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Conservation Order Category Identifier Organizing RESCAN n 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: ( 0 PAGE COUNT MATCHES NUMBER IN SCANNING PREPARATION: /~f YES ~ NO BY: Stage 2 IF NO IN STAGE 1, PAGE(S) DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND: __ YES NO (SCANNING IS COMPLETE AT THIS 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 N0.282 1) 2) October 10, 1991 Conoco Inc. Requests variance to Title 20 October 25, 1991 Notice of Public Hearing, Affidavit of Publication CONSERVATION ORDER NO. 282 STATE OF ALASKA ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage , Alaska 99501-3192 Re: THE REQUEST OF CONOCO ) INC. for an order allowing ) up to 15 days of operational ) necessity flaring per calendar ) quarter at the Milne Point ) Unit production facilities ) without prior Commission ) approval ) Conservation Order No. 282 Kuparuk River Field Milne Point Unit Kuparuk River Oil Pool Schrader Bluff Oil Pool December 16, 1991 IT APPEARING THAT: I · By correspondence dated October 9, 1991 Conoco Inc. requested an order allowing up to 15 days per calendar quarter of operational necessity flaring over and above the allowable safety flare at the Milne Point Unit (MPU) production facilities. · Notice of public hearing was published in the Anchorage Daily News and the Anchorage Times on October 25, 1991 pursuant to 20 AAC 25.540; and in the Alaska Administrative Journal, Issue 46, November 11, 1991. 3. No protests were filed with the Commission. FINDINGS: I · 20 AAC 25.235(a)(3) allows gas escapement without Commission approval in cases of operational necessity for not more than five days within any 30-day period. MPU facilities were originally designed for a producing gas-oil ratio (GOR) of 290 cf/bbl. Conservation Ord,!I z82 December 16, 1991 Page 2 · · · · · · · 10. Actual producing GOR of the MPU, Kuparuk River Oil Pool, has averaged 490 cf/bbl. Actual producing GOR of the MPU, Schrader Bluff Oil Pool, has averaged 400 cf/bbl. The MPU gas injection well E-3 is not isolated from existing Lower Kuparuk production as previously assumed resulting in gas cycling to well C-16. MPU gas injection equipment is currently functioning at capacity· Conoco has shut in higher GOR wells to reduce process surges and gas volume flowing into the process system. Well E-8 will be available for gas injection in the first quarter of 1992. MPU production facilities' safety flare volume is 700 Mcf/d. All gas volumes flared, vented, sold and/or used are reported monthly on Commission form 10-422 "Producer's Report of Gas Disposition". CONCLUSIONS: · Additional operational flexibility is necessary for smooth, uninterrupted operation of MPU production facilities. , Allowing 15 operational necessity gas escapement (flare) days per calendar quarter will not increase the total amount of days allowed under current regulations, but will contribute to operational flexibility. · Granting the requested order as proposed will not result in waste nor jeopardize correlative rights. Conservation Orde!. 282 December 16, 1991 Page 3 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED THAT: Operational necessity flaring of gas over and above the designated safety flare pilot volume at the Milne Point Unit production facilities is not to exceed 15 days in a calendar quarter without prior Commission approval. DONE at Anchorage, Alaska, December 16,1991. G~Conser ommlsslon Russell A. Do~glass,~ Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Notice of Public Hearing STATE OF ALASKA Alaska Off and Gas Conservation Commission Re: The application of Conoco Inc. for a variance to 20 AAC 25.235 (b) (3). Conoco Inc. by letter dated October 10, 1991 has requested a variance to Title 20 of the Alaska Administrative Code Chapter 25.235 (b) (3). The variance would allow operational necessity flaring for a total of 15 days during a calendar quarter without prior commission approval for the Milne Point Unit Central Facilities Pad. A person who may be harmed if the requested order is issued may file a written protest prior to 4:00 pm November 12, 1991 with the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (hereinafter the Commission), 3001 Porcupine Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99501, and request a hearing on the matter. If the protest is timely filed and raises a substantial and material issue crucial to the Commission's determination, a hearing on the matter will be held at the above address at 9:00 am on November 25, 1991 in conformance with 20 AAC 25.540. If a hearing is to be held, interested parties may confirm this by calling the Commission's office, (907) 279-1433 after November 12, 1991. If no protest is filed, the Commission will consider the issuance of the order without a hearing. Russell A. Douglas~ Commissioner Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Published October 25, 1991 #10237 STOFO 330 A0-08-5681 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF ALASKA. ) THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, ) SS. ..... Jenn i fer. Gi ! 1.q,u ~.S. ~ ........ being hrst duly sworn on oath deposes and says that ...... .S..he. ...... is the ..Legal...Rep ............. of the Anchorage News, a daily newspa- per. That said newspaper has been approved by the Third Judi- cial Court, Anchorage, Alaska, and it now and has been published in the English language continually as a daily newspaper in Anchor- age, Alaska, and it is now and during all said time was printed in an office maintained at the afore- said place of publication of said newspaper. That the annexed is a true copy of a ...... ..a..n....a...E.y.e...z'.~.~ .e.F..e..n t as it was published in regular issues (and not in supplemental form) of said newspaper on 10/25, 1991 --CLIP-- Notice of Public Hearing STATE OF ALASKA Alaska Oil and Gas . Conservation~ CommiSsion Re: The aPplication'of Conoco 1nc. for a variance to 20 AAC 25.235 (b) (3) Conoco Inc. by leffer dat- ed October 10, 1991 has re, quested a variance to Title 20 of the Alaska Administrative Code Chapter 25.235 (b) (3). The' variance would allow eratJonal necessity flaring for a total of 15 days. during calendar quarter without prior c6mm~ssion aproval for the Milne Point Unit Central Fa- cilities 'Pad. ., A ,persqn 'who may be "harmed'if ttle requested order' I-Is issued may file a written protest' prier to 4:00. pm No- vember 12~ 1991' with 'the Alas- 'ka ,0il and Gas ConServation ,commission (hereinafter.:.the commission), .3001 PorCuPine J. DriVe,' A.nchorage;'{ Alaska 99501, and:.request" a hearing on the matter. If the prot6st, is .timely filed and raises a sub- .Stantlal'and material issue ".crucial to the.. commission'S ~".cterm:'1a+:o.-. e ~'earing on · :,;; melter .~ I. be ~t, ld. at' the ao~vc, ,maress n' ;'CO am on November 25, :1991, In 'confor- manCe 'w. ith'20 AAC 25.540. If a I~ear;!p.g' $'t0 b~,iblq~ ipl:ere~t- II "~a'"l" pa'~tl'e~,''' may-'~c0nf ir',i~,'' th'i's" ' b', tn nq thr. COrem ssa-".= ,o~s ce .9~,7. 27; 1:33 alter NC: ve~"ql:ter 12 1991. It co pre:c.,.'. '$ ~ ('3, '",~ CO:'1.'"1'~5 0'1 *, '.consider the lSsuai~¢e of the I' order ..Without a hea'~'ing. : ", J ,'Commissioner, ' " ~ , .'Alaska Oil 8, Gas . Iconservation ~ corn mlssion I Pub. OCt.'25,,1991' ' "'' ,' I .AO-08~5681 ' . and that such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscri- bers during all of said period. That the full amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is not in excess of the rate charged private ind~Lviduals. '- Subscribed and sworn to before Notary Public in and fo~ the State of Alaska. Third Division. Anchorage, Alaska MY COMMISSION EXPIRES :t.?. .................. ..... RECEIVED Alaska Oil & ~as Cons. Commission 'Anchorage: A GENCY'MEETINGS Cont. OIL/GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION'cont. Notice is hereby'given that ARCO Alaska, Inc., and BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. have petitioned the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to expand the Prudhoe Bay Miscible Gas ProjEct and modify Rule 2 of Conservation Order No. 195. These subjects pertain to the Prudhoe Bay Pool of the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field in Prudhoe Bay Unit. A hearing will be held in conformance with 20 AAC 25.540 in the Municipal Assembly Chambers of the Loussac Library, 3600 Denali Street, Anchorage, Alaska, starting at 9:00 a.m. on November 18, 1991. All interested persons and parties are invited to attend. Presentation of testimony and statements will be in accordance with 20 AAC 25.540. The hearing is expected to last at least two days. Russell A. Douglass, Commissioner Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Published: October 16, 1991 WOMEN'S COMMISSION The Alaska Women's Commission is having two public hearings by teleconference, November 18 and 22-from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., through the Legislative Information Offices. The purpose is to gather information - Should the Children's Commission and the Women's Commission become a Family Commission? For more information contact Glenne Ralls at the Alaska Women's Commission at 3601 C Street, Suite 370, An. chorage, 99503, telephone 561-4227. ALASKA ADMIblISTRATIVE JOIIRNAL . NOVEMBER 11, 1991 PUBLIC NO TICES OIL/GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION Iffii Conoco Inc. Variance ' ' Re: The application of Conoco Inc. for a variance to 20 AAC 25.235 (b) (3). Conoco Inc. by letter dated oCtober 10, 1991, has requested a variance to Title 20 of the Alaska Administrative Code Chapter 25.235 (b) The variance would allow operational necessity flaring for a total days during a calendar quarter Without prior Commission approval for the Milne Point Unit Central Facilities Pad. '~ ' · :o A person who may be harmed if the requested order is issued may file a written protest prior to 4:00 p.m. November 12, 1991, with the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 3001 porcUpine Drive, An- chorage, Alaska 99501, and request a hearing on the matter. If the protest is timely filed and raises a substantial and material issue crucial to the Commission's determination, a hearing on the matter will be held at the above address at 9:00 a.m. on November 25, 1991, in conformance with 20 AAC 25.540. Ifa hearingis to be held, interested parties may confirm this by calling the Commission's office, (907) 279- 1433 after November 12, 1991. If no protest is filed, the Commiss~---- will consider the issuance of the order without a hearing. l~l ARCO Alaska, Inc. Exception '" '"' ARCO Alaska, Inc., by.letter dated October 28, 1991, has requested an exception to the Provisions of 20 AAC 25.055. 'The exception would . allow drilling the ARCO BLT No. 1 exploratory gas well from a surface location closer than 1500 feet from the boundary ora drilling unit. The CONTINUED BELOW - I. EbT