Colorado Petroleum Association Golf Tournament & Annual Meeting...
A Great Success!

CPA's 2nd Annual Golf Tournament was held September 18th at the new Heritage Eagle Bend Golf & Country Club in Aurora, Colorado. Thirty-six golfers signed up to play in the Scramble event. 1st place was captured by the foursome of Dave Brown - BP, Jim Easton & Bill Monnett - McVehil-Monnett and Jack Ekstrom - AEC Oil & Gas, USA. 2nd place went to the team of Diane DeTuerk, Paul Gould & John Shellhorse of Conoco and Evan Hanson - Williams. 3rd place went to Ken Lloyd - Regional Air Quality Commission, Shane Henry - Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Jay Cleary - Colorado Refining Company and Joe Lundeen - Ultramar Diamond Shamrock. Our congratulations to the winners!

Prizes were also awarded to: Paul Gould - Conoco, Longest Drive Men; Dave Brown - BP, Closest to Pin Men; Myla Study - Ultramar Diamond Shamrock, Longest Drive Women; and, Diane DeTuerk - Conoco, Closest to Pin Women.

Participants enjoyed a reception and prize presentations following the tournament in the beautiful Heritage Eagle Bend Country Club. Thanks to the generosity of CPA members, every golfer took home a prize from the day's event.

CPA's 3rd Annual Meeting was held the following day, September 19th, at the newly refurbished Warwick Hotel in downtown Denver. The first order of business was the election of CPA's Board of Directors.

Newly elected to the Board were:
     Chris Dobbs - ExxonMobil
     Rich Hansen - Shell E&P
     David Harrington - Equiva Services

Members elected to serve a 2nd term were:
     Paul Gould - Conoco
     Linda Padon - Texaco
     Jack Rigg - BP
     Jep Seman - Phillips

Members fulfilling the balance of their term on the Board are:
     Dennis Creamer - Conoco
     Jim Easton - McVehil-Monnett
     Gerald Faudel - Frontier Oil
     Evan Hanson - Williams
     Dan Johnson - Chevron
     Randy Matsushima - Colorado Refining Company

CPA's outgoing Chairman, Paul Gould, delivered his departing remarks to the group highlighting the successes of an association that was created only three years ago. Gould thanked the many members who helped shape CPA and assisted staff in meeting its goals. Gould then passed the gavel to Randy Matsushima who will serve as Chairman of the Board until CPA's 2003 Annual Meeting. Matsushima's first duty was to affirm the election of Paul Gould as CPA's Secretary/Treasurer. CPA is deeply indebted to Paul Gould for his leadership and support since embarking on our journey in 1999.

Mr. Rich Griebling, Director of the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission, kicked off the Opening General Session updating members on recent Commission rule changes, statewide oil and gas activity and developments in Colorado's Piceance Basin. Mr. Griebling's power point presentation is available to CPA members in the Member Area of the website.

Midmorning, concurrent breakout sessions on air quality and recent royalty developments were held. The air quality session featured Ms. Jill Cooper with Colorado's Air Pollution Control Division and Mr. Dennis Arfmann of Holme Roberts and Owen. Cooper provided updates on a variety of important Colorado air quality issues including the potential regulation of flash gas emissions; implementation of the state's self-audit law; and, developments with regard to the alternative operating scenario and maximum available control technology provisions of the Clean Air Act. A copy of Ms. Cooper's power point presentation is available to CPA members in the Member Area of the website.

Dennis Arfmann provided a briefing on EPA's New Source Review enforcement initiative targeting coal-fired utilities, pulp & paper mills and petroleum refineries. The Agency appears to have reinterpreted its regulations with regard to facility modifications that are exempt from NSR permit requirements. A copy of Mr. Arfmann's presentation is available to members in the Member Area of the website.

The royalty session dealt with the Westerman Farms v Rogers royalty case. Panelists, John Shepherd of Holland & Hart and George Mueller of Burns, Wall, Smith & Mueller, provided various perspectives on the case in which the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that producers are responsible for paying all costs associated with placing gas in a marketable condition for sale in the commercial marketplace. The Court held producers cannot deduct the cost of gathering, compression and dehydration from payments due royalty owners when gas is sold away from the well. Royalty owner claims will inevitably be provoked by the Colorado decision.