NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING-OIL AND GAS

STATE OF MONTANA

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION

BOARD OF OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION

SIDNEY, MONTANA

June 13 & 14, 2012

CONSERVATION AND PREVENTION )

OF WASTE OF OIL AND GAS )

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Board of Oil and Gas Conservation will hold its regular business meeting at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 13, 2012, in the Fairgrounds Commercial Building at the Fairgrounds in Sidney, Montana. The agenda for that meeting is as follows:

1. Call to order

2. Approval of minutes of April 25, 2012, business meeting

3. Opportunity for public comment

4. Financial report

5. Bond summary

6. Docket summary

7. Staff reports

8. Other business

The Board will conduct public hearings pursuant to Chapter 11 of Title 82 of the Montana Code Annotated on the matters described below at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 14, 2012, in the Fairgrounds Commercial Building at the Fairgrounds in Sidney, Montana. For more information or to request accommodation for a disability, please contact Terri Perrigo at (406) 444-6970 or Tom Richmond at (406) 656-0040 as soon as possible before the scheduled hearing.

Docket 330-2012 and 32-2012 FED

APPLICANT: ANADARKO MINERALS, INC. - VALLEY COUNTY, MONTANA

Upon the application of Anadarko Minerals, Inc. to create a temporary spacing unit comprised of the W½NE¼ of Section 31, T31N-R44E, Valley County, Montana, and to authorize the drilling of a vertical Nisku Formation at the center of the SW¼NE¼ of said Section 31, with a 200-foot tolerance for topographic or geologic reasons. Applicant will apply for permanent spacing within 90 days of successful well completion. Applicant requests placement on the Default Docket.

Docket 331-2012 and 33-2012 FED

APPLICANT: ANADARKO MINERALS, INC. - VALLEY COUNTY, MONTANA

Upon the application of Anadarko Minerals, Inc. to create a temporary spacing unit comprised of the W½SW¼ of Section 32, T31N-R44E, Valley County, Montana, and to authorize the drilling of a vertical Nisku Formation at a location at the center of the NW¼SW¼ of said Section 32, with a 200-foot tolerance for topographic or geologic reasons. Applicant will apply for permanent spacing within 90 days of successful well completion. Applicant requests placement on the Default Docket.

Docket 332-2012 and 34-2012 FED

APPLICANT: ANADARKO MINERALS, INC. - VALLEY COUNTY, MONTANA

Upon the application of Anadarko Minerals, Inc. to drill an additional vertical Madison Formation well in the spacing unit comprised of the W½SW¼ of Section 32, T31N-R44E, Valley County, Montana, said well to be located at the center of the NW¼SW¼ of said Section 32 with a 200-foot tolerance for topographic or geologic reasons. Applicant requests placement on the Default Docket.

Docket 353-2012

SHOW CAUSE HEARING

RESPONDENT: BRENT ZIMMERMAN – VALLEY COUNTY, MONTANA

Upon the Board's own motion to require Brent Zimmerman to appear and show cause, if any he has, why further lines should not be assessed and/or why his bond should not be forfeited for failure to address the clean-up issues at the Herringer 11-21 well located in Section 11, T30N-R44E, Valley County, Montana, by the Board's June 14, 2012, public hearing as required by Board Order 481-2011.

BOARD OF OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION

Terri H. Perrigo

Executive Secretary

(Published May 30, 2012)