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1. December 21, 2021 Vision Alaska Operating, LLC Application
2. January 27 2022 Notice of Hearing, Affidavit of publication, bulk mail list,
3. ---------------------- Emails
4. February 15, 2022 Transcript and Vision presentation
5. August 31, 2022 EPA Review and approval
STATE OF ALASKA
ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
333 West 7th Avenue, Suite 100
Anchorage Alaska 99501
Re:THE APPLICATION OF Vision Alaska
Operating, LLC for an Aquifer Exemption
Order for Tyonek Formation aquifers within
the North Fork Unit in Sections 25, 26, 35,
and 36, Township 4 South, Range 14 West,
Seward Meridian, in conformance with 20
AAC 25.440.
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Docket Number: AEO-21-001
Aquifer Exemption Order 17
Tyonek Formation
North Fork Unit
North Fork Field
Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska
July 20, 2022
IT APPEARING THAT:
1. By application received December 21, 2021 (Application), Vision Operating, LLC (Vision),
operator of the North Fork Unit, requested an order from the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation
Commission (AOGCC) exempting aquifers within the North Fork Unit in Sections 25, 26, 35,
and 36, Township 4 South, Range 14 West, Seward Meridian, Kenai Peninsula Borough,
Alaska.
2. The AOGCC has authority to issue an aquifer exemption. Review by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is also required. 20 AAC 25.440.
3. Pursuant to 20 AAC 25.540, the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC)
scheduled a public hearing for February 15, 2022. On January 27, 2022, the AOGCC published
notice of that hearing on the State of Alaska’s Online Public Notice website and on the
AOGCC’s website, electronically transmitted the notice to all persons on the AOGCC’s email
distribution list and mailed printed copies of the Notice of Public Hearing to all persons on the
AOGCC’s mailing distribution list. On January 30, 2022, the notice was published in the
Anchorage Daily News.
4. At the February 15, 2022 hearing, Vision provided testimony and presented evidence in
support of its application. The hearing record was left open until February 25, 2022 for Vision
to respond to AOGCC’s requests for additional information.
5. On February 21, 2022, Vision submitted the requested information as well as an affidavit dated
February 17, 2022 stating all surface owners within one quarter mile of the existing NFU 23-
25 well were provided a copy of the application for disposal. The hearing record closed.
6. In response to additional questions from AOGCC, on June 9, 2022, Vision submitted additional
information regarding specific faults mapped within the North Fork Unit.
7. Vision’s testimony, application, submitted information, and AOGCC’s public records are the
basis for this order.
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FINDINGS:
1. Operator: Vision operates the North Fork Unit (NFU), which is located within the Kenai
Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
2. Description of the North Fork Unit and Wells: The NFU central drilling and production pad
lies about seven miles east and slightly north of the community of Anchor Point on the Kenai
Peninsula. This pad lies also about 1-1/4 miles southwest of the Village of Nikolaevsk. The
NFU currently contains eight natural gas development wells (Figure 1). Six of these wells are
currently producing and two are shut in (NFU 23-25 and NFU 41-35). Vision has selected one
of the shut-in wells, NFU 23-25, for conversion to disposal injection in the Tyonek Formation
(Tyonek).
Figure 1. Index Map – North Fork Unit Area
The black polygon represents the North Fork Unit boundary; the yellow fill represents
Vision’s requested aquifer exemption area; the circles represent a radius of
2,000 feet from the top of the planned disposal interval (red circle)
and the base of the planned disposal interval (blue circle).
NFU 23-25 was directionally drilled during 2012 toward the northeast as an “S-shaped” well
that was drilled vertically to about 600 feet measured depth (MD), then inclined up to 40
degrees from vertical while drilling to a depth of about 6,000 feet MD (about -4,250 feet true
vertical feet subsea, or TVDSS 1), and then dropped back to vertical while drilling between
1 To avoid confusion, when depths presented represent true vertical depth subsea (i.e., true vertical feet depth below mean low-
low seawater level), the footage will be preceded by a negative sign and followed by the acronym TVDSS (e.g., 6,040 feet true
vertical subsea will be depicted as -4,285 feet TVDSS). All depth- and thickness-related footages presented herein for the proposed
exempted interval and the associated confining intervals refer to reference well NFU 23-25 (API Number 50-231-20037-00-00).
0 1 mile
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about 7,600’ MD and the total depth of the well at 10,785 feet MD (about -5,755 feet and
-8,963 feet TVDSS, respectively). NFU 23-25 was originally drilled to develop gas within the
Tyonek. However, following completion and perforation, the well did not flow, and it was shut
in for additional evaluation for future use.
3. Extent of Requested Aquifer Exemption Area: Vision’s requested area for aquifer exemption
consists of those portions of Sections 25, 26, 35, and 36 of Township 4 South, Range 14 West,
Seward Meridian that lie within the NFU.
4. Notification of Affected Owners: Vision provided AOGCC an affidavit affirming that 71
surface owners with a one-quarter mile radius of the existing NFU drilling and production pad
were provided a copy of the application. AOGCC’s notification process is described above.
5. Affected Strata:Vision’srequest for freshwater aquifer exemption is for portions of theTyonek
that are stratigraphically equivalent to the interval from 6,040 to 10,140 feet MD in well NFU
23-25 (API Number 50-231-20037-00-00). These measured depths are equivalent to -4,285
and -8,296 TVDSS, respectively. Geographic locations for the well and the top and bottom of
the proposed exempted interval within well NFU 23-25 are:
NFU 23-35 Well Locations Latitude (NAD83) Longitude (NAD83)
Wellhead 59.795766299 -151.631455998
Proposed Exemption Top (6,040’ MD) 59.798920658 -151.615488971
Proposed Exemption Base (10,140’ MD) 59.799306985 -151.613293383
6. Geology: The proposed exempted aquifers and confining strata are Tertiary-aged, fluvial-
derived sedimentary deposits assigned to the Tyonek. This formation accounts for a significant
portion of commercial oil and gas production in the Cook Inlet Basin. Disposal is planned
within two intervals that are informally designated as Zone 2 and Zone 1, in descending
stratigraphic order.
a. Zone 2:
Upper confinement and fracture-arrest for proposed exempted Zone 2 consists of about
190 true vertical feet of laterally continuous, low permeability shale layers and thin
coal seams that lie between 6,040 to 6,265 feet MD (-4,285 and -4,475 feet TVDSS).
Vision’s planned injection Zone 2 lies between 6,265 to 7,116 feet MD (-4,285 and
-5,276 feet TVDSS). This zone generally consists of six individual fluvial sandstone
layers enclosed by low permeability shale and coal.
Lower confinement for proposed exempted Zone 2 consists of about 195 true vertical
feet of laterally continuous, low permeability shale layers and thin coal seams that lie
between 7,116 feet MD to 7,317 feet MD (-4,285 and -5,475 feet TVDSS).
b. Zone 1:
Upper confinement for proposed exempted Zone 1 consists of about 288 true vertical
feet of laterally continuous, low permeability shale layers and thin coal seams that lie
between 8,540 to 8,830 feet MD (-6,697 and -6,987 feet TVDSS).
Vision’s planned injection Zone 1 lies between 8,830 to 9,930 feet MD (-6,987 and
-8,086 feet TVDSS). This zone generally consists of seven individual fluvial sandstone
layers encased in relatively impermeable shale and coal.
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Lower confinement and fracture-arrest for proposed exempted Zone 1 consists of about
208 true vertical feet of laterally continuous, low permeability shale layers and thin
coal seams that lie between 9,930 to 10,140 feet MD (-8,086 and -8,296 feet TVDSS).
Maps provided within Vision’s application depict the structure atop the two proposed injection
zones. Two faults shown on these maps will likely impact distribution of the fluids injected
into Zone 1, the deeper of the proposed injection intervals. The larger, down-to-the-southwest
normal fault, informally termed “Bravo” fault, has a vertical displacement range of up to 225
feet. Vision testified this fault seals vertically and laterally, as it separates down-thrown gas
production in the main field fault block (to the southwest) from a separate, up-thrown block
(to the northeast) that contains only minor amounts of gas. This fault begins in the Hemlock
and extends upward to about 750 feet MD (about 750 feet TVD or -20 feet TVDSS) on seismic
data. As detailed in Item 8, below, there are no drinking water wells within one-quarter mile
of NFU 23-25. There are, however, two drinking water wells lie within one-half mile of NFU
23-25. The deepest of these lies about 2,200 from NFU 23-25 and it is 143 feet deep (about
+537 feet TVDSS), which is over 600 vertical feet above the shallowest extent of the Bravo
fault. According to Vision, the second, smaller, down-to-the-southwest normal fault—
informally termed “Popeye” fault—begins in the Hemlock, extends upward to 4,400 feet MD
(about 3,700 feet TVD or -3,014 feet TVDSS), has a vertical displacement of 50 feet or less,
and seals both vertically and laterally.
It is highly unlikely that the Bravo or Popeye faults will provide vertical migration pathways
for injected fluids, as evidenced by the minor amounts of productive hydrocarbons encountered
on the up-thrown side of the Bravo and Popeye faults. The planned disposal injection intervals
are separated from the shallow fresh water aquifers by more than 3,000 feet of Beluga
Formation which, according to the mud log recorded in the NFU 23-25 well, consists
predominantly (more than 70 percent) of thin beds of siltstone and tuffaceous siltstone with
lesser amounts of carbonaceous shale and coal. In addition, the uppermost Tyonek Formation
in NFU 23-25 contains about 180 feet of carbonaceous shale, siltstone, and coal that will
provide top seal layers. Within the very shale and siltstone intervals that lie beneath the
shallow aquifers, gouge zones formed adjacent to and along the fault planes will prevent lateral
and vertical migration of injected fluids.
NFU 23-25 is currently perforated in two sands within the deeper planned injection zone (Zone
1, sands 1-G and 1-F). Vision will perforate and inject wastes into the Zone 1 sands until
capacity is reached. When that occurs, the six identified sands in overlying Zone 2 will be
perforated and used for further injection. Vision estimates the maximum radius for injection is
1,200 feet from the point of injection, the capacity of Zone 1 is 12.5 million barrels, and the
combined capacity of Zones 1 and 2 is about 47 million barrels.
7. Requested Affected Area: Vision’s request for aquifer exemption states that the Tyonek
aquifers extend throughout the NFU. Vision requests the AOGCC grant an Aquifer Exemption
to include all portions of Sections 25, 26, 35, and 36 in Township 04S, Range 14 West, Seward
Meridian that lie within the boundaries of the North Fork Unit, an area encompassing
approximately three square miles or about 1,920 acres.
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8. Nearby Drinking Water Wells: The State of Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources has
records for 8 registered shallow water wells and 6 subsurface water rights certificates issued
within Vision’s proposed exemption area and 20 additional wells located outside of the NFU
that lie within one-half mile of the exterior NFU boundary. The deepest of the wells was drilled
197 feet below ground surface. The other wells range in depth from 7 to 180 feet below ground
surface, with most (about 75 percent) being shallower than 130 feet below ground surface.
Alaska’s Division of Mining, Land and Water has location information for these shallow water
wells.2 There are no drinking water wells within one-quarter mile of NFU 23-25. Two wells
lie within one-half mile of NFU 23-25. One of these wells
3 is 64 feet deep and lies about 1,700
feet southeast from the surface location of NFU 23-25.
4 The second drinking water well 5 is
143 feet deep and it is located about 2,200 feet from the bottom-hole location of NFU 23-25.
9. Formation Water Salinity: Based on well log calculations and water sample information,
Vision concludes that the total dissolved solids (TDS) concentration of natural formation
waters within the proposed exempted interval inside the proposed exemption area are greater
than 3,000 mg/l.Vision’s conclusion is supported by water-sample analyses provided in their
Application, by public-domain well records, and by well-log calculations by Vision and other
sources.6
10. Suitability of Sediments as Drinking Water Aquifers: Pursuant to 20 AAC 25.440 (a)(1),
Vision’s request for an aquifer exemption is supported by the following:
a. the North Fork area has plentiful subsurface groundwater;
b. aquifers within the proposed exempted interval are more than 4,500 feet below ground
level, making recovery of drinking water from them economically impractical;
c. Tyonek aquifers and interbedded shale and siltstone layers within the proposed
exempted interval commonly contain small, non-commercial quantities of methane
gas;7 and
d. well log calculations and water analyses indicate that beneath a depth of about 700 feet
below ground level (roughly equivalent to sea level) TDS concentrations are greater
than 3,000 mg/l in natural formation waters within the proposed exempted interval
inside the proposed exemption area.
11. Protection of Aquifers by Existing Wells: Eight gas development wells lie within the NFU.
Daily drilling operations, casing, cementing, and testing records along with cement-evaluation
2 Sources: DNR’s Well Log Tracking System database, which is available on the Internet at https://mapper.dnr.alaska.gov/
3 Drinking water well Outlook L11 (WELTS log ID 1579)
4 Sources: Division of Mining, Land and Water website at http://www.navmaps.alaska.gov/AlaskaLandStatus/and DNR Land
Administration System Case File No. ADL 42528
5 Drinking water well Hoot Owl Min Ranch 2 L14B (WELTS log ID 27840).
6 Vision provided laboratory analyses for five water samples from the Tyonek Formation within North Fork Unit. TDS
concentrations in four of those samples range between more than 8,200 and 37,500 mg/l. Analytical results for the
fifth sample are limited to the total concentration for cations, which exceeds 4,176 mg/l.Well-log calculations in the
public record by Armstrong Cook Inlet, LLC and Schlumberger, and additional, corroborating calculations by AOGCC all indicate
that natural formation waters in NFU 32-35 beneath about 700’ MD (approximately equivalent to sea level and about 700
feet below ground level) exceed 3,000 mg/l. (The results range from 4,000 to 20,000 mg/l for 16 selected sands within the
Sterling, Beluga, and Tyonek Formations in wells NFU 32-25, NFU 23-25, NFU 34-26, NFU 24-26, and NFU 42-35).
7 Source: Mud logs for the proposed exempted interval in well NFU 23-35 and equivalent strata in nearby well NFU 41-35.
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logs and volumetric calculations demonstrate that each gas well within the NFU was drilled
and is constructed in a manner that protects aquifers.8
12. Volume Affected by Disposal Injection Operations: The area affected by disposal injection
operations will extend a maximum of 1,200 feet from the NFU 23-35 well bore9 based on the
following assumptions:
a. Injected fluids uniformly move radially away from perforations in the NFU 23-25 wellbore,
b. Zone 1 average porosity is 15.7 percent and average permeability is 3.0 millidarcies10,
c. Zone 2 average porosity is 18.3 percent and average permeability is 6.3 millidarcies,
d. Porosity and permeability of the receiving sands are homogeneous in all directions, and
e. Cumulative fluids disposed in Zones 1 and 2 over the anticipated 30-year life of the current
NFU development is 15.2 million barrels.
13. Concurrence of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Pursuant to 20 AAC 25.440
(d) (1), the EPA was provided the opportunity to review this order prior to issuance.
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CONCLUSIONS:
1. Tyonek aquifers within the proposed exemption area do not currently serve as sources of
drinking water. All known and foreseeable ground water consumption from the NFU vicinity
is consistent with plentiful groundwater resources occurring above a depth of 200 feet below
ground surface.
2. The aquifers occurring in the proposed exempted interval within the proposed exemption area
cannot reasonably be expected to serve as underground sources of drinking water as those
portions of aquifers occurring in the proposed exempted interval contain TDS concentrations
greater than 3,000 mg/l, commonly contain small, non-commercial amounts of methane gas,
and are situated at locations and depths that make recovery of formation waters for drinking
water purposes economically impractical.
3. Casing, cement evaluation, and cementing records and logs indicate shallow aquifers will be
protected by the existing NFU wells and that those wells will not provide conduits for injected
fluids to migrate from the injection zones.
4. Confining intervals bracketing the injection zones have sufficient thickness and lateral
continuity to prevent out-of-zone migration of injected fluids. The nearby Bravo and Popeye
faults are laterally and vertically sealing, and they will not provide migration pathways from
the injection zones into other strata or freshwater aquifers.
5. The aquifers occurring in the proposed exempted interval within the proposed exemption area
qualify as exempt freshwater aquifers under 20 AAC 25.440(a)(1)(A), 20 AAC 25.440
(a)(1)(B), and 20 AAC 25.440(a)(2).
6. Vision’s request for an Affected Area encompassing three square miles is not warranted. An
area extending a radius of 2,000 feet from the NFU 23-25 wellbore beginning at the top of the
uppermost confining layer for Zone 2 (at 6,040’ MD,-4,285 feet TVDSS) and continuingalong
the wellbore to the base of the lowermost confining layer for Zone 1 (at 10,140’ MD, -8,296
8 See AOGCC’s Disposal Injection Order No. 45 issued April 18, 2022, available at http://aogweb.state.ak.us/WebLinkSearch.
9 See Vision’s application, page H-1.
10 Average porosity and permeability values determined from Vision’s public testimony Slide 14.
11 U.S. EPA, 2022, email from R. Gross, EPA, to S. Davies, AOGCC, May 31, 2022, “RE: DRAFT Aquifer Exemption for North
Fork Unit, Alaska (1 of 3)”
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feet TVDSS) will be sufficient to accommodate non-uniform porosity, permeability, or fluid-
displacement trends within the affected disposal injection intervals and still remain inside the
current NFU boundaries. The extent of the Affected Area for this order can be re-evaluated
and amended in the future, if necessary.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED THAT aquifers occurring in the Tyonek Formation
that are stratigraphically equivalent to the interval from 6,040 to 10,140 feet MD in well NFU 23-
25(API Number 50-231-20037-00-00)and located within the area that lies within a radius of 2,000
feet of that well are exempt for the purposes of Class II waste disposal operations as provided by
20 AAC 25.440.
This order is not effective until the United States Environmental Protection Agency has been
provided the opportunity to review the order and has either approved or has not acted upon it
pursuant to 40 C.F.R. 144.7(b)(3).12
This Order does not authorize the injection of any fluids or gas within the exemption area.Disposal
Injection Order No. 45 governs injection operations within the Affected Area described above.
DONE at Anchorage, Alaska and dated July 20, 2022.
Jeremy M. Price Daniel T. Seamount, Jr. Jessie L. Chmielowski
Chair, Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner
RECONSIDERATION AND APPEAL NOTICE
As provided in AS 31.05.080(a), within 20 days after written notice of the entry of this order or decision, or such further time as the AOGCC
grants for good cause shown, a person affected by it may file with the AOGCC an application for reconsideration of the matter determined by it.
If the notice was mailed, then the period of time shall be 23 days. An application for reconsideration must set out the respect in which the order or
decision is believed to be erroneous.
The AOGCC shall grant or refuse the application for reconsideration in whole or in part within 10 days after it is filed. Failure to act on it within
10-days is a denial of reconsideration. If the AOGCC denies reconsideration, upon denial, this order or decision and the denial of reconsideration
are FINAL and may be appealed to superior court. The appeal MUST be filed within 33 days after the date on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30
days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision denying reconsideration, UNLESS the denial is by inaction, in which case the
appeal MUST be filed within 40 days after the date on which the application for reconsideration was filed.
If the AOGCC grants an application for reconsideration, this order or decision does not become final. Rather, the order or decision on
reconsideration will be the FINAL order or decision of the AOGCC, and it may be appealed to superior court. That appeal MUST be filed within
33 days after the date on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision on reconsideration.
In computing a period of time above, the date of the event or default after which the designated period begins to run is not included in the period;
the last day of the period is included, unless it falls on a weekend or state holiday, in which event the period runs until 5:00 p.m. on the next day
that does not fall on a weekend or state holiday.
12 20 AAC 25.440. Freshwater aquifer exemption (d) A commission order designating a freshwater aquifer or a portion of it as an
exempt freshwater aquifer is not effective with respect to underground disposal or storage operations subject to 20 AAC 25.252
or injection operations subject to 20 AAC 25.402 until the United States Environmental Protection Agency has been provided the
opportunity to review the order under 40 C.F.R. 144.7(b)(3) and has (1) approved the order, if it was issued under (a)(1) of this
section; or (2) has allowed the applicable time period within which to disapprove the order to expire without acting on it, if the
order was issued under (a)(2) of this section.
Dan Seamount
Digitally signed by
Dan Seamount
Date: 2022.07.20
09:41:00 -08'00'
Jessie L.
Chmielowski
Digitally signed by
Jessie L. Chmielowski
Date: 2022.07.20
10:25:05 -08'00'
Jeremy
Price
Digitally signed by
Jeremy Price
Date: 2022.07.20
12:04:03 -08'00'
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
REGION 10
1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 155
Seattle, WA 98101-3123 WATER
DIVISION
August 31, 2022
Mr. Jeremy Price
Commissioner, Chair
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
DELIVERED BY E-MAIL TO: jeremy.price@alaska.gov
Re: U.S. EPA Concurrence with State of Alaska Aquifer Exemption Order
AEO 17 - Tyonek Formation, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Dear Mr. Price:
On July 20, 2022, the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) issued Aquifer
Exemption Order (AEO) 17 to exempt aquifers occurring in the Tyonek Formation that are
stratigraphically equivalent to the interval from 6,040 to 10,140 feet measured depth in well NFU 23-25
(API Number 50-231-20037-00-00) and located within a radius of 2,000 feet of that well. This
exemption is for purposes of Class II waste disposal. AOGCC submitted AEO 17 and supporting
documents to EPA for review on July 25, 2022.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reviewed AEO 17 and the supporting documents
submitted by AOGCC. This information demonstrates that the portions of aquifers in the area proposed
for exemption meet the criteria for an underground source of drinking water (USDW) in 40 Code of
Federal Regulation (CFR) § 146.3. Further, the portions of aquifers also meet the criteria for exempted
aquifers in § 146.4 (a) and (c) and may be determined by AOGCC under § 144.7 to be an exempted
aquifer.
In accordance with § 144.7(b)(2), EPA concurs with the issuance of AEO 17 by AOGCC. If you have
any questions about the EPA concurrence, please contact EPA’s UIC Specialist Evan Osborne (206-553-
1747, osborne.evan@epa.gov).
Sincerely,
Mathew J. Martinson
CAPT USPHS
Branch Chief, Permitting, Drinking Water &
Infrastructure Branch
Ecc: Chris Wallace, Senior Petroleum Engineer, AOGCC (chris.wallace@alaska.gov)
Steve Davies, Senior Petroleum Geologist, AOGCC (steve.davies@alaska.gov)
MATHEW
MARTINSON
Digitally signed by
MATHEW MARTINSON
Date: 2022.08.31
12:07:13 -07'00'
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Prysunka, Anne E (OGC)
From:Carlisle, Samantha J (OGC)
Sent:Wednesday, July 20, 2022 12:45 PM
To:AOGCC_Public_Notices
Subject:Aquifer Exemption Order 17 (Vision Operating, NFU)
Attachments:aeo17.pdf
THE APPLICATION OF Vision Alaska Operating, LLC for an Aquifer Exemption Order for Tyonek
Formation aquifers within the North Fork Unit in Sections 25, 26, 35, and 36, Township 4 South, Range 14
West, Seward Meridian, in conformance with 20 AAC 25.440.
Thank you,
Samantha Carlisle
AOGCC Special Assistant
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
333 West 7th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 793-1223
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Prysunka, Anne E (OGC)
From:Carlisle, Samantha J (OGC)
Sent:Wednesday, July 20, 2022 12:48 PM
To:Steve Hennigan; 'bbritch'
Subject:AEO 17
Attachments:aeo17.pdf
Please see attached.
Thank you,
Samantha
Bernie Karl
K&K Recycling Inc.
P.O. Box 58055
Fairbanks, AK 99711
mailed 7/20/22
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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
REGION 10
1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 155
Seattle, WA 98101-3123 WATER
DIVISION
August 31, 2022
Mr. Jeremy Price
Commissioner, Chair
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
DELIVERED BY E-MAIL TO: jeremy.price@alaska.gov
Re: U.S. EPA Concurrence with State of Alaska Aquifer Exemption Order
AEO 17 - Tyonek Formation, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Dear Mr. Price:
On July 20, 2022, the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) issued Aquifer
Exemption Order (AEO) 17 to exempt aquifers occurring in the Tyonek Formation that are
stratigraphically equivalent to the interval from 6,040 to 10,140 feet measured depth in well NFU 23-25
(API Number 50-231-20037-00-00) and located within a radius of 2,000 feet of that well. This
exemption is for purposes of Class II waste disposal. AOGCC submitted AEO 17 and supporting
documents to EPA for review on July 25, 2022.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reviewed AEO 17 and the supporting documents
submitted by AOGCC. This information demonstrates that the portions of aquifers in the area proposed
for exemption meet the criteria for an underground source of drinking water (USDW) in 40 Code of
Federal Regulation (CFR) § 146.3. Further, the portions of aquifers also meet the criteria for exempted
aquifers in § 146.4 (a) and (c) and may be determined by AOGCC under § 144.7 to be an exempted
aquifer.
In accordance with § 144.7(b)(2), EPA concurs with the issuance of AEO 17 by AOGCC. If you have
any questions about the EPA concurrence, please contact EPA’s UIC Specialist Evan Osborne (206-553-
1747, osborne.evan@epa.gov).
Sincerely,
Mathew J. Martinson
CAPT USPHS
Branch Chief, Permitting, Drinking Water &
Infrastructure Branch
Ecc: Chris Wallace, Senior Petroleum Engineer, AOGCC (chris.wallace@alaska.gov)
Steve Davies, Senior Petroleum Geologist, AOGCC (steve.davies@alaska.gov)
MATHEW
MARTINSON
Digitally signed by
MATHEW MARTINSON
Date: 2022.08.31
12:07:13 -07'00'
From:Gross, Ryan
To:Price, Jeremy M (OGC)
Cc:Davies, Stephen F (OGC); Wallace, Chris D (OGC); Osborne, Evan; Burgess, Karen; Martinson, Mathew
Subject:RE: DRAFT Aquifer Exemption for North Fork Unit, Alaska (1 of 3)
Date:Wednesday, August 31, 2022 2:58:16 PM
Attachments:North Fork AOGCC AE Approval Letter 220831.pdf
Commissioner Price,
Attached please find a letter from Mat Martinson, Branch Chief of the Permitting, Drinking Water &
Infrastructure Branch at the U.S. EPA Region 10 (Pacific Northwest) Water Division. In this letter, EPA
concurs with AOGCC’s issuance of AEO 17.
V/R,
Ryan J. Gross
Ryan Gross, P.E. (he/him)
US EPA Region 10 – Water Division
ph. 206-553-6293
From: Davies, Stephen F (OGC) <steve.davies@alaska.gov>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2022 10:46 AM
To: Gross, Ryan <Gross.Ryan@epa.gov>
Cc: Wallace, Chris D (DOA) <chris.wallace@alaska.gov>; Boyer, David L (OGC)
<david.boyer2@alaska.gov>; Mayers, Timothy <Mayers.Timothy@epa.gov>; Osborne, Evan
<Osborne.Evan@epa.gov>; Burgess, Karen <Burgess.Karen@epa.gov>; Carlisle, Samantha J (OGC)
<samantha.carlisle@alaska.gov>
Subject: RE: DRAFT Aquifer Exemption for North Fork Unit, Alaska (1 of 3)
Ryan,
In answer to your questions:
1. Does the Permittee know that the AE is not yet final? Some of the language in the order
(specifically Finding #13 on page 6) could be interpreted to indicate that EPA had already
completed its review.
On the final, signature page, the second paragraph within the section titled “Now,
Therefore, it is Ordered That” states the order is not effective until the EPA has
reviewed it. As the EPA is always diligent, my assumption is that the EPA will provide
a written notification of approval (or non-approval) that will be appended to the
order document to confirm that it is effective (or was not approved). I have spoken
with the Operator’s representatives, and they are aware that AOGCC’s order has
been submitted to the EPA for final review and that it is not yet effective.
2. How do you plan to inform the permittee and the public when the AE is final?
The AOGCC will notify the Operator in writing with a subsequent follow-up
telephone call. The EPA’s decision document will be appended to the order that will
be published on, and distributed through, AOGCC’s website. A copy of the
notification to the Operator will also be placed in the order file that is available
through AOGCC’s website.
3. Page 1, Item 6 of the order indicates that “Vision submitted additional information regarding
specific faults mapped within the North Fork Unit”. Please submit this information to EPA for
review.
The additional information submitted by Vision is attached (two documents).
Please let me know if you have any additional questions or concerns.
Thanks and stay safe,
Steve Davies
Senior Petroleum Geologist
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC)
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Subject: RE: DRAFT Aquifer Exemption for North Fork Unit, Alaska (1 of 3)
Steve,
Thank you for submitting this aquifer exemption for approval by EPA. We will review this request at
soon as our staffing schedules allow.
I have a few issues to clarify with you regarding the aquifer exemption. Please respond to these
issues at your soonest convenience.
1. Does the Permittee know that the AE is not yet final? Some of the language in the order
(specifically Finding #13 on page 6) could be interpreted to indicate that EPA had already
completed its review.
2. How do you plan to inform the permittee and the public when the AE is final?
3. Page 1, Item 6 of the order indicates that “Vision submitted additional information regarding
specific faults mapped within the North Fork Unit”. Please submit this information to EPA for
review.
V/R,
Ryan
Ryan Gross, P.E. (he/him)
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<david.boyer2@alaska.gov>; Mayers, Timothy <Mayers.Timothy@epa.gov>; Osborne, Evan
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Subject: RE: DRAFT Aquifer Exemption for North Fork Unit, Alaska (1 of 3)
Ryan,
Attached for EPA Region 10’s review and concurrence is the AOGCC’s Aquifer Exemption Order for
the North Fork Unit. Also attached is a copy of the EPA’s Aquifer Exemption Checklist for the North
Fork Unit. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Thanks and stay safe,
Steve Davies
Senior Petroleum Geologist
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC)
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Subject: RE: DRAFT Aquifer Exemption for North Fork Unit, Alaska (1 of 3)
Steve,
Thanks for sharing this draft aquifer exemption order and supporting materials with EPA. At this
time, we have identified two issues with the order.
1. The injection well is currently completed into only two formations (Lower Tyonek 1-G and 1-
F), but the size of the exemption proposed by AOGCC seems to assume that the well will be
completed into all formations of the Lower and Upper Tyonek. EPA recommends either
increasing the radius of the AE or explicitly requiring completion into other formation when
certain injection volume milestones are reached.
2. The applicant identified two faults, Bravo and Popeye, within the proposed exemption zone.
Did AOGCC consider whether these faults present fluid migration pathways between the zone
injection zone and other USDWs?
Please address these issues before submitting this AE for EPA concurrence. If you have any
questions, please feel free to call or email me.
V/R, Ryan
Ryan Gross, P.E. (he/him)
Groundwater Protection Program
US EPA Region 10 – Water Division
1200 Sixth Ave, Suite 155, MS 19-H16, Seattle, WA 98101
ph. 206-553-6293
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<david.boyer2@alaska.gov>; Gross, Ryan <Gross.Ryan@epa.gov>; Mayers, Timothy
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Subject: DRAFT Aquifer Exemption for North Fork Unit, Alaska (1 of 3)
Evan,
Steve Davies with AOGCC in Anchorage here. We spoke early last March--during a conference call
with Chris Wallace, Tim Mayers and Ryan Gross--about the aquifer exemption order requested by
Vision Operating, LLC (Vision) for the North Fork Unit (NFU) on the Kenai Peninsula here in Alaska.
Attached to this group of 3 emails, in accordance with the 1991 MOA between AOGCC and U.S. EPA
Region 10 (the most recent of which we are aware), are the following documents as a "heads-up"
and for your review and comments. AOGCC did not receive any comments in response to the public
notice for this requested aquifer exemption.
Attachments to this Email:
1. A copy of the Public Notice and Affidavit of Publication,
2. AOGCC's DRAFT text for the Aquifer exemption Order,
3. EPA's and GWPC's Aquifer Exemption Checklist filled out by AOGCC,
4. Transcript from AOGCC's Public Hearing,
5. Public hearing questions and Vision's responses,
6. Vision's answer to a question regarding porosity and permeability, and
7. The companion Disposal Injection Order No. 45.
Email 2:
1. Vision's public hearing testimony slides 1 to 8
Email 3:
2. Vision's public hearing testimony slides 9 to 19
Unfortunately, Vision's heavily illustrated application for Disposal Injection and Aquifer Exemption
Orders occupies 68 MB. I understand that Vision submitted a separate, revised application to EPA in
February that in all likelihood contains the same information. If you need a copy of Vision's
application to AOGCC, I can either break it up into several parts and send those parts attached to
separate emails, or I can provide a hyperlink to ZendTo so that you can pick up a copy of the
application online, if allowed by your IT staff. Please let me know.
The draft text for AOGCC’s order has not yet been submitted for review by AOGCC’s legal counsel, so
some changes will undoubtedly be made to refine my text, but the substance of the decision will in
all likelihood remain intact. In this particular instance, rather than grant Vision’s request for a
polygonal, three-square-mile affected area, a more restrictive 2,000-foot radius affected area along
the wellbore has been selected to honor EPA’s recommended buffer of ½-mile radius and to remain
inside the current North Fork Unit boundary.
For efficiency, I'd appreciate it if I could get EPA’s comments and questions soon so that I can discuss
them with attorney within the next week or two. He is retiring next month, is currently quite busy,
and it may take a while for his successor to get up to speed.
Thanks and stay safe,
Steve Davies
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC)
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AOGCC 2/15/2022 ITMO: APPLICATION OF VISION OIL & GAS
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ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
In the Matter of the Application of ) Vision Oil and Gas for a Class II ) Underground Injection Control Well ) Permit for its North Fork Unit located ) on the Kenai Peninsula and an Aquifer ) Exemption for all Portions of Sections ) 25, 26, 35 and 36 in Township 4 South, ) Range 14 West, Seward Meridian That Lie ) Within the Boundaries of the North Fork ) Unit. ) ) Docket No.: DIO-21-002; AEO-21-001
PUBLIC HEARING
February 15, 2022
10:00 o'clock a.m.
BEFORE: Jeremy Price, Chairman Jessie Chmielowski, Commissioner Daniel T. Seamount, Commissioner
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1 P R O C E E D I N G S
2 (On record - 10:03 a.m.)
3 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Good morning. We're now on
4 record. It's approximately 10:03 a.m., Tuesday,
5 February 15th, 2022. This is Jeremy Price, Chairman
6 and Commissioner. With me today are Commissioner Dan
7 Seamount to my left, Commissioner Jessie Chmielowski to
8 my right.
9 This is a public hearing on docket number DIO-
10 21-002 to consider Vision's application for a class II
11 underground injection control well permit for its North
12 Fork Unit located on the Kenai Peninsula and docket
13 AEO-21-001, an aquifer exemption for all portions of
14 sections 25, 25, 35 and 36, in township 4 south, range
15 14 west, Seward Meridian, that lie within the
16 boundaries of the North Fork Unit.
17 Before I proceed any further, folks on the line
18 go ahead and please mute your lines until you're ready
19 to speak.
20 I'll finish doing this intro. This hearing is
21 being held in accordance with Alaska statute 44.62, 20
22 AAC 25.252, 20 AAC 25.440 and 20 AAC 25.540 of the
23 Alaska Administrative Code.
24 For awareness purposes to the public and to the
25 media, the regulations for disposing of oil field waste
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1 underground are found in chapter 25, section 252 while
2 the regulations governing freshwater aquifer exemptions
3 are found in chapter 25, section 440.
4 As explained in the public notice, but I'll
5 repeat here, an aquifer is an underground body of
6 water, saturated rock or sediments that can store
7 and/or transmit water. Regulations that allow the US
8 EPA and the state of Alaska to exempt an aquifer or
9 portion of an aquifer if it does not serve as a source
10 of drinking water now or will not in the future or if
11 it meets other criteria such as natural presence of
12 hydrocarbons, existing contamination or elevated
13 dissolved solids concentration. An order granting
14 exemption allows an underground aquifer or a specified
15 portion of an aquifer to be used for oil and gas
16 related production, injection or disposal purposes in
17 compliance with EPA's requirements under the Safe
18 Drinking Water Act and state of Alaska regulations.
19 So just again a little further explanation for
20 folks on the purposes of the hearing today.
21 On December 21st, 2021, Vision filed a 72 page
22 document detailing application for a class II UIC well
23 permit on the North Fork Unit and a freshwater aquifer
24 exemption for sections 25, 26, 35 and 36 of Township 4
25 South, Range 14 West, Seward Meridian that lie within
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1 the boundaries of the North Fork Unit.
2 The notice of hearing for docket DIO-21-002 was
3 published in the state of Alaska online notices website
4 as well as the AOGCC's website and was sent through the
5 AOGCC email list serve on January 7th, 2022. The AOGCC
6 also published a notice on the Anchorage Daily News on
7 January 9th, 2022. The notice of hearing was published
8 on the state of Alaska online notices website and well
9 as the AOGCC's website as well as the AOGCC internal
10 list serve. To date AOGCC has not received any public
11 comments on the matter.
12 Today's hearing is being held in person,
13 telephonically and via Microsoft Teams. Again please
14 be mindful of any background noise and make sure you
15 are muted when you're not testifying or addressing the
16 Commission.
17 If you require any other special accommodation,
18 please contact Grace Salazar. She can be reached at
19 793-1221 -- sorry, 1221. She can also see the messages
20 if you post a message a Microsoft Teams she can see it
21 there in the chat icon.
22 Computer Matrix is recording the hearing today.
23 Anyone desiring a transcript of the hearing, would like
24 one, please contact Computer Matrix.
25 Before asking Vision to present their -- make
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1 their presentation, do either Commissioners have any
2 comments or questions to make at this time?
3 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: I have none. Thank
4 you.
5 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: I have none.
6 Thanks.
7 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Thank you. Okay. At this
8 time so, Mr. Britch, I guess we can swear all of you in
9 at the same time if that's what you'd like. How about
10 each of you who are going to speak, if you could give
11 your name and affiliation for the record. Why don't we
12 start there, we'll start with you and then go to the
13 folks on the phone and then I'll swear you all in.
14 Does that work?
15 MR. BRITCH: Hello. My name's Bob Britch, I'm
16 a consultant to Vision on permitting.
17 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Okay. And for folks on the
18 phone that are going to be testifying today, can you
19 give your name and affiliation?
20 MR. HENNIGAN: My name is Steven Hennigan, I'm
21 an officer in Vision. I do not plan on testifying, but
22 I'm available for any questions that might come up and
23 I'll turn it over to Scott and the others. Go ahead
24 and introduce yourself, please.
25 MR. DANIEL: My name is Scott Daniel, I'm a
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1 consulting geologist. Like Steve I am not planning on
2 testifying today, but I am available for questions and
3 if I need to expound on something I'm available.
4 MR. LAMP: My name is Mark Lamp, I'm also an
5 officer of Vision Operating and will be available for
6 questions. I do not plan to testify at this stage.
7 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Okay. Is that everybody?
8 MR. BRITCH: I believe it is.
9 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Okay. Then we'll just swear
10 you in, Mr. Britch. If you could raise your right
11 hand.
12 (Oath administered)
13 MR. BRITCH: I do.
14 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Thank you, sir. Okay. If
15 you're ready, please proceed with your presentation.
16 BOB BRITCH
17 called as a witness on behalf of Vision Oil and Gas,
18 testified as follows on:
19 DIRECT EXAMINATION
20 MR. BRITCH: Hi. I'm Bob Britch and I'll be
21 doing the presentation. The first -- or the slide on
22 your screen right now is -- shows a list of the people
23 and we've pretty much gone through those unless.....
24 Steve, did you have anything else about some of
25 the other presenters?
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1 MR. HENNIGAN: Just continue to proceed, Bob.
2 MR. BRITCH: Okay. Thank you.
3 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Mr. Britch, I guess I just
4 realized I kind of skipped a step. Would you mind just
5 giving some of your background, the credentials you
6 might have, work experience?
7 MR. BRITCH: Sure. I have a BS and a MS degree
8 in civil engineering from the University of Alaska,
9 Fairbanks, back in the '70s. And since then I've been
10 in a private consulting business for a number of major,
11 local, international, national consulting firms
12 primarily doing regulatory work, engineering work and
13 environmental science type work throughout Alaska. I
14 was born in Alaska and have spent most of my
15 professional career in the entire state, working mostly
16 for oil and gas companies. I think I've worked for
17 just about every major oil and gas company operating in
18 Alaska over the last 50 years.
19 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Thank you. Please proceed.
20 MR. BRITCH: Okay. The slide up now is a
21 location map of the project that's down on the Kenai
22 Peninsula just east of Anchor Point. It's about from
23 -- its access is through a paved road about 12 miles
24 long to the site and the site is right off of the North
25 Fork pad.
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1 The pad itself is a five acre gravel pad that's
2 bounded by fencing and gates and controlled. There's
3 some housing, usually there's a crew of two to four
4 people on site at all times for the existing
5 production. They are right now producing natural gas
6 and they have plans for additional production on the
7 pad. The gas currently goes through two fiberglass
8 pipelines from the site over to Anchor Point where it
9 ties into Enstar pipelines. And I believe.....
10 Steve, is our current production for the
11 facility about 3 million cubic feet per day?
12 MR. HENNIGAN: Yeah, it is. Slightly greater
13 than 3 million cubic feet a day.
14 And I want to apologize, another one of our
15 consultants, Tom Launder, is also on the call. Sorry.
16 MR. BRITCH: Okay. And just one other point
17 since it was asked. There are no other existing oil
18 and gas operations that I am aware of within five miles
19 of the site and I've asked a number of people and I
20 think there's some activities that Hilcorp is doing
21 north of the site, but I don't think they're in any
22 proximity, but there's -- we're it. We have about 25
23 acres, 26 acres of property that are owned by the
24 corporation or the company.
25 This next one is -- just covers the aquifer
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1 exemption request. We submitted a request for aquifer
2 exemption to EPA on 12/7 of this -- of last year and
3 basically the area include -- or the area requested for
4 aquifer exemption is indicated by a dotted blue line
5 which you can -- I think it kind of fades away, but the
6 horizontal extent is those areas of sections 25, 26, 35
7 an 36 within township 4 south, range 14 west, Seward
8 Meridian, that lie within the boundaries of the North
9 Fork Unit which is the outer red line. So it's just
10 those portions of the sections that are within the
11 boundaries of the North Fork Unit.
12 The vertical extent of the aquifer exemption is
13 primarily or is the Tyonek formation, the upper, middle
14 and lower units. And that -- this area extends at the
15 -- at the wellsite from about 4,900 feet down to about
16 8,900 feet. And it's -- and it varies, the Tyonek
17 formation bends over and it -- it goes up and down.
18 But anyway the -- all the existing gas production is
19 contained within the boundaries of the Tyonek formation
20 and all the planned injection operations are also going
21 to be in the Tyonek formation.
22 This one is a little bit hard to see on the
23 slide, but the inner red line which is the wellbore,
24 the west end is at the North Fork pad and the
25 bottomhole is at the northeast end of the pad. And the
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1 red circle or oblong shape around that is a distance of
2 a quarter mile from the wellbore horizontally and just
3 shows what is in the general area.
4 There are a number of mostly residential
5 property, the yellow lines are lot lines and they
6 typically range from about four acres in size to maybe
7 about 20 acres in size. And there's also a number of
8 property that's owned by both the state of Alaska down
9 in the southeast corner and the Kenai Peninsula Borough
10 up there in the center top and they have various
11 acreage down throughout the property.
12 The intent of this slide is also to show water
13 wells in the general area. There are no water wells
14 within the one-quarter mile of the wellbore, but there
15 are eight in the general area. All of them are private
16 and they're all pretty shallow, the deepest is 143 feet
17 and goes down following the list down to about seven
18 feet. And the wells are all in -- we'll assume that
19 they all have potable water. The proximity to the
20 wellbore, horizontally they range from about 1,720 feet
21 to 4,960 feet horizontally. And vertically they're all
22 over 4,700 feet vertical separation from where we're
23 injecting and to where the well -- the water wells are.
24 And we're at present looking at the -- and
25 probably final, we had a wellbore that -- the NFU well
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1 2325, which was drilled a while back and it had some
2 gas and I -- and it really was a very low producer. So
3 we're going to be using the area now as two major zones
4 for injection. The lower one is in the lower Tyonek
5 formation and there are seven different zones from A to
6 G and they're at the various depths indicated on the --
7 on the table with the top and the bottom elevations.
8 It's all in true vertical depth.
9 We also have some upper and lower confining
10 layer in both zone one and zone two and that typically
11 has up to about 200 feet of vertical height where --
12 which are shales and maybe some coals that are
13 impermeable and those are the confining layers. Oh,
14 the upper zone, zone two, that has six zones and
15 they're just -- we have a log that shows how they're
16 organized.
17 One other key point here is the total dissolved
18 solids which indicate the water quality in the
19 surficial soils down to the Sterling formation, it's
20 all less than 3,000 milligrams per liter of total
21 dissolved solids so it's considered somewhat potable.
22 Within a lot of the Beluga and all of the Tyonek it all
23 ranges from 30,000 to 20,000 or 3,000 to 20,000
24 milligrams per liter.
25 If anybody has any questions would it -- is it
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1 appropriate to just interrupt me?
2 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Will do. Yeah, appreciate it.
3 MR. BRITCH: Okay. These are some of the logs.
4 The brown area -- this starts in zone one and the brown
5 area is the upper confining layer. And the yellow
6 areas are areas of sands. And in this -- in zone one
7 there was seven sandy areas in there where we're going
8 to be injecting.
9 And the next slide shows the rest of the
10 formation.
11 This is the bottom of the -- the brown is the
12 bottom of the area one or zone one and here too there's
13 a confining layer down at the bottom. And there's a --
14 only several of these things that are in this slide
15 that are used. Only the two sections on the left-hand
16 side are zones, I think one and 1A and 1B.
17 This is zone two, this is on top. And here
18 again we have an upper confining layer and then the --
19 in brown and the six zones in yellow going from B1 to B
20 -- E or F. And they're all the same sands. And
21 they're -- the top and bottom of all these zones is
22 typically some sort of a shale.
23 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Mr. Britch.
24 MR. BRITCH: Yes.
25 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Has Vision confirmed
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1 the lateral continuity of these confining layers?
2 MR. BRITCH: Scott, is that your question
3 or.....
4 MR. DANIEL: Say the question again, ma'am.
5 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: I was asking whether
6 Vision has confirmed the lateral continuity of the
7 confining layers?
8 MR. DANIEL: If you notice all of the TU, C11,
9 C12, C13A, et cetera, we have correlated about 60 coals
10 through there that gives us definition of correlations
11 and ties. The nature of the sands is that of fluvial
12 sand. These are deposited as channel and we have tied
13 all of them to the coal. We have evidence of some of
14 these channels looking like the same sand and not being
15 connected, but, you know, they're going to have good
16 porosity and permeability at the location where they
17 are being injected into and yes, they should have
18 continuity. If it is exactly the same sand from one
19 well to the next, that has not been determined and it's
20 the nature of the deposition of the sands.
21 Does that answer your question?
22 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Yes. Thank you.
23 Can you also speak to the continuity of the confining
24 layers other than the shales, the upper and lower
25 confining layers?
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1 MR. DANIEL: Well, the confining layers are
2 quite continuous. They -- like I said we're defining
3 the sand -- the coals and the shales within -- between
4 the coals have good extent. It's the sands that tend
5 to meander and move about because they're being
6 deposited in the channel at the time. So those have
7 good continuity, yes.
8 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Thank you.
9 MR. DANIEL: Okay. Does that answer it?
10 MR. BRITCH: We have an example of a couple of
11 the zones, just to show you a little bit about how it
12 looks horizontally. Okay. And this is just a
13 confining layer for the -- is that the upper -- oh,
14 lower confining layer. This is below the zone two. So
15 we have a confining layer both on the top and bottom
16 for each of these two zones.
17 Okay. This next slide is some of the
18 information that shows you kind of a horizontal display
19 of the formations. This is the map of the top of the
20 upper confining -- no, it's -- yeah, upper confining
21 formation for injection zone one. And something you'll
22 notice is that the injection zone is currently between
23 two faults, the purple one is the Bravo fault and the
24 green one is the Popeye fault. And the basically the
25 Bravo fault, the purple one seems to provide a barrier
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1 to vertical or excuse me, horizontal movement of the
2 gasses. There tends to be gas on the southwest side,
3 but the gas is a lot more or a lot lower on the eastern
4 or northeastern side of that fault. The Popeye fault
5 is probably a little bit more permeable, but the Bravo
6 fault seems to stop a lot of stuff.
7 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: And just to confirm
8 the Bravo fault is that larger purple one?
9 MR. BRITCH: Large purple one.
10 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: And so it's a
11 sealing fault, you don't have to have fluids or gas
12 migrate across it?
13 MR. BRITCH: I would have to say yes. Scott,
14 do you want to.....
15 MR. DANIEL: No, we would not expect to have
16 gas migrating across that. It actually separates down
17 throne gas production and up throne it tends to be wet.
18 Okay?
19 MR. BRITCH: Thank you. The next slide just
20 shows higher up in the formation and here the faults
21 are a little bit further away from us. And this is
22 upper in the formation, this is the top -- contour for
23 the top confining formation for zone two. And as
24 you'll see it's a fairly uniform formation and we have
25 confidence that the confining layer is there and it
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1 will seal.
2 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Try and get closer to that
3 microphone when you talk, Mr. Britch.
4 MR. BRITCH: Okay.
5 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Thank you.
6 MR. BRITCH: Is that better? Okay. This next
7 slide is a estimate of what we plan on discharging.
8 And 75 or 73 percent of the fluids that we're going to
9 be discharging are the produced water. And basically
10 this is produced water which comes up from the Tyonek
11 formation and is separated from the gas and then being
12 reinjected back into the Tyonek formation. So it's the
13 same -- they're the same fluids.
14 Next largest volume is the well workover fluids
15 and that's about 23 percent of the volume. And it's
16 primarily brines and with some erosion inhibitors or
17 corrosion inhibitors.
18 The other exempt fluids, fairly small amount,
19 about 2 percent. And then drilling muds and cuttings,
20 they're planning on drilling wells the first seven or
21 the next seven years. And that will only include about
22 1.1 percent of the total volume discharged. And that
23 will stop after about the seventh year. Total we
24 expect to be discharging about 15.6 million barrels of
25 effluents.
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1 CHAIRMAN PRICE: I missed that. Did you say --
2 did you specify the number of wells they're planning on
3 drilling in the next seven years, did you say a number
4 of wells?
5 MR. BRITCH: I'd have to ask Steve Hennigan
6 about the number of wells for the next seven years.
7 CHAIRMAN PRICE: I didn't mean to put you on
8 the spot, I thought you just mentioned how many wells
9 you're going to drill over the next seven years. Maybe
10 I misheard you.
11 MR. BRITCH: No, I didn't.
12 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Okay. Understood. Thanks.
13 MR. BRITCH: Steve Hennigan, are you there?
14 MR. HENNIGAN: It's still being geologically or
15 geophysically reviewed, but we've identified up to 23
16 prospects in the area.
17 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Thank you.
18 MR. BRITCH: Okay. This next slide -- okay.
19 One of the things we wanted to try to figure out is we
20 have a volume which is about 15.6 million barrels and
21 we're trying to estimate some -- estimate about how
22 much floor space that would require. Our geologist did
23 calculations to come up with the effective porosity
24 that's basically how much fluids can fit into the
25 formation and we had -- we subtracted some space for
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1 fluids that can't be removed or replaced in the
2 formation. We looked at average permeabilities and
3 from that we just calculated how much core volume we
4 had within a 1,200 foot radius of the injection or the
5 perforation point. And we know how thick the injection
6 layer is and the general features of the zones. We had
7 a comment from AOGCC on how we calculated that and we
8 sent Steve a copy of our calculations. I'd just like
9 to ask him if he got them.
10 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: Mr. Britch.
11 MR. BRITCH: Yes.
12 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: The field's currently
13 making 3 million cubic feet a day, how much water does
14 it make?
15 MR. BRITCH: Right now I -- it's pretty low.
16 My own personal understanding is it's -- Steve, is it --
17 I'm pretty sure it's less than 50 barrels a day. Is
18 that correct, Steve?
19 MR. HENNIGAN: It probably averages two barrels
20 a day. The point -- you know, I've been involved with
21 this field since Armstrong tested and drilled their
22 first well. A lot of the zones have been left because
23 they started to produce water. And there's still
24 significant amounts of gas remaining in those zones.
25 Our hope is that if we can find a way to dispose of
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1 produced water we can go back to those zones that were
2 producing significant gas with significant water and be
3 able to optimize the hydrocarbon recovery. So that --
4 that's the general plan.
5 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: Okay. Thank you.
6 MR. BRITCH: Okay. Next slide kind of shows
7 the capacities from each of the zones. And zone one
8 would probably be -- we have some wellbores, but zone
9 one could be perfed. All the perfs perfed at one time.
10 There's two perfs already in the deal, the top -- the
11 top two, I think one G and one F and those are at two
12 of the injection points. And all the other five perfs
13 would have to be redone. We don't know if we'll inject
14 first off the two perfs, that'll get us through a
15 couple of years, but or they may perf all at once. But
16 they'll start perfing down in zone one first and then
17 when that's filled up here we're saying it will reach
18 capacity somewhere around year 24. And then we'll perf
19 zone two and that'll bring us up to a capacity of about
20 47 million barrels.
21 When we actually looked at the capacity we also
22 made some corrections for zone one and zone two. Zone
23 one corrections were primarily because of zone one lies
24 between the Popeye and the Bravo fault and basically
25 the spacing on that is about 2,500 feet. And if we
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1 have a 2,800 diameter radius for injection, that's
2 1,400 per -- no, I'm sorry, 2,400, but we'll still come
3 up and come against some of those faults. And assuming
4 that both of them are barriers, we won't be able to use
5 the total volume within that circle and realistically
6 you probably actually gain a lot of that area back by
7 having oblong shaped injection zones between the two
8 faults. But just to be conservative with assume that
9 only 50 percent of the area between the two faults in
10 zone one would be available for injection. So that's
11 that zone one at the bottom.
12 And then zone two -- zone one would be shut in
13 and zone two would be added onto the top. And here
14 again we're not -- I'm not sure that they have plans
15 for how many of the zones they'll perf, but I assume
16 they'll start at the bottom and kind of as needed. I
17 think they also need to see what happens with zone one
18 to see -- given them a little bit of guidance of how
19 it's going to work.
20 This shows an estimate of the typical injection
21 pressures. The -- to initiate it we'll need to have
22 slightly higher injection pressures and the estimated
23 bottomhole and surface pressures are indicated there.
24 The injection rates will run from about three barrels
25 per minute for the lower zone to about 2.5 at the top.
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1 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Mr. Britch.
2 MR. BRITCH: Yes.
3 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: What are the frack
4 pressures for the confining layers, you know, the upper
5 and lower for each of these zones?
6 MR. BRITCH: I would have to turn that over to
7 Steve Hennigan to answer that.
8 MR. HENNIGAN: Off the top of my head those --
9 the maximum pressure is the frack -- the frack pressure
10 and psi plus 500 pounds estimated for frictional loss.
11 So you could say roughly 4,300 pounds. That's on top
12 of an 8.3 pound per gallon fluid. So 8.3 times 8,077
13 times .052 plus 4,820. I hope I explained that
14 correct. If sounded out to maximum is 500 pounds over
15 the frack pressured.
16 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Five hundred pounds
17 over the frack pressure of the sands?
18 MR. HENNIGAN: Yes.
19 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: And is the pressure
20 the same for each of the sands?
21 MR. HENNIGAN: The 500 -- ma'am?
22 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Is the frack
23 pressure the same for each of these zones, zones one
24 and two?
25 MR. HENNIGAN: All the zones will be variable
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1 and our estimate on frack pressure's an estimate only
2 based on a modified eaton. We can give you the numbers
3 for each of them, but they're pretty much kind of on
4 the straight line so you could interpellate between
5 those numbers and it would be very close. The -- like
6 I said the frack was calculated on a modified eaton and
7 the maximum psi there is that number plus 500 pounds
8 for frictional loss in the injection stream. And it's
9 all estimated.
10 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Okay. We'll review
11 and see if we have any more questions. That's good for
12 now. Thanks.
13 MR. BRITCH: The next several diagrams just
14 show some of the wellbores. The first one on the left
15 is -- just shows the configuration for zone one. And
16 here again we had a couple of the -- we had the one G
17 and one F, those are existing perfs and they'd be used
18 as it. And we'd add the other perfs, one A to E,
19 either before we start injecting into G and F or at
20 some other point after we start injection operations.
21 The existing two areas, F and G, those are ready to go.
22
23 And after we finish zone one with -- isolate it
24 from zone two and abandon zone one and we'd start with
25 perforations in zone two. And there again we have six
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1 different perf areas or injection zones for that.
2 And then the last slide just shows a well at
3 completion after we had -- we'd abandoned it.
4 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Mr. Britch, could
5 you go back to slide 17, those two schematics side by
6 side?
7 MR. BRITCH: Yes, ma'am.
8 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Those are the same
9 well; is that correct?
10 MR. BRITCH: Yes. These are all in the 23-25
11 well.
12 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Okay. I think one
13 of them might be labeled 23-35 which is fine, just for
14 your information.
15 Could you talk a little bit about this history
16 of this well, it was drilled as a gas producer and was
17 any gas found, just curious why this well is being
18 converted to a disposal well?
19 MR. BRITCH: My understanding -- actually I'd
20 better let Steve answer that.
21 Steve.
22 MR. HENNIGAN: This is the one of the wells
23 that Armstrong drilled and did a variety of testing on
24 the well and was never able to get anything to really
25 flow in the entire well. It's one of those strange
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1 things. And they went in and tried to do things
2 several different times and nothing worked. And that's
3 why it was never hooked up to the production facilities
4 for that reason, they didn't think that there was
5 anything in the well. And we had a couple of
6 independent G and G contractors look at it and they
7 came to the same conclusion that the well test
8 performance showed for Armstrong.
9 MR. BRITCH: I have a comment, Steve, in
10 response to her comment about the label on the second
11 and third wellbores. At the top of them it lists them
12 as NFU 23-35. Is that just a typo?
13 MR. HENNIGAN: That's a typo.
14 MR. BRITCH: So they all should be 23-25?
15 MR. HENNIGAN: Yes.
16 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Thank you.
17 MR. BRITCH: I didn't notice it.
18 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: I wasn't sure if I
19 was seeing it right, it's so small. So I wanted to
20 double check.
21 MR. BRITCH: No, you were seeing right.
22 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Okay.
23 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: It also says 23-35 on
24 slide number 4.
25 MR. BRITCH: Yeah, both those -- both those
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1 two. I think that's all the formal presentation. If
2 you have any questions feel free to ask them.
3 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Any questions from
4 Commissioners at this point?
5 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: Not from me. Thank
6 you.
7 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: No.
8 CHAIRMAN PRICE: At this time, Mr. Britch,
9 we're going to take a 15 minute break and talk through
10 some of these issues.
11 Before I break I just want to check to see if
12 there is anyone from the public on the phone that
13 wishes to provide testimony at this time. I'd prefer
14 to do that before we break so they can take care of
15 that now.
16 If anybody is on the phone that would like to
17 testify, present some public testimony, please state
18 your name and affiliation at this time. Take your
19 phone off mute.
20 (No comments)
21 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Hearing no comments then we
22 will take a 15 minute break. Be back at five after
23 11:00. Thanks.
24 (Off record)
25 (On record)
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1 CHAIRMAN PRICE: We're back on record. The
2 time is 11:12. Sorry for the delay.
3 We're going to ask Mr. Britch to go to the land
4 use section of the application. I see he's looking
5 through that. The question is about ownership within
6 the affected area. We're aware of the -- we are aware
7 of the state of Alaska, just want to verify if there's
8 any other additional property owners in the affected
9 area, subsurface property owners?
10 MR. BRITCH: I -- the ones that are listed are
11 everybody that are within a quarter mile. And actually
12 we have a lot -- a lot more people than just that. We --
13 if you have the original map, it's at slide -- kind of
14 hard to see on the slide, but if you look at the
15 original slide five any of the lots that have a yellow
16 number within it, those are indicated in the -- in the
17 list in the application. So this fills out quite a
18 ways.
19 CHAIRMAN PRICE: If that's covered in your
20 application we can review that later. I just wanted to
21 verify that while we're talking.
22 MR. BRITCH: Yeah, but the numbers -- the
23 numbers in those squares correspond to that list.
24 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Okay.
25 MR. BRITCH: Each lot is listed and the numbers
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1 should correspond.
2 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Okay.
3 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: That's great. And
4 the surface and subsurface ownership are both
5 identified? We were thinking about subsurface
6 ownership and whether it's all state of Alaska or
7 whether there are private.....
8 MR. BRITCH: We are.....
9 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: .....mineral owners?
10 MR. BRITCH: .....we are unaware of any.
11 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Okay.
12 MR. BRITCH: Wait a second.
13 MR. LAMP: Yeah, this is Mark. We're not aware
14 of any. All the subsurface ownership within the North
15 Fork Unit is all state of Alaska.
16 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Okay. Great. Thank
17 you.
18 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Thanks for clarifying. Can
19 you speak to a potential second disposal well, your
20 plans for another well?
21 MR. BRITCH: I -- yes. We have a second
22 disposal well and that's just a contingency. We wanted
23 to see how the original one went and if it -- if it
24 worked out we should be -- we should have a lot of
25 capacity. But if it doesn't we have a second well. If
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1 you see the map there, the red line, the surface -- the
2 second one is -- almost goes due east from the -- from
3 the pad. The surface hole or the surface location is I
4 think about 20 or 30 feet from the 25 or the 23-25
5 well, the ones that's proposed.
6 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Is another existing well or is
7 it a new well?
8 MR. BRITCH: It would be a new well.
9 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Okay.
10 MR. DANIEL: Bob, if you'll go to slide four
11 they can see the proposed second disposal well
12 location.
13 MR. BRITCH: I -- oh.
14 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: It's in black I
15 think, is that the one?
16 MR. BRITCH: Yeah. Yeah.
17 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Yeah. Okay.
18 MR. HENNIGAN: Yes.
19 MR. BRITCH: That's why we didn't take it off
20 there. It's one listed at 34-25.
21 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Yeah, Mr. Hennigan, was that
22 you speaking?
23 MR. BRITCH: That was Scott wasn't it or was
24 it.....
25 MR. HENNIGAN: Yes, that was Scott.
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1 MR. BRITCH: Yeah.
2 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Yeah, when you jump in just
3 state your name so our.....
4 MR. DANIEL: Oh, I'm sorry.
5 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Thanks.
6 MR. BRITCH: Yeah. But anyway that's it
7 located and it hasn't been drilled.
8 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: If at anytime that
9 well is needed or wanted the disposal order could
10 potentially be modified administratively to include
11 another well. At this time we're just considering the
12 one proposed well, 23-25?
13 MR. BRITCH: Yeah.
14 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Okay.
15 MR. BRITCH: That's correct. Looks like we
16 have adequate capacity, but if not this is a
17 contingency.
18 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Sounds good.
19 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: Okay. This is
20 Seamount. I've got a question probably Scott would --
21 I've got a few questions, but Scott might be able to
22 answer my questions on the first part. On slides 11
23 and 12, they're structure maps, did -- was 3D seismic
24 run across this field and did that contribute to the
25 structure maps?
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1 MR. DANIEL: Right. The structure map was.....
2 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Can you state your name?
3 MR. DANIEL: .....using the subsurface tops of
4 the TLC-11 coal which is very close to the top of the
5 upper confinement zone. And then you used the contours
6 of the 3D seismic structure map as guidelines to
7 constructing the map in depth.
8 Is that your question?
9 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: Yes, thank you. Now on
10 the application you showed those structure maps and
11 they were diagonal lines going across the structure
12 map. Is that where the 3D seismic shot points were
13 located, along those lines?
14 MR. DANIEL: Probably. Shot points and
15 receiver points, that was probably a seismic map that
16 was done and these maps are subsurface map not in
17 depth. Those would have been in time.
18 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: Okay. But the diagonal
19 lines on the application, were they seismic -- where
20 the seismic lines were located?
21 MR. DANIEL: I'm assuming so. I don't have
22 that right in front of me. If you have it and you can
23 show it I can answer that question. But my -- I'm
24 thinking it probably was the shot point and receiver
25 points for the 3D seismic.j
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1 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: Okay. Yeah, I think
2 that's what it was, but I'll get our geologist, Steve
3 Davies, to get back with you to.....
4 MR. DANIEL: Yeah, he's.....
5 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: .....answer that
6 question.
7 MR. DANIEL: Let's do it this way. Did it have
8 a lot of color on the map?
9 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: No, it looked just like
10 slide 11 and 12. Oh, wait. Yes, it did have a lot of
11 color and it looks like the shot points.....
12 MR. DANIEL: Yeah, that was the seismic
13 structure map and that is -- I constructed these maps
14 picking a top that we had in all the wells that was
15 very close to the top of the confinement zone of zone
16 one, the lower zone, and zone two, the upper zone.
17 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: Okay. For your
18 reference it's figure A-1 in your application and Steve
19 will get back to you on that.
20 The next question.....
21 MR. DANIEL: I'm not sure I have the
22 application right in front of me here. Let's see.
23 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: We'll get that figured
24 out. We'll give you some time. We'll take time
25 and.....
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1 MR. DANIEL: I'm thinking that those probably
2 ran northeast, southwest and northwest, southeast.
3 MR. BRITCH: Correct.
4 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: Yes, that's correct.
5 And it looks like pretty tight spacing on the lines.
6 MR. DANIEL: Yeah. Yeah, that was the 3D
7 seismic grid.
8 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: Okay. I think you're
9 most likely right. I think we're communicating.
10 MR. BRITCH: Yeah, it looks like it's about
11 a.....
12 MR. DANIEL: Okay.
13 MR. BRITCH: .....quarter to a fifth of a mile
14 separation or something like that.
15 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: Okay. Okay. My next
16 question is -- I'm going to ask it like a geologist
17 would ask it I guess. And I think Commissioner
18 Chmielowski already asked this question and we were
19 kind of confused about the answer, but my question is
20 what pressure would it take to breakthrough the
21 confining layers and does your -- can your equipment
22 get to those pressures.
23 Is that right, Commissioner?
24 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Yes.
25 MR. DANIEL: I think that's a Steve Hennigan
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1 question.
2 MR. BRITCH: Yeah, I was just going to say you
3 asked that.
4 MR. HENNIGAN: To be frank with you I don't
5 know exactly how to answer that question. I'll just
6 answer it with experiences on a couple of wells where
7 we -- where we actually perfed and fracked wells and we
8 had radioactive tracers and we pumped like 300,000
9 pounds of frack property in each well. When we ran the
10 radioactive tracers we found out that the frack only
11 went up about 50 feet and then went out whatever. And
12 so and that's -- the frack was designed for that point
13 in the wells. So I can go back and I'll do some sort
14 of calculations, but I think it would be a pretty
15 healthy number to frack through the 200 foot of
16 confining layer. Fifty feet I can see, but 200 feet I
17 can't.
18 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: What are your maximum
19 injection pressures do you anticipate?
20 MR. HENNIGAN: Forty-nine hundred pounds.
21 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Is that the limit of
22 your pump?
23 MR. HENNIGAN: No, ma'am. Our pump is limited
24 to 10,000.
25 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: AOGCC will follow-up
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1 with Vision in a written email just to make sure
2 there's no confusion and we can keep the record open
3 for a few days.
4 MR. HENNIGAN: I really do appreciate that.
5 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: Okay. I got one last
6 question probably for you, Mr. Hennigan. And that is
7 you mentioned that you want to get this approval so
8 that you can go back in and produce zone that made too
9 much water for you to handle. How much water do those
10 zones typically make before you -- before they're shut
11 in?
12 MR. HENNIGAN: I'd have to go back and look at
13 the numbers, but when Glacier was fully operating when
14 they would hit 20 barrels a day they would shut the
15 well in and it seemed like they went and plugged it off
16 and went to another zone. We have a dehydrator out
17 there that can handle about 40 barrels a day. And
18 we're kind of monitoring because of the weather
19 conditions and the works less efficiently in the
20 wintertime obviously. But I know that in testing from
21 the wells with Armstrong there was some of the zones
22 that tested with a million and a half, two million a
23 day and 50, 60, 100 barrels of water. And they just
24 didn't have the capability of handling that kind of
25 water. They tried a little bit of remediation which
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1 didn't work and they went on and plugged the zone and
2 went to other zones. And we feel like there's a lot of
3 left reserves out there that we can tap.
4 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: How many of these zones
5 are there?
6 MR. HENNIGAN: Well, I'm going to have to turn
7 that over to Scott. We're doing -- we're doing
8 something that's -- I've been on Scott and the
9 geophysics and myself and a couple others, we're doing
10 what we call a wellbore utility chart that shows what
11 zones were completed, how much was produced, trying to
12 find out when it was plugged, what -- what was the
13 final tubing pressure and what was the gas and water,
14 et cetera. That -- that chart is not quite yet
15 complete so I can't give you a number. Scott can maybe
16 give you a better idea.
17 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: Yeah.
18 MR. DANIEL: Well, there's going to be some
19 main sands that have been plugged back kind of early in
20 the lower Tyonek. A good example is what Vision calls
21 the LT-S22A sand which was productive in a number of
22 wells, but it's been plugged out of all of them and
23 indications are that it has had good pressure on it
24 when it was plugged and abandoned and should have
25 additional reserves on it. It's probably one of the
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1 thickest sands out there. So we would think that that
2 would have good reserves. There are others, but you
3 got to remember that we've got about 60 holes that
4 we're carrying and probably that many sands. Not all
5 the sands are productive, but a lot of them have been
6 abandoned especially in the lower Tyonek.
7 Does that answer the question?
8 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: That sounds pretty
9 exciting to go back and redo some of these zones.
10 I've got one final question. On slide seven to
11 10 you're showing the injection zones for one and two
12 and looking at the resistivity log looks like they've
13 got some pretty good resistivities. I don't know, does
14 that indicate gas and if so have they been -- have any
15 of these zones been tested? I think it was mentioned
16 that three zones had been tested in well 25. Have any
17 of these zones.....
18 MR. DANIEL: In the -- go ahead.
19 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: I'm just asking if any
20 of these zones within the injection zones been tested?
21 MR. DANIEL: Yes. The top two sands in the
22 lower zone did test. The total gas was 103 mcf.
23 Totally uneconomic. As Steve mentioned Armstrong
24 tested them, tried all kinds of things to get them to
25 produce in economic quantities, that was not -- didn't
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1 happen. So we do not anticipate making any gas out of
2 this well, but we have open perforations that we can
3 already inject into so we thought we'd take advantage
4 of them.
5 COMMISSIONER SEAMOUNT: Okay. Thank you. I'm
6 done.
7 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: This is Jessie
8 Chmielowski. I had some questions for you about your
9 applications with the EPA. I understand you're doing
10 the aquifer exemption with both AOGCC and the EPA and
11 you've submitted a class I application to EPA and
12 you're pursuing this disposal order with the AOGCC.
13 Have you heard anything back from the EPA on your
14 application over there?
15 MR. BRITCH: We submitted the application I
16 believe November 16th or something and we within about
17 a week and a half got a response back to EPA -- from
18 EPA on additions to that permit. We recently committed
19 or completed responding to all those comments and we
20 resubmitted the application to EPA about a week ago.
21 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Okay. The AOGCC is
22 treating your application as a noncommercial disposal
23 well as in Vision only operated. Are there plans to
24 make this well a commercial well?
25 MR. BRITCH: That would be a Steve
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1 Hennigan.....
2 MR. HENNIGAN: There are no plans at this time.
3 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: No plans. Okay.
4 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Can you clarify for our
5 recorder who just said that?
6 MR. BRITCH: Steve.
7 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Who just spoke?
8 MR. BRITCH: That was Steve.
9 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: I just wanted to
10 follow-up on Commissioner Seamount questions about gas
11 potential and correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe
12 there's gas potential uphole. Now those have not been
13 tested in this well. Do you plan to test those zones
14 at any point, are you testing them in another well or
15 are there seven zones in the upper area and maybe seven
16 zones in the lower area that have potential?
17 MR. DANIEL: As far as I know in the upper
18 zone, zone two -- this is Scott Daniel. All of those
19 zones -- I don't think I seen anything that has
20 potential, they look like they're all wet sands. If
21 there is a little bit of gas in them it's dissolved in
22 the water and it's not an economic well.
23 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Okay. So this
24 entire well as you understand it has no gas potential
25 in any of the zones whether or not they're perfed?
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1 MR. DANIEL: The best zones at this time have
2 been perforated and it only made 103 mcf of gas. So it
3 has no economic value at this time for gas production.
4 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Okay. Thank you.
5 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Do you want to leave the
6 record open to the end of the week, until Friday?
7 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Right. So we could
8 leave that up to Vision. We talked about sending a
9 written follow-up request to you about some questions
10 about the strength of the confining layers and how much
11 time would Vision like to keep the record open, it's
12 really up to you how much time you'd want?
13 MR. HENNIGAN: We want to make sure that we
14 answer all your questions completely. What do you
15 suggest?
16 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Well, if you are
17 amenable to this we could plan for close of business on
18 Friday, February 25th. Would that be enough time for
19 you, it should be hopefully. We'll get the request out
20 to you today.
21 MR. HENNIGAN: That would be great.
22 COMMISSIONER CHMIELOWSKI: Okay. So close of
23 business, 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 25th. We'll
24 keep the record open until then.
25 MR. HENNIGAN: Sounds good.
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1 CHAIRMAN PRICE: I think that's everything.
2 Any other questions from Commissioners?
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4 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Any final comments from
5 Vision?
6 MR. BRITCH: Not at this point.
7 CHAIRMAN PRICE: Okay. Then we are adjourned.
8 The time is 11:35.
9 (Hearing adjourned - 11:35 a.m.)
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Subject:RE: DIO-21-002 Hearing - Additional Questions and responses
Date:Monday, February 21, 2022 2:11:29 PM
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Attached is a copy of our responses to your questions as indicated in email below. I have also
provided another copy of the affidavit for distribution of our application to landowners within ¼
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Subject: DIO-21-002 Hearing - Additional Questions
Bob, Steve,
Thanks to you and the Vision team for the attendance at the DIO hearing this morning. As discussed,
we would like to see any additional information that you can provide as specified in 20 AAC
25.252(c)(9)—“…support a commission finding that the proposed disposal or storage operations will
not initiate or propagate fractures through the confining zones…”?
Please provide the estimated fracturing gradients for the proposed injection sands in Zones 1 and 2
and for the upper and lower confining intervals for Zones 1 and 2 in units of either psi/foot or
pounds per gallon equivalent mud weight.
How were these values determined?
What well information was used?
Has Vision performed any computer simulation studies for the proposed injection operations?
If so, what are the anticipated half-lengths and heights for induced fractures?
Please provide the basis for the estimated surface pressure values shown on Slide 16 from the
hearing today.
How were the bottom-hole injection initiation pressures shown on this slide
determined?
Are the minimum estimated surface pressure values provided on this slide also Vision’s
expected average daily surface injection pressures?
If not, what are Vision’s expected average daily pressures?
What I would like to see is additional rows and information on the DIO Application “Table G-1
Representative Injection Pressures”, which was Hearing Slide 16 for:
Zone 2 Upper Confining 4965-5155 ft TVD
Zone 2 Lower Confining Layer 5960-6155 ft TVD
Zone 1 Upper Confining Layer 7378-7666
Zone 1 Lower Confining Layer 8766-8974 TVD
As per 20 AAC 25.252(c)(8), in the DIO we like to establish a maximum disposal rate and a maximum
disposal surface pressure (based on water density) to establish a maximum sand face pressure that
“…will not initiate or propagate fractures through the confining zones…”. If we cannot determine
this before the order is issued, we would need to establish this per interval with step rate tests as
per the DIO application Attachment E.
Also,
20 AAC 25.252 (c)(3) states an application must include “an affidavit showing that the operators and
surface owners within a one-quarter mile radius have been provided a copy of the application for
disposal or storage” I do not see such an affidavit? Has the DIO application been provided to the
surface owners identified on the DIO application pages B3, B4, B5, and B6?
Thanks and Regards,
Chris Wallace, Sr. Petroleum Engineer, Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 333 West 7th Avenue,
Anchorage, AK 99501, (907) 793-1250 (phone), (907) 276-7542 (fax), chris.wallace@alaska.gov
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Response to
DIO-21-002 Hearing – Additional Questions
As of 2/15/2022
Fracture gradients for the injection zones were determined by utilizing actual data to determine a “field
trend” within the Cook Inlet basin to allow a regional trend to be determined (Charles Prentice Schools)
and then applied that data to confirm Eaton Frac Gradient calculations (Eaton Schools).
To determine the field trend, the drilling records for the field were reviewed for formation tests. Lost
return events were also looked for (none). Those formation tests available were plotted vs depth to
determine a trend The data available was minimal. The Eaton formula was modified to fit the trend. Both
can be seen in Figure 1 attached. Once the fit was determined to be probable, the injection table below
(now modified Table 1) was created knowing that the numbers would probably need to be modified after
performing a step rate test where appropriate.
The table below emphasizes minimum and maximum injection pressures based upon calculations but
may require additional testing in the field to update. The expected average injection pressure was not
considered initially, as the surface pressure would vary greatly depending on the slurry weight being
injected at the time. Over time the daily injection pressure would tend to increase for the same volume.
But in Figure 1 (Attached), a fracture extension pressure line is drawn which again is calculated by an
Eaton formula. The extension values are listed in Table 1. Based on these numbers the average
injection pressure for each zone could range from ±300-±700 lower than the max/min calculated based
upon weight of the slurry.
Table 1 (Modified, 02/16/2021)
Zone TVD
Eaton Calc
Frac Grad
(FG)
Min Max Max Min
MIN
Requested
Rate (bpm)
feet ppge
Zone 2 Top Upper Confng Layer 4965 16.5 4252 3789 8.3 16 2610 630
Zone 2-F 5155 16.6 4440 3960 8.3 16 2720 660 2.5
Zone 2-E 5375 16.7 4660 4160 8.3 16 2840 690
Zone 2-D 5535 16.7 4819 4305 8.3 16 2940 720
Zone 2-B,C 5701 16.8
4986 4458 8.3 16 3030 750
Zone 2-A 5901 16.9 5188 4642 8.3 16 3150 780
Zone 2 Lower Confng Layer 5960 16.9
5247 4696 8.3 16 3180 790
Zone 1 Upper Confng Layer 7378 17.4 6688 6019 8.3 16 4010 1050
Zone 1-G 7666 17.5 6982 6291 8.3 16 4180 1110 2.75
Zone 1-F 7786 17.5 7106 6405 8.3 16 4250 1130
Zone 1-E 7866 17.6 7191 6490 8.3 16 4300 1150
Zone 1-D 8006 17.6 7334 6622 8.3 16 4380 1180
Zone 1-C 8241 17.7 7580 6864 8.3 16 4530 1230
Zone 1-B 8351 17.7
7693 6969 8.3 16 4590 1250
Zone 1-A 8726 17.8 8079 7336 8.3 16 4820 1320 3
Zone 1 Lwr Confng Layer 8766 17.8
8120 7374 8.3 16 4840 1330
*Addtl 500 psi added for friction, actual pressures encountered may be higher or lower
Step rate tests may be required
Injectant Slurry wt (ppg) Surface PSI* EstimatedBottom
hole
Estimated
Injection
Initiation
(psi)
Bottom
hole
Estimated
Frac
Extension
(psi)
ppg psi
DIO-21-002 Page 2 2/21/2022
Computer simulation studies were NOT run for the proposed injection operations. Prior disposal requests
related to Buccaneer Kenai Loop area (DIO 38, Class II with the AOGCC) and for Blue Crest Cosmopolitan
area (Class I with the EPA) were examined. Blue Crest is most similar and proximate to the proposed
North Fork activity. The Blue Crest analysis ranged from 3339’TVD–/6693’ TVD in the Tyonek formation
with perforations at ±6335’ TVD, see Fig 2 below.
Figure 2. Note that the picture is mislabeled as MD – it is actually TVD
This length shown above is considered to be the most that the proposed well might provide. Similar to
that, the maximum frac height would be less than 50’. Therefore, the upper and lower confining zones
are more than adequate to “confine” the injectants as designed. The cement bond log shows adequate
bond therefore adding additional protection for the injectants to breach the confining zone.
A picture of the bond on the uppermost confining zone is below.
DIO-21-002 Page 3 2/21/2022
Figure 3. CBL over Upper Confining Zone
DIO-21-002 Page 4 2/21/2022
Attached Figure 1
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Subject: DIO‐21‐002 Hearing ‐ Additional Questions
Bob, Steve,
Thanks to you and the Vision team for the attendance at the DIO hearing this morning. As discussed, we would like to
see any additional information that you can provide as specified in 20 AAC 25.252(c)(9)—“…support a commission
finding that the proposed disposal or storage operations will not initiate or propagate fractures through the confining
zones…”?
Please provide the estimated fracturing gradients for the proposed injection sands in Zones 1 and 2 and for the upper
and lower confining intervals for Zones 1 and 2 in units of either psi/foot or pounds per gallon equivalent mud weight.
o How were these values determined?
o What well information was used?
Has Vision performed any computer simulation studies for the proposed injection operations?
o If so, what are the anticipated half‐lengths and heights for induced fractures?
Please provide the basis for the estimated surface pressure values shown on Slide 16 from the hearing today.
o How were the bottom‐hole injection initiation pressures shown on this slide determined?
o Are the minimum estimated surface pressure values provided on this slide also Vision’s expected
average daily surface injection pressures?
o If not, what are Vision’s expected average daily pressures?
What I would like to see is additional rows and information on the DIO Application “Table G‐1 Representative Injection
Pressures”, which was Hearing Slide 16 for:
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Zone 2 Upper Confining 4965‐5155 ft TVD
Zone 2 Lower Confining Layer 5960‐6155 ft TVD
Zone 1 Upper Confining Layer 7378‐7666
Zone 1 Lower Confining Layer 8766‐8974 TVD
As per 20 AAC 25.252(c)(8), in the DIO we like to establish a maximum disposal rate and a maximum disposal surface
pressure (based on water density) to establish a maximum sand face pressure that “…will not initiate or propagate
fractures through the confining zones…”. If we cannot determine this before the order is issued, we would need to
establish this per interval with step rate tests as per the DIO application Attachment E.
Also,
20 AAC 25.252 (c)(3) states an application must include “an affidavit showing that the operators and surface owners
within a one‐quarter mile radius have been provided a copy of the application for disposal or storage” I do not see such
an affidavit? Has the DIO application been provided to the surface owners identified on the DIO application pages B3,
B4, B5, and B6?
Thanks and Regards,
Chris Wallace, Sr. Petroleum Engineer, Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 333 West 7th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501,
(907) 793‐1250 (phone), (907) 276‐7542 (fax), chris.wallace@alaska.gov
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To:bbritch@alaska.net; "Steve Hennigan"
Cc:Salazar, Grace (OGC); Davies, Stephen F (OGC); scott@sevendog.net
Subject:DIO-21-002 Hearing - Additional Questions
Date:Tuesday, February 15, 2022 3:26:00 PM
Bob, Steve,
Thanks to you and the Vision team for the attendance at the DIO hearing this morning. As discussed,
we would like to see any additional information that you can provide as specified in 20 AAC
25.252(c)(9)—“…support a commission finding that the proposed disposal or storage operations will
not initiate or propagate fractures through the confining zones…”?
Please provide the estimated fracturing gradients for the proposed injection sands in Zones 1 and 2
and for the upper and lower confining intervals for Zones 1 and 2 in units of either psi/foot or
pounds per gallon equivalent mud weight.
How were these values determined?
What well information was used?
Has Vision performed any computer simulation studies for the proposed injection operations?
If so, what are the anticipated half-lengths and heights for induced fractures?
Please provide the basis for the estimated surface pressure values shown on Slide 16 from the
hearing today.
How were the bottom-hole injection initiation pressures shown on this slide
determined?
Are the minimum estimated surface pressure values provided on this slide also Vision’s
expected average daily surface injection pressures?
If not, what are Vision’s expected average daily pressures?
What I would like to see is additional rows and information on the DIO Application “Table G-1
Representative Injection Pressures”, which was Hearing Slide 16 for:
Zone 2 Upper Confining 4965-5155 ft TVD
Zone 2 Lower Confining Layer 5960-6155 ft TVD
Zone 1 Upper Confining Layer 7378-7666
Zone 1 Lower Confining Layer 8766-8974 TVD
As per 20 AAC 25.252(c)(8), in the DIO we like to establish a maximum disposal rate and a maximum
disposal surface pressure (based on water density) to establish a maximum sand face pressure that
“…will not initiate or propagate fractures through the confining zones…”. If we cannot determine
this before the order is issued, we would need to establish this per interval with step rate tests as
per the DIO application Attachment E.
Also,
20 AAC 25.252 (c)(3) states an application must include “an affidavit showing that the operators and
surface owners within a one-quarter mile radius have been provided a copy of the application for
disposal or storage” I do not see such an affidavit? Has the DIO application been provided to the
surface owners identified on the DIO application pages B3, B4, B5, and B6?
Thanks and Regards,
Chris Wallace, Sr. Petroleum Engineer, Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 333 West 7th Avenue,
Anchorage, AK 99501, (907) 793-1250 (phone), (907) 276-7542 (fax), chris.wallace@alaska.gov
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you are an unintended recipient of this e-mail, please delete it, without first saving or forwarding
it, and, so that the AOGCC is aware of the mistake in sending it to you, contact Chris Wallace at
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Davies, Stephen F (OGC)
From:Davies, Stephen F (OGC)
Sent:Friday, June 3, 2022 3:49 PM
To:bbritch@alaska.net
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Subject:RE: DIO-21-002 Hearing - Additional Questions and responses
Bob and Scott,
A couple of questions have arisen regarding the North Fork Unit Aquifer Exemption that I cannot answer directly from
Vision’s application, previous answers to AOGCC’s questions, or hearing testimony. Perhaps you or Scott could help.
1. As I recall, Vision testified that the Bravo and Popeye faults are barriers to lateral flow between adjacent fault
blocks within the planned injection zones, but will either of these faults present a vertical migration pathway
from the injection zones to other strata or freshwater aquifers? If not, please explain why not.
2. A second, related question is: What is the vertical extent of these fault planes within the seismic data? In other
words, how deeply and shallowly do these faults appear to penetrate within the geologic section?
Thank you for your help.
Best Regards and Stay Safe,
Steve Davies
AOGCC
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From: bbritch@alaska.net <bbritch@alaska.net>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2022 2:11 PM
To: Wallace, Chris D (OGC) <chris.wallace@alaska.gov>; Davies, Stephen F (OGC) <steve.davies@alaska.gov>; Salazar,
Grace (OGC) <grace.salazar@alaska.gov>
Cc: 'Steve Hennigan' <shennigan@gardesholdings.com>; scott@sevendog.net
Subject: RE: DIO‐21‐002 Hearing ‐ Additional Questions and responses
Chris Wallace
Attached is a copy of our responses to your questions as indicated in email below. I have also provided another copy of
the affidavit for distribution of our application to landowners within ¼ mile; as indicated in our previous submittal, the
original affidavit is being sent via mail. Please let us know if you have any more questions.
Thanks
Bob Britch
907‐240‐5830
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From: Wallace, Chris D (OGC) <chris.wallace@alaska.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 4:26 PM
To: bbritch@alaska.net; 'Steve Hennigan' <shennigan@gardesholdings.com>
Cc: Salazar, Grace (OGC) <grace.salazar@alaska.gov>; Davies, Stephen F (OGC) <steve.davies@alaska.gov>;
scott@sevendog.net
Subject: DIO‐21‐002 Hearing ‐ Additional Questions
Bob, Steve,
Thanks to you and the Vision team for the attendance at the DIO hearing this morning. As discussed, we would like to
see any additional information that you can provide as specified in 20 AAC 25.252(c)(9)—“…support a commission
finding that the proposed disposal or storage operations will not initiate or propagate fractures through the confining
zones…”?
Please provide the estimated fracturing gradients for the proposed injection sands in Zones 1 and 2 and for the upper
and lower confining intervals for Zones 1 and 2 in units of either psi/foot or pounds per gallon equivalent mud weight.
o How were these values determined?
o What well information was used?
Has Vision performed any computer simulation studies for the proposed injection operations?
o If so, what are the anticipated half‐lengths and heights for induced fractures?
Please provide the basis for the estimated surface pressure values shown on Slide 16 from the hearing today.
o How were the bottom‐hole injection initiation pressures shown on this slide determined?
o Are the minimum estimated surface pressure values provided on this slide also Vision’s expected
average daily surface injection pressures?
o If not, what are Vision’s expected average daily pressures?
What I would like to see is additional rows and information on the DIO Application “Table G‐1 Representative Injection
Pressures”, which was Hearing Slide 16 for:
Zone 2 Upper Confining 4965‐5155 ft TVD
Zone 2 Lower Confining Layer 5960‐6155 ft TVD
Zone 1 Upper Confining Layer 7378‐7666
Zone 1 Lower Confining Layer 8766‐8974 TVD
As per 20 AAC 25.252(c)(8), in the DIO we like to establish a maximum disposal rate and a maximum disposal surface
pressure (based on water density) to establish a maximum sand face pressure that “…will not initiate or propagate
fractures through the confining zones…”. If we cannot determine this before the order is issued, we would need to
establish this per interval with step rate tests as per the DIO application Attachment E.
Also,
20 AAC 25.252 (c)(3) states an application must include “an affidavit showing that the operators and surface owners
within a one‐quarter mile radius have been provided a copy of the application for disposal or storage” I do not see such
an affidavit? Has the DIO application been provided to the surface owners identified on the DIO application pages B3,
B4, B5, and B6?
Thanks and Regards,
Chris Wallace, Sr. Petroleum Engineer, Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 333 West 7th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501,
(907) 793‐1250 (phone), (907) 276‐7542 (fax), chris.wallace@alaska.gov
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Davies, Stephen F (OGC)
From:Davies, Stephen F (OGC)
Sent:Thursday, June 9, 2022 7:33 AM
To:bbritch@alaska.net; scott@sevendog.net
Cc:'Steve Hennigan'; stmaunder@aol.com; Wallace, Chris D (OGC)
Subject:RE: DIO-21-002 Hearing - Additional Questions and responses
Bob, Scott, Steve, and Tom:
To keep the North Fork Unit Aquifer Exemption moving along through AOGCC’s review process, please provide answers
to the questions below.
Thank you for your help.
Best Regards and Stay Safe,
Steve Davies
AOGCC
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To: bbritch@alaska.net
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<chris.wallace@alaska.gov>
Subject: RE: DIO‐21‐002 Hearing ‐ Additional Questions and responses
Bob and Scott,
A couple of questions have arisen regarding the North Fork Unit Aquifer Exemption that I cannot answer directly from
Vision’s application, previous answers to AOGCC’s questions, or hearing testimony. Perhaps you or Scott could help.
1. As I recall, Vision testified that the Bravo and Popeye faults are barriers to lateral flow between adjacent fault
blocks within the planned injection zones, but will either of these faults present a vertical migration pathway
from the injection zones to other strata or freshwater aquifers? If not, please explain why not.
2. A second, related question is: What is the vertical extent of these fault planes within the seismic data? In other
words, how deeply and shallowly do these faults appear to penetrate within the geologic section?
Thank you for your help.
Best Regards and Stay Safe,
Steve Davies
AOGCC
2
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(AOGCC), State of Alaska and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). It may contain confidential and/or privileged information. The unauthorized review, use
or disclosure of such information may violate state or federal law. If you are an unintended recipient of this e‐mail, please delete it, without first saving or forwarding
it, and, so that the AOGCC is aware of the mistake in sending it to you, contact Steve Davies at 907‐793‐1224 or steve.davies@alaska.gov.
From: bbritch@alaska.net <bbritch@alaska.net>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2022 2:11 PM
To: Wallace, Chris D (OGC) <chris.wallace@alaska.gov>; Davies, Stephen F (OGC) <steve.davies@alaska.gov>; Salazar,
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Cc: 'Steve Hennigan' <shennigan@gardesholdings.com>; scott@sevendog.net
Subject: RE: DIO‐21‐002 Hearing ‐ Additional Questions and responses
Chris Wallace
Attached is a copy of our responses to your questions as indicated in email below. I have also provided another copy of
the affidavit for distribution of our application to landowners within ¼ mile; as indicated in our previous submittal, the
original affidavit is being sent via mail. Please let us know if you have any more questions.
Thanks
Bob Britch
907‐240‐5830
From: Wallace, Chris D (OGC) <chris.wallace@alaska.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 4:26 PM
To: bbritch@alaska.net; 'Steve Hennigan' <shennigan@gardesholdings.com>
Cc: Salazar, Grace (OGC) <grace.salazar@alaska.gov>; Davies, Stephen F (OGC) <steve.davies@alaska.gov>;
scott@sevendog.net
Subject: DIO‐21‐002 Hearing ‐ Additional Questions
Bob, Steve,
Thanks to you and the Vision team for the attendance at the DIO hearing this morning. As discussed, we would like to
see any additional information that you can provide as specified in 20 AAC 25.252(c)(9)—“…support a commission
finding that the proposed disposal or storage operations will not initiate or propagate fractures through the confining
zones…”?
Please provide the estimated fracturing gradients for the proposed injection sands in Zones 1 and 2 and for the upper
and lower confining intervals for Zones 1 and 2 in units of either psi/foot or pounds per gallon equivalent mud weight.
o How were these values determined?
o What well information was used?
Has Vision performed any computer simulation studies for the proposed injection operations?
o If so, what are the anticipated half‐lengths and heights for induced fractures?
Please provide the basis for the estimated surface pressure values shown on Slide 16 from the hearing today.
o How were the bottom‐hole injection initiation pressures shown on this slide determined?
o Are the minimum estimated surface pressure values provided on this slide also Vision’s expected
average daily surface injection pressures?
o If not, what are Vision’s expected average daily pressures?
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What I would like to see is additional rows and information on the DIO Application “Table G‐1 Representative Injection
Pressures”, which was Hearing Slide 16 for:
Zone 2 Upper Confining 4965‐5155 ft TVD
Zone 2 Lower Confining Layer 5960‐6155 ft TVD
Zone 1 Upper Confining Layer 7378‐7666
Zone 1 Lower Confining Layer 8766‐8974 TVD
As per 20 AAC 25.252(c)(8), in the DIO we like to establish a maximum disposal rate and a maximum disposal surface
pressure (based on water density) to establish a maximum sand face pressure that “…will not initiate or propagate
fractures through the confining zones…”. If we cannot determine this before the order is issued, we would need to
establish this per interval with step rate tests as per the DIO application Attachment E.
Also,
20 AAC 25.252 (c)(3) states an application must include “an affidavit showing that the operators and surface owners
within a one‐quarter mile radius have been provided a copy of the application for disposal or storage” I do not see such
an affidavit? Has the DIO application been provided to the surface owners identified on the DIO application pages B3,
B4, B5, and B6?
Thanks and Regards,
Chris Wallace, Sr. Petroleum Engineer, Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 333 West 7th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501,
(907) 793‐1250 (phone), (907) 276‐7542 (fax), chris.wallace@alaska.gov
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, contains information from the
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC), State of Alaska and is for the sole use of the intended
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disclosure of such information may violate state or federal law. If you are an unintended recipient of this e-mail,
please delete it, without first saving or forwarding it, and, so that the AOGCC is aware of the mistake in sending
it to you, contact Chris Wallace at 907-793-1250 or chris.wallace@alaska.gov.
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Davies, Stephen F (OGC)
From:scott@sevendog.net
Sent:Thursday, June 9, 2022 8:16 AM
To:Davies, Stephen F (OGC); bbritch@alaska.net
Cc:'Steve Hennigan'; Wallace, Chris D (OGC); 'Doug Wight'; 'Jim Manatt'; 'Claude Joseph'
Subject:RE: DIO-21-002 Hearing - Additional Questions and responses
Attachments:Bravo & Popeye Identified.pdf
Mr. Davies,
My apologies for not getting back to you sooner, just too many fires. Below please find a response to both of your
questions. For clarification of fault identification and location I have included the attached maps from the Docket DIO‐
21‐002 presentation identifying the Bravo and Popeye faults.
1. As I recall, Vision testified that the Bravo and Popeye faults are barriers to lateral flow between adjacent fault
blocks within the planned injection zones, but will either of these faults present a vertical migration pathway
from the injection zones to other strata or freshwater aquifers? If not, please explain why not.
It is highly unlikely that the Bravo or Popeye faults will provide a vertical migration path. For the same reason as
with the horizontal migration the faults appear to seal as evidenced by the lack of productive hydrocarbons on
the up‐thrown side of the faults. This is to say that if the faults were not sealing, both horizontally and vertically,
then it would be expected for hydrocarbons (gas) to be trapped in the Tyonek sands on the structurally high up‐
thrown side of the faults. This is not the case. Only minor production has been found on the high side of the
faults. Secondly, between the Tyonek injection intervals and any fresh water aquifers is approximately 3,400
feet of Beluga Formation. While the Beluga Formations is described as nonmarine, interbedded, weakly lithified
sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, carbonaceous shale, coal, and minor volcanic ash, in the area of the North Fork
Unit it is dominantly made up of shales as evidenced on the well logs. It is widely recognized that when faults
occur in the subsurface, the strata at the fault plane are smeared along the fault plane in the form of a gouge
layer. If that gouge is made up dominantly of shales, then the gouge will be impermeable to vertical migration
of fluids.
2. A second, related question is: What is the vertical extent of these fault planes within the seismic data? In other
words, how deeply and shallowly do these faults appear to penetrate within the geologic section?
The Bravo Fault is seen as high in the section as 750 feet TVD. The fault extends below the Hemlock Formation
at depth. The fault trace runs from the southeast to the northwest with diminishing throw to the northwest
until the fault terminates. The highest extent of the fault is still well below any of the water wells in the area.
The Popeye Fault is a smaller displacement and deeper fault than Bravo Fault. The upper reach of the fault only
extends up to 3700 feet TVD. The downward extent of the fault is at least to the top of the Hemlock
Formation. Like the Bravo Fault the fault trace runs from the southeast to the northwest with diminishing throw
to the northwest until the fault terminates.
I hope this answers your questions. Should you have follow‐up questions or clarification please call or e‐mail. Thank you
for your consideration.
Scott M. Daniel
Seven D Oil & Gas, Inc.
2
6300 West Loop South, Suite 480
Bellaire, Texas 77401
(713) 663‐6889
scott@sevendog.net
From: Davies, Stephen F (OGC) <steve.davies@alaska.gov>
Sent: Friday, June 3, 2022 6:49 PM
To: bbritch@alaska.net
Cc: 'Steve Hennigan' <shennigan@gardesholdings.com>; scott@sevendog.net; Wallace, Chris D (OGC)
<chris.wallace@alaska.gov>
Subject: RE: DIO‐21‐002 Hearing ‐ Additional Questions and responses
Bob and Scott,
A couple of questions have arisen regarding the North Fork Unit Aquifer Exemption that I cannot answer directly from
Vision’s application, previous answers to AOGCC’s questions, or hearing testimony. Perhaps you or Scott could help.
1. As I recall, Vision testified that the Bravo and Popeye faults are barriers to lateral flow between adjacent fault
blocks within the planned injection zones, but will either of these faults present a vertical migration pathway
from the injection zones to other strata or freshwater aquifers? If not, please explain why not.
2. A second, related question is: What is the vertical extent of these fault planes within the seismic data? In other
words, how deeply and shallowly do these faults appear to penetrate within the geologic section?
Thank you for your help.
Best Regards and Stay Safe,
Steve Davies
AOGCC
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(AOGCC), State of Alaska and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). It may contain confidential and/or privileged information. The unauthorized review, use
or disclosure of such information may violate state or federal law. If you are an unintended recipient of this e‐mail, please delete it, without first saving or forwarding
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From: bbritch@alaska.net <bbritch@alaska.net>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2022 2:11 PM
To: Wallace, Chris D (OGC) <chris.wallace@alaska.gov>; Davies, Stephen F (OGC) <steve.davies@alaska.gov>; Salazar,
Grace (OGC) <grace.salazar@alaska.gov>
Cc: 'Steve Hennigan' <shennigan@gardesholdings.com>; scott@sevendog.net
Subject: RE: DIO‐21‐002 Hearing ‐ Additional Questions and responses
Chris Wallace
Attached is a copy of our responses to your questions as indicated in email below. I have also provided another copy of
the affidavit for distribution of our application to landowners within ¼ mile; as indicated in our previous submittal, the
original affidavit is being sent via mail. Please let us know if you have any more questions.
Thanks
Bob Britch
907‐240‐5830
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From: Wallace, Chris D (OGC) <chris.wallace@alaska.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 4:26 PM
To: bbritch@alaska.net; 'Steve Hennigan' <shennigan@gardesholdings.com>
Cc: Salazar, Grace (OGC) <grace.salazar@alaska.gov>; Davies, Stephen F (OGC) <steve.davies@alaska.gov>;
scott@sevendog.net
Subject: DIO‐21‐002 Hearing ‐ Additional Questions
Bob, Steve,
Thanks to you and the Vision team for the attendance at the DIO hearing this morning. As discussed, we would like to
see any additional information that you can provide as specified in 20 AAC 25.252(c)(9)—“…support a commission
finding that the proposed disposal or storage operations will not initiate or propagate fractures through the confining
zones…”?
Please provide the estimated fracturing gradients for the proposed injection sands in Zones 1 and 2 and for the upper
and lower confining intervals for Zones 1 and 2 in units of either psi/foot or pounds per gallon equivalent mud weight.
o How were these values determined?
o What well information was used?
Has Vision performed any computer simulation studies for the proposed injection operations?
o If so, what are the anticipated half‐lengths and heights for induced fractures?
Please provide the basis for the estimated surface pressure values shown on Slide 16 from the hearing today.
o How were the bottom‐hole injection initiation pressures shown on this slide determined?
o Are the minimum estimated surface pressure values provided on this slide also Vision’s expected
average daily surface injection pressures?
o If not, what are Vision’s expected average daily pressures?
What I would like to see is additional rows and information on the DIO Application “Table G‐1 Representative Injection
Pressures”, which was Hearing Slide 16 for:
Zone 2 Upper Confining 4965‐5155 ft TVD
Zone 2 Lower Confining Layer 5960‐6155 ft TVD
Zone 1 Upper Confining Layer 7378‐7666
Zone 1 Lower Confining Layer 8766‐8974 TVD
As per 20 AAC 25.252(c)(8), in the DIO we like to establish a maximum disposal rate and a maximum disposal surface
pressure (based on water density) to establish a maximum sand face pressure that “…will not initiate or propagate
fractures through the confining zones…”. If we cannot determine this before the order is issued, we would need to
establish this per interval with step rate tests as per the DIO application Attachment E.
Also,
20 AAC 25.252 (c)(3) states an application must include “an affidavit showing that the operators and surface owners
within a one‐quarter mile radius have been provided a copy of the application for disposal or storage” I do not see such
an affidavit? Has the DIO application been provided to the surface owners identified on the DIO application pages B3,
B4, B5, and B6?
Thanks and Regards,
Chris Wallace, Sr. Petroleum Engineer, Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 333 West 7th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501,
(907) 793‐1250 (phone), (907) 276‐7542 (fax), chris.wallace@alaska.gov
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Davies, Stephen F (OGC)
From:Davies, Stephen F (OGC)
Sent:Thursday, June 9, 2022 8:39 AM
To:scott@sevendog.net
Cc:Wallace, Chris D (OGC); shennigan@gardesholdings.com
Subject:RE: DIO-21-002 Hearing - Additional Questions and responses
Thank you Scott. I’ll let you know if there are any additional questions.
Thanks again and stay safe,
Steve Davies
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC)
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From: scott@sevendog.net <scott@sevendog.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2022 8:16 AM
To: Davies, Stephen F (OGC) <steve.davies@alaska.gov>; bbritch@alaska.net
Cc: 'Steve Hennigan' <shennigan@gardesholdings.com>; Wallace, Chris D (OGC) <chris.wallace@alaska.gov>; 'Doug
Wight' <dwight@gardesholdings.com>; 'Jim Manatt' <jmanatt@gardesholdings.com>; 'Claude Joseph'
<cjoseph@gardesholdings.com>
Subject: RE: DIO‐21‐002 Hearing ‐ Additional Questions and responses
Mr. Davies,
My apologies for not getting back to you sooner, just too many fires. Below please find a response to both of your
questions. For clarification of fault identification and location I have included the attached maps from the Docket DIO‐
21‐002 presentation identifying the Bravo and Popeye faults.
1. As I recall, Vision testified that the Bravo and Popeye faults are barriers to lateral flow between adjacent fault
blocks within the planned injection zones, but will either of these faults present a vertical migration pathway
from the injection zones to other strata or freshwater aquifers? If not, please explain why not.
It is highly unlikely that the Bravo or Popeye faults will provide a vertical migration path. For the same reason as
with the horizontal migration the faults appear to seal as evidenced by the lack of productive hydrocarbons on
the up‐thrown side of the faults. This is to say that if the faults were not sealing, both horizontally and vertically,
then it would be expected for hydrocarbons (gas) to be trapped in the Tyonek sands on the structurally high up‐
thrown side of the faults. This is not the case. Only minor production has been found on the high side of the
faults. Secondly, between the Tyonek injection intervals and any fresh water aquifers is approximately 3,400
feet of Beluga Formation. While the Beluga Formations is described as nonmarine, interbedded, weakly lithified
sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, carbonaceous shale, coal, and minor volcanic ash, in the area of the North Fork
Unit it is dominantly made up of shales as evidenced on the well logs. It is widely recognized that when faults
occur in the subsurface, the strata at the fault plane are smeared along the fault plane in the form of a gouge
layer. If that gouge is made up dominantly of shales, then the gouge will be impermeable to vertical migration
of fluids.
2
2. A second, related question is: What is the vertical extent of these fault planes within the seismic data? In other
words, how deeply and shallowly do these faults appear to penetrate within the geologic section?
The Bravo Fault is seen as high in the section as 750 feet TVD. The fault extends below the Hemlock Formation
at depth. The fault trace runs from the southeast to the northwest with diminishing throw to the northwest
until the fault terminates. The highest extent of the fault is still well below any of the water wells in the area.
The Popeye Fault is a smaller displacement and deeper fault than Bravo Fault. The upper reach of the fault only
extends up to 3700 feet TVD. The downward extent of the fault is at least to the top of the Hemlock
Formation. Like the Bravo Fault the fault trace runs from the southeast to the northwest with diminishing throw
to the northwest until the fault terminates.
I hope this answers your questions. Should you have follow‐up questions or clarification please call or e‐mail. Thank you
for your consideration.
Scott M. Daniel
Seven D Oil & Gas, Inc.
6300 West Loop South, Suite 480
Bellaire, Texas 77401
(713) 663‐6889
scott@sevendog.net
From: Davies, Stephen F (OGC) <steve.davies@alaska.gov>
Sent: Friday, June 3, 2022 6:49 PM
To: bbritch@alaska.net
Cc: 'Steve Hennigan' <shennigan@gardesholdings.com>; scott@sevendog.net; Wallace, Chris D (OGC)
<chris.wallace@alaska.gov>
Subject: RE: DIO‐21‐002 Hearing ‐ Additional Questions and responses
Bob and Scott,
A couple of questions have arisen regarding the North Fork Unit Aquifer Exemption that I cannot answer directly from
Vision’s application, previous answers to AOGCC’s questions, or hearing testimony. Perhaps you or Scott could help.
1. As I recall, Vision testified that the Bravo and Popeye faults are barriers to lateral flow between adjacent fault
blocks within the planned injection zones, but will either of these faults present a vertical migration pathway
from the injection zones to other strata or freshwater aquifers? If not, please explain why not.
2. A second, related question is: What is the vertical extent of these fault planes within the seismic data? In other
words, how deeply and shallowly do these faults appear to penetrate within the geologic section?
Thank you for your help.
Best Regards and Stay Safe,
Steve Davies
AOGCC
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From: bbritch@alaska.net <bbritch@alaska.net>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2022 2:11 PM
To: Wallace, Chris D (OGC) <chris.wallace@alaska.gov>; Davies, Stephen F (OGC) <steve.davies@alaska.gov>; Salazar,
Grace (OGC) <grace.salazar@alaska.gov>
Cc: 'Steve Hennigan' <shennigan@gardesholdings.com>; scott@sevendog.net
Subject: RE: DIO‐21‐002 Hearing ‐ Additional Questions and responses
Chris Wallace
Attached is a copy of our responses to your questions as indicated in email below. I have also provided another copy of
the affidavit for distribution of our application to landowners within ¼ mile; as indicated in our previous submittal, the
original affidavit is being sent via mail. Please let us know if you have any more questions.
Thanks
Bob Britch
907‐240‐5830
From: Wallace, Chris D (OGC) <chris.wallace@alaska.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 4:26 PM
To: bbritch@alaska.net; 'Steve Hennigan' <shennigan@gardesholdings.com>
Cc: Salazar, Grace (OGC) <grace.salazar@alaska.gov>; Davies, Stephen F (OGC) <steve.davies@alaska.gov>;
scott@sevendog.net
Subject: DIO‐21‐002 Hearing ‐ Additional Questions
Bob, Steve,
Thanks to you and the Vision team for the attendance at the DIO hearing this morning. As discussed, we would like to
see any additional information that you can provide as specified in 20 AAC 25.252(c)(9)—“…support a commission
finding that the proposed disposal or storage operations will not initiate or propagate fractures through the confining
zones…”?
Please provide the estimated fracturing gradients for the proposed injection sands in Zones 1 and 2 and for the upper
and lower confining intervals for Zones 1 and 2 in units of either psi/foot or pounds per gallon equivalent mud weight.
o How were these values determined?
o What well information was used?
Has Vision performed any computer simulation studies for the proposed injection operations?
o If so, what are the anticipated half‐lengths and heights for induced fractures?
Please provide the basis for the estimated surface pressure values shown on Slide 16 from the hearing today.
o How were the bottom‐hole injection initiation pressures shown on this slide determined?
o Are the minimum estimated surface pressure values provided on this slide also Vision’s expected
average daily surface injection pressures?
o If not, what are Vision’s expected average daily pressures?
What I would like to see is additional rows and information on the DIO Application “Table G‐1 Representative Injection
Pressures”, which was Hearing Slide 16 for:
Zone 2 Upper Confining 4965‐5155 ft TVD
Zone 2 Lower Confining Layer 5960‐6155 ft TVD
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Zone 1 Upper Confining Layer 7378‐7666
Zone 1 Lower Confining Layer 8766‐8974 TVD
As per 20 AAC 25.252(c)(8), in the DIO we like to establish a maximum disposal rate and a maximum disposal surface
pressure (based on water density) to establish a maximum sand face pressure that “…will not initiate or propagate
fractures through the confining zones…”. If we cannot determine this before the order is issued, we would need to
establish this per interval with step rate tests as per the DIO application Attachment E.
Also,
20 AAC 25.252 (c)(3) states an application must include “an affidavit showing that the operators and surface owners
within a one‐quarter mile radius have been provided a copy of the application for disposal or storage” I do not see such
an affidavit? Has the DIO application been provided to the surface owners identified on the DIO application pages B3,
B4, B5, and B6?
Thanks and Regards,
Chris Wallace, Sr. Petroleum Engineer, Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 333 West 7th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501,
(907) 793‐1250 (phone), (907) 276‐7542 (fax), chris.wallace@alaska.gov
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disclosure of such information may violate state or federal law. If you are an unintended recipient of this e-mail,
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From:Salazar, Grace (OGC)
To:AOGCC_Public_Notices
Subject:[AOGCC_Public_Notices] AOGCC Notice of Public Hearing and Comment Period (Docket AEO-21-001)
Date:Thursday, January 27, 2022 4:24:40 PM
Attachments:1-27-22 Vision Aquifer Exemption Public Notice.pdf
The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has issued the attached Notice of Public Hearing
and Comment Period to consider Vision Operating, LLC’s request for an Aquifer Exemption for North
Fork Unit.
Grace
____________________________________
Respectfully,
M. Grace Salazar, Special Assistant
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
333 West 7th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
Direct: (907) 793-1221
Email: grace.salazar@alaska.gov
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December 21, 2021
Mr. Chris Wallace, Sr. Petroleum Engineer
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
333 West 7th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
Re: Application for AOGCC Class 2 UIC
Vision Operating, LLC
North Fork Unit Production Operations
Kenai Peninsula , Alaska
Dear Mr. Wallace:
RECEIVED
By Samantha Carlisle at 2:50 pm, Dec 21, 2021
Enclosed is our Application for Application for Class 2 UIC Injection Well Permit for the ongoing
drilling program at the North Fork Unit on the Kenai Peninsula. Attached are all support documents
for the application that describes the project and all activities in accordance with 20 AAC 25.252.
Should you have any questions, please call me at (337) 849-5345. You may also call Bob Britch
at (907) 240-5830 . Mr. Britch has full authority to discuss this project on my behalf.
Sincerely,
Stephen F. Hennigan
President
Application for UIC Class 2 Injection Well Permit
Submitted to
Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission
Submitted by
Vision Operating, LLC
North Fork Development
December 20, 2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 2
Attachment A. Well Locations (20 AAC 25.252 (c)(1)) ...................................................................... A-1
Attachment B. Surface Owners and Operators, Notice (20 AAC 25.252 (c)(2)&(3)) .................... B-1
Attachment C. Geologic Details (20 AAC 25.252 (c)(4)) ................................................................... C-1
Attachment D. Well Logs (20 AAC 25.252 (c)(5)) .............................................................................. D-1
Attachment E. Well Construction and Mechanical Integrity (20 AAC 25.252 (c)(6)) ........................ E-1
Attachment F. Waste Sources, Types and Volumes; Compatability (20 AAC 25.252 (c)(7)) ..... F-1
Attachment G. Average and Maximum Pressures (20 AAC 25.252 (c)(S)) .................................... G-1
Attachment H. Waste Confinement and Fracture Studies (20 AAC 25.252 (c)(9)) ....................... H-1
Attachment I. Formation Water Salinity and Aquifer Exemption (20 AAC 25.252 (c)(10)
&(11)) .......................................................................................................................................................... l-1
Attachment J. Reporting of Mechanical Integrity of Wells Nearby (20 AAC 25.252 (c)(12)) ........ J-1
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure A-1. General Location Map ................................................................................................... 2
Figure A-1. Surface And Bottom Hole Locations for North Fork Unit Wells .................. A-2
Figure A-2. Location and Topography of the North Fork Production Pad ...................... A-3
Figure 8-1. North Fork Unit Boundary Map ............................................................................... A-3
Figure 8-2. Land Ownership Map in the vicinity of the North Fork Unit
Production Pad ................................................................................................................................... B-7
Figure 8-3. Location of Water Wells in the Vicinity of the Proposed Injection Well ....... B-8
Figure D-1 Summary of Major Confining and Injection Zones ............................................ D-2
Figure-E-1 Vertical Profile for the NFU 23-25 Well ................................................................. E-5
Figure E-2 Current Schematic for the NFU 23-25 Well ......................................................... E-6
Figure-E-3 Proposed Modifications for the NFU 23-25 Well Injection Zone 1 ................ E-7
Figure-E-4 Proposed Abandonment for the NFU 23-25 Well Zone 1 ................................ E-8
Figure-E-5 Proposed Schematic for the NFU 23-25 Well Injection Zone 2 ..................... E-9
Figure-E-6. Proposed Schematic for the NFU 23-25 Well at Abandonment ................. E-10
Figure H-1. Contour Map for the Top of the Upper Confining Formation for
Injection Zone 1 .................................................................................................................................. H-2
Figure H-2. Contour Map for the Top of the Upper Confining Formation for
Injection Zone 2 .................................................................................................................................. H-3
Figure 1-1 Calculated NaCl (or TDS in mg/I) Values for NFU 23-25 Well ............................. 1-4
North Fork Unit ii 12/20/21
LIST OF TABLES
Table 8-1. Wells Currently Within the North Fork Unit .......................................................... B-9
Table C-1 Formation Elevations in the Disposal Well Area ............................................. C-1
Table C-2 Summary of Major Confining and Injection Zones ......................................... C-3
Table F-1 General Waste Types and Volumes Over 30 Year Time .................................... F-1
Table F-2 Representative Produced Water from Tyonek Formtion in North Fork
Unit ......................................................................................................................................................... F-3
Table G-1. Representative Injection Pressures ....................................................................... G-2
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Introduction
Unit History
The North Fork Unit (NFU) is a gas discovery located in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska . The leases are
onshore east northeast of Anchor Point, Alaska (see Figure 1 ).
Oil and gas development activities completed for development of the North Fork Unit (NFU) are
as follow :
Time Approved Activities
1965 Construction of NFU 41-35 Pad and drilling NFU 41-35 well by Standard Oil
of California
2008 Construction of the NFU Pad for developing the NFU by Armstrong on
Armstrong lands .
2008 Drillinq the NFU 24-36 Well on the NFU Pad .
Early 2010 Initiated permitting and construction natural gas pipelines by Anchor Point
Energy, LLC from the NFU Pad to the Anchor Point area in early 2010 .
Pipeline construction was completed in March 2011 .
Summer 2010 Initiate general pad work and drilling/workover operations including
• Minor pad upgrades to accommodate new operations
• Work-over and recompletion of the original well at the NFU 41-35 Pad
• Drilling an additional gas well from the NFU Pad
• Drillinq an oil well from the NFU Pad
2013 • Sale of the NFU and pipelines to Cook Inlet Enerqy
2021 • Sale of the NFU and pipelines to Vision Operatinq, LLC
The onshore drill site and production facility on the North Fork Unit Pad will consist of:
• Existing NFU wells (#23-25 , #14-25 , #34-26, #24-26 , 42-35, # 32-35 & #22-35)
• Up to 22 producing and pressure maintenance wells,
• Up to 2 disposal wells and ancillary equipment, and
• Production processing and handling facilities for oil, gas and water.
North Fork Unit 1 12/20/21
Figure 1. General Location Map.
North Fork Unit 2 12/20/21
Project Overview.
The NFU is currently producing +/-3 mmcfd . With planned activities , producing and processing
capacity is projected to be up to 60 mmcfd, and 5,000 bwpd . Other equipment and/or wells maybe
added on an as-needed basis .
This application is for permitting for one Class 2 underground disposal (injection) well in the North
Fork Field on the Kenai Peninsula about 9 miles east of Anchor Point. This application has been
prepared according to requirements specified in Alaska 20 MC 25 .252(c) and are contained in
the following attachments .
The proposed disposal well uses the existing NFU 23-25 Well with appropriate conversions .
Vision Operating , LLC (Vision) is proposing to utilize the Tyonek Formation for a range of disposal
intervals in the well. These intervals are expected to receive the injection of drilling fluids , cuttings ,
completion fluids, cement and rinsate, and produced fluids, and other approved non-hazardous
and exempt waste streams.
The following pages contain 10 attachments to discuss various items require in the regulations .
Attachment A provides additional information on gas wells drilled in the NFU to date,
Attachment B discusses land ownership and water wells in the immediate area .
Attachment C discusses the geology of the NFU 23-25 Well with the proposed injection intervals
and Attachment D contains a log for the well. The conversion of this well to an injection well is
designed to be executed in two phases . The first phase will perforate Zone 1 sands in the
Lower Tyonek and has seven intervals identified for injection . All of these zones are porous
sands capable of receiving injected fluids.
In the event that additional injection capacity needs to be added, Zone 2 will be perforated for
injection. Zone 2 has six intervals identified for injection and all of these zones are porous
sands capable of receiving injected fluids . The upper confining layer for the Zone 2 injection
interval consists of +/-220 feet of low permeability shales and coals confining the injected fluids
to the perforated intervals .
In the event that additional injection capacity needs to be added, Zone 2 will be perforated for
injection . Zone 2 has six intervals identified for injection and all of these zones are porous sands
capable of receiving injected fluids . The upper confining layer for the Zone 2 injection to the
perforated intervals.
Attachments E through H and J discuss various operational aspects for the injection well.
Information for an aquifer exemption is discussed in Attachment I of this document.
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North Fork Unit 4 12/20/21
Attachment A. Well Locations ( (1))
Regulatory Requirements for 20 AAC 25.252 (c)(1)
(c) An application for underground disposal or storage must include
(1) a plat showing the location of all proposed disposal and storage wells, abandoned or other unused
wells, production wells, dry holes, and any other wells within one-quarter mile of each proposed disposal
or storage well ...
Well Summary
A total of 8 wells have been drilled at the North Fork Unit and these are summarized on Table A-1 below;
there are no other wells known to exist within this table. Well surface and bottom hole locations of these
wells are indicated on Figure A-1. The NFU 23-25 Well is the designated primary well to convert to a
Class 2 disposal well. All wells are currently owned/controlled by Vision . An alternate disposal well is the
NFU 34-25 Well, and it is a new well to be drilled if required ; this well is also indicated as a black line on
Figure A-1 .
The surface location of the proposed disposal well (NFU 23-25) is located on a 5-acre gravel pad as
shown on Figure A-2 .
Table A-1. Wells Currently Within the North Fork Unit.
Well Name Year Drilled Depth Operators/Comments Status
NFU 14-25 2010 11,002' TVD Armstrong, Cook Inlet Energy Producing
NFU 23-25 2012 9 ,621 ' TVD Armstronq , Cook Inlet Enerqy Shut in
NFU 24-26 2014 9,404' TVD Cook Inlet Enerav Producinq
NFU 32-35 2014 11 ,267' TVD Armstrong , Cook Inlet Energy Producing
NFU 22-35 2010 9,488' TVD Armstronq, Cook Inlet Enerqy Producinq
NFU 34-26 2008 9 ,016' TVD Armstronq , Cook Inlet Enerqy Producinq
NFU 41-35 1965 12,812' TVD Standard Oi of Calif .. , Shut in
Armstrong , Cook Inlet Energy,
(On separate pad-)
NFU 42-35 2015 9 ,046TVD Cook Inlet Enerav Producing
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Attachment B. Surface Owners and Operators (20 AAC 25.252 (c)(2)&(3))
Regulatory Requirements for 20 AAC 25.252 (c)(2) & (3)
(c) An application for underground disposal or storage must include
(2) a list of all operators and surface owners within a one-quarter mile radius of each proposed
disposal or storage well;
(3) an affidavit showing that the operators and surface owners within a one-quarter mile radius have
been provided a copy of the application for disposal or storage ...
Operators
Vision Operating, LLC is the only surface or subsurface operator within ¼ mile of the proposed disposal well.
Vision is the designated operator for the North Fork Unit as shown on Figure B-1 .
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Below is a list of all surface owners within a one-quarter mile radius of the existing NFU Production
Pad (see Figure B-2) or the Injection Well (see Figure B-3). The lot/owner number is shown on
these figures and the number indicated correspond to the land owner in the list below. The last
entry in the list below is the Kenai Peninsula Borough parcel number.
1. BOYCE ALISON RABICH
148 KOOL VIEW DR
PICKENS, SC 29671
16559016
2. TANGMAN STARLET F
PO BOX 743
ANCHOR POINT, AK 99556
16527021
3. DUBOIS LARRY
PO BOX 221026
ANCHORAGE, AK 99522
16527022
4. WELLS MICHAEL
33185 ALEX SHADE LL ST
ANCHOR POINT, AK 99556
16559007
5. COLLINS FLINT GREGORY
PO BOX 1303
ANCHOR POINT, AK 99556
E Production Pad16528014
6. PAULSRUD J RICKY D & LORI
PO BOX 535
ANCHOR POINT, AK 99556
16528015
7. VISION RESOURCES, LLC
P.O. BOX 92593
LAYFAYETTE, LA
16528016
8. VISION RESOURCES, LLC
P.O. BOX 92593
LAYFAYETTE, LA
16528017
North Fork Unit B-3
9. MCCONNELL MARK SHANE
PO BOX 1125
ANCHOR POINT, AK 99556
16528012
10. SELAN KRISTA MARIE
PO BOX 234
HOMER, AK 99603
16527031
11. KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH
144 N BINKLEY ST
SOLDOTNA, AK
16520049
12. OTT KENNIE
24725 ROCKY PEAK RD
ROMOLAND, CA 92585
16527025
14. FOLKESTAD QUINLAN
PO BOX 5004
NIKOLAEVSK, AK 99556
16528011
15. BURNETT ADAM WAYNE
7990 HAWKINSMITH RD
JUNCTION CITY, KS 66441
16528005
16. FOLKESTAD QUINLAN
PO BOX 5004
NIKOLAEVSK, AK 99556
16528010
12/20/21
17. BURNETT CASEY
7990 HAWKINSMITH RD
JUNCTION CITY, KS 66441
16528006
18. MISCHLER TERRI D
PO BOX 756
ANCHOR POINT, AK 99556
16528009
19. GRIFFITH MARYL
PO BOX 1266
ANCHOR POINT, AK 99556
16528007
20. LADD SHANNA E
35555 KENAI SPUR HWY
SOLDOTNA,AK99669
16528008
21. GRIFFITH MARYL
PO BOX 1266
ANCHOR POINT, AK 99556
16528025
22. WILLJACK ALAN
120 HENRICH ST
SOLDOTNA,AK99669
16559013
23. STAR FRANCINE E
20 NE FERN CT
TAHUYA, WA 98588
16559009
24. BOYCE DENNIS
148 KOOL VIEW DR
PICKENS, SC 29671
16559008
25. KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH
144 N BINKLEY ST
SOLDOTNA, AK
16520016
North Fork Unit B-4
26. KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH
144 N BINKLEY ST
SOLDOTNA, AK
16520154
27. KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH
144 N BINKLEY ST
SOLDOTNA, AK
16520155
28. KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH
144 N BINKLEY ST
SOLDOTNA, AK
16520156
32. DIXON GREGORY
PO BOX 297
ESTER, AK 99725
16559015
33. DIXON SASHA MICHELLE
PO BOX 297
ESTER, AK 99725
16559014
34. MOHN CHARLES D
PO BOX 122
ANCHOR POINT, AK 99556
16520372
35 THOMAS CRAIG
PO BOX 3619
HOMER, AK 99603
16520366
36 SM 1TH Tl NA
12110 WOODWAY CIRCLE
ANCHORAGE, AK 99516
165200365
12/20/21
37. EHMAN ROBERT L REVOCABLE TRUST
2323 ANN ST
MISSOURI VALLEY, IA 51555
16520364
38. EHMAN ROBERT L REVOCABLE TRUST
2323 ANN ST
MISSOURI VALLEY, IA 51555
16520363
39. GROTFEND SABRINA
PO BOX 5075
NIKOLAEVSK, AK 99556
16529361
40. GROTFEND SABRINA
PO BOX 5075
NIKOLAEVSK, AK 99556
16520361
41. MURRAY GREGORY D
PO BOX 555
ANCHOR POINT, AK 99556
165203533
42. KUZMIN MAVRICK
38295 GREER RD APT4
HOMER, AK 99603
16520352
43. LANZ TIMOTHY N
PO BOX 1432
HOM ER, AK 99603
16520351
44. LANZ TIMOTHY N
PO BOX 1432
HOMER, AK 99603
16520350
45. SMITH RICHARD A
PO BOX 5032
NIKOLAEVSK, AK 99556
16520308
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46. HEINTZELMAN ROSS W
6314 HIGHVIEW RD
GREENSBORO, NC 27410
16520309
47. BAILY EDNA F
4801 SHELIKOF ST
ANCHORAGE, AK 99507
16520310
48. BERNHARDT DANIEL
PO BOX 1936
HOMER, AK 99603
16520354
49. EX SETH & WINKLER LINDSAY A
4516 LAWRENCE LN
LAPORTE, CO 80535
16520349
50. SPERLING TIMOTHY M
PO BOX 5101NIKOLAEVSK, AK 99556
16520323
51. O'CONNELL KAREN B
PO BOX 706
SAN JUAN BAUTIST, CA 95045
16520355
52. JAMES COLBEN
4072 WATERMAN RD
HOMER, AK 99603
16520356
53. PYATT LISA
PO BOX 5106
NIKOLAEVSK, AK 99556
16520348
54. HAKKINEN JAMES E & CAROL
202410 E TERRIL RD
KENNEWICLE, WA 99337
16520322
12/20/21
55. SMITH BRAD
66215 NIKOLAEVSK RD
NIKOLAEVSK, AK 99556
16520328
56. SMITH BRAD
66215 NIKOLAEVSK RD
NIKOLAEVSK, AK 99556
16520329
57. SMITH BRAD
66215 NIKOLAEVSK RD
NIKOLAEVSK, AK 99556
16520330
58. WILLIAMS LYNNE S
PO BOX 874
ANCHOR POINT, AK 99556
16520332
59. SMITH BRADLEY DAVID
66215 NIKOLAEVSK RD
NIKOLAEVSK, AK 99556
16520328
60. JAMES THOMAS
PO BOX 5106
NIKOLAEVSK, AK 99556
16520333
61. CONKEL EDNA GABRIEL & MORIAH
4801 SHELIKOF ST
ANCHORAGE, AK 99507
16520311
63. WHITESHIELD STEVE
PO BOX 220
CHEVAK, AK 99563
16520313
63. LOUGHLIN CHANTAL L
33127 COYOTE RUN RD
ANCHOR POINT, AK 99556
16520313
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64. MCGILL JOSEPH A
136 DANA POINTE
NICEVILLE, FL 32578
16520314
65. DONOVAN STEPHEN
PO BOX 15312
FRITZ CREEK, AK 99603
16520359
66. DIVIAK JULIE
425 W MAIN ST
MENDON, Ml 49072
16520360
67. STOLL BRETT
PO BOX 2526
HOMER, AK 99603
16520315
68. BENSON DANIEL
PO BOX 3597
SOLDOTNA,AK99669
16520301
69. STAPLETON DUTCHESS K
PO BOX 246
SEWARD, AK 99664
16520316
70. ALASKA STATED N R
550 W 7TH AVE STE 650
ANCHORAGE,AK99501
1652001
71. KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH
144 BRINKLEY ST
SOLDOTNA,AK99669
16520050
12/20/21
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Unit Injection Well.
Potable Water Well Data in the General Area
A total of eight water wells were identified in the immediate area of the injection well by examining
information available from the Alaska Department of Natural Resource Water Well Log Tracking
System WELTS). These are indicated in Table B-1 and locations are shown previously on Figure
B-2 (in blue); the red line indicates the existing location of the NFU 23-25 Well and the ¼ mile
distance from the proposed injection well. All water wells were for residential use and all were over
¼ mile from the proposed injection well. The maximum well depth of the wells was 143 feet and
while no water quality was available , it was assumed all water would be classified as being potable.
Table B-1 Summary of Water Wells in the Area.
Well ID Location Water Depth Total Depth Distance to Injection
& Owner (feet) (feet) (feet)
15221 T 4S R 14W Sec 25 31 2,950
D. Scheer 59 .8074 °N , 151.6180°W
27840 T 4S R 14 W Sec 25 94 143 2 ,180
LAS21436 59 .7959°N , 151 .6023°W (15 gpm)
Louqhlin
20206 T 4S R 14 W Sec 26 --28 3,500
P. Roderick 59 .7998 °N , 151 .6494°W
20136 T 4S R 14W Sec 27 7 4,960
J&L Schopp 59 .8016 °N , 151 .6567°W
1579 T 4S R 14 W Sec 35 48 64 1,720
E. Dersham 59 .7912 °N , 151 .6280°W
9807 T 4S R 14 W Sec 35 25 50 4 ,000
Haque 59 .7853 °N , 151.6332°W
25603 T 4S R 14 W Sec 35 25 45 3,310
Hatch 59 .7872 °N , 151.6368°W
27316 T 4S R 14 W Sec 35 64 100 3,660
M. Crumine 59.7858N, 151.6323W (5 qpm)
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Attachment C. Geologic Details (20 AAC 25.252 (c)(4))
Regulatory Requirements for 20 AAC 25.252 (c)(4)
(c) An application for underground disposal or storage must include
( 4) the name, description, depth, and thickness of the formation into which fluids are to be disposed or
stored and appropriate geological data on the disposal or storage zone and confining zones, including
lithologic descriptions and geologic names;
Geological Formations
General geologic formations that consist of, in descending stratigraphic order: Sterling, Beluga, and
Tyonek Formations and Hemlock Conglomerate. Individual formations are typically estuarine and
nonmarine elastic sedimentary rocks . These formations in the general area are at least 25,000 ft thick.
Table C-1 below describes the depth of these formations in depths of various injection operations.
Table C-1 Formation Elevations in the Disposal Well Area.
Zones Top Bottom Well Operations in Zone
(feet TVD) (feet TVD)
Surface Soils 0 10 Surface operations and upper
well bore
Sterling Formation 10 1,542 Well bore
Beluga Formation 1,542 4,929 Well bore
Upper Tyonek 4,929 5,901 Upper confining layer, disposal
Formation zones
Middle Tyonek 5,901 7,098 Disposal zone, lower confining
Formation layer
Lower Tyonek 7,908 Not Recorded Plugged/abandoned portion of
Formation old well bore
Hemlock Conglomerate Not Recorded Not Recorded Below area of operations
The surface soil varies and include organic topsoil, sand, gravel, clays and some coals .
The Sterling Formation is interbedded, weakly lithified sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, carbonaceous
shale, lignite coal, and minor volcanic ash.
The Beluga Formation is similarly nonmarine, interbedded, weakly lithified sandstone, siltstone,
mudstone, carbonaceous shale, coal, and minor volcanic ash. Various groups reported that a
distinctive feature of the Beluga Formation is its lack of massive sandstone beds and massive coal
seams that characterize the underlying Tyonek Formation; however, lignitic to subbituminous coal
seams can be as much as 12-13 ft thick, though more typically are 6 ft or less thick in the upper part
of Beluga Formation. The contact between Beluga and overlying Sterling Formation may be difficult
to define.
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Tyonek Formation is carbonaceous nonmarine conglomerate and subordinate sandstone, siltstone,
and coal and is identified by massive sandstone beds and lignitic to subbituminous coal beds as much
as 30 ft thick .
The Hemlock Conglomerate consists of fluvial conglomeratic sandstone and conglomerate that
contains minor interbeds of siltstone, shale, and coal and is lithologically transitional with Tyonek
Formation In particular.
Geological Data on the Surface and Base of the Injection Zone for Injection Well NFU 23-25
General Information
The proposed disposal well is located within surficial soils and the Tyonek formations. The surficial
soils extend from the ground surface to the top of the Tyonek formation located at about varying
depths . These soils organic topsoil, sand, gravel, clays and some coals . Water is mostly near the
surface soils or in the upper Sterling Formation layers but can reach chloride levels of 3,000 to 6,000
mg/I in the Beluga Formation .
The Beluga Formation extends from 1,542 to 4,929 ft TVD. Water in this formation have chloride
levels of 3,000 to 7,000 mg/I.
The Tyonek Formation extends from about 4,929 to 10,785 ft TVD . Water in this formation have
chloride levels of 3,000 to 20,000 mg/I. Most disposal operations will occur in the Upper Tyonek and
Lower Tyonek where TDS levels are typically between 4,000 and 6,000 mg/I.
There are two major formations where injection operations will occur. Initially operations in the
Lower Tyonek Formation in 7 zones labeled Zone 1-A to Zone 1-G. Injection operations will be
initiated first at the lowest zone (Zone 1-A) and continue upwards toward Zone 1-G as required.
There are also an additional 6 injection zones {labeled Zone 2-A to Zone 2-F) located in the Upper
Tyonek Formation that would be used as necessary.
Table C-2 provides a summary of depths (TVD) and likely TDS of the various zones. It is planned
to have separate upper and lower confining layers in for both the Upper and Lower Tyonek
Formations: elevations for these ate also summarized in Table C-2 .
The location and elevation of both the confining layers and injection zones were chosen to avoid
potential areas where potable water may be present. In addition, seismic data showed areas of
major faulting within the Tyonek Formation which could be avoided by having disposal operations
higher up in the Beluga Formation which has very few sands that would be suitable for disposal.
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Table C-2. Summary of Major Confining and Injection Zones.
Structural Feature/Zone Top Bottom Total Dissolved
(feet, TVD) (feet, TVD) Solids (TDS)
(mg/I)
Surficial Soils 0 10 est. <1,000 est.
Sterling Formation 10 est. 1,542 <1,000 -<3,000 est.
Beluga Formation 1,542 4,929 <1,000 -10,000 est
Upper Tyonek Formation 4,929 5,901 4,000 -10,000
Zone 2 Upper ConfininQ Layer 4,965 5,155 -
Injection Zones 2-F 5,155 5,239 -
Injection Zones 2-E 5,375 5,464 -
Injection Zones 2-D 5,535 5,589 -
Injection Zones 2-C 5,701 5,734 -
Injection Zones 2-B 5,781 5,821 -
Injection Zones 2-A 5,901 5,960 -
Zone 2 Lower ConfininQ Layer 5,960 6,155 -
Middle Tyonek Formation 5,901 7,098 4,000 -19,000
Lower Tyonek Formation 7,098 >10,785 3,000 ->20,000
Zone 1 Upper Confining Layer 7,378 7,666 -
Injection Zones 1-G 7,666 7,673 -
Injection Zones 1-F 7,786 7.810 -
Injection Zones 1-E 7,866 7,901 -
Injection Zones 1-D 8,006 8,036 -
Injection Zones 1-C 8,241 8,306 -
Injection Zones 1-B 8,351 8,401 -
Injection Zones 1-A 8,726 8,766 -
Zone 1 Lower ConfininQ Layer 8,766 8,974 -
Hemlock Formation Not Recorded Not Recorded Not Recorded
Confining Layers
Both Zone 1 and Zone 2 have an upper and lower confining layer consisting of approximately 200
feet of low permeability shales and coals to confine the injected fluids to within the perforated
intervals.
For Zone 1, the upper confining layer is in the Lower Tyonek Formation , as is the lower confining
layer. The upper confining layer is 288 feet thick and the lower confining layer is 208 feet thick .
For Zone 2 the upper and lower confining layers are in the Upper Tyonek Formation, and the
lower confining layer is located in the Upper Middle Formation . The upper confining layer 190 feet
thick and the lower confining layer is 195 feet thick .
All confining layers are highlighted on the well log provided in Attachment D .
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North Fork Unit C-4 12/20/21
Attachment D. Well Logs (20 AAC 25.252 (c)(5))
Regulatory Requirements for 20 AAC 25.252 (c)(4)
(c) An application for underground disposal or storage must include
(5) logs of the disposal or storage wells, if not already on file, or other similar information
General Information
Well logs of the NFU 23-25 Well are provided in Figure D-1 which start in the Beluga Formation and
extend downward through the proposal area in the Lower Tyonek Formation. The following should
be noted regarding these logs:
1. All depth information in Table C-2 is referenced to True Vertical Depth (TVD) while all depth
Information on Figure D-1 is referenced to Measured Depth (MD). Both the table and figure
reference pertinent information using the same nomenclature (such as for specific injection
zones and confining layers).
2. Color and labels have been added to illustrate specific feature including:
• Brown-confining layers
• Yellow-presence of sand layers\
• Red-location of specific injection zones
• Labels starting with TU, TM, and TL-these have been added to indicate coal seams
in the Upper, Middle, or Lower Tyonek Formations which are useful tracers for
interpreting the logs .
North Fork Unit D-1 12/20/21
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Attachment E. Well Construction and Mechanical Integrity
20 AAC 25.252 (c)(6)
Regulatory Requirements for 20 AAC 25.252 (c)(6)
(c) An application for underground disposal or storage must include
(6) a description of the proposed method for demonstrating the mechanical integrity of the casing and
tubing under 20 AAC 25.412 and for demonstrating that fluids will not move behind casing beyond the
approved disposal or storage zone, and a description of (A) the casing of the disposal or storage wells, if
the wells are existing; or (B) the proposed casing program, if the disposal or storage wells are new ...
General Well Information
Vision has reviewed all available records for the existing NFU 23-25 Well and have determined
the following
• The tops and bases of the injection zone and confining zones will be determined
from open hole electric line logs and measurement-while-drilling logs .
• Baseline step rate test will be conducted in order to establish a baseline for future
diagnostics . Planned is a step rate test, followed by an ISIP, and a shut-in period
of 30 minutes or longer. This will determine the breakdown pressure of the
formation . No "pass/fail " criteria will be assigned; this test will be run to gather
baseline data .
• A complete set of geophysical well logs
• Mechanical integrity testing results, including pressure leak off tests
• Cased hole well logs (including cement bond logs)
• External mechanical integrity -a Tracer Log or other Channel Log , which measures
fluid movement from the injection point up to the packer depth or to the top of the
fluid movement if fluids move above the packer. The survey shall be conducted at
the maximum injection pressure anticipated during injection activities. (Injection
pressures during normal injection activities are estimated to be around 3000 psi).
If the alternate NFU 34-25 is drilled, Vision will obtain necessary information to ensure the integrity
of the new injection well.
A formation testing program will be conducted for all injection wells to obtain data on fluid
pressure, temperature, fracture pressures , and other physical, chemical, and radiological
parameters of the injection zone .
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Well Schematic Diagram and Modification Procedures
Figure A-3 and A-4 in Attachment A provided a surface location diagram for the existing NFU 23-
25 Well and the contingency NFU 34-25 Well. The existing well was drilled from the NFU well
pad approximately 3,600 ft towards the ENE and the proposed NFU 34-25 Well is planned to be
drilled from the same pad approximately 3,600 feet to the East as shown on Figure E-1 .
The current schematic of the NFU 23-25 Well is shown on Figure E-2 . The well was completed to
a depth of 9,621' TVD and was designed for gas production at a depth of 7,666' to 9,005' TVD .
The well will need modifications in stages for use as a disposal well as discussed in the following .
Specific plans are to perforate two separate zones in a sequential manner. Modifications are
made in steps as discussed below.
Step 1 Modify the existing well to first inject into Zone 1 which is the lower zone as depicted on
Figure C-3
1. RU on well and run cased hole logs .
2. RU and test tubing (may need to install a tubing test plug at top of packer) and tubing
casing annulus . Desired test pressures are 5,000/4,000 psi respectively .
3. Establish an injection rate with produced water. Vary rate while continuing to monitor and
record pressures . NOTE: on all pumping and pressure tests, report and keep all
charts.
4 . General perforate and test. Including:
• After perforating each interval for injection perform initial baseline injection tests which
may include among others. Existing perfs will be utilized first and additional formations
for injection at a later date .
• Formation leak off
• lnjectivity test
• Step rate test
• Shut in analysis (Initial Shut in Pressure, ISIP) following injection type tests
Step 2 Install tree and connect to injection facilities . The basic procedure for injection is that the
slurry, water, etc . will be accumulated into a storage tank. When an optimum volume is collected,
the injection process will begin. Assuming the injectivity tests have previously been done , the
following is a general overview :
1. Check lines, valves , gauges, etc . to ensure they are in proper working order.
2 . Test all components .
3. Weigh slurry and calculate estimated pressures.
4. Begin pumping at a low rate and monitoring all gauges for specifics.
5. Increase rate to that determined by injectivity test , previous injection or permit.
6 . At the end of injection cycle, flush all lines, tanks , equipment with water and inject.
7. Follow with 3 times volume of tubing and casing exposed to inject and shut down .
8 . Inspect and perform maintenance on ALL equipment, lines, tanks, etc .
Step 3 As needed, add additional perforations . Permit Mechanical Integrity Test (MIT) and other
tests per regulatory requirements .
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Step 4 General abandonment of lower most injection interval (Zone 1 ). See Figure E-4 .
Discussed in Attachment E.
Step 5 Completion of Injection Zone 2 (Upper Interval). See Figure E-5 .
1. Install and test lubricator. Run in hole with casing guns and pert lower most injection zone
with 6 shots per foot.
2. Monitor for pressure. Pull out of hole with guns. Rig down.
3 . PU tubing retrievable packer on tubing and run-in hole . Circulate and add corrosion
inhibitor to annulus fluid .
4 . Set packer at± 6050' MD . Test annulus to 4000 psi.
5 . Establish an injection rate with produced water. Vary rates continuing to monitor and
record pressures .
6. Install tree and connect to injection pump and facilities.
7 . Add additional perforations as necessary.
Step 5 Abandonment of Injection Zone 2 (Upper Interval). The plugging and abandonment plan
will be in accordance with EPA and AOGCC guidelines and regulations . The whole purpose is to
secure the well properly to protect the environment, life and property in a safe and optimal manner.
At the time of final abandonment, these plans will be revised to reflect the current AOGCC
regulatory requirements and/or current EPA regulations, as well as utilizing available technology
applicable to the condition of the well at the time. Appropriate approvals will be obtained , and the
agencies will be notified in sufficient time to witness the abandonment operation .
Well schematics provided in Figure E-6 represent the planned abandonment scenario . They are
used to provide abandonment data for illustrative purposes ; perforation intervals cannot be
specified until the interval has been drilled, logged, and analyzed . Also, the type, grade, and
quantity of cement used will vary, depending on wellbore geometry and physical conditions
existing at the time of each abandonment operation. At closure the tubing will be removed, and
the appropriate plugs placed. The abandonment schematics show the plug across the possible
primary injection intervals and where the final surface plugs will be placed and how the well will
be left. Should well conditions dictate a major revision , both regulatory agencies will be consulted ,
and agreement reached on a satisfactory plan .
General abandonment of lower most injection interval (Zone 1 ).
1. Kill well (probably will not be necessary). Establish an injection rate with produced water.
2 . Rig up on tubing and pump ±36 bbls cement and inject into formation leaving cement in
casing and ±300' in tubing .
3 . Test to 4000 psi .
4. Rig up on tubing with wireline and tag top of cement (calculated to be ±8500'MD).
5 . Cut tubing at ±8500'MD .
6 . Pull out of hole with tubing .
7 . Run in hole and set CIBP (Cast Iron Bridge Plug) at ±8500' on Tbg stub, test to 5000psi
for 30 min .
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Abandonment of Injection Zone 2 (Upper Interval).
1. Kill well (probably will not be necessary). Establish an injection rate with produced water .
2 . Unseat packer
3. Rig up on tubing and pump ±75 bbls cement and inject into formation leaving cement in
casing .
4 . Unseat packer. Pull up hole ±200'. Circulate produced water slowly around while waiting
on cement.
5. Test to 3000psi.
6 . Pull out of hole with tubing and packer.
7. Trip in hole with cast iron bridge plug and set at± 5,750 ', test to 3,000 psi.
8 . Determine whether to complete abandonment or utilize wellbore for another drill well.
9. If total wellbore abandonment is desired abandon per AOGCC regulations
Injection Well Abandonment
The plugging and abandonment plan will be in accordance with AOGCC guidelines and
regulations . The whole purpose is to secure the well properly to protect the environment, life and
property in a safe and optimal manner.
At the time of final abandonment, these plans will be revised to reflect the current AOGCC
regulatory requirements, as well as utilizing available technology applicable to the condition of the
well at the time . Appropriate approvals will be obtained , and the agencies will be notified in
sufficient time to witness the abandonment operation .
Well schematics provided in Figure E-6 represent the planned abandonment scenario . They are
used to provide abandonment data for illustrative purposes ; perforation intervals cannot be
specified until the interval has been drilled, logged, and analyzed . Also, the type, grade, and
quantity of cement used will vary, depending on wellbore geometry and physical conditions
existing at the time of each abandonment operation. At closure the tubing will be removed, and
the appropriate plugs placed. The abandonment schematics show the plug across the possible
primary injection intervals and where the final surface plugs will be placed and how the well will
be left. Should well conditions dictate a major revision , both regulatory agencies will be consulted,
and agreement reached on a satisfactory plan .
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North Fork Unit
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Figure-E-1 Vertical Profile for the NFU 23-25 Well.
E-5
r&a•
BAKER
HUGHES
12/20/21
~
GLACIER
16" 84#
X-56
10-3/4" 45.5# 3102' MD
ID 9.95" L-80 2702' TVD
13-1 /2" Hole
Max deviation 0140.74 °@4788' MD
/ 3991' TVD "S" well
Perforations
MD TVD
8829' -8836' 7666' -7673'
8950' -897 4' 7787' -7811'
10138' -10169' 897 4' -9005'
8-3/4" Hole
7" 26# L-80 10716' MD
ID 6.276" BTC 9552' TVD
NFU 23-25 Current Schematic Version: CURRENT
I Baker SSSV @ 347' MD
February 1, 2013
PTD: 212-091
API : 50-231-20037--00-00
4--11-~---,,--Pollard Chem. lnj . Mandrel@ 2475' MD
-==-ca=
2-7/8" 8RD EUE-M
lrnc@ 4300· MD (CBL)
I Baker "FH" Packer@ 8790' MD / 7627' TVD
2 7/8" 8.6# L80 Tubin end 8813' MD/7650' TVD
lJ-~•....:,,OOff'",,...4'1-f----~-~100_94' M_D ------< -=-~
PBTD@ 10542' MD/9378' TVD
TD@ 10785' MD/9621' TVD
Figure-E-2 Current Schematic for the NFU 23-25 Well.
North Fork Unit E-6 12/20/21
Sand
1-G
1-F
Abandon
Sand
1-E
1-D
1-C
1-B
1-A
16" 84#
X--56
10-3/4" 45.5#
ID 9.95"" L..SO
13-1/2"" Hole
Max deviation of 40 .74 "@ 4788' MD I
3991 ' TVD ("S" well)
Existing Perforations
MD TVD
8829" -8836' 7666' • 7673'
8950' -8974' 7787'-78 11'
10138' -10169' 8974 ' -9005'
FUTURE Perforations
MD TVD
9030-9065 78 66-7901
9170-9200 8006-8036
94 05-9470 8241-8306
95 15-9565 8351 -8401
98 90-9930 8726-8766
8-314"' Hole
7" 26# L-80 10716' MD
ID 6 .276 '" BTC 9552" TVD
NFU 23-25 Proposed Schematic version: Proposed
Unknown
PTD : 212-09 1
API : 50-231-20037-00-00
Date:
!BakerSSSV@347"MD
♦-II-~ .......... ----Pollaro Chem . lnj. Mand rel @2475' MD
PBTD@ 10542' MD/9378' TVD
TD@ 10785' MD/9621' TVD
2-718" 8RD EUE-M
!roe@ 4300' MD (CBL)
! Baker "FH" Packer@ 8790' MD I 7627' TVD
2 7/8" 6.5# L80 EUE8!d Tu bing e nd @ 8813' MD/7650' TVD
10130' MD
Figure-E-3 Proposed Modifications for the NFU 23-25 Well Injection Zone 1.
North Fork Uni t E-7 12/20/21
16" 84#
X-56
10-3/4" 45.5#
ID9.95"
13-1/2"' Hole
Max deviatio n of 40.74•@ 4788' MD /
3991' TVD ("S" well)
Zone 1 ABANDONED Perforations
Sand
1-G
1-F
Abandon
Zone 1 ABANDONED Perforations
Sand MD TVD
1-E 9030-9065 7866-7901
1-D 9170-92 00 8006-8036
1-C 9405-9470 8241 -8306
1-8 9515-9565 8351 -8401
1-A 9890-9930 8726-8766
8-3 /4" Hole
7" 26# L-80 10716' MD
ID 6.276" BTC 9552' TVD
NFU 23-25 Proposed Schematic Version: Proposed
Unknown
PTD : 212-091
API: 50-231-20037-00-00
PBTD@ 10542' MD/9378' TVD
TD@ 10785' MD/9621' TVD
Date:
:l
jroc@ 4300' MD (CSL)
CIBP@ ±8500' on Tbg stub , tested to SOOOpsi for 30 mi n
! Baker "FH" Packer@ 8790' MD I 7627' TVD
2 7/8" 6.5# L80 EUE8rd Tubing end@ 8813' MD/7650' TVD
36 bbls cement injected into cas ing , tbg, & formation
Figure-E-4 Proposed Abandonment for the NFU 23-25 Well injection Zone 1.
North Fork Unit E-8 12/20/21
NF U 23 -35 Proposed Schema tic Version: Proposed
16"
ID9.95"
84#
X-56
117' MD I I •
117' TVD , --
10-3/4'" 45.5#
ID9.95"' L-110
13-1/2'" Hole
Surface Ce ment Desc ription
Spacer-8.4 ppg 20 bb ls-Mud Clean II Lead Slu rry-
12 ppg (Yield 2.61) 275 bbls-761 sacks Typ e I Cement
+ 10% tr..voc BA-90 •0.005 lbs/sack Stab::: Free + 2%
bwoc Calcium Chloride+ 0.5% bwoc EC-i + 0.2% bwoc
CD-32 -tQ, 1% bwoc ASA-301 + 1 goi!l ls/100 sack FP..SL
+2'% bwcic Sodium Metasillcale + 134,3'% Fresh W ater
Tail Slurry-14 8 ppg (Yield 1.33) 48 bbl~-200 sacks
Type I Cement+ 0 005 lbs/sack Statl c Free + 2% bwoc
Calciu m C hlorlde + 1 gals/100 sacK FP-6L • 56.3%
Fresh Water Displacement• 8.34 ppg 3 bbls Fresh
water follwed by: 10. 1 ppg 4 7 bbls Mud
3102" MD
2702' TVD
Max deviation of 40 .74"@ 4788' MD 13991' TVD
(''S"well)
Sand
2-F
2-E
2-D
2-C
2-6
2-A
Sand
1-G
1-F
Zone 2 Perforations (Proposed)
(Plan is bottom up perforati ng)
6680-6737
6854-6888
6937-6978
7060-7120
Zone 1
ABANDONED Perforations
MD TVD
8829' · 8836' 7666' -7673'
8950' -897 4' 7787'-7811'
Ab andon 10138' -10169' 897 4' -9005'
ABANDONED Perforations
Sand
1-E
1-D
1-C
1--'-1-'-A'--4----9-89_0-_99_30 __ -4-___ 8_72_6_-8_7_66 __ --t =--
8-3/4"" Hole
7" 26# L-80
ID 6.276'" BTC
10716" MD
9552' TVD
7]
PBTD @ 10542" MD/9378' T\iD
TD@ 10785' MD/9621' TVD
Date:
inhibited ±8 .5 ppg packer fluid .
! TOC @ 4300' MD (CBL)
Unknown
PTD: 212-091
API: 50-231-20037-00-00
ubing Retrievable Packer@ ±6050'MDI5000'TVD
Production Casi ng Cement De scription
MIU CMTHfAO,IO!JlPlUGS llltMT HIAO,PJUUMtl/TERS PtM W/ m
IEJIS0N[l lNVOlV[OWIIH (MT 10!. (MT XIB IESI UN,53000 ~, ~OP BTTM
11.U<;, PIJMPIOBilSfAl !OIIDSPACfi.lOPPi,5311.:lsClmG [em01t • lOll
l"°'Bi,-90'().00S lb,/mt Stati:Free+ 1.5~M>:l!A-l6+0.411bwo: R·l +0.511
11,0C[(·l ,O.llllrMxAlil-301 • 11as/lOOsadfP..t +O.S~bwocSodiwn
M~a;illcate • 104.I~ Fre,h Walo yld 2.l6for lllB61.5 lEAOCMT@l1.7PPG,344
,aclsClass G C.omt • lOlobl'.ocBA-90, 0.005 lbs/wS!atl: fre<t 1. Sllb•oc BA-
56+ 0.4~""'1< R·l • 0.511bwocEU •D.l~bwocAIA-J-01 + lgao/100"'1 Fi¼l +
0.51lb\\OCSooicmMetasili~te • 81.9% fr,shl'/ato y!d 1.Blfor 11 l 81!151All CM!
@U.5 PPB,OROPTOPPl.llii, PUMP406BBl5Hl0,!DIONOT P!JMPPI.UG) flllAlUFT
IRESSIJRE!'KlJPII . B~OOff JBll llflOAISH(l()L%,[MTIIPIACc@l :lOAM
mm
2 718" 8.6# LSO Tubing end@ 8813' MD/7650" TVD
_36 bbls cement injected i nto casing. tbg. & formation
10094' MD
Figure-E-5 Proposed Schematic for the NFU 23-25 Well Injection Zone 2.
North Fork Unit E-9 12/20/21
16" 84#
ID 9.95" X-56
10-3/4" 45.5#
ID 9.95" L-80
13-1/2" Hole
Surface Cement Description
Spacer-8.4 ppg 20 bbls-Mud Clean II Lead Slurry-
12 ppg (Yield 2.61) 275 bbls-761 sacks Type I Cement
+ 10% bwoc BA-90 +0.005 lbs/sack Static Free+ 2%
bwoc Calcium Chloride+ 0.5% bwoc EC-1 + 0.2% bwoc
CD-32 +0 .1% bwoc ASA-301 + 1 gals/100 sack FP-6L
+2% bwoc Sodium Metasilicate + 134 .3% Fresh Water
Tail Slurry-14 .8 ppg (Yield 1.33) 48 bbls-200 sacks
Type I Cement+ 0.005 lbs/sack Static Free + 2% bwoc
Calcium Chloride + 1 gals/1 DO sack FP-6L + 56.3%
Fresh Water Displacement-8.34 ppg 3 bbls Fresh
water foltwed by: 10.1 ppg 47 bbls Mud
Sand
2-F
2-E
2-D
2-C
2-B
2-A
Sand
1-G
1-F
Abandon
Sand
1-E
1-D
1-C
1-B
1-A
Max deviation of 40.74"@ 4788' MD / 3991 ' TVD
"S"well
Zone 2
Perforations (ABANDONED)
MD TVD
6265-6360 5155-5239
6510-6605 5375-5464
6680-6737 5535-5589
6854-6888 5701-5734
6937-6978 5781-5821
7060-7120
Zone 1
ABANDONED Perforations
MD TVD
8829' -8836' 7666' -7673'
8950' -897 4' 7787' -7811'
10138' -10169' 897 4' -9005'
ABANDONED Perforations
MD TVD
9030-9065 7866-7901
9170-9200 8006-8036
9405-9470 8241-8306
9515-9565 8351-8401
9890-9930 8726-8766
8-3/4" Hole
7" 26# L-80 10716' MD
ID 6.276" BTC 9552' TVD
NFU 23-35 Proposed Schematic Version : Proposed
Date:
TOG 4300' MD CBL
Unknown
PTO: 212-091
API : 50-231-20037-00-00
· ns. However, this casing may
to another bottom hole
----
PBTD @ 10542' MD/9378' TVD
TD @ 10785' MD/9621' TVD
Production Casing Cement Des cription
M/U CMTHEAD, LOAD PlUGS IN CMT HEAD, R/U CEMENTERS PJSM W/ All
PERSONELINVOlVEDWITH CMT JOB. CMT JOB TEST LINES 3001 PSI, DROP BTTM
PlUG, PUMP 40 BBl SEAl BOND SPACER, 10 PPB, SBl sacks Class G Cement+ 10%
bwoc BA-90 +0.005 lbs/sack Static Free+ l.5%bwoc BA-56+ 0.4% bwoc R-3 + 0.5%
bwocEC-1 + 0.1%bwocASA-301 + lgals/100satkFP-6l +0.5%bwocSodium
Metasilicate + 104.1% Fresh Watery Id 2.16for 223 BBlS lEAD CMT@ll.7 PPG,344
sacks Class G Cement+ 10% bwoc BA-90 + 0.005 lb~sack State Free+ 2.5% bwoc BA·
56 + 0.4%bwoc R-3 + 0.5%bwoc EC-1 + 0.1% bwocASA-301 + 1 gals/lOOsack FP-6l +
O.S%bwocSodium Metasilicate +81.9%Fre;h Water yld 1.81 for 111 BBlSTAll CMT
@ 13.5 PPB, DROP TOP PlUG, PUMP 406 BBll HlO, !DID NOT BUMP PlUGI FINAl LIFT
PRESSURE 1900PSI. BlEDOFF3BBll FlOATS HOlDING,CMTI N PlACE@ 1:20AM
min
Figure-E-6 Proposed Schematic for the NFU 23-25 Well at Abandonment.
North Fork Unit E-10 12/20/21
Attachment F. Waste Sources, Types and Compatibility
Regulatory Requirements for 20 AAC 25.252 (c)(7)
(c) An application for underground disposal or storage must include
(7) a statement as to the type of oil field wastes to be disposed or hydrocarbons stored, their
composition, their source, the estimated maximum amounts to be disposed or stored daily, and the
compatibility of fluids to be disposed or stored with the disposal or storage zone ...
Waste Categories
The wastes to be injected include nonhazardous wastes and exempt wastes as listed in EPA
guidance publications . Anticipated injectants should include slurried drill cuttings and mud,
produced fwater, well test and completion fluids, rig and production facility wash and rinsate ,
office/limited camp waste, storm water, and other qualified wastes .
Estimated volumes of the various wastes are provided on Table F-1 . Various assumptions in
determining these volumes include:
• Assumes 30-year life remaining for field
• Produced water assumed to increase with the new wells
• Workover fluids typically produced water at 500 bbl each
• Drilling muds etc .-assumes 15 new wells at 3,000 bbl each
Table F-1 General Waste Types and Volumes Over 30 Year Time.
Waste Types Total Discharge Discharge Average Rate Maximum Estimated
Duration Period (bbl/day) Rate Total Volume
(years) (Years) (bbl/day) (bbl)
[% Total]
Produced water 30 1-7 200 2,000 11,424,500
8-30 1,300 [75%]
Well workover 23 1-2 100 --3,174,000
fluids 3-7 225 [21%]
8-30 378
Drill cuttings, mud, 10 1-10 66 2,000 240,000
completion fluids [2%]
Other exempt 30 1-30 33 --360,000
fluids [2%]
Total 30 1-2 399 15,198,500
3-7 524 [100%]
8-10 1,777
10-30 1,711
North Fork Unit F-1 12/20/21
An estimated 75 percent of wastes planned for disposal is produced water comes directly from
the gas production which is entirely from the Tyonek Formation . These produced fluids will be
sent to the injection well{s) for disposal back into areas of the Tyonek Formation where natural
gas is not being produced . Table F-2 provides the chemical characteristic of both the water
recovered from the natural gas processing/recovery and the produced water that is to be
injected back into the Tyonek Formation .
Fluid Compatibility
Waters are compatible if they can be mixed without producing chemical reactions among the
dissolved solids in the waters and precipitating insoluble compounds . The precipitated insoluble
compounds are undesirable because they can reduce the permeability of a porous petroleum-
productive rock formation , plug input wells in water-flood systems , and cause scale formation in
water pumps and lines . Some of the more common ions that frequently occur in oilfield waters
and that cause precipitation in incompatible waters are Ca+2, Sr+2, Ba+2 , and Fe+2 . Deposition
of scale in both primary and secondary recovery producing wells and formations is a very costly
problem in the petroleum industry. The scale not only restricts production but also causes
inefficiency and production equipment failure . Scale deposits are caused by mixing incompatible
waters and by environmental changes during the production of well fluids .
With the experiences in the Cook Inlet area in geology and fluid types, the chemical, physical and
radiological characteristics of the receiving formation; and other physical and chemical
characteristics of the injected fluids are well known , the compatibility of the formation fluids and
injected fluids is not expected to be a concern .
As indicated in Table F-1 the largest volume of fluids (75%) being injected is the produced water
from the Tyonek Formation . As these fluids are being injected back into the same formation ,
there is no compatibility issues these fluids .
Well workover fluids are about 21 % of the volume injected are typically a brine that should be
clean and chemically compatible with reservoir fluids and the formation matrix .
North Fork Unit F-2 12/20/21
Table F-2. Representative Produced Water From Tyonek Formation In North Fork Unit.
Produced Water NFU 14-25 Well NFU 42-35 Well NFU 24-26 Well Group Separator
Parameter 1/9/2012 4/3/2013 2/24/2015 2/2416 10/22/16
SGS Lab SGS Lab Baker Hughes Baker Hughes Baker Hughes
Anions
Chloride (Cl) 3380 mg /I 17110.9 mg/ 15440.5 mg/I 3877.0 mg /I
Sulfate (S0i ) 4.73 mg /I 624 .0 mg /I 50 .7 mg/I 1.0mg /I
Borate(H2BO3)3 ND ND ND
Fluoride (Fl ND ND ND ND
Bromide (Br) ND ND ND
Nitrite (NO2) ND ND ND
Nitrate (NO 31 ND ND ND ND
Phosphate (PQ 43) 57 .7 mg /I 6.5 mg/I 1.4mg /l
Silica (SiO2) 307 .9 mg /I 10.5 mg/I 35 .7 mg /I
Cations
Sodium (Na•) 3620 mo/I 4780 mo /I 2628.1 mo /I 3182.0 mo /I 4336.0 mo /I
Potassium (Na•) 496.0 mg/I 76.1 mg /I 14148.0 mg /I 10529.7 mg/I 36.1 mg /I
Magnesium (Mg 2•) 15.5 mg /I 13.0 mg /I 41 .8 mg /I 88 .7 mg/I 18 .7 mg /I
Calcium (Ca 2•l 44 .9 mo /I 33.6 mo /I 102 .5 mo /I 283 .5 mo/I 45 .8 mo /I
Strontium (Sr2•l 9.5 mo /I 37 .8 mo/I 12 .0 mo /I
Barium (Ba 2•) 6.45 mg /I 2.0 mg /I 11.4 mg/I 17 .2 mg /I
Iron (Fe2+) ND 111 .9mg /l 52 .6 mg/I 18 .2 mg /I
Manoanese (Mn 2•1 0.413 mo /I 1.6 mo /I 0.8 mo/I 0.2 mo /I
Lead (Pb2•) ND ND ND ND
Zinc (Zn 2•) ND 1.7mg /l 0.5 0.2 mg /I
Aluminum (AI 3•l ND ND ND
Chromium (Cr3•) ND ND ND ND
Cobalt (Co 2•) ND ND ND
Copper (Cu 2•) ND ND ND
Molybdenum (Mo 2•l ND ND ND
Nickel (Ni 2•l ND ND ND ND
Tin (Sn 2•) ND ND ND
Titanium (Ti 2•) ND ND ND
Vanadium (V2•) ND ND ND
Zirconium (Zr2•) ND ND ND
Other
pH 7.40 7.40 7.7 mo /I 7.9 mo/I ND
Hardness *13200mo/l *15400 mo/I 441 mo /I 1125 mo/I 218 mo /I
Calculated TDS 37569 mg /I 30612 mg /I 8364 mg /I
Density 1.0214 o/cm 3 1.0170 ND
Conductivity 46.6 mmhos 40.3 mmhos 14.6 mmhos
Resistivity 0.450 ohm-m
Alkalinity 4280 mg /I
Boron ND
Silicon 15.6 mo /I 6.65
Cadmium 0.0534 mg /I
Total Phosphorus* 0.551 mg/I
*Measured
North Fork Unit F-3 12/20/21
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North Fork Unit F-4 12/20/21
Attachment G. Average and Maximum Injection Pressure
Regulatory Requirements for 20 AAC 25.252 (c)(B)
(c) An application for underground disposal or storage must include
(8) the estimated average and maximum injection pressure ...
Injection Well Procedures and Monitoring
A conceptual overview of the waste flow process is provided in the Figure D-1 at the end of this
Attachment.
Monitoring of the disposal operations will occur in two modes depending on the ongoing operation .
If there is no injection occurring, the casing and tubing pressures will be recorded at least once
daily.
If injection is occurring , physical and electronic (recording and visual non recording) gauges will
be employed to indicate tubing and casing pressures, volumes, and injection rates . This data will
be used to monitor the operation . In addition , high/low limit alarms and shut-off (down) systems
will be employed .
The injectants will be sampled (if necessary) according to the disposal procedures .
It is requested that annular pressure (tubing x casing annulus) be allowed to stabilize or be
pressure to a point to address swings in wellbore temperature and tubing thermal
expansion/contraction . The increased pressure also allows a more accurate indication of
communication should it occur. It is requested that 1,500 psi be the preliminary target. Large
volume pressure tests (for example the tubing x casing annulus) should have the flexibility for a
decrease of up to 10% during a 30 minute or longer shut-in test period to accommodate for fluid
compression and temperature changes .
Table G-1 provides representative injection pressures for initiation of the injection operations.
These higher pressures are required in order to fracture the injection zones for use ; the higher
pressures are typically achieved by using higher injection rates during this initiation period .
Minimum and maximum pressures and requested injection rates expected for normal operations
are also indicated .
North Fork Unit G-1 12/20/21
Table G-1. Representative Injection Pressures
Injection Depth Bottom Hole Injection Slurry Estimated Requested
Zone* Injection Weight Surface Weight Injection
Initiation Rate
Feet TVD (psi) Min (psi) Max (psi) Max (psi) Min (psi) (bbl/min)
2-F 5.155 4,440 8.3 16 2,720 660 2.5
2-E 5,375
2-D 5.535
2-C 5,701
2-B 5.781
2-A 5,901
1-G 7,666 6,976 8.3 16 4,170 1,100 2.75
1-F 7,786
1-E 7,866
1-D 8,006
1-C 8,241
1-B 8,351
1-A 8,726 8,077 8.3 16 4,820 1,320 3.0
* See Table C-2 in Attachment C for details on Injection Zones
With the above pressures, it is expected that the typical distance for fluid to be injected be on
the order of ±400 feet to ±1,200' depending on the volume to be injected . Over a ±100' vertical
injection area, depending on the formation stresses, the volumes would range from 50,000 bbls
to 1,000,000 bbls to give the ±400'-1,200' fracture half wings.
North Fork Unit G-2 12/20/21
Attachment H. Waste Confinement and Fracture Studies
Regulatory Requirements for 20 AAC 25.252 (c)(9)
(c) An application for underground disposal or storage must include
9) evidence to support a commission finding that the proposed disposal or storage operation will not
initiate or propagate fractures through the confining zones that might enable the oil field wastes or
stored hydrocarbons to enter freshwater strata ...
General
Confinement of injected fluids are achieved by both confining layers and by the presence of local
faults . These are discussed in the following sections .
Confining Layer Structure Contours
Confining layers at the wellbore were discussed previously in Attachment C and D. Figure H-1 and
H-2 show the an aerial view of contours of the tops of the upper confining formations (shales) for
Injection Zone 1 and 2, respectively . The individual coal seams are readily traceable on the
areawide seismic records. The actual contours were obtained from aerial tracing of coal seams as
shown on the log in Figure d-1 that were closest to the tops of the confining formations.
Figures H-1 and H-2 also indicate the expected maximum extent of travel for materials injected into
the injection zones. as discussed in Attachment G. For this operation a maximum radius of injection
will be approximately 1,200 feet from the point of injection . For Injection Zone 1 (Figure H-1) the
point of injection is located at the coordinates of the bottom of the NFU 23-25 Well. For Injection
Zone 2 (Figure H-2) the location of injection is moved about 400 feet towards the WSW to reflect
the different coordinates further up the wellbore in the vicinity of Injection Zone 2 .
Local Faults
Figures H-1 and H-2 also shows the locations of faults in the approximate location and elevation of
the top of the confining layers for the injection zones .
The Zone 1 injection interval in the NFU 23-25 well is bound on the southwest by Fault Bravo and
the northeast by Fault Popeye . These are normal faults . At the top of the Upper Confining Zone
1, Bravo Fault has a throw of approximately 200 feet, and the Popeye Fault has a throw of
approximately 50 feet. These faults appear to be sealing as the production from the NFU 23-25
well was minimal despite being high to the main field production downthrown to Fault Bravo . As
such the presence of these faults should have few effects on the proposed injection program
except that injection of fluids may be limited to the SW because of the presence of the Fault Bravo
which creates a barrier for spreading of injected fluids .
The Zone 2 injection interval in the NFU 23-25 well is downthrown to Fault Bravo and well away
from all faulting . In Injection Zone 2, the faulting will not have any impact on injection activities .
North Fork Unit H-1 12/20/21
z
0
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"Tl
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~
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North Fork Field
Kenai Peninsula, .Alaska
3
Scale 1"=1,000' Scott M. Daniel
C.I. so· ovember 11,2021
Figure H-1. Contour Map for the Top of the Upper Confining Formation for Injection Zone 1.
z
0
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"Tl
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~
C
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North Fork Field
t[enai Peninsula, Alaska
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Scale 1"=1,000' Scott M. Daniel
C.I. so· ovember 11,2021
Figure H-2. Contour Map for the Top of the Upper Confining Formation for Injection Zone 2.
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North Fork Unit H-4 12/20/21
Attachment I. Formation Water Salinity and Aquifer Exemption
Regulatory Requirements for 20 AAC 25.252 (c)(10) & (11)
(c) An application for underground disposal or storage must include
(10) a standard laboratory water analysis, or the results of another method acceptable to the
commission, to determine the quality of the water within the formation into which disposal or storage is
proposed ...
(11) a reference to any applicable freshwater exemption issued in accordance with 20 AAC 25.440 ...
Freshwater Aquifer Exemption Regulations Per 20 AAC 25.440
(a) Upon receipt of a letter of appl ication, and in accordance with (b) of this section, the
commission will, in its discretion , issue an order des ignating a freshwater aquifer or portion of it
as an exempt freshwater aquifer, if the freshwater aquifer meets the following criteria:
(1) it does not currently serve as a source of drinking water , and it cannot now and will not
in the future serve as a source of drinking water because
(A) it is hydrocarbon-producing or can be demonstrated by the applicant to contain
hydrocarbons that , considering their quantity and location, are expected to be
commercially producible; or
(B) it is situated at a depth or location that makes recovery of water for drinking
water purposes economically or technologically impractical; or (
(C) it is so contaminated that recovery of water for drinking water purposes is
economically or technologically impractical ; or
(2) the total dissolved solids content of the ground water is more than 3,000 and less than
10,000 mg/I, and it is not reasonably expected to supply a public water system.
(b) To apply for exemption of a freshwater aquifer, an operator shall submit to the commiss ion a
letter of application that includes sufficient data to justify the proposal , including data to
substantiate that the criteria in (a) of this section are met. The commission will provide 15 days
legal notice and the opportunity for a public hearing on the matter in accordance with 20 AAC
25 .540 .
(c) Freshwater aquifers within the state that, as of June 19, 1986, are designated as exempt
aquifers by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under 40 C.F.R. 147.102 are
accepted as exempt aquifers by the commission.
(d) A commission order designating a freshwater aquifer or a portion of it as an exempt freshwater
aquifer is not effective with respect to underground disposal or storage operations subject to 29
AAC 25 .252 or injection operations subject to 20 AAC 25,492 until the United State s
Environmental Protection Agency has been provided the opportunity to review the order under 40
C.F.R. 144.7(b)(3) and has (1) approved the order, if it was issued under (a)(1) of this section; or
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(2) has allowed the applicable time period w ithin which to disapprove the order to expire without
acting on it , if the order was issued under (a)(2) of this section.
Local Water Wells
The immediate area for injection operations does not currently serve as a source of drinking water
(also see discussions below).
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (ADNR) regulates drinking water wells in their W ell
Log Tracking System (WELTS). WELTS contains water well construction and lithologic
information submitted to ADNR by water well contractors as required per Alaska State Statute
41 .08 .020(b4 ). It requ ires water well contractors to file ADNR with it of bas ic water and aquifer
data normally obtained, including but not limited to well location, estimated elevation, well driller's
logs, pumping tests and flow measurements, and water quality determinations. WELTS indicated
8 water wells occurred within ¼ to ½ mile horizontally from the proposed well bore (see
Attachment B ). Water well depths ranged from 7 to 143 feet; the disposal zones are at least 5,000
feet below the depth of the deepest water well.
It cannot and will not in the future serve as a source of drinking water because it is situated
at a depth or location which makes recovery of water for drinking water purposes economically or
technologically impractical .
As discussed in the following section, the total dissolved solids content of the ground water is
more than 3,000 and less than 10,000 mg/I and it is not reasonably expected to supply a public
water system .
Vertical Total Dissolved Solids Profile
The total dissolved solids {TDS) were determined/calculated using the following information
obtained in house or from AOGCC:
• NFU 23-25 Open Hole Logs from AOGCC digital well log files
• NFU 23-25 Mud Logs
• Armstrong NF 34-6 disposal application and questions (from 2012)
• SWD 23-25 Log Injection Exhibit
• Directional surveys
• Open hole LWD logs
• Mud log suites
• Other reports and well history.
Evaluation of these data were conducted by Petrophysicist at Waters Petroleum Advisors ... Well
logs were used to first determine the Clay Volume and Total Porosity. Porosity and Deep
Resistivity were then combined to back calculate the water resistivity to make zones of 100% water
saturated . This technique is known as the Rwa (Apparent Water Resistivity). These values were
corrected to 75°F, limited to clean and porous intervals, then converted to NaCl equivalent
concentrations . These Rwa values were also checked against Pickett plots of Resistivity versus
Total Porosity (uncorrected to 75 °F).
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Clay Volume was calculated from a collection of indicators using Neutron , Density , Gamma Ray ,
and Resistivity logs . The well was subdivided and processed by geologic intervals for this and
Total Porosity calculations . Once an acceptable Shale Volume was achieved , individual porosity
logs were corrected for lay and combined into cross-plot routines to get the Final Porosity .
Total Porosity and Deep Resistivity were input into the Archie Formula to solve for the Apparent
Water Resistivity,
Rw = <J)1 76x Rt
<D = porosity in decimal
Rt = formation resistivity
The cementation exponent of 1. 76 was used form the average core electrical properties of many
other Cook Inlet wells . This value was then converted to salinity concentrations and is presented
in Figure 1-1. This calculation becomes less reliable under conditions of low porosity or conductive
shale content.
Summary of Requested Freshwater Aquifer Exemption and Related Actions
We believe that the proceeding text demonstrates that the Tyonek Formation should meet the
requirements for a freshwater aquifer exemption under 20 AAC 25.252 (c)(10). The top elevation
of the Tyonek Formation at our initial disposal well is at 4,929 feet TVD (True Vertical Depth) as indicated
previously on Table 4-2 . Figure H-2 shows the contour map for the approximate top of this formation in
the vicinity of our initial injection well.
Given the configuration to the top of the Tyonek Formation and other supporting information, it is clear
that the limit of the Tyonek Formation aquifer extents over all of the North Fork Unit as shown in Figures
A-1 and B-1 . As such , we are requesting the freshwater exemption to include all portions of Sections 25 ,
26, 35 and 36 in Township 4 South, Range 14 West, Seward Meridian that lie within the boundaries of
the North Fork Unit.
It should be noted that Vision submitted a request for a freshwater exemption from the
Environmental Protection Agency on December 7, 2021 . That request uses the same depth and
areal extent as identified in the preceding two paragraphs .
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Attachment J. Reporting of Mechanical Integrity of Nearby Wells
Regulatory Requirements for 20 AAC 25.252 (c)(12)
(c) An application for underground disposal or storage must include
(12) a report on the mechanical condition of each well that has penetrated the disposal or storage zone
within a one-quarter mile radius of a disposal or storage well.
General
The NFU 14-25 Well is the closest well to the proposed disposal well and it is located just over
one-quarter mile away from the disposal location on the NFU 23-25 Well (see Figure H-2 in
Attachment H). The NFU 14-25 Well was previously shut in but in the past several months has
been reperforated and is determined to be fit for reuse . Appropriate paperwork has been
submitted to and reviewed with AOGCC.
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State of Louisiana
Parish of Lafayette
AFFIDAVIT OF STEPHEN F. HENNIGAN
PRESIDENT
VISION OPERATING, LLC
I, Stephen F. Hennigan, declare and affirm that I have personal knowledge of the matters set
forth in this affidavit, and that on the 17th day of February 2022, the following surface owners
were provided a copy of this permit application by certified mail:
See Attachment 1
There are no other surface owners or operators within a one-quarter mile radius of the
proposed disposal well (North Fork Unit 23-25).
STEPHEN F. HENNIGAN
Subscribed and sworn before me this 18th day of February 2022.
IDs used in List on
Pages B-3 to B-6
and on Figure B-3
2
3
4
5
6
7,8
9
11,25, 71
15
14, 16
17
18
19,21
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HEATHE-R N. HENNIGAN
Notary Public
State of Louisiana
Lafayette Parish
Notary ID # 137809
My Commission is f or life
Attachment 1
Affidavit of Stephen F. Hennigan
Address of Surface Landowner
TANGMAN STARLET F
PO BOX 743
ANCHOR POINT, AK 99556
DUBOIS LARRY
PO BOX 221026
ANCHORAGE,AK99522
WELLS MICHAEL
33185 ALEX SHAD ELL ST
ANCHOR POINT, AK 99556
COLLINS FLINT GREGORY
PO BOX 1303
ANCHOR POINT, AK 99556
PAULSRUD J RICKY D & LORI
PO BOX 535
ANCHOR POINT, AK 99556
VISION RESOURCES, LLC
P.O. BOX 92593
LAYFAYETTE, LA
MCCONNELL MARK SHANE
PO BOX 1125
ANCHOR POINT, AK 99556
KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH
144 N BINKLEY ST
SOLDOTNA, AK 99669
BURNETT ADAM WAYNE
7990 HAWKINSMITH RD
JUNCTION CITY, KS 66441
FOLKESTAD QUINLAN
PO BOX 5004
NIKOLAEVSK, AK 99556
BURNETT CASEY
7990 HAWKINSMITH RD
JUNCTION CITY, KS 66441
MISCHLER TERRI D
PO BOX 756
ANCHOR POINT, AK 99556
GRIFFITH MARYL
PO BOX 1266
ANCHOR POINT, AK 99556
Attachment 1
Affidavit of Stephen F. Hennigan
20 LADD SHANNA E
35555 KENAI SPUR HWY
SOLDOTNA, AK 99669
22 WI LL JACK ALAN
120 HENRICH ST
SOLDOTNA,AK99669
23 STAR FRANCINE E
20 NE FERN CT
TAHUYA, WA 98588
24 BOYCE DENNIS
148 KOOL VIEW DR
PICKENS, SC 29671
34 MOHN CHARLES D
PO BOX 122
ANCHOR POINT, AK 99556
35 THOMAS CRAIG
PO BOX 3619
HOMER, AK 99603
36 SMITH TINA
12110 WOODWAY CIRCLE
ANCHORAGE,AK99516
37,38 EHMAN ROBERT L REVOCABLE TRUST
2323 ANN ST
MISSOURI VALLEY, IA 51555
39,40 GROTFEND SABRINA
PO BOX 5075
NIKOLAEVSK, AK 99556
41 MURRAY GREGORY D
PO BOX 555
ANCHOR POINT, AK 99556
42 KUZMIN MAVRICK
38295 GREER RD APT4
HOMER, AK 99603
43,44 LANZ TIMOTHY N
PO BOX 1432
HOMER, AK 99603
45 SMITH RICHARD A
PO BOX 5032
NIKOLAEVSK, AK 99556
46 HEINTZELMAN ROSS W
6314 HIGHVIEW RD
GREENSBORO, NC 27410
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HEATHF.A N. HENNIGAN
Notary Pub li c
Sta t e of Louisiana
U ,! ayette Perish
Notary 10 # 137809
My Commission is for Lift
Attachment 1
Affidavit of Stephen F. Hennigan
48 BERNHARDT DANIEL
PO BOX 1936
HOMER, AK 99603
49 EX SETH & WINKLER LINDSAY A
4516 LAWRENCE LN
LAPORTE, CO 80535
50 SPERLING TIMOTHY M
PO BOX 5101NIKOLAEVSK, AK 99556
51 O'CONNELL KAREN B
PO BOX 706
SAN JUAN BAUTIST, CA 95045
52 JAMES COLBEN
4072 WATERMAN RD
HOMER, AK 99603
53 PYATT LISA
PO BOX 5106
NIKOLAEVSK, AK 99556
54 HAKKINEN JAMES E & CAROL
202410 E TERRIL RD
KENNEWICLE, WA 99337
55,56,57,59 SMITH BRAD
66215 NIKOLAEVSK RD
NIKOLAEVSK, AK 99556
58 WILLIAMS LYNNE S
PO BOX 874
ANCHOR POINT, AK 99556
60 JAMES THOMAS
PO BOX 5106
NIKOLAEVSK, AK 99556
70. ALASKA STATED N R
550 W 7TH AVE STE 650
ANCHORAGE, AK 99501
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HEAT HE-R N. HENN IGAN
No ta ry Public
State o i Louisia na
La fa yell e Pi.Iri sh
Notary H) II 13 7809
My Commis sio1,1 is for Life