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C¢._.~_~_ conservation Order Category Identifier Organizing RESCAN [] Color items: [] Grayscale items: [] Poor Quality Originals: [] Other: NOTES: DIGITAL DATA [] Diskettes, No. [] Other, No/Type OVERSIZED (Scannable with large plotter/scanner) [] Maps: [] Other items OVERSIZED (Not suitable for plotter/scanner, may work with 'log' scanner) [] Logs of various kinds [] Other BY: '~~ MARIA Scanning Preparation TOTAL PAGES BY; ~-~) MARIA DATE,: ~',..~ Production Scanning Stage 1 PAGE COUNT FROM SCANNED DOCUMENT: i ( PAGE COUNT MATCHES NUMBER IN SCANNING PREPARATION: ~ YES NO BY: ~__.~ MARIA DATE~.~ '"6~70~~) 'S;~ Stage 2 IF NO IN STAGE 1, PAGE(S) DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND: ~ YES NO BY: ~OBIN MARIA DATE: /SI (SCANNING IS COMPLETE AT THIS POINT UNLESS SPECIAL ATTENTION IS REQUIRED ON AN INDIVIDUAL PAGE BASIS DUE TO QUALrrY, GRAYSCALE OR COLOR IMAGES) General Notes or Comments about this Document: 5/21/03 ConservOrdCvrPg.wpd RE OUR' APPLCATION FOR AN O'RDER PERMITTING COMMINGLING OF PRODUCTION IN ~!IDDLE GROUND SHOAL ADL 17'395 WELL NO 8, DO NOT 'NOW PLAN TO COMMINGLE POOL WITH ANY OTHER P.OOL IN THIS WELL WE THEREFO. RE W'ITHDRAW OUR, APPLICATION WITHOUT PREJUDICE AND THANK YOU F O~ ~t~j~ ....... :~'~' ~ l~ Jm/ YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS APPLICATION CO'PY OF THIS WIRE SENTj,ANl!;,I967 DENVER COLO' TO SHELL ON BEHALF OF ALL INTERESTED PAR'TIES ~ViS~ON o~ Uii,4es ~, ,v~:N~S ANCHO~C~ S B RICHARDS PAN AMERICAN PETRO, CORP SECUR't-T-Y-k'IFEm"~LD8' ADL 17595 8 . - __ , ~ · ' : .; ,,: .................... ; ...................... ..........m....~. ~ SHELL OIL COMPANY 430 7TH AVENUE ANCHORAGE. ALASKA 99501 January 6, 1967 ,j R F,J 9 State of Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska PI¥1$1ON OF MINES & MiNERAI.~ A,NCHORAGE Attention Mr. T. R. Marshall, Jr. Gentlemen: With reference to Pan American Petroleum Corporation's "Application for an Order Permitting the Commingling of Production in Middle Ground Shoal ADL 17595 Well No. 8" and your Notice of Public Hearing pertaining to that application, Shell Oil Company, as operator for itself, the Atlantic Richfield Oil Company and the Standard Oil Company of California, does not object to the commingling of production from zones A, B, and C in Pan American Middle Ground Shoal Well No. 8 subject to the following provisions: l, . That the well be completed in such a manner as to allow separate testing of the A zone and the That the A zone and the B, C zones be tested periodically so as to monitor reservoir behavior of those zones. . That inasmuch as the results of the testing in that well as stated in Part 8 of Pan American's application will not be made available to us prior to the deadline in which to file a protest as specified in your Notice of Public Hearing, we be allowed to reserve the right to protest the commingling of the zones in their No. 8 well pending receipt and analysis of that data. EBM:m Very truly yours, L,,,' F. A. MacDougall Division Production Manager cc: Pan American Petroleum Corporation AFFIDAVIT OFPUBLI ATION STATE OF ALASKA, ) HIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, ) ss. Mary Seawell being first duly sworn on oath She deposes and says that ................ the ].egal cler~k is ................................. of the Anchorage News, a daily news- paper. That said newspaper has been approved as a legal news- paper by the Third Judicial Court, Anchorage, Alaska, and it is now and has been published in the English language continually as a daily newspaper in Anchorage, Alaska, and it is now and during all of said time was printed in an office maintained at the aforesaid place of publication of said news- paper. That the annexed is a true legal notice #559 copy of a ................................... as it was published in regular issues (and not in supplemental form) of said newspaper for a NOTICE OF · . ~T~tice. period of one insertions, commencing O~:~.the .~..O.~.h..day December 66 of ......... .~ .... ..::'.': .... ,19 ......, and' ending on the ..... .3..?.t...h .... day of December of ................................ ,19T. Z .... , both dates .inclusive, and that such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers dur- ing all of sa.id period. That the full amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is. ~4.00 the sum of $ ..................... which amount has been paid in full at the rate of $1.50 per square. Minimum charge $7.50. One in- sertion legals, $2.Q)0 per square. Subscribed and/sworn to before 30 th ~/ December m~e~,t h i s ........ day of.. .................. w this in~2 £or is 3001 Porcupine] Alaska. If such a'I a 'hearing :1 at. the ! ,,::':~n.; timelg ~tled, the the tssu- without a hear-' Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive '. '~n~horage': N°i a. t ',Publish Dec. 30; 1966. . .,,.,,~' ',~ ,., t 1 1966 Notary Public in and for the State of Alaska, Third Division, Anchorage, Alaska OCt. ~i~OA~AISSION EXPIRi~ OIVISION t)r MINES & MINERAL.~ ANCHORAGE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF MINES AND MINERALS Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee RE: Application for an Order Permitting the Commingling of Production in Middle Ground Shoal ADL 17595 Well #8, Pan American Petroleum i¢orporation, Operator Notice is hereby given that the Pan American Petroleum Corporation has requested the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee to issue an order permitting commingling of production from all productive intervals below the top of MGS Pool A in the captioned well pursuant to the requirements of AAC Title 11, Section 2157. Parties who may be aggrieved if the re- quested order is issued are allowed ten days from the date of this publi- cation in which to file a protest and request for hearing. Place of filing is 3001 Porcupine Drive, Anchorage, Alaska. If such a protest is timely filed, a hearing on the matter will be held at the above address at 10:00 a.m., January 10, 1967, at which p~testants and others may be heard. If no such protest is timely filed, the Committee will consider the issuance of the order without a hearing. Thomas R. Marshall, Jr. Executive Secretary Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99504 Publish December 30, 1966 STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF MINES AND MINERALS ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMITTEE 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska RE: THE APPLICATION OF PAN AMERICAN ) PETROLEUM CORPORATION, for an Order ) permitting the commingling of production ) in Middle Ground Shoal ADL 17595 Well ) No. 8 ) APPLICATION COMES NOW, PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Applicant in the above entitled matter, on behalf of itself and Phillips Petroleum Company, Sinclair Oil & Gas Company, and the Skelly Oil Company, and respectfully peti- tions the Oil and Gas Conservation Committee of the State of Alaska for an Order permitting it to commingle production in the well bore of Middle Ground Shoal ADL 17595 Well No o 8o In support of its Application, the Applicant states: 1o Middle Ground Shoal Well No. 8 has been drilled by Pan American Petroleum Corporation as Operator for itself and for Phillips Petroleum Company, Sinclair Oil & Gas Company, and Skelly Oil Company from the fixed platform in the Cook Inlet known as the Middle Ground Shoal "B" platform. The well was intentionally deviated from the vertical for the purpose of encountering the productive intervals under the SE/4 of Section 31, T 9 N, R 13 W, in compliance with Conservation Order No. 26, as amended. The well en- countered the "A" zone at 6150 feet, encountered the "B" zone at 6770 feet and was drilled to a total depth of 10,314 feet° A 9-5/8" casing string was set at 8350 feet and the well plugged back to a depth of 8250 feet within the "C" zone. RECFIVEO DEC 19 1966 DIVISION ur MINES &MINE, RAL.5 ANCHORAGE- 2o That because of the extremely steep dips encountered by Middle Ground Shoal Well No° 8, said well could not penetrate all of the potential productive intervals within the location to which it is confined by the terms of Con- servation Order No° 26° 3o That Applicant is currently testing said well for the purpose of determining whether it can be completed as a well capable of producing oil in paying quantities and if so, the most eco- nomical and efficient method for the completion of the well. 4o That Applicant in. the testing of said well intends to test all potential producing intervals below the top of the MGS Pool "B" as defined in Conservation Order NOo 26. Applicant also intends to test all potential productive .intervals in MGS Pool "A:' as defined in Conservation Order No. 260 The testing of MGS Pool "A" will be carried out by Applicant-in a manner which will completely segregate the production from each potential productive interval in MGS Pool "A" from any other potential productive i2terval so that the produced gas-oil ratio in each such.interval in MGS Pool "A" in said well can be accurately d~¢terminedo 5 o That Conservation Order NO o 26 provides that production from MGS Pool "A".as defined by said order may not be commingled in the same well bore with production from any other zone or po~ol o. 6° That if the produced gas-oil ratio from any praduction inter- val of the MGS Pool._"A': as encountered in said well is no more than 2000 cubic feet of gas per barrel of oil produced, the oil produced from said interval in said MGS Pool "A" may be commingled in this well bore .with oil produced by said -2- well from pools below said MGS Pool "A?, without waste, and without in any way impairing the ultimate recovery of oil or gas from said interval in MGS Pool "A", or from any other pool in which said well may be completed and from which it may be produced. That if Applicant is not granted permission to complete said well in a .manner which will permit commingling production from_MGS Pool "A" and the production from formations below said pool, a considerable unnecessary expense will be ..i. nc ~t~rred by the Applicant, both in the ini- rial completion of said well and' in-operating said well thereafter 8o The Applicant wi!.~l immediately upon completion of the testing of said well furnish to the Gommittee and to Shell Oil Gom- pany as representative of the interested parties who may be affected by its proposed completion, the results of said tests so that all interested parties may be fully advised as to the feasibility and desirability of permitting the commingling of production from intervals in the MGS Pool "A" with the pro- duction from intervals below the top of the MGS Pool "A" in said well. 9 o Applicant believes that the testing of said well will be corn- pleted on or before January 15, 1967, and Applicant states that said well should be completed and equipped for pro- duction as soon thereafter as reasonably possible. 10o If a test of any separate interval of the MGS Pool "A" shows that the gas-oil.ratio of the oil in said-interval of the pool which may be produced from Middle Ground Shoal Well No° 8 is in excess of 2000 cubic feet of gas per barrel of oil pro- ~.. duced, Applicant will withdraw its. Application without pre- -3- judice as to said interval, and notify all interested parties of such withdrawal. WHEREFORE, Applicant requests that this matter be set for hearing on a day certain which shall be prior to January 15, 1967, and that all inter- ested parties be notified thereof in. accordance with the Oil and Gas Con- servation Statutes and the rules of the Committeeo Applicant requests that if the separate test of any o~:the.:.potential productive intervals in MGS'Pool "A" shows that oil produced~.frora said interval in the said pool by Middle Ground Shoal Well No. 8 has.a gas-oil ratio which is not_in excess of 2000 cubic feet of gas per barrel, of oil produced, and can therefore be safely commingled with oil produced by said well from other pools below said MGS Pool "A", and if it furnishes to the~.Committee satisfactory proof that the interested parties consent to..the granting of this Application without a hear- ing, that it be permitted to complete. Middle Ground Shoal Well No. 8 in a manner which will permit oil .to be produced from each such productive interval in said well below the top of MGS .Pool "A" and commingled: in the well bore with oil produced from intervals below the top of the MGS Pool "A". If the interested parties fail to consent to the granting of this Application, or if the Committee is of the opinion that this Application should not be granted without a hearing, Applicant requests that the hearing be held at the time and place as set by the Committee so that a decision on this Application will not be unduly delayed. Respectfully submitted, PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION By By Eben H. Lewis Oscar E o Swan Its Attorneys -4- MAILING LIST __ Co L0 COX Sinclair Oil & Gas Company 501 Lincoln Tower Building Denver, Colorado Co Lo Blacksher S~lly Oil Company Po Oo Box 1650 Tulsa, Oklahoma To Lo Osborne Phillips Petroleum Company 1300 Security Life Building Denver, Colorado Jack To Doyle (3) Shell 0il Company 1008 W0 6th Box 3397 Terminal Annex Los Angeles, California Fred A0 MacDougall Shell Oil Company 430 7th Avenue Anchorage, Alaska 99501 F0 Ko Krebill Pan Ameri.can Petroleum Corporation Po 0o Box 779 Anchorage, ~Alaska 99501 To Jo Files Pan American Petroleum Corporation Security Life Building Denver ~ Colorado 80202 A o E o Piper Pan American Petroleum Corp..oration Security Life Building Denver, Colorado 80202 Eben H0 Lewis Robison, McCaskey & Lewis 921 6th Avenue AnChorage, Alaska 99501 1397 1-66 ,, / ,, / PAN AMEIHCAN PETROLEUM COILOOIL ION PRODUCING DEPARTMENT H. T. HUNTER DIVISION PRODUCTION MANAGER SECURITY LIFE BUILDING DENVER, COLORADO 80202 December 16, 1966 DISTriCt SUP~U~r~NVSNtS W. M. JONES A. E. P~PEg T. M. CURTIS JOIN~ IN~E~ES~ SUPERINTENDI~NT S. B. File: SBR-628-986o 511 Application for an Order Permitting The Commingling of Production in Middle Ground Shoal ADL 17595 Well No0 8 Mr o Thomas R o Marshall (2) Petroleum Supervisor Division of Mines and Minerals 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Dear Sir; We transmit herewith Application of Pan American Petroleum Corporation for an Order permitting the commingling of production in Middle Ground Shoal ADL 17595 Well Noo 8~ We believe the Application is self-explanatory as to the reasons why the Order is being requested, but believe that additional explanation of the necessity for a prompt decision in this matter might be helpful° We expec~ the testing of this well to be completed on or about ,January 1967o At that time, we intend to proceed immediately to complete the well in a manner which Will allow the well to produce from all productive intervals below the top of MGS Pool A, in which the produced gas~oil ratio is not in excess of 2'000 to lo In other words, we intend to complete the well in all productive intervals which can, under the Committee's general rules, be pro~ duced without waste and without being penalized because of excessive gas-oil ratios~ If we are required to segregate production from such intervals in the "A" zone from production from intervals in the "B" and "C" zones, a very sub~ stantial additional expense will be incurred in the completion, and in future operation of the wello We believe this expense to be unnecessary because pro- duction from intervals with gas-oil ratios of less than 2000, to 1 can be com~ mingled without impairing ultimate recovery from any such intervals° If, on ,the other hand, after completion of the testing, we are required to wait for a decision as to whether commingling will be permitted as requested, · a substantial additional expense will also be incUrred which would within a short period of time nullify any saving we might achieve if commingling is later permitted° DEC 19 1966 OIVI$tON Of MINES & MINERAL~ ANCHORAOE ,tro Thomas Ro Marshall December 16, 1966 Page 2 It is, therefore, essential that we have a decision in this matter before testing is' completed, so that we may proceed immediately to complete the well for production° We request that the matter be set for hearing immediately and that notice thereof be giveno We are, by a copy of this letter, transmitting a copy of this Application to Shell Oil Company, as Operator of the only off~ setting leases which would be affected by the grranting of this Order, with the request that ~ in view of the unusual conditions encountered in the well, and the urgency of the matter, that it consent to the granting of the Order quested, and advise you in writing of its consent° If Shell does not consent to the granting of the Order without a hearing, we desire that a hearing be held no later than January 9 or January 10, 1967, which would give several days after the hearing for a decision, and still avoid setting the matter during the holidays0 We, therefore, ~quest that the matter be set for heaping in the initial notice on one of said dates° Yours very t~uly, Attachments cc: James A0 Williams, Director Division of Mines and Minerals Pouch M Juneau, Alaska 99801 Attached Mailing List