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FROM:: Sandra D. Lemke, ATO-704 TO:: Meredith Guhl
ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. AOGCC
P.O. Box 100360 333 W. 7th Ave., Suite 100
Anchorage AK 99510-0360 Anchorage, Alaska 99501
RE: Hunter A
DATE: 14APR20
Transmitted:
NPRA, Alaska
Via SFTP
___Hunter A routine core analysis
___Hunter A Sidewall core plug photos 3625’-3652’ md
Re:email request from M. Guhl on 04/14/2020
Transmittal instructions: please promptly sign, scan, and e-mail to Sandra.D.Lemke@conocophillips.com
CC: Hunter A - e-transmittal well folder
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Alaska/IT-GGRE |ConocoPhillips Alaska |Office: 907.265.6947; Mobile 907.440.4512
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By Meredith Guhl at 1:35 pm, Apr 17, 2020
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mre cahw
wrlaceand9140'. Cone"volues weleled
earn, Me SWS whp log generated by the F MI tool.
Plugs 1A wine designed for hale where Mere the
C hvaf des 10%excess. The cahpar was rlol run
ley barrow, the shoe. SD 504, eli Over 8.5- hde
was Pumped Ia, the open here Portion of deg 5.
The 3rd plug was tagged sh1C This was too low,
an an additional dug (3A) was we w 9we 100 01
eenremabovellre,erat Cres None w/BLM OM nd
1, reevsmtagaiilp, Hedrdwadusto00w
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hietlr the w<Y sear be dug. Therewasno
mOvemen of the red p postal. He seer wanted the
BIM 10 aPl. the Me shave, when we pare" not of
the here. Th¢ Wil tW drspla nl waS 17.5 bb's.
and we pumped M has. A dry job was nd ennead
par 1. P00H. ser we nad some mud b. A me
wdace. Ba Sawnwl8LMapprovedleatrlpsheet.
Apeanuge it, was sal 01986 blthe 511, pug.
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The bledway ate was I BPM at (IN par. It took 700
p itageh OUMwntow, Wa ll4l,gMWlnthe
he Ili peg EMW al
hob. Sero pit would e.,
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we withC and
were hobleIBd Chuck tnthathem
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Greg Noble IBL7 Both utterer agreed
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baba
'Wefetthe PR0.17 bels ofparentspewereow,
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perpaber dna 4 bels aero spongia above the
one flnalplufOr,sh mher,
ofudate.
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Opan removaldas BOT the tap olmment
55,
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was observes at approa. grourld caval.
8 Del high oebw pugs 1.2. and 8
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vis pots placed
bn 13 P,, high its ell placed bebw ph:94. No pig
was Placed undenean huge 3A. S. and 6. 114 ppg
ell straight mW is between aft plugs.
al P&A op¢rahons was vnn,,ai by Be Brown
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The l turner A wall was PRA'd was plugs between
slpbce and 9140'. Cemem uhumes'were Wwlated
u ngthe SWScdlperluggeneratedby Ilse FMIlad.
Pkr9514 were designed for hde vdune (horn Me
per plus lU%... The caftan wars nig not
cemer�vre: e..
just anew the shwa, so 50%re.a over BY h0he
wes pumped br the open here peon. of plug 5.
The3rdoi,,waStsggedat73U8'. TMSwasaelow.
are an arseionp plug (BA) was sal to give IN of
a¢nwnt above ars idle. Greg Nodew/BLMdldner
n0pY8 eS10 ag1a5 pWg. Hedldwagesl000w
Chetlr Me are after Me peg. Three was n0
new aamofbemodreIn., Heaeowaaealhe
BLM to. wews1 op of
I hevethetrlpsheetwhen
Mi. hale. Tne cebrda'M Olspacamwa wes 1).5 ads.
and we WmpM 200as. A dy Ipbwasnot pumped
prar la POOH, so w r In. sone nW hisses of 'be
saface. BO On. wl BLM appoved the hip shed.
A Cement retainer was Son et 1905' M the Stn plug.
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The inlepnhy wA wast BPM A 800 Ps. R took 7W
"n"fluatomwe. Wgh114ppg MWmthe
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hole 500 par wouldeguethe I6 peg EMW FIT test at
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Nseh"twecasmgshoe Ibo n,sow"lestrevbs
were aruussed wah Chuck Scheva tAOOCC) and
Greg None(BI141. Bath of loam agreed w poceetl
w MMM PRA. 1) bas d parent ware Pumped below
the rate. are 4 both were spatW above Ire
retainer. The final one was M1pn 350' to surface.
Upon mmovel of the BOP stack, Me lop of amen'
wes obsaPrcd elapprorl. ground I.Vd
8 bn high vis pros paced her. Plugs 1 2. and 3. 8
bn 13 ppg hgh ws pe PVnevJ bebw PIug4. No Pig
was plated unaemedh plugs 3A. 5..d6 11.4 pp9
riff wage rW is beMeen all Pbgs.
AY P&A operalans were wMessea by Be Brown
(BLM,
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18 I'~_TRUI f_i'~` ~I J,-~ • WEEK OF SEP~EMBER 6, ]009
,, i..wwJ li~,n~ ~~nir i
UNITS
explora~ory work ~a~iUiin the imit .ueas
It's a@ood deal all around, said Gree
Noble actine chief of [3LM Alaska's ener-
gy and minerals branch.
"Units are supposed io be leneficial to
hoth parties.'~ he sai~. "The lessees eet
inore time ~o explore ~heir Icases and the
goremment gets a comminnent that fur-
ther exploralion w~ill occur.'~
N'hile mnny Icaccs ~cere uniuzed,
.onpco u ips anc panneis nacflr ~o anc
Yioneer Natural Ite¢ources lei eo -03 odier
leases co~~erine nhout Sii0.0p0 _n~sc acres.
company spokeswoman Nutalie I_owman
told Petruleum News on Sept. 2
The sun~endered leases didn't fi~ the
company~s sfrategic plans based on theu
pmential for development, she said
What's more. many were in the ~~zr}'
remae northwest section of the NPR-A.
far to the west of ezisun~ producuon inGa-
svucture at the Alpine field.
"We're really focused on Chukchi
exploranon right now;' Lowman ndded.
ConocoFhillips hnd more than S506 mil-
lion in winning bids in a Chukchi Sea off-
shore lease snle in Pebruary ?OOR.
New Bear Tooth unit
The [3LM's Noblc signed two Auc. 25
letters creating a ncw 6ear Tooth unit and
expandine Ihe existinp Greater Mooses
Tooth unit. Dodi are in ihe nrn~hea« corner
of the NPR-A, west of the Col~~ille Ri~~er
and the Inupiat Eskimo villaee of Nuiqsut.
ConocoPhillips applied for the Dear
Tooth unit oo A ue. I 9. h ~akes in all m~ pan
of 23 leases coverine 105.655 aa~es. all
federal land.
NoMe's letter says naWrnl gas has been
discovered in the unit area. but no oil. It
identifies the Cretaceous sandstone as the
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The sunendered leases didn't (il
die comymi~'.s sun~egic plnns
bnsed on d~cir polentinl Jor
devcloymen~, she said. WhnYs
more, many ~vere in llic very
remote northwest sedion o( the
NPR-A, (nr lo ~lic wesl o(exisiing
produclion inJrastructure n~ Ihe
Alpine field.
primary tareet and the upper.lurassic sand-
sione as the secondary larget.
Under the und agreement.
ConocoPhillips muSi drill n well to Ihe pri-
marv tar~~e~ m~vhat's desicnated as Unit
Area A. 1 he company also mi~s~ rest ihe
Scout 1~cel to ihe secon arv ~areet m ieu
o( drillin~. a~rell for Uni~ Area {3~The sus-
~ndzd Scou~ I~~~ell, which sitc on ihe
northern boundan~ of the Grearer Mooses
Tooth unic, u as snu in . arc
"Cni~s nrr siq~posed io Le
beneficial ~o bu~h ym~ties. Tlie
lessees ge! more [ime lo esplore
dieir Ieases cmd lhe Sovernmeni
gets n commihnent thcu (iu~tlier
explorn(ion will occur:"
-Greg Nobk, acting chiel ol BlM Alnska's
energy and minerals bran<h
choice ti~uhin the expansinn area,"
Noble's le~ter serys.
Fnilurc ~n ~pud the ~~~eil hy ihe deadline
will m~~nlidaie ihe unit expan.ion. thr le~-
ter cavs.
NPR-A production coming
Conoc6Phillips has been ~he mosi
actice drdler in die NPK-A, an Indiana-
sized iran of Nordi Slope land foimer
Pre~ideni \Unnen G. Hsirdine sei aside in
The a~_reement cives ConocoPhillips a
lunc I. 2012, deadline to carry out the
c ri inc and testine
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Greater Mooses Tooth expanded
~tiaMe nlsn mantcd ;in e~pnnsimi of ihe
Cireaiei Mooces Tooih uniL originnlly
forined in Jnnuary ?OOR.
ConocoPhillips asked fnr the expan-
sion on luly 29, Noble's approval Ietter
says
"I~he expansion adds four mere leases to
~hc unit. increasing rts size from 147.456
acres to 164.014 acres. All the acreuge is
federel land, but 40.?38 acres or about a
quarler of the unit has been selected for
fiuum Subsm'face conveyance to Arctic
Slope Rcgional Coip., the lener says-
In cschanee for the erpansron.
ConncoPhillips inust spud nn esploration
~~~dl ~y the t m~c quaner o_ e we
w~i I target t e upper urass~c sandstone
and "will he located at the Unit Operator's
1923 for its oil and gas pmen~ial.
Most of ~he expbration, and discover-
ies, hare been confined to ihe reserve's
northeac~ comec closest to Ihe exisiing
pipeGnes, rouds and processinc plants of
the central North Slopc oil fields.
Still. NPR-A ~c considered a frontirr
where developmen~ dictates an accumuln-
tion be either veiy Inrge or reasonably
close to infFaxtructure,
The NPR-A's lacest wave of leasine
beeun in 1999. Since then. ConocoPhillips
has suncndered le.ises on a~ least tu~o
necasions. The compuny cave up 43 leus-
es in 2007 nnd 41 lenses last vcar.
Lo~rrnan said.
Rut the compnny is marchine tm~ard
frst producfion froin ~he NPR-A in la~e
I? with ils CD-$ Alpine N'ect saielliic
developmenl. o~h~ch i~ in Ihe prnniinne
phasa The prbduciim~ pad ~coulu cit
roughly mid~cey hetween Ihe Alpine ~irld
to the east and the Greater Mooses Tooth
unit to ihe west. •
Conoco bags Bear Tooth
Firm heeps snme e~c~riring NPR-A Ieases; one new unit, one expansion
By YVESIFY LOY
Po. rrtrolcum Nrws
aced with a looming expiration date on dozens
of fedcrel lcases. ConocoPhillips woriced out a
dcal with the Burcau of I.and Management to form
a new czploration unit called Bear i'ooth and
expand an existing wil in ihe National Petroleum
Reservc-Aluka.
Rollin~ .+n indi~'idual leasc m~o a unit has the
effect ot c~tcndin~~ ~Ls onginal ~0-year tertq thus
allowing ConocoPhiliips ro hang onto acreage it
ot c~vise wnu ave os[ at e en o ugust.
In eac ange or grantmg the company's unit
rcyucsts, thc l3LM ex[rac[ed pro~nises from
ConocoPhillips to conduct mo`e drilliag and other
see IMNIS page 18
Lines of Business on the Slope
• Polyurethane/Polyurea Coatings
• Asbestos & Lead Abatement
• Oil Spilt Response
• Construction Management
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LEASES
eral govcrnmcnt beaan leasing land in die
petroleum reserve more than a decade ago.
drilling a total of 20 wells. and participat-
ine in hvu others.
In 2007 ConocoPhilhps began droppmg
leases in NPR-A. culline what it desa~ibed
as acrea~e too far fi~om infi~aitructure w be
economic to develop in areas where well
resolts were too s~nall to be commercial.
Bul ConocoPhillips cuntinued m piak
up othei aaeage in NPR-A.
Its drillmg m 2008 and 2009 was closer
to infrastructwe.
In 2008. ConocoPhillips and it fre-
quem NPR-A parmer Anadarko
Peholeum. formed the first federal unil in
NPR-A. Greater Mooses Toolh.
ARer ConocoPhillips and Anadarko's
Alpine West (CD-5) satellire in the Colville
River unit has been developed Colville and
Mooses Tooth opera~or ConocoPhillips has
said development of CD-6 and CD-7 NPR-
A satelG[es would likely folloH~. both of
which are in the Mooses Tooth unit.
Alpine Wesl production is expected tn
come online at the end of 2012.
-KAYCASHMAN
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e take from two ~o three months. MM$ said. joinl bid with that kind of uncennin " e
(o ~, ~-ust 2? companies partici- said durin~ a teleconfereo ~ mediately
ee weeAs F~ated in $ale 21 , d wilh 53 in lact following Sale 21 your tendenty is.
its ruhn~ year's Western Gulf of Mexico _ e 'I can o to the lease sale by goin;
uforL, and z~~ for example. u robably sn~e some inerease in
•, Interior Chris Oynes, MMS' associate d- r ~he amnunt o ompnny~ Uids, or
ourt with for offshore energy, indicn et "under even the strengih of Che bi .. of
ss of itt cun~enY' stemmin i uncertainty over that undercurrenC'
plan °to the litie ~ i~ely was a major factor in The SI 15.46 million in apparent high
environ- e. bids submitted in Western Gulf Sale 210
Aug 20, Uat Grrra~PMllip, h:u txn optinns fix a 10-yrar `~~ "'`'s
Cor?ocoPhillip~ r~l.~ska Inc. Oper~ted Le~ses Expiring August 31, 2009
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Seventy~ul~ 11fPR-A C~
leases set to expire Aug 37
Seventy-rdne ka~s ~eno~d by ConocoPhillips m tLe na[t6-
e~1 sale ar~a ~f Uce Natiau~t PBtrdewu Rexnc-Alasia are set
cn e~iro nn Aue. 31.
Ncrthrr thc U.S. Bu+cuu of Lwul Maw~~neaL aw
C'uxnarYhiltgr.. wm raaty W cum~t~d un n ~xopcnal ll~c can-
4~Y wbmitled earlia lhis «nnU~ to BLM on the ncpim~
xrtag:. DLAi h.:c not y~tt cotnpl:tcd it, tcsponsc to that pm-
pm~nl. Cone:of'hilhpc sniJ md 6L,A3 cuafmn:d
RI.Ai ~pnt.~,~~-~Nir,w Sl~vm~ ~Lum told fi:~o}nm~ N~s
:ompany
s~eIEASBp~ 17 ~ing that
iave suf-
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"h's rery. very hnrd ~o make the agree-
ments tmtween companies formulating a ser LEFSf SALE paRe 20
LEASES ~-onocornuups nas neen me mosr
active explorer in NPR-A since
the federal governrnent began
rene~ral on ezch of the 79 lea,ses Apply
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~easing land in the petroleum
leaee withom n discovery.
which
under reserve more than a decade ago,
carries a price tag of 5100 per acre, or
appty as a`9ease u•ith discrnery:' in drilling a total of 21 wells, and
~~fiich case the SI00 fee would be participating in two others.
waived. "There are other nominal
adminishative fees attached in bo[h sito- ~~i~~~ter A was dnlled in 2002. snme
ations.° Wilson said. 28 milcs southwes~ of Nuiqsut.
The expinng leases. purchased in the Petroleum News was unable to discover
first NE NPR-A lease sale in 19y9, the status of the well.
inctude the Truilblazer wells drilled by Noatek. drilled by ConocoPhillips in
6P (ConocoPhillips w~as a partner and Z007 in partnership with Pioneer Namral
later. with Anadarko. acquired the leas- Resources, was deemed "non-commer-
es), and the fello~ving wclls, drilled by ciaP' in May 2007. in part because of its
Conoc:oPhilli~zs: O-~~~wr distance hom existing oilfield infi~a-
. pi~~,~a~ ~ Q h0
{ yJy structure in the Col~~ille River unit,
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•HunterA ~A / where ConocoPhilli S is lookin at io-
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• Noatvk 1 ~~ d cessing its eastem NPR-A discoveries.
-• Scow I SJy ['f ~/ Scout I. w•hich sics on the boundery
The Puviaq well~ drilled by of Ihe Mooses Tooth uniL wac dnlled in
ConocoPhillips in the wimer of 2003, is 2004, within 10 miles of discoveries that
near die IkpiApuk Ri~~er, which is almost ~+'ere made in 2000 and 2001. The well
80 miles from the village of Nuiqsut. ~~'as su5pendecL and the results were not
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The wildcat, in which Anadarko was a released. ~
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partner, took two seasons tn drill and Trailblazer A-01 well was plu~ged
test with an ice pad put in one year and ~~~~~ abandoncd; Trailblazer H-01 was
drillino and testing done the next. suspendedQ~A .~~ ~„4
Rolligons were used m reach the well
$~y11N~ C~OSCf IO IIIff25tNCWfO
site versus bu{Idin~ an ice road.
The results of the Puviaq well have CmiocoPhillips hss been the most
not been released. The well is in opera- active explorer in NPR-A since the fed-
tional suspension.
see LERSES pagr 19