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Home My WebLink AboutOil-Katalla-KatallaAlaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commisssion - Pool Statistics, Unit and Pool Home Orders Staff Calendar Contact Us AOGCC Pool Statistics Katalla Field, Katalla Oil Pool Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission > Annual Reports > Pool Statistics - 2004: Updated 11 July 2005 Page: 1 > 2 > 3 Operator: Alaska Crude Corp Discovery Well: Alaska Development Company No. 1 Permit #100-057 API No. 50-069-10004-00-00 Sec. 36, T19S, R05E, CM Depth: 500’ MD / 500' TVD 1902 Status: Inactive Location: Southeast Alaska Area Location Map Field Location Map Orders: None Summary: The Katalla Oil Field lies 2-1/2 miles east of the village of Katalla and 50 miles southeast of Cordova. It was the first commercial oil development in Alaska, with first production reportedly occurring in 1902. Prior to 1931, forty-four wells were reportedly drilled in the area. Of these, twenty-eight wells lay within the Katalla field, and 18 were produced. A small refinery was built approximately 1 mile northwest of the field, and it operated from 1911 until 1933. A total of 154,000 barrels were produced and sold locally, but on Christmas Day, 1933 the refinery burned and was never rebuilt. During 1961, Richfield Oil Corporation drilled the Bering Unit No. 1 and No. 2 wells, which are located about 9 miles to the east and northeast. Both wells were drilled slightly deeper than 6,000’ measured depth, then plugged and abandoned. During 1969, Panoil Company began drilling the Katalla State No. 1 exploratory well in Katalla Bay. The well was drilled to a depth of 426’, casing was run to 422’ and cemented, when the drilling crew noted numerous failures in the structural members of the barge. The well was plugged and abandoned, and the casing was cut off 6’ below the mud line. In 1985 and 1986, Alaskan Crude Corporation drilled the Katalla KS-01 exploratory well to a depth of 1,838’. That well remains shut-in. Under the 1982 “Chugach Natives, Incorporated Settlement Agreement,” Chugach Alaska Corporation was granted exclusive right to all the oil and gas in the Katalla Oil and Gas area until midnight, December 31, 2004. At that time, the land is scheduled to revert to the United States, unless a well capable of producing in paying quantities has been completed. Geology: Oil and gas seeps occur along the Gulf of Alaska coastline. These seeps were undoubtedly discovered by local Native inhabitants, but Tom White is credited with the discovery of oil at Katalla in 1896. Most of the wells in the Katalla district, including the discovery well, were drilled on oil seeps or near other producing wells. Wells in the field appear to have produced from fractured sandstone and siltstone within the shaley middle part of the Katalla Formation, at depths ranging from 360' to 1,750'. Comparable zones of fractured rocks along faults or folds elsewhere in the Katalla district appear to offer the best possibilities for accumulations of oil in quantity equal to or larger than the Katalla oil field. Most of the known anticlines are of small amplitude, are tightly compressed, and lack structural closure. (USGS Open File Report 50 p. 63-64 and USGS Open File 75-508). List of Wells Oil (bbls) NGL (bbls) Gas (mcf) Water (bbls) Cumulative 154,000 0 0 0 2001 Total 0 0 0 0 2002 Total 0 0 0 0 2003 Total 0 0 0 0 2004 Total 0 0 0 0 2003 Daily Rate 0 0 0 0 2004 Daily Rate 0 0 0 0 Change (%)0 0 0 0 Continued: 1 > 2 > 3 Home Orders Staff Calendar Contact Us Webmaster http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/ADMIN/ogc/annual/2004/Oil_Pools/Katalla%20-%20Oil/1_Oil_1.htm [3/20/2008 4:49:25 PM] Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commisssion - Pool Statistics, Unit and Pool Home Orders Staff Calendar Contact Us AOGCC Pool Statistics Katalla Field, Katalla Oil Pool Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission > Annual Reports > Pool Statistics - 2004: Updated 11 July 2005 Page: 1 > 2 > 3 EOR Injection:Disposal Injection in Field: Gas (Mcf)Water Disposed Fluids Cumulative 0 0 Cumulative 0 2001 Total 0 0 2001 Total 0 2002 Total 0 0 2002 Total 0 2003 Total 0 0 2003 Total 0 2004 Total 0 0 2004 Total 0 2003 Rate (per day) 0 0 2003 Rate (per day) 0 2004 Rate (per day) 0 0 2004 Rate (per day) 0 Change (%) 0 0 Change (%) 0 Field Development Information: Wells In Field Type Well Status 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Producer Oil Producer 0 0 0 0 0 Injector Water Injector 0 0 0 0 0 Gas Injector 0 0 0 0 0 WAG Injector 0 0 0 0 0 Water Supply 0 0 0 0 0 Disposal 0 0 0 0 0 Non-Operating Suspended 1 1 1 1 1 Abandoned 27 27 27 27 27 Total 28 28 28 28 28 Active Completions in Pool (Month of December): Type Well Status 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Oil Producer Flowing 0 0 0 0 0 Gas Lift 0 0 0 0 0 Shut-In 0 0 0 0 0 Service Well Water Injector 0 0 0 0 0 Gas Injector 0 0 0 0 0 WAG Injector 0 0 0 0 0 Water Supply 0 0 0 0 0 Shut-In 0 0 0 0 0 Disposal Undef.Disposal Injector 0 0 0 0 0 Shut-In 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 0 0 Continued: 1 > 2 > 3 Home Orders Staff Calendar Contact Us Webmaster http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/ADMIN/ogc/annual/2004/Oil_Pools/Katalla%20-%20Oil/1_Oil_2.htm [3/20/2008 4:49:40 PM] Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commisssion - Pool Statistics, Unit and Pool Home Orders Staff Calendar Contact Us AOGCC Pool Statistics Katalla Field, Katalla Oil Pool Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission > Annual Reports > Pool Statistics - 2004: Updated 22 July 2005 Page: 1 > 2 > 3 Permitted Wells in Field: Type Well Status 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Development New 0 0 0 0 0 Sidetrack 0 0 0 0 0 Multilateral 0 0 0 0 0 Service New 0 0 0 0 0 Sidetrack 0 0 0 0 0 Multilateral 0 0 0 0 0 Exploration New 0 0 0 0 0 Sidetrack 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 0 0 Reservoir Properties: Description 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Reference Datum - ft. below sea level - ---- Temperature - ° F - -- - - Porosity - % - -- - - Permeability - md - - - - - Swi - % - - - - - Oil Viscosity @ Orig. Press. cp - - - - - Oil Viscosity @ Sat. Press. cp ----- Orig. Press. - psi ---- Bubble Point - psi ----- Current Reservoir Press. - psi ----- Oil Gravity - ° API ----- Gas Specific Gravity (Air = 1.0)40-44 40-44 40-44 40-44 40-44 Gross Pay - ft.----- Net Pay - ft.----- Orig. FVF - RB/STB ----- Bubble Point FVF - RB/STB ----- Orig. GOR - SCF/STB ----- GOR (avg. December) - SCF/STB ----- References / Summary Continued: 1 > 2 > 3 Home Orders Staff Calendar Contact Us Webmaster http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/ADMIN/ogc/annual/2004/Oil_Pools/Katalla%20-%20Oil/1_Oil_3.htm [3/20/2008 4:49:49 PM] Location No. Company and Well Name or Number Location Year Depth Formation penetrated Results and Remarks 1 Alaska Steam Coal & Petroleum Syndicate (ASC&PS)(A) Katalla Field 1901 270 Katalla Fm. Abandoned, tools lost. Show of oil. 2 ASC&PS (1)Katalla Field 1902-03 550 Katalla Fm. Discovery of well at Katalla field:struck flow of oil at 366 ft in 1902. Produced intermittently 1902- 1933 3 ASC&PS (2)Katalla Field 1903 1,000 Katalla Fm. Oil at 700 ft. Produced intermittently 1912-33. 4 Alaska Petroleum and Coal Co. 1 (110) Near head of Katalla Slough 1903 1,710 Katalla Fm. Abandoned at limit of drilling equipment. Small shows of oil reported. 5 Alaska Petroleum and Coal Co. 2 (111) Katalla River 1903 280 Quaternary unconsolidated deposits Abandoned. 6 Company not known East shore of Bering River 1903 580 Quaternary unconsolidated deposits Abandoned. 7 ASC&PS (3)Katalla Field 1904 900 Katalla Fm. Produced 1912-33. 8 ASC&PS (8)Katalla Field 1904 unknown Katalla Fm. Not known; probably abandoned at shallow depth. 9 ASC&PS (c)Katalla Field 1904 unknown Katalla Fm. Not known; probably abandoned at shallow depth. 10 ASC&PS (103)Chilkat Creek 1904 400 Katalla Fm. Abandoned, tools lost. 11 ASC&PS (104)Near mouth of Chilkat Creek 1904 650 Katalla Fm. Abandoned; tools lost? Shows of oil and gas. 12 ASC&PS (105)Near mouth of Chilkat Creek 1904 800 Katalla Fm. Shows of oil and gas; not tested for production? 13 ASC&PS (108)Mitcher Creek 1904 1,000 Katalla Fm. Show of oil; not tested for production. 14 Alaska Petroleum & Coal Co. 3 Near Katalla 1904 1,500 Katalla Fm. Abandoned. 15 Clarence Cunningham 1 (106) Near Point Hey 1904 unknown Quaternary unconsolated Abandoned at shallow depth. 16 Clarence Cunningham 2 (107) Near Point Hey 1904 unknown Tokun Fm. Abandoned at depth of several hundred feet. 17 Alaska Petroleum & Coal Co. 4 (113) Near Katalla 1905-06 unknown Katalla Fm. Abandoned at depth probably exceeding 1,500 ft. 18 Rathbun well (101) West shore of Bering Lake 1905-6 1,700 Eocene, Tokun(?) Fm. Abandoned; small flow of gas in 1945. 19 Alaska Petroleum & Coal Co. 5 (114) Near Katalla Sough 1907 1,600 Katalla Fm. Abandoned. 20 Alaska Coal Co. 1 (115) Mirror Slough 1911-17 1,040 Orca Group(?) Abandoned. Shows of oil and gas at 710 ft. 21 Alaska Coal Co. 2 (116) Mirror Slough unk 272 Katalla Fm. Abandoned. 22 Alaska Coal Co. 3 (117) Mirror Slough unk 250 Katalla Fm. (no record) 23 Amalgamated Development Co. (4) Katalla Field 1912 690 Katalla Fm. Oil between 400 and 500 ft; produced 1912-33 24 Amalgamated Development Co. (5) Katalla Field 1912 1,000 Katalla Fm. Oil at 650 and 800 ft; produced 1912- 22 Wells Drilled for Petroleum in the Katalla District Compiled by Carol Huber, US Forest Service from USGS Map MF-722, by Don J. Miller, 1975; Locations 47 and 48 added by S. Davies, AOGCC. Location No. Company and Well Name or Number Location Year Depth Formation penetrated Results and Remarks Wells Drilled for Petroleum in the Katalla District Compiled by Carol Huber, US Forest Service from USGS Map MF-722, by Don J. Miller, 1975; Locations 47 and 48 added by S. Davies, AOGCC. 25 Amalgamated Development Co. (6) Katalla Field 1912 100 Katalla Fm. Abandoned, tools lost. 26 Amalgamated Development Co. (7) Katalla Field 1912 645 Katalla Fm. Oil at 300 to 450 ft; produced 1912- 33 27 Amalgamated Development Co. (8) Katalla Field 1913 1,100 Katalla Fm. Small amounts of oil between 700 and 800 ft; produced briefly in 1917. 28 St. Elias Oil Co. (9) Katalla Field 1917 1,810 Katalla Fm. Abandoned; small amounts of oil at 650 and 1,000 ft; gas at 350 ft 29 St. Elias Oil Co. (109) Near Katalla Field 1917 1,613 Katalla Fm. Abandoned, caving. Small amounts of oil at 1,050, 1,230, and 1,613 ft, gas at 260, 290, 460, and 1,520 ft. 30 St. Elias Oil Co. (11) Katalla Field 1918 1,130 Katalla Fm. Oil at 490 and 590 to 1,000 ft, gas at 380 and 475 ft; produced 1918-33 31 St. Elias Oil Co. (12) Katalla Field 1918 903 Katalla Fm. Oil at 330, 430, 590 ft; produced 1918-33 32 St. Elias Oil Co. (13) Katalla Field 1918-19 900 Katalla Fm. Oil at 635 and 770 ft. Gas at 637 ft; produced 1919-33 33 St. Elias Oil Co. (14) Katalla Field 1919-20 2,265 Katalla Fm. Abandoned; show of oil and gas 34 Chilkat Oil Co.Katalla Field 1920 740 Miocene and(or) Oilgocene, Katalla Fm. Oil at 365, 510, and 740 ft. Produced 1920-33 35 Chilkat Oil Co.Katalla Field 1920 903 Katalla Fm. Produced 1920-33 36 Chilkat Oil Co.Katalla Field 1921 1,000 Katalla Fm. Produced 1921-33 37 Chilkat Oil Co.Katalla Field 1921-22 1,465 Katalla Fm. Produced 1922-33 38 Chilkat Oil Co.Katalla Field 1922 1,202 Katalla Fm. Produced 1922-33 39 Chilkat Oil Co.Katalla Field 1922 1,751 Katalla Fm. Produced 1922-33 40 Chilkat Oil Co.Katalla Field 1923? 1,280 Katalla Fm. Produced 1923?-33 41 Chilkat Oil Co.Katalla Field 1925 1,160 Katalla Fm. Produced 1925-33 42 Chilkat Oil Co.Katalla Field 1925-26 2,350 Katalla Fm. Abandoned. 43 Chilkat Oil Co.Near Katalla Field 1931-32 2,005 Katalla Fm. Abandoned. Show of gas. 44 Alaska Gulf Syndicate Johnson 1 (111) Nichawak Mountain 1930 190 Katalla Fm. Abandoned. 45 Richfield Oil Corp. East side Bering River 1961 6,175 Katalla Fm. Dry and abandoned 46 Richfield Oil Corp. Near outlet of Bering Lake 1961-62 6,019 Katalla Fm. Dry and abandoned 47 Panoil Company Katalla Bay 1969 426 Not reported Abandoned because of serious danger of collapsing the drilling barge in heavy surf. 48 Alaskan Crude Corp. Katalla Field 1985-86 1,838 Katalla Fm. Suspended Reference List KATALLA, KATALLA OIL Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 2005, Well and Production Information Database Huber, C., 2005, Wells Drilled for Petroleum in the Katalla District, compiled by Carol Huber, US Forest Service from USGS Map MF-722, by Don J. Miller, 1975. Panoil Company, 1969, Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells form filed with Division of Oil and Gas on August 29, 1969, in AOGCC Well History File 169-077. Petroleum News, 1997, Katalla: The Native Word for Oil, in Katalla to Prudhoe Bay: An Entertaining Look at the History of the Oil and Gas Industry in Alaska, Petroleum News Special Publication. U.S. Forest Service, 2001, Katalla Oil and Gas, informational handout. U.S. Forest Service, 2002, Katalla Oil And Gas Exploration, Revised Environmental Assessment, Chugach National Forest, September 24, 2002, online at: http://www.fs.fed.us/r10/chugach/katalla/katalla.html 9/12/2005 Page 1 of 1 Katalla, Katalla Oil Pool Summary The Katalla Oil Field lies 2-1/2 miles east of the village of Katalla and 50 miles southeast of Cordova. It was the first commercial oil development in Alaska, with first production reportedly occurring in 1902.1 Prior to 1931, forty-four wells were reportedly drilled in the area. Of these, twenty-eight wells lay within the Katalla field, and 18 were produced. A small refinery was built approximately 1 mile northwest of the field, and it operated from 1911 until 1933. A total of 154,000 barrels were produced and sold locally, but on Christmas Day, 1933 the refinery burned and was never rebuilt.2 During 1961, Richfield Oil Corporation drilled the Bering Unit No. 1 and No. 2 wells, which are located about 9 miles to the east and northeast. Both wells were drilled slightly deeper than 6,000’ measured depth, then plugged and abandoned. During 1969, Panoil Company began drilling the Katalla State No. 1 exploratory well in Katalla Bay. The well was drilled to a depth of 426’, casing was run to 422’ and cemented, when the drilling crew noted numerous failures in the structural members of the barge. The well was plugged and abandoned, and the casing was cut off 6’ below the mud line.3 In 1985 and 1986, Alaskan Crude Corporation drilled the Katalla KS-01 exploratory well to a depth of 1,838’. That well remains shut-in.4 Under the 1982 “Chugach Natives, Incorporated Settlement Agreement,” Chugach Alaska Corporation was granted exclusive right to all the oil and gas in the Katalla Oil and Gas area until midnight, December 31, 2004. At that time, the land is scheduled to revert to the United States, unless a well capable of producing in paying quantities has been completed.5 Oil and gas seeps occur along the Gulf of Alaska coastline. Local Native inhabitants undoubtedly discovered these seeps, but Tom White is credited with the discovery of oil at Katalla in 1896.6 Most of the wells in the Katalla district, including the discovery well, were drilled on oil seeps or near other producing wells. Wells in the field are believed to have produced from fractured sandstone and siltstone within the shaley middle part of the Katalla Formation, at depths ranging from 360' to 1,750'. Comparable zones of fractured rocks along faults or folds elsewhere in the Katalla district appear to offer the best possibilities for accumulations of oil in quantity equal to or larger than the Katalla oil field. Most of the known anticlines are of small amplitude, are tightly compressed, and lack structural closure.7 SFD Revised 7/22/2005 1 Petroleum News, 1997, Katalla: The Native Word for Oil, in Katalla to Prudhoe Bay: An Entertaining Look at the History of the Oil and Gas Industry in Alaska, Petroleum News Special Publication. 2 U.S. Forest Service, 2001, Katalla Oil and Gas, informational handout. 3 Panoil Company, 1969, Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells form filed with Division of Oil and Gas on August 29, 1969, in AOGCC Well History File 169-077. 4 Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 2005, Well and Production Information Database and Well History Files 5 U.S. Forest Service, 2001, Katalla Oil and Gas, informational handout. 6 Petroleum News, 1997, Katalla: The Native Word for Oil, in Katalla to Prudhoe Bay: An Entertaining Look at the History of the Oil and Gas Industry in Alaska, Petroleum News Special Publication. 7 USGS Open File Report 50 p. 63-64 and USGS Open File Report 75-508