lands, while still protecting

correlative rights; and

d) Drilling and completion of the future wells will result in production

increases, waste management, and cost effectiveness, over the drilling and production of the

wells authorized under the Current Spacing Orders alone, and will allow access to additional

resources in the Subject Formation that would not otherwise be recovered.

9. Based on the foregoing, Bainbridge believes and alleges that in order to afford the

continued protection of the correlative rights of the owners of interests in the Subject Lands, the

prevention of waste and the maximization of resource recovery:

a) The Subject Formation should be declared a “common source of supply”

as contemplated by Utah Code Ann. § 40-6-2(19);

b) Effective the date of issuance of any order of the Board issued pursuant to

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this RAA, the Current Spacing Orders should be amended, as may be necessary, to allow for the

330’ North/South well setbacks, the drilling and production of wells to the Subject Formation in

the Subject Lands, and the allocation of production from the same.

10. Bainbridge respectfully asserts that the granting of this RAA will further the

public policies of the State of Utah to promote greater recovery of oil, gas and associated

hydrocarbons from the Subject Formation without waste and with protection of the correlative

rights of all affected owners, constitutes the orderly and consistent development of the Subject

Lands as to the Subject Formation, and is just and reasonable under the circumstances.

11. In accordance with the Utah Administrative Code, Bainbridge will present

testimony and exhibits in support of the allegations and statements set forth in this RAA at the

May 27, 2020 Board hearing.

12. Bainbridge will separately file a certificate of service listing all parties known to

it, based upon its reasonable search of the Uintah County, Utah records and the records of the

Division, whose legally protected interests may be affected by this RAA.

13. As of the filing of this RAA, Bainbridge knows of no respondents or adverse

parties concerning this RAA.

WHEREFORE, based on the foregoing, Bainbridge respectfully requests that:

I. This matter be set for hearing before the Board on May 27, 2020, in Salt Lake

City, Utah (“Hearing”);

II. Notice of this RAA and the Hearing be given as required by applicable Utah

administrative and statutory law; and

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III. Upon production of sufficient evidence and presentation of competent testimony

given at the Hearing, the Board issue an order:

A. Declaring the Subject Formation a “common source of supply,” as

contemplated by Utah Code Ann. § 40-6-2(19);

B. Providing well setbacks of at least 330’ North/South and 460’ East/West

to a shared drilling unit/lease boundary line, or at least 100’ laterally from another well

producing from the same lease and with the same production interest owner(s), absent an

exception location approval by the Board pursuant to Utah Admin. Code Rule R649-3-3;

C. Providing that the surface location of any future well may be located (1)

anywhere within the Unit, or (2) anywhere outside of the Unit subject to the acquisition of proper

surface and subsurface estate authorizations and the production from any future well to the

setbacks set forth above, to be evidenced by a self-certification of the same executed by the

operator of the subject well and filed with the Division, and provided that the setbacks above are

otherwise maintained;

D. Maintaining the Current Spacing Orders and all provisions therein unless

expressly amended by the Board at the Hearing;

E. Making such findings and orders in connection with this RAA as it deems

otherwise necessary; and

F. Providing for such other and further relief as the Board deems just and

equitable under the circumstances.

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Respectfully submitted this 10th day of April, 2020.

LEAR & LEAR PLLC By: _____________________________ Mitchell S. Maio Brett Wiersum Attorneys for Bainbridge Uinta, LLC 808 E. South Temple St. Salt Lake City, UT 84102 Telephone: 801.538.5000 [email protected] [email protected]

Petitioner’s Address:

Bainbridge Uinta, LLC 8150 N. Central Expwy, Suite 650 Dallas, TX 75206

Attention: Brian Ching

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EXHIBIT “A”

API: WELL NAME: OPERATOR: ORIENTATION: TWN/RNG: SECTION: 4304756007 Three Rivers 27-

33T-720 Bainbridge Uinta

LLC Vertical/Directional 7S-20E 27

4304756006 Three Rivers 27-34T-720

Bainbridge Uinta LLC

Vertical/Directional 7S-20E 27

4304756008 Three Rivers 27-33-720



4304753733 Three Rivers Federal 33-11-

720



4304753734 Three Rivers 32-32-720



4304754449 Three Rivers 32-36T-720



4304753950 Three Rivers 32-3333-720



4304752735 Three Rivers 32-34-720



4304752734 Three Rivers 32-33-720



4304752736

Three Rivers 32-15-720



4304752718 Three Rivers 32-25-720



4304752737 Three Rivers 32-35-720



4304753710 Three Rivers 32-334-720



4304753711 Three Rivers 5-31-820



4304753735 Three Rivers 32-333-720



4304754841 Three Rivers 32-18T-720



4304754689 Three Rivers Fed 33-31-720



4304754690 Three Rivers Fed 33-21-720




720



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720



4304754251 Three Rivers Fed 33-23-720



4304754247 Three Rivers Fed 33-133-720




720




720



4304754695 Three Rivers Fed 33-32-720



4304754545 Three Rivers 33-16T-720



4304754544 Three Rivers Fed 33-26T-720



4304754698 Three Rivers Fed 33-42-720






4304754697 Three Rivers Fed 33-43-720










720



4304753278 Three Rivers 27-34-720



4304753281 Three Rivers 34-31T-720



4304752012 Three Rivers 34-31-720



4304752947 Three Rivers Fed 34-33-720



4304752945 Three Rivers Fed 34-23-720



4304752965 Three Rivers Fed 34-15-720



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4304752950 Three Rivers Fed 3-11-820



4304753282 Three Rivers Fed 34-35-720




720




720




720



4304753005 Three Rivers Fed 35-32-720




720




720




720




720




720



4304753006 Three Rivers Fed 35-34-720



4304753008 Three Rivers Fed 35-44-720



4304752697 Three Rivers 36-31-720



4304751915 Three Rivers 36-11-720



4304752733 Three Rivers 36-23-720



4304752685 Three Rivers 2-51-820



4304753948 Three Rivers 2-22-820



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4304753947 Three Rivers 2-21-820



4304751936 Three Rivers 2-11-820



4304752687 Three Rivers 2-13-820



4304753946 Three Rivers 2-223-820



4304753945 Three Rivers 2-24-820



4304753273 Three Rivers 2-33-820



4304752688 Three Rivers 2-23-820



4304752689 Three Rivers 2-15-820



4304752690 Three Rivers 2-25-820






4304754492 Three Rivers Fed 3-32A-820



4304752861 Three Rivers Federal 3-32-820



























4304754435 Three Rivers Fed 4-42-820X



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4304754255 Three Rivers Fed 33-34-720



4304754254 Three Rivers Fed 4-311-820



4304754423 Three Rivers 4-43-820






4304753528 Three Rivers 4-33-820



4304752875 Three Rivers Fed 4-21-820



4304752874 Three Rivers Fed 4-31-820



4304754416 Three Rivers 4-23-820



4304754417 Three Rivers 4-26T-820



4304754418 Three Rivers 4-24-820



4304754420 Three Rivers 4-36T-820



4304754422 Three Rivers 4-34-820



4304754421 Three Rivers 4-38T-820






4304754522 Three Rivers 32-44-720



4304754526 Three Rivers 5-31T-820



4304754523 Three Rivers 32-48T-720



4304754525 Three Rivers 5-41-820



4304754524 Three Rivers 5-42T-820









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4304753956 Three Rivers 4-13-820















4304752863 Three Rivers 4-14-820












4304754494 Three Rivers Fed 8-44-820






4304754701 Three Rivers Fed 9-31-820



4304754700 Three Rivers Fed 9-32-820






4304752948 Three Rivers Fed 10-41-820



4304752949 Three Rivers Fed 10-42-820




820




820



4304753555 Three Rivers Fed 10-30-820






17

4304754292 Three Rivers 16-42T-820



4304752110 Three Rivers 16-41-820



4304753495 Three Rivers 16-31-820



4304753496 Three Rivers 16-33-820



4304753494 Three Rivers 16-32-820



4304754354 Three Rivers 16-33T-820



4304754269 Three Rivers 16-42L-820



4304754356 Three Rivers 16-44T-820



4304754364 Three Rivers 16-21T-820



4304753230 Three Rivers 16-22-820



4304753229 Three Rivers 16-21-820



4304754352 Three Rivers 16-11T-820



4304754353 Three Rivers 16-12T-820



4304753474 Three Rivers 16-11-820



4304754340 Three Rivers 16-14T-820



4304754339 Three Rivers 16-13T-820



4304754341 Three Rivers 16-24T-820



4304753232 Three Rivers 16-24-820



4304754351 Three Rivers 16-26T-820



4304754758 Three Rivers 16-16T-820



4304754780 Three Rivers 16-18T-820



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4304754783 Three Rivers 16-28T-820



4304752057 Three Rivers 16-43-820



4304754348 Three Rivers 16-46T-820



4304753472 Three Rivers 16-34-820



4304753475 Three Rivers 16-12-820



4304753473 Three Rivers 16-44-820



{00089611.2}

Exhibit “C”

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III. Upon production of sufficient evidence and presentation of competent testimony

given at the Hearing, the Board issue an order:

A. Declaring the Subject Formation a “common source of supply,” as

contemplated by Utah Code Ann. § 40-6-2(19);

B. Providing well setbacks of at least 330’ North/South and 460’ East/West

to a shared drilling unit/lease boundary line, or at least 100’ laterally from another well

producing from the same lease and with the same production interest owner(s), absent an

exception location approval by the Board pursuant to Utah Admin. Code Rule R649-3-3;

C. Providing that the surface location of any future well may be located (1)

anywhere within the Unit, or (2) anywhere outside of the Unit subject to the acquisition of proper

surface and subsurface estate authorizations and the production from any future well to the

setbacks set forth above, to be evidenced by a self-certification of the same executed by the

operator of the subject well and filed with the Division, and provided that the setbacks above are

otherwise maintained;

D. Maintaining the Current Spacing Orders and all provisions therein unless

expressly amended by the Board at the Hearing;

E. Making such findings and orders in connection with this RAA as it deems

otherwise necessary; and

F. Providing for such other and further relief as the Board deems just and

equitable under the circumstances.

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