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',~_~_~ Conservation Order Category Identifier Organizing RESCAN Color items: Grayscale items: Poor Quality Originals: Other: DIGITAL DATA [] Diskettes, No. [] Other, No/Type OVERSIZED (Scannable with large plottedscanner) [] Maps: [] Other items OVERSIZED (Not suitable for plotter/scanner, may work with 'log' scanner) NOTES: [] Logs of various kinds [] Other BY: ROBIN Scanning Preparation TOTAL PAGES BY: ROBIN ~ Production Scanning Stage I PAGE COUNT FROM SCANNED DOCUMENT: '-~ PAGE COUNT MATCHES NUMBER IN SCANNING PREPARATION: YES NO 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) I I II II I IIIIII II I General Notes or Comments about this Document: 5/21/03 ConservOrdCvrPg.wpd • • Index Conservation Order 399 1.) June 6, 1997 BP Exploration Alaska, Inc. Request from Waiver Conservation Order 202, Rule 6(a) 2.) June 18, 1997 Notice of Public Hearing, Affidavit of Publication Conservation Order 399 STATE OF ALASKA ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501-3192 Re: THE REQUEST of BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA) INC., for an order waiving Endicott Field Rules, Conservation Order No. 202, Rule 6(a). ) Conservation Order No. 399 ) ) Endicott Field ) Endicott Oil Pool ) Duck Island Unit August 6, 1997 IT APPEARING THAT: BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., operator of Duck Island 'Unit, submitted a request received June 30, 1997 to waive the requirement of Endicott Field Rules, Conservation Order No. 202 (CO//202), Rule 6(a), Pressure Surveys, for all remaining wells to be drilled in the Endicott Field, Duck Island Unit. 2. Notice of the request was published in the Anchorage Daily News on July 18, 1997. 3. No protests were filed with the Commission. FINDINGS: Rule 6(a) requires a pressure survey be taken on each well prior to regular production. . Rule 6(c) and Rule 6(d) require annual pressure surveys in each governmental section and a key well pressure program to monitor reservoir pressure in the pool. . A pressure survey in each new well may or may not be useful for reservoir management purposes depending on where the survey is taken in the reservoir. . Results and analysis of pressure monitoring have been presented annually to the AOGCC. . Changes to the key well program have been proposed and approved on occasion to meet needs of reservoir management and to accommodate problems in a particular well. . Over 650 pressure surveys have been conducted in the Endicott pool sine 1986. The operator has averaged approximately 60 surveys per year. Conservation Order 399 ' August 6, 1997 Page 2 CONCLUSIONS: 1. Pressure data for reservoir management purposes should be acquired in wells and subzones throughout the reservoir where appropriate to answer questions and plan efficient development. 2. Pressure data from the Endicott Pool key well program is reported regularly and is subject to annual review by the Commission. 3. Rule 6(c) and Rule 6(d) are sufficient to provide pressure data for reservoir management purposes. 4. Waiving the requirement of Rule 6(a) to measure reservoir pressure in each new well will not cause waste or jeopardize correlative rights. NOW, THEREFORE IT IS ORDERED THAT: Rule 6(a) of Conservation Order 202 is hereby repealed. DONE at Anchorage, Alaska and dated August 6, 1997. D~vid W -J~~h,~C[a~ ~ ~,~: Alaska Oil and~as Col ~ervation Commission Robert N."L'~h'~stenson, P E, Commissioner ~~' ~~'~~-'~-~o~,33~'' Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission AS 31.05.080 provides that within 20 days after receipt of written notice of the entry of an order, a person affected by it may file with the Commission an application for rehearing. A request for rehearing must be received by 4:30 PM on the 23rd day following the date of the order, or next working day if a holiday or weekend, to be timely filed. The Commission shall grant or refuse the application in whole or in part within 10 days. The Commission can refuse an application by not acting on it within the 10-day period. An affected person has 30 days from the date the Commission refuses the application or mails (or otherwise distributes) an order upon rehearing, both being the final order of the Commission, to appeal the decision to Superior Court. Where a request for rehearing is denied by nonaction of the Commission, the 30-day period for appeal to Superior Court runs from the date on which the request is deemed denied (i.e., 10th day after the application for rehearing was filed). Notice of Public Hearing STATE OF ALASKA Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Re~ The application of BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc., to waive requirements of Conservation Order 202, Rule 6(a). BP Exploration by application received June 30, 1997, petitioned the AOGCC to waive requirements of Conservation Order 202, Rule 6(a) which requires a pressure survey on each well prior to regular production. A person who may be harmed if the requested order is issued may file a written protest prior to 4:00 PM August 4, 1997, with the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation 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 August 19, 1997, 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 August 4, 1997. If no protest is filed, the Commission will consider the issuance of the order without a hearing. If you are a person with a disability who may need a special modification in order to comment or to attend the public hearing, please contact Diana Fleck at 279-1433 no later than August 12, 1997. Robert 'N. Christenson Commissioner Published July 1, 8, 1997 AND AO-02814003 #16so9 i"' s?o o 9o f A0-02814003 AFFIDAVIT $61.05 STATE OF ALASKA, ) THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT. ) Eva M. Kaufmann being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says that he/she is an advertising representative of the Anchorage Daily News, a daily newspaper. That said newspaper has been approved by the Third Judicial Court, Anchorage, Alaska, and it now and has been published in the English language continually as a daily newspaper in Anchorage, Alaska, and it is now and during all said time was printed in an office maintained at the aforesaid place of publication of said newspaper. That the annexed is a copy of an advertisement as it was published in regular issues (and not in supplemental form) of said newspaper on July 18, 1997 OF PUBLICATION STATE OF A~I~lkSKA Alaska'O, 'and Gas Conservation Commission ~e: The application of BP ~Explorotion (Alaska),. Inc,, to 'Waive requirements of Conser- vation Order 202, Rule 6(a). BP Exploration by applica- tion received June 30, 1997, petitioned the AOGCC to waive requirements of Conservation .'.Rule ..Alaska, rehOest, a healing. It.tl~e protest is I wff.~. ' ing. is'Jtd be po~fles: coiling, the Commission's offi'.c.e; · (907.)' 279-tt.433"after AugOst 4, 1997. I.~ nO Protest is filed, the Commission will con- sider the Issuance of' the or,er without a. heoriffg. I~ you are o Person with o disability who moy. nee~ o special 'm~dif cati6~ in order to comme'nt or to attend the later,:'thon.:August 12, 1997. . /s~R~be~t' :N' ~Chrl~n~on I and that such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers' 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 individuals. Subscribed and sworn lore me this ...~....~ay of ....~.~//:. ...... ............. Anchorage. Alaska MY CO~ISSION ~PIRES February 8, 2000 BP EXPLORATION BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. 900 East Benson Boulevard RO. Box 196612 Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6612 (907) 561-5111 June 6, 1997 Mr. Jack Hartz Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Request for Waiver from Conservation Order 202, Rule 6(a) Dear Mr. Hartz, Okland-~'"--'"'----- ~Wondzell ~e~ BP Alaska, Inc. as operator of the Endicott Field, would like to petition the commission on behalf of the field owners to waive requirements of Conservation Order 202, Rule 6(a). This rule mandates that a pressure survey be acquired on each new well prior to regular production. BP, as required by Conservation Order 202, Rule 6(d), submitted and was granted approval for a long term pressure monitoring key well program in 1989. The program mandates the minimum pressure requirements of one static pressure per hydraulic subzone per year. BP has reported and reviewed this program with the commission each year since inception. Historically, acquisition of static pressures for reservoir management and infill drilling requirements, has far exceeded the minimum key well requirements. For example, in 1996 twenty- two additional static pressures were acquired across the field in addition to the sixteen approved key wells (attachment). BP Alaska, Inc. believes Rule 6(a) is no longer necessary due to the present maturity of field development and the excellent historical pressure data for each hydraulically independent subzone now identified. BP respectfully requests that the commission allow that static pressure surveys be acquired on an "as needed" basis for prudent operations and reservoir management purposes rather than on a routine "prior to regular production" basis. This change will result in more efficiency, both in terms of data acquisition and utilization. Request for Waiver from Conservation Order 202, Rule 6(a) page 2 Please contact Bob Metzger, at 564-4613, if you have any questions or require further clarification of this request. Sincerely, Dave Szabo Subsurface Reservoir Manager CC: 71.1 Surveillance Requirements O6.1 AOGCC 1996 Endicott Static Pressures Sw Name Test Date Pres Pbar Sw Name Test Date Pres Pbar MPI SDI 1-01/J-19 13-Jan-1996 4243 3-09/L-28A 21-Apr-1996 4382 1-09/J-18 28-Feb-1996 4542 3-1~/M-30 26-Jan-1996 4566 28-Feb-1996 4563 26-Jan-1996 4546 1-17/SN-02 04-Ju1-1996 4785 3-~5/K-33 21-Apr-1996 4154 1-21/K-25 16-Nov-1996 4372 3-21/L-34 01-Apr-1996 4657 ~-3~/M-21 27-Jan-1996 4366 3-25/N-32 19-Apr-1996 2428 1-35/O-25 10-Mar-1996 4604 3-33/K-37 19-Sep-1996 4550 ~-39/P-17 06-Apr-1996 4656 3-35/L-36 02-Sep-1996 4374 ~-57/R-23 07-Mar-1996 5097 3-37/L-35 20-Ju1-1996 4514 1-63/T-22 12-Dec-1996 4983 3-39/J-3'9 02-Apr-1996 4788 1-65/N-25 03-Mar-1996 4564 3-43/P-36 04-Jan-1996 3658 03-Mar-1996 4551 3-47/Q-35 16-Aug-1996 5654 1-67/~-20 15-Apr-1996 4260 4-06/Q-32 16-0ct-1996 5179 2-16/M-16 16-Dec-1996 4973 4-10/M-28 20-Ju1-1996 4382 16-Dec-1996 4653 4-18/S-30 30-Jan-1996 4960 2-18/L-16 23-Jan-1996 4184 30-Jan-1996 4985 2-26/N-1~ 06-Apr-1996 1934 4-26/O-3~ 10-Aug-1996 3156 2-38/SN=01 04-Ju1-1996 4705 10-Aug-1996 214 2-42/P-13 17-Feb-1996 5001 4-28/N-37 25-Nov-1996 4193 2-50/U-08 09-May-1996 3456 4-32/K-38 il-Nov-1996 4524 2-52/S-14 28-Jan-1996 5019 4-38/K-34 12-Nov-1996 3883 28-Jan-1996 5043 2-58/S-09 14-Apr-1996 2215 2-64/U-t0 28-Mar-1996 5055 02-Apr-1996 5055 Bold wells indicate members of Endicott Key Well Pressure Program in 1996. Multiple static pressures on the same date for select wells indicates either dual zone statics or tandem gauges.