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Home My WebLink About100-004 Photo CollectionRosetta1and2Ͳ1 OrphanWellSiteInspectionFormͲ SiteName:Rosetta1and2 API#:50Ͳ009Ͳ10014Ͳ00Ͳ00,50Ͳ009Ͳ10015Ͳ00Ͳ00 DateandTime:ThursdayJune16,2022Ͳ1:45pm. Inspectedby:LisaKrebsͲBarsis,AlenaVoigt,LoriAldrich Access:ThepropertyissouthwestoftheParksHighwayaccessiblebyvehicleaccessiblebytheroad rightͲofͲway.AlargeparkingareaiswestofthewellsoutsideofagatedaccesstotheAlaskaRailroad. Thisparkingareacouldbeusedasastagingarea,thoughaccessfromtherailroadmayneedtobe acquired.Thewellsareatopahillabout20feethigherthantheroad.AnATVtrailonthecrestofthe hillappearsdrivable.Rosetta1isinaheavilyvegetatedareaonthehillandclearingwouldbeneeded togetequipmentclosetoRosetta1. Drainage:Thewellsareatthetopofhillbetweentheroadandtherailroad.Waterfromthehillflows offthehillinvariousdirectionsbutgenerallytothesoutheast.Adrainageditchparalleltotheroadwas dry.Nosurfacewaterwaspresentduringthesitevisit. VisualObservations:Rosetta2isvisiblefromtheroad.Duringthesitevisitnogasorliquidwas observedtobecomingfromthewellcasingofRosetta2.Noevidenceofwaterflowwaspresentat Rosetta2.OntheATVtrailadjacentbetweenRosetta2andthesumpedarea,finesedimentwasvisible inpatchyunvegetatedareas.PatchyvegetationandpresenceoffinesedimentcouldberelatedtoATV use. PossibledrillingmudwasobservedimmediatelyaroundRosetta1andupto35feetawayinasumped areathatcouldhavebeenareservepit. Nosurfacereleasesorleakingcontainerswereobservedinthevicinityofthewells.Somemetaland woodendebriswasobservedinthewoods. PIDreadings:Aphotoionizationdetector(PID)wasusedtoscreenambientairandadjacenttothewells. Bothreadingswere0.0ppm.BeforeusethePIDwascalibratedusingisobutylenegasandafreshair calibrationwasalsodone. Recommendations:ConsidersamplingthewaterwellͲpetroleumhydrocarbons,volatileorganic compounds,metals,polynucleararomatichydrocarbons. Rosetta1and2Ͳ2 Rosetta1and2SiteFeatures Rosetta1and2Ͳ3 PhotographicLogͲRosetta1and2 Photograph1:Rosetta2facingsoutheast Photograph2:Rosetta1 Rosetta1and2Ͳ4 Photograph3:PossibledrillingmudadjacenttoRosetta1Ͳ Photograph4:Possibledrillingmud~35feetwestofRosetta1 Photograph5:Waterwell Rosetta1and2Ͳ5 Photograph6:SumpedareafacingnorthwesttowardRosetta1Ͳpossiblereservepit Rosetta1and2Ͳ6 Photograph7:facingnorthwestfromATVtrail Photograph8:facingsoutheastfromrailroadaccessparkingarea 5000510051015102511751185119512151225125512651395140PARKS HIGHWAY 10050015002SITE 1: MP 59.4 PARKS HWYNOTES1. THE INFORMATION SHOWN HEREON IS BASED ON FIELD LOCATES PERFORMED BY THE ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OFMINING, LAND AND WATER ON MAY 2, 2022. THE PURPOSE OF THIS SURVEY IS TO ACQUIRE LOCATION AND CONDITION INFORMATION OF ORPHANWELLS FOR AOGCC, FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE PLUGGING, REMEDIATION AND RESTORATION WORK.2. THE COORDINATE SYSTEM FOR THIS PROJECT IS ALASKA STATE PLANE ZONE 4, NAD83(2011) EPOCH (2010.0000) IN US SURVEY FEET. THE BASIS OFCOORDINATES IS POINT NO. 100 "CP ROSE 2" BASED ON A TRIMBLE RTX SOLUTION PERFORMED ON MAY 4, 2022. POINT NO. 100 LATITUDE: N 61° 38'26.54655" LONGITUDE: W 149° 51' 40.86629"3. THE VERTICAL DATUM FOR THIS SURVEY IS NAVD88 (DERIVED FROM GEOID 12B). THE BASIS OF VERTICAL CONTROL IS POINT NO. 100 "CP ROSE 2",HAVING AN ELLIPSOID HEIGHT OF 347.80' AND A GEOID HEIGHT OF 323.57', BASED ON A TRIMBLE RTX SOLUTION PERFORMED ON MAY 4, 2022.4. FIELD WORK AND DRAFTING WAS PERFORMED BY RANDY GUINTU AND JOSEPH DONOHUE. DRAWING WAS REVIEWED BY KEVIN BOW, PLS.GRAPHIC SCALE15 METERS6060 FEET150301 METER = 3.280833 U.S. SURVEY FEET1 U.S. ACRE = 0.4047 HECTAREENDING:SCALE:DRAWN BY:DATE:DATE OF SURVEY: SURVEYOR:BEGINNING:STATE OF ALASKAOIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSIONANCHORAGE, ALASKACHECKED BY:SHEET:OFDNR, DMLW, SURVEY SECTION550 W. 7TH AVE, SUITE 650ANCHORAGE, AK 99501-357631KB1"=30'05/05/2022JD5/2/20225/2/2022VICINITY MAPScale: 1" = 1 MileSource:Alaska Mapper - National Map TopoORPHAN WELL SURVEYS HOUSTON, AKSite 1: MP 59.4 Parks HwySite 2: MP 58.6 Parks HwySite 3: MP 58.6 Parks Hwy, down trail 14 mi.WWWLEGENDFOUND WELLSET 12" SPIKE - GEODETICCONTROLFOUND PROPERTY CORNERPOWERPOLEELECTRIC JUNCTION BOXGNSS OBSERVATION TAKENEDGE PAVEMENTEDGE TRAILTOP/TOE OF SLOPEEDGE OF PERCEIVED SUMPPOWERLINEPPW MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission To: AOGCC Well file DATE: May 2, 2022 FROM: Bryan McLellan AOGCC Sr. Petroleum Engineer SUBJECT: Rosetta 1 and Rosetta 2 Orphan Well Site Survey Well Names: Rosetta 1 (PTD 100-003) and Rosetta 2 (PTD 100-004) Operator: None (Orphan Wells). Previously Anchorage Gas and Oil Development Objective: Locate and map orphan wells and associated debris, reserve pits and other features relevant to future well plugging and site clearance operations. Attachments: • Some photos are included in this report. Additional photos are located in the AOGCC wellfile. • DNR survey map with GPS coordinates of wells and other features. Observations: I traveled to the wellsites of Rosetta 1-4 to locate and assess these Orphan Wells in preparation for plugging and abandonment. I was met by a survey crew from Alaska DNR (Joe Donohue and Randy Guidu) at Rosetta 1 & 2 to accurately map the location of the wells. This date was selected for the site visit to be snow-free, but before the new vegetation concealed the debris and wells. Rosetta 1 Four previous attempts during site inspections in 1994, 2000, 2001 and in 2015 were unsuccessful in locating Rosetta 1 or the associated Diamond Core Hole #2 well. Both wells had been observed leaking saltwater and gas in a 1971 report. Rosetta 1 was located on 5/2/2022 after extensive use of metal detectors and digging multiple holes. It was about 30’ due north of the Northernmost corner of a ~15x60’ pit, probably a mud or reserve pit, shown on the map created by the survey crew. There is a lot of buried metal debris in the area surrounding these wells and many false hits with the metal detectors, also indicated on the survey map. We found casing couplings, old pipes and other metal debris, including cables and what looked like structural beams, possibly from a rig. Rosetta 1 had been buried under about 6” of organic material and tree roots and approximately 1.5 feet of inorganic dirt and gravel, indicating that it had been intentionally buried and not just naturally filled in with dead vegetation. The cap on top of the well looked just as it did in the 1971 photos. Rosetta 1 Oct 1971 Rosetta 1, 5/2/22 The 1971 report indicated some gas leaking around the outside of the casing on Rosetta 1. We did not see any gas bubbling but did not expose any of the casing and there was no water in the pit. Research should be done to determine who buried the well and if any downhole plugging work was done. It seems doubtful that anything downhole was done since the cap on the well looks much the same as it had in 1971. There is an MEA right-of-way and powerline just to the south and this well is just out of the Parks highway right-of-way, so either MEA or DOT may have been responsible for burying the well. The possible reserve pit indicated on the map could be checked for old drilling mud or contamination. Additional debris, pipes, cables, etc… was found partially buried in the woods south of the MEA cut around an area that seemed to have been leveled at one point. The debris is also indicated on the map attached at the end of this document. Diamond Core Hole #2 The Oct 15, 1971 AOGCC inspection report found a 3” diameter well flowing slightly brackish water with considerable gas bubbling up through it. AOGCC staff were unable to find this well in their 1994, 2000, 2001 and 2015 visits. The Diamond Core Hole well was found on 5/2/22 buried approximately 2’ below ground level after an extensive search with metal detectors and digging multiple test pits. The well has a metal cap welded on top and is partially encased and covered in cement. It looks as though someone shoveled a sack of cement into the hole on top of the well and then buried it. No obvious signs of leakage were observed. Diamond Core Hole #2, 5/2/22 Edge of metal cap can be seen protruding from cement encasement, 5/2/22. This is assumed to be the Diamond Core Hole #2 mentioned in AOGCC’s Oct 15, 1971 inspection report. Obviously someone has capped this well and placed cement over it between the 1971 and 1994 AOGCC site visits. No record of this activity exists in the AOGCC database and there is no way to determine if it has been plugged downhole or simply had a cap welded on top. Rosetta #2 Rosetta 2 was easily identified at the top of the highway cut in the DOT right-of-way. A~10’ tall, ~12” marker pipe has been welded on top of the well some time between the 1971 and 1994 AOGCC reports. No record exists in AOGCC’s records of any downhole plugging or welding on this marker pipe. There was no obvious signs of current water or gas leakage from the casing as were reported in the previous AOGCC reports. Gas leakage might not have been audibly detectible since wind was blowing at 10-15 mph. There was some staining on the side of the highway cut about 20’ from the well where water had been seen emerging from the sand during the 1994, 2000 and 2001 site visits. There was some standing water in the ditch below the well next to the highway with a visible sheen. The sheen could have been from road runoff since this well only produced gas and saltwater. Below are photos from the 2000 & 2001 reports along with photos from this May 2, 2022 inspection. The next 3 photos are from the 2001 site inspection of Rosetta 2: Rosetta 2, looking north, 7/17/2001. Bubbling gas next to casing of Rosetta 2, 7/17/2001. Water seepage from the highway cut ~27’ from Rosetta 2, 7/17/2001. Water leaking from the highway cut about 27’ from Rosetta 2, estimated at 2 pints/min, 9/4/2000. The remaining photos in this report are from the site inspection 5/2/2022. Additional photos are available in the wellfile. View of Rosetta 2 looking north, 5/2/2022. Rust-colored soil stained from previously observed water seepage. Sheen observed in water along the highway below the well 5/2/2022. Rosetta 2 looking south from drone, 5/2/22. Rosetta 2 looking south from drone, 5/2/2022. This well was rumored to have once been flowing significant saltwater down to the highway cut, south along the highway to the end of the ridge, then west down to the railroad, killing much of the vegetation in its path. This would have been before the 1971 site visit. Orange flagging tape in the woods on right of photo indicates location of Rosetta 1 relative to Rosetta 2, which is seen on the left of the photo. Photo taken with highway on the left, 5/2/2022. Rosetta 1 is center left of photo, spray-painted in orange. Railroad can be seen at the bottom of the hill, top of the photo, 5/2/2022. Rosetta 1 is spray painted orange in lower right. Rosetta 2 is seen as a pipe sticking out of the top of the highway cut in upper left. The southbound lane of Parks highway is in lower left. 5/2/2022 Other notable debris and possible reserve pit photos, all marked on the surveyor’s map: Possible reserve pit, 5/2/2022. Rosetta 1 is ~30 from the small flagging tape that is indicating some ~1.5” diameter wire rope in the upper right quadrant of the photo. ~2-1/2” pipe sticking out of the ground south of the MEA powerline cut, 5/2/22. Indicated on the map. Heavy piping, possible rig standpipe, south of the MEA cut, 5/2/2022. Timbers with 1” diameter wire rope, south of the MEA cut, 5/2/2022. Rosetta 2 Base to Rosetta 2 Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Base with Parks Highway Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Ground Stain on highway cut near Rosetta 2 Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Metal Conduit Aboveground Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Metal Debris near Rosetta 2 Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Metal Debris near Rosetta 2 Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Metal Debris near Rosetta 2 Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Metal Debris near Rosetta 2 Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Metal pipe near Rosetta 2 Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Presumed Water Well Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Presumed Water Well Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Presumed Water Well Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Presumed Water Well Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Radio to Rosetta 2 Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Aerial View of Rosetta 1 and 2 Location Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Aerial View of Rosetta 1 and 2 Location Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Wellhead Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Wellhead via drone photo Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Wellhead Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Wellhead via drone photo Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Wellhead Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Wellhead Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Wellhead Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Wellhead Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Wellhead Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Wellhead Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Wellhead near highway Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Aerial photo of wellhead Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Wellhead Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Aerial photo of Rosetta 2 wellhead Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Aerial photo of Rosetta 2 wellhead Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Aerial photo of Rosetta 2 wellhead Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Aerial photo of Rosetta 2 wellhead Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Sump Pit Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Sump Pit Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Sump Pit Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Sump Pit with Drilling Wire Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Sump Pit with animal skull Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Test pits were dug to locate wellheads Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Test pits were dug to locate wellheads Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Test pits were dug to locate wellheads Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Test pits were dug to locate wellheads This had metal debris Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Test pits were dug to locate wellheads This had metal debris Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Test pits were dug to locate wellheads This had metal debris Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Test pits were dug to locate wellheads This had metal debris Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Test pits were dug to locate wellheads This had metal debris Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Test pits were dug to locate wellheads This had metal debris as well as timber Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Timber Debris Taken May 2 2022 Rosetta 2 Timber Debris Taken May 2 2022