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HomeMy WebLinkAbout202-013TTT RR AA NN SS MM II TT TT AA LL 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 Receipt: Date: Alaska/IT-GGRE |ConocoPhillips Alaska |Office: 907.265.6947; Mobile 907.440.4512 37' (6HW Abby Bell 04/17/2020 By Meredith Guhl at 1:35 pm, Apr 17, 2020 3 NAK EXPLORVELLNAME WELLBORE HUNTER A ConocoPhiltips AlesFa, Il lc lft� F- El 1XINfERA=TRa191.15II PM Cement SQMBB106 WtialedawwEc(arowal Marlon) Top"In MKIB) INnjN01 (one) Dn Smit Date coon Top(MB) ),306.0 ).530.0 049.4 )288.1 3I2320W ih¢Muna AweX wag p8A'0 wiln6plugsbHween 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 pveblwa4 F10l: A9 pre 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. ({A 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., In.:'< eunacemv Thetest. ,Us . ihemjve (4 GMralds we withC and were hobleIBd Chuck tnthathem NwrtlarmwaRgplgXO r D, react M o) Greg Noble IBL7 Both utterer agreed ' mralelo baba 'Wefetthe PR0.17 bels ofparentspewereow, } the perpaber dna 4 bels aero spongia above the one flnalplufOr,sh mher, ofudate. Up'lene, Opan removaldas BOT the tap olmment 55, ouM, was observes at approa. grourld caval. 8 Del high oebw pugs 1.2. and 8 :yy 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 Jere, NaiWme ...: .. Po01 ?.' 7.809.0 8.040.0 7.542.6 7.n0.5 3292002 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. V•" The inlepnhy wA wast BPM A 800 Ps. R took 7W "n"fluatomwe. Wgh114ppg MWmthe ------ hole 500 par wouldeguethe I6 peg EMW FIT test at — 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, • • 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 ' ~ - ~~ L----- - + - _ _ I '. ~, _ ' ~-~ • ~ ., . . , . ~, . . ~f "i::';. „ -, - r, . ~cc~`. ~ . I ..., ~. .., ._,. . ~--~- i l IJQtI.DV.Q~ YCtYDLEkMt T<'.CSCrJC AltiSkA ~N~-~~ ~_ NDRA Oil Fj Gp5 lAnitr . . o ,,_< ~. . ~ :. . : :, ~~ . . . . ° ~. v„° --_, ~ -~ - 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 3 S~S~nS 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 ~--- __ ~: ~ ~d~` ~~3 ~~"~~~~~ SEr I ~ 2009 S~'bsiala j-~ t,~~r ry°t Bristol Bay Native C°'~ • ~ 1'ETRULEU~d NE\~JS • WEEK Of AUGUST 23, 2009 19 ~ continurd frmn page J7 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 ~ i~ ~~-a~ ~W -0~ .au~ti-oc~ 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 `~ c•,Im ~or v..~t~ lei~.~• [,~~u:.: e,^,t.~_~ ~'~.: ~ i~e~av..; i;a~~,- im:er H~id F. ~a~<II ,w.r~a w.lir ~ - .. _ _ .. _ ~ yiy~ ,~ ~~- -•-~._.....•n:n~~v~6~~-• \~..,-vEY, t rrolmc vo.t RE~~7[~f<~~~( 1~:) ~`- >. . .. -. i aa~a~.~a~ `: . ^q~a~~~. ;'~.,,.• -. - Teshekpuk Plamm~y Arey / n1N NPR.4 ~J' - -_ . .. . / SaleArea "~~vUVIAQI ~ ~ -~ ~~ - . d : ~ , ~ ~ ,.,., .~. ~ r-- -- ~ ..- ~ ~ '- --- ~ _ ~ ', . ._... ._ i '+...., ~~ ~~. _ r . <..,~ ,~. . ; ~ , i, _ ~ , . ... . : _ ~ - -;-- ~ ~ ~ : ~ . '~ ~-~-~- k ~ k l l . _. `~...+.^.~- ~ ~ TA41lBTA~ER -01 . ._ . , ~ ~I ~"pGIFg{,gIZERA-Ot ~ , t. . ~IO.~1T.\K1 ~ I I I, .i - - ~ - ~ pi ~ I pu ~ Sa e Area ~ - - ~ J ~ .~,1 I , l ~~ l . - ~ . ' . , I ' , . NE N~RA Salc Area . ~ .~ o~q.~e ~ _ ~' ~ ~ 1' r, ~~„q.,,~. NIAPMAKERS --.-----y, . .. ~! ~ ~ ~ i ALASKA . H~;hrFk,; .. ~ ~ ,,..rom ~.~..~ om . . ,.: .. ., .. ~, . . , ,. . I ..l',~~i~~.:i , .~i~.:i: .. ~._ .., .. .~. .. , .i~~,.. .~ . , ~ . , ~~, .,. ` 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- ~ . . _..__t details . ~ .._"".__ `__'.~_ a_.i .., .......... ...ho.. n.,.. ... ......~ ..............e, "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 " ' ~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, \ •HunterA ~A / where ConocoPhilli S is lookin at io- P~ E P~ • 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 ' ~ The wildcat, in which Anadarko was a released. ~ A I~ ~~ 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