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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 Production Scanning Stage 1 PAGE COUNT FROM SCANNED DOCUMENT: PAGE COUNT MATCHES NUMBER IN SCANNING PREPARATION: X YES NO BY: Stage 2 IF NO IN STAGE 1, PAGE(S) DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND: ~ YES NO BY: MARIA DATE: ' 7~:~r ' ,..,~ /S (SCANNING IS COMP'L~s POINT UNLESS SPECIAL ATTENTION IS REQUIRED ON AN INDIVIDUAL PAGE BASIS DUE TO QUALITY, GRAYSCALE OR COLOR IMAGES) General Notes or Comments about this Document: 5/21/03 ConservOrdCvrPg.wpd • INDEX CONSERVATION ORDER N0.283 Schrader Bluff 1) May 1, 1992 Conoco Inc. request for a waterflood project 2) June 2, 1992 CONSERVATION ORDER NO. 283 STATE OF ALASKA ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION 3001 PORCUPINE DRIVE ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 99501-3192 Re: THE APPLICATION OF CONOCO ) INC. requesting an order approving) a waterflood project in the Schrader) Bluff Oil Pool within the Milne Point ) Unit of the Kuparuk River Field. ) Conservation Order No. 283 Kuparuk River Field Milne Point Unit Schrader Bluff Oil Pool December 30, 1991 IT APPEARING THAT: I · Conoco Inc, by letter and documents dated September 3, 1991, requested the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to approve the implementation of a waterflood project for the Kuparuk River Field, Milne Point Unit, Schrader Bluff Oil Pool. 2. Notice of the application was published in the Anchorage Times and the Anchorage Daily News on September 21, 1991. 3. There. were no protests to the application. FINDINGS: I · Implementation of a waterflood Project for the Milne Point Unit, Schrader Bluff Oil Pool is required by Rule 8 of Conservation Order 255. · The application for additional recovery pertaining to the Milne Point Unit waterflood project filed by Conoco Inc for the Schrader Bluff Oil Pool contains all of the necessary data required for enhanced recovery operations under 20 AAC 25.402. Conservation No. 283 December 30, 1991 Page 2 e . 5, Conoco estimates primary recovery from the Schrader Bluff Oil Pool to be twelve (12) percent of the original oil-in-place. Conoco estimates primary plus secondary (waterflood) oil recovery from the Schrader Bluff Oil Pool to be twenty-one (21) percent of the original oil-in-place. Nominal 10-acre spacing and the use of horizontal/high angle completions may be required for an effective waterflood project in the Schrader Bluff Oil Pool as provided for in Rules 2 and 3 of Conservation Order No. 255. CONCLUSIONS: The planned Schrader Bluff Oil Pool waterflood project within the Milne Point Unit will result in the recovery of significantly more oil than primary production; correlative rights will be protected; and there will be no waste of hydrocarbons. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED THAT the Schrader Bluff Oil Pool waterflood project of the Milne Point Unit is approved for the area described as follows: UMIAT MERIDIAN T13N R9E T13N R10E T13N RllE Sections 13, 14, 23 and 24. All Sections Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 29, 30, 31 and 32. Rule 1 Administrative Action. The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission may, by administrative action, make changes and approve operations that will enhance the efficiency of the Milne Point Unit Schrader Bluff Oil Pool waterflood project. Conservation No. 283 December 30, 1991 Page 3 Rule 2 Schrader Bluff Oil Pool Annual Reservoir Surveillance Report An annual Schrader Bluff Oil Pool surveillance report will be required by April 1 of each year. The report shall include but is not limited to the following: 1) Progress of enhanced recovery project(s) implementation and reservoir management summary. 2) Voidage balance by month of produced fluids (oil, water and gas) and injected fluids (gas, water, low molecular weight hydrocarbons, and any other injected substances). 3) Analysis of reservoir pressure surveys within the field. 4) Results and where appropriate, analysis of production logging surveys, tracer surveys and observation well surveys. DONE at Anchorage, Alaska and dated December 30, 1991. David ~V Johns~h, ~hairman .Alaska~as.. Conservation Commission Commission Russell A Douglass, C~nmissioner Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION WALT~Ft d. l-II~K~l.., 3001 PORCUPINE DRIVE ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 99501-3192 PHONE: (907) 279-1~ TELECOPY: (907) 276-7542 June 1, 1992 Mr. A. E. Hastings Director - External Affairs Conoco Inc.. 3201 C Street, Suite 200 Anchorage, AK 99503-3999 Dear Mr. Hastings: We are in receipi of your April 1992 Annual Reservoir Surveillance Report for the schrader Bluff Oil Pool enhanced recovery project in the 'Milne Point Unit. The :report has been reviewed by' the Commission and its staff and meets the requirements of Rule 2 of Conservation Order 283. The Commission appreciates your thorough and concise presentation' of the required data and look forward to future 'reports of this nature being presented in a similar format. , Sincerely, . RuSsell A. Douglass Commissioner r, ZZ~ p.":n:-~c! cn ~,.-~c';,¢!eci caper COMM~ May 1, 1992 Mr. Lonnie C. Smith, Commissioner Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501-3192 RE: Milne Point Unit - Schrader Bluff Pool Annual Reservoir Surveillance Report Dear Mr. Smith: Conoco Inc. 3201 C Street, Suite 200 Anchorage, AK 99503-3999 (907) 564-7600 Pursuant to Rule 2 of Conservation Order No. 283, Conoco Inc. is providing the attached Schrader Bluff Pool Annual Reservoir Surveillance Report. As previously discussed by phone, the issuing of this report was delayed by a month to allow time to compile data for the first month of water injection, March 1992, and complete wireline pressure surveys. We hope this delay has caused no inconvenience and believe the additional information will assist you in monitoring development progress. Please contact Steve Deckert, Senior Reservoir Engineer, at (907)564-7615 if you have any questions or require additional information. Yours Very Truly, ,." .*,~.~ ~ ,~ ........ .~' A. E. 'Hastings Director SLD/sld C:\DATA\REG\SBPRP492.WP51 File 500.21.08 Attachment CC: Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Bill Pickering Oxy USA Inc., Bob Hunt RECEIVED. MAY - 6 1992 Alaska Oil & Gas Cons. uummission Anchorage