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Home My WebLink AboutCO 141 ) 1. August 20,1976 2. August 25, 1976 3. August 28, 1976 4. May 24, 1977 Conservation Order 141 ') Atlantic Richfield Company's request for Spacing Exception Prudho Bay Notice of Hearing and affidavit of publication Affidavit of publication Atlantic Richfield Company's request for administrative Approval 141.1 Conservation Order 141 ) 11"'1> ~)' l STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVrSION OF OIL AND GAS Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Re: The application of Atlantic ) Richfield Company for an exception ) to Title II, Alaska Administrative ) Code, Section 22.240, to permit pro-) duction of gas cap gas associated ) with the Prudhoe Oil Pool from the ) North Gas Injection Well No.7 and ) for back up purposes, North Gas In- ) jection Well No.6 at rates in ex- ) cess of the net reservoir volumetric) withdrawal rate of gas and oil pro- ) duced from the pool and to inject ) produced fluids into the pool. ) IT APPEARING THAT: Conservation Order No. 141 Prudhoe Bay Field Prudhoe Oil Pool September 22, 1976 1. Atlantic Richfield Company by letter dated August 20, 1976, requested the referenced order. 2. Notice was published in the Anchorage Daily News on August 25, 1976 pursuant to Title II, Alaska Administrative Code, Section 22.540 and no protests were received. FINDINGS: I 1. Appl icant desires to produce the referenced wells in the Prudhoe Bay Field, Prudhoe Oil Pool, to commission and operate the Prudhoe Bay Field Fuel Gas Unit and necessary support facilities. 2. During normal operations prior to the commencement of major oil pro- duction from the Prudhoe Bay Field approximately 30 mill ion cubic feet of gas per day will be required to develop and commission the Prudhoe Bay Field. Maximum requirements could be as high as 40 mill ion cubic feet of gas per day. 3. Approximately 4 mill ion cubic feet of gas needed for the daily re- quirements of the gas plant will be met with excess casinghead gas available from the Prudhoe Bay Crude Oil Topping Plant. That supply of casinghead gas is subject to interruptions. ) ) · N O. 1 4' 'I ) Co. Order Page 2 } 4. Gas cap gas will be required to meet the requirements in excess of the available supply of casinghead gas. During normal operations, approximately 26 million cubic feet of gas cap gas per day will be needed and maximum requirements could be approximately 36 million cubic feet of gas per day except during possible interruptions of the supply of casinghead gas when the maximum requirements for gas cap gas could be as high as 40 mill ion cubic feet of gas per day. 5. During normal operations of the Field Fuel Gas System approximately 3000 barrels of natural gas liquids will be separated from the gas stream. 6. At the foregoing anticipated production rates, net reservoir voidage in the referenced pool resulting from the production of gas cap gas will exceed that of the well or wells supplying the crude oil topping plant. 7. During the estimated eight month period in which gas cap gas from the referenced well or wells is uti 1 ized for such purpose, from two one- hundredths to three one-hundredths of one percent of the recoverable gas cap gas in the referenced pool will be consumed. 8. When adequate supplies of casinghead gas become available from oil production operations, the referenced wells will be converted to dual service of standby gas supply and gas injection. CONCLUSIONS: 1. The Prudhoe Bay Field Fuel Gas Unit is required to condition and supply fuel for various operations and facilities that are needed before oil production starts in the Prudhoe Bay Field and constitutes a beneficial use of the gas. 2. Production from the referenced wells and injection of gas liquids into the reservoir at the anticipated volumes will not constitute waste or impair correlative rights. 3. The production and use of the gas cap gas should be permitted only as required to commission the Prudhoe Bay Field producing and necessary support facil ities prior to the time casinghead gas is available as a f ue 1 . ) ) ') ') Co. Order No. 141 Page 3 NOW, THEREFORE, rT rs ORDERED THAT: 1. Applicant, Atlantic Richfield Company, is hereby granted an exception to Title I r, Alaska Administrative Code, Section 22.240, to permit production of gas cap gas associated with the Prudhoe Oil Pool from the North Gas rnjection wells Nos. 6 and 7 under the following terms and conditions: (a) The gas cap shall be util ized to supply fuel conditioned by the Prudhoe Bay Field Fuel Gas Unit required to develop and commission the Prudhoe Bay Field producing and necessary support facil ities. (b) The monthly volumes of gas produced shall not exceed 40 million cubic feet multipl ied by the number of days in the month without Committee approval. 2. Applicant is granted permission to inject fluids produced with the gas into the referenced pool. 3. This order, unless extended by the Committee, shall expire when casinghead gas is available as a fuel. DONE at Anchorage, Alaska, and dated September 22, 1976. . ~. tH,t~ ¡,/'.' " it::, r''''' _ A )I . ,r . (f:,,,~, ~,,, ~""- ..~~~.v:^ ., A(~..",... \'>(._1""''' . _ "(,I \' t ;¡:;. ""'/l l:ir! ((f.A~i~!:'¡ Ç.\ f~'f' IJ \\ W",,","Y,~ ¿ \ I ,,:";~'t.!¿~'~i;~~i~i~~·:';r~ \ \ () ~"-"'! il..,'"..".·...... '".;:. \ ',¡: 'J' :~~~~....., ~"{r·?::: \\:' i" ~"·^ll.·'.' H, . " <:zt.::;i:·:.~··,·,~~¿;.:.:·~.'.~:,;>,,· ---.-- d I( 4Þ¡ ,J-J/j. Thos. R. Marshall, Jr., Executive Secretary Oil and Gas Conservation Committee Concurrence: HO~~~ orr::~:~~nservation Committee ~--'Y ¿J. H/{0J Harry W. Kug(er, Member Oil and Gas Conservation Committee ~ .:i' ) ATASKA OIL AND Gl\S <ni~;WATICN C(MU':1"~ May 25, 1977 ADM I N I .s 'r R AT IV E AP PRO V A L N o. 141.1 .. , ~ \.'_~' "I' - '''''' -, ,,_. ft_ --- ,n' " .'-,,'~ - ," .1""'" ,_ . p." "¥ '\ y- '''~.. £ ;._\; .. -"-'Í.Þ'~~~; - ',,:'1. ,,' ~' ,I( ,,¡;" '.' ~" '-. \ _' ," ~~";\:/"L t ~ ~~I', ., 'I),'. .. .l _~_':' ~/"'_' 1111,;:: ,\.i :::/'I..I.'w,~ Fe: Request to ~arily exceed the limit. set. by Consexvdt1onorder No. 141, Rule l(b} ~y allowing the volume of. gas prodUced fran the gas cap to exœed40 million cubic feet per day on ,8. na1th1y average. Conservatiœ Qrder No. 141 applies, to the Prudhoe Oil Pool, PrudhœBay Field~. Mr. R. A. crœky Atlantic Bichfleld Cœpany Narth Alaska ~ratiQ1S Manager Box 360 Anchæ:'age, Alaska 99510 Dear Mr. croaky: en May 24, 1977 an application was received which stated that the ccmnissiarl.nç of F1CM Stations Nos. 1 and 2 and the gas injection facilities required short tenn use of ððditional quantities of gas £ran North Gas Injection wells Nos. 6 and 7. The above request is approved pursuant to conservation order No. 141, Rule 1 (b) . This approval will apply only until the camù.ssioning of tb:>se facilities is cœpleted. The operator is required to furnish the Cœmittee with a trenthly report of the voluœs flared and the voluœs injected during the approval period. '!he camdttee will revieW' these reports m:nthly and may :inpJse volu:ne restrictions at anytime. The operator is requ.i.red to notify tl1e Ccmnitt.ee when cmmissiarl.nç operations have been ccxrpleted. §Ìft@@f@lv f '1hos. R. Marshall, Jr. EKecutivre Secretary Tl~~, !lJ jr.\ '...., ..i......'_~,...._,_~:~..,_,..~¡, . #4 A tlanti c R ichfieid Com pany North Amerir "' r 'iucing Division Alaska EXPI~. , ( Producing Operations Post Office Búx 360 Anchorage, Alaska 99510 Telephone 9072775637 Robert A. Crosky North Alaska Operations Manager May 24, 1977 ~o~ \ ~/a~ ~ r ,l' 1"\ \ · \ ~ ~ \L~~ I" \) \ ( c ~ ô tOf1 Oil & Gas Conservation Ccmnittee Department of Natural Resources State of Alaska 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, AK 99501 Attention: Mr. Thanas R. Marshall, Executive Secretary REQUEST FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL RE: Prudhoe Bay Field Prudhoe Oil Pool Gas Reinjection Facilities Conservation Order No. 141 Gentlemen: ~~ .~,.. j DI" =I~__' G':.'· .' ~~ I c. ::: ,",:: ¡ ~-r 1 ~:-~~: '--T2 ~ 1--, . 2 --- . ~;, ~ I . c",. I I S ~>,!(; I :-. ¡., C'i. I . . ..... -I 2 G'::OL-r-- ~-l 3' ~ ,'-)1 I ._. .. ' .... " - I t. L k~V I DRAf(-¡--' ,'-1 ....SeC -r'-- , CONFE~:-- '~"ð~Rr-- -';',' .'" "\(._1, " -- 1._ ~ ....", We hereby request your approval to exceed the monthly volumes of gas cap gas specified in Conservation Order No. 141 in order to continue with the comnissioning of Flow Stations Nos. 1 and 2, and particularly the gas reinjection facilities. We request that such approval be made effective for the current IIDnth of May. Our best estimates are that, at the end of the current month, the daily average net displacement of gas from the pool may exceed the monthly volumes specified in the subject order even if the reinj ected volu:nes are subtracted from the volumes produced. It is, however, very important that we have this flexibility in order to achieve a timely and otherwise successful start-up. Our Mr. lDuis Berdan, Operations Coordinator, will deliver this to you personally and be available to advise you of the specific facts which have led to this request. Your early action is needed and will be sincerely appreciated. Thank you. N ~y yours, ~s~~ RAC :job f<E(~E'VED MAY 241917 Division of Oil and Gas COl1ser'Jation Anchorage #3 AFFIDAVIT STATE OF ALASKA, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, 55. .... .V.ion. .cruaniaghall.... ......- being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says that..... .ahfL.. is the....~.~.g~~...ç.~~~~.... of the Anchorage News, a daily news- paper. That said newspaper has been approved as a legal news- paper by the Third Judicial Court, Anchorage, Alaska, and it is now and has been published in. the English language continually as a daily newspaper in Anchorage, Alaska, and it is now and during all of said time was printed in an office maintained at the aforesaid place of publication of said news- paper. That the annexed is a true copy of a . ..pu:blic...He.ª:ri'-Æ.· · · · as it was published in regular issues (and not in supplemental form) of said newspaper for. a period of ....º~~....... insertions, commencing on the ·28U1.··day of .......August......, 19 .7.6 , and ending on the...~a~.......... day of of " ....A:':l.~~~..... ..... , 19..... .7,6 both dates inclusive, and that such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers dur- ing all of sa,id period. That the full amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is the sum of $1.5.90 which amount has been paid in full at the rate of 30 ¢ per line; Mini- mum charge $10.00. ~~.. !(L:11/J(/d~' Subscribed and s~~ to before ð .. me this 3.~~:tday of....A~~.~~..., 76 19..... . '\ \ ' - U) ....., ......--.... .... ·t······..· ".:..J'"'''' f~ ¡r/f) ,.//) J I T ---~~~:Ç,.~.-.Ç!.....~....~<..:!-::.~. c ~ ~ Notary Public in and for tho Stote of Alnka, Third Division, Anchorage, AluKa MY COMNdSSION EXPIRES -...-...... ..-··12/14..................., 19....·...!17 OF PUBLIt;A TIO .';·~9t.,é~.OFmm::ÙÚj,iMltSG. ..... " '. .:'···>i·::~'4ÄTE;QFiA¡';.A:$fCÄ/·!':r;'·"·"·'·· 'ri,··;·P¡:;~.j\R1TMEN:r,0f1NA.:rUR!¢" ......, , ...,...,........ RESQURCES",<,. . '. Alaska QU and Gas <, ;, ,. ' ..', '. '.çollse1,vatlon CQ¡nll1lttee ..;: " . COIII...~tJOD Flle/llo.,¡.E, " ~e:··:~:~:g~lt:'~Ú·>r;;·:,,··}'·.:,'.. ':. . .." ....Prudbøe Ba:y~¡qppl~gPI¡l~~:' .; ',' ,Noti~e l~h~l1!by. ,givl¡n ·that an ¡l~:' Pllcat.121.ì, n~,s. ,..'re¡:" e,.IY. ed',f. f,Ø!n..· tbe'Atlan- tic· RI.."fleld CQlI1p~riy on. 'August 20, ' 1976, ¡l~pIYlngfor. ~n'ord~rpUrsuMt tQ Title n~,l\Il\s.kaA:dqln!stratIYe· Code, Sectlol\ .~2;5iOl.amendlng:·Conservatlonf. Order N\I,,~I·p,J~ule21\ torim1oYl.the throughput. r.,~s.t.,",lCton~ ,R'..th" tOfP, Ing pla"t"'!lcau~, :COltlpletonofthe Field . Fuel GII$'SystemwUlmake:lt'pol!slble' to.. benefici,ØUf'µt!'Iì"e".'I''tbecaSlng.'' I he~d. Bail.!~'e~es&~,f:.tJ¡e"~mo4.ntpre: I !/Crlbed'~r:\tijf,lsaf!lty fI!lre\'l~,..::!, "'.' ; .... .Pal1t1es,}ynltq¡8y:lJe¡lBSfle,V.,,<flf the ~ request~(;ofl,le~ I~¡'~sl\~are. allpwed: " 10 da~s{~4ß.'tl1e ~~t,ofths.lÌÛbUca. , to~il\ WhÇhrt9fÐe'ø:J.1fPt!'n~nd'reqù~ '.' Cilt.' fO, rb~. ~. .,',r. I,,!IS. .:.;~~Iace,' ·..~,f.. tllpll., ,".,S·~Pl; I PoI';:.µpll¡~.IDr.iv~;,,;AnChQra8e~Ma8ka 99501.1f.s~~h ~.p., f."C!te, 'sflll tlrtI'I.Ytlled, ~ ah·h~!'tJp8~nt,h0: ,m~t~4'r,.wllI.·~Þeld· at I ; t e ay~~;;addf~.atl:oø'a.m':',s~p:" I ~embO:r 8. ,!e7~"at~whlch", prote.tant.: and ()tbl!~'mll)".be. h~.arc1,,·lf;\Î1\f'luch·· pro~. 'Fs;tl~elY:, "All!'. It'tM,Commlttee ~ wlllcClI14Id,)r:the,l..uanceot:~til!:or*1' I ':YIthouta'Þe\til'í'l ";'~'..(Ii'·'l';r./'.·...... .' ! '·..,',i~i~~;~~~::~;;~:m!Jf~;':;;:,."!r:""U ': ,Oonservatlon ICommlt.te,'i. ".':.' ,'.' 1,300¡~ol'CUP\':P.t.I:ve",,'.1 II : . Anchorqe,' ^hllll(¡a' 991101'" '~!b~~ILI$!~ii1&1t ' ; . ~ "',......'..11",,',\:'11'" ,1¡, "" I·...;...: ;~'L".r.-~·" ~ \ .~.~._- \ \ ~. \ \ f~ CO q\ ~ t I C-<:' o . \ L; , ¡ "."" #2 ') ) NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee Conservation File No. 141 Re: The application of Atlantic Richfield Company for an exception to Title II, Alaska Administrative Code, Section 22.240 to complete North Gas Injection Well No.7 and for backup purposes North Gas Injection Well No.6 in the associated gas cap of the Prudhoe Oil Pool, Prudhoe Bay Field, as a producing gas well and to produce it at rates higher than those prescribed by this regulation. Notice is hereby given that Atlantic Richfield Company has applied for an order to exempt the referenced wells from the requirement of Title II, Alaska Administrative Code, Section 22.240 in order to produce the well at rates in excess of the net reservoir volumetric withdrawal rate of gas and oil produced from the Prudhoe Bay Crude Oil Topping Plant supply well . Fluids produced with the gas from the subject wells will be separated and injected into the reservoir through the subject wells. Parties who may be aggrieved if the requested order is issued are allowed 10 days from the date of this publication in which to file a protest and request for hearing. Place of filing is 3001 Porcupine Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99501. If such a protest is timely filed, a hearing on the matter will be held at the above address at 9:00 AM, September 8, 1976 at which time protestants and others may be heard. If no such protest is timely filed, the Committee will consider the issuance of the order without a hearing. óLæ/ltt~ A Thomas R. Marshall, Jr. Executive Secretary Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Publish: August 25, 1976 ".~IN9ri¿I'Q'i!tJij,L~iC.~ns.(~i~ç;<! '" "STATE O.F,AW)l:~· '. \' Ð¡:¡'~"'Jri\llJ;:mof'!\!Al'PML' , , :,' ~ESQUJtÇE;S I , ' " .' i ~~.Iç,a QlllU1ê1 hs" . . I ,',CQß,SElP':ado!l çø.~!Ð!~t~ "', . " '<. 1;;,cQ"~rv"U/¡~,fll"':.~C!;:,~·4J'<" ,.i, ,:... ne ~':I:T~e'·~ppH9\\*!.n.Q~,. A.tléln~\", RiChflßl4 <;\åm,R!'I"Y;~f9r.:an' ~~ci:pJh)l1.t~ Title'. H.. ;Alâ:lI\~:M¡rlil)¡~trati\'~Sode S\!ct¡or¡~2 ;240 ·.to :çq~p~~e. North:·. G\\S IruectlQrt Vi eU.NQ,7· .,aI14 f6r: þadp,lp p~rppse~No~~'G~:>·.~,1je¢~iQn~\!II.No, ~'in the¡¡.:>socia~ed, g~~cap" oft\'l~ ¡>rudhoeÖIl~QOr, >'pÌ'l.q~QeJ;JaýF¡eld~· ~$;!ap,~o.,.9. UC;, 11J,.,..g.gl!;.,~;w.,' ~\.I..I¡\."n,'. ~...,:,t,.Qp:.ro. 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Ie.' :It'fo. ·,.~.·.h. ea..Ì'.ln.. "R. ,','. 8., ,¡,a,c...lAf ',flU.~.g, :Is. :Iaoql.. ·Pon;up1nei. Drrve,.A:nc;ÞOrag~. ,Alaska:, '99501. 'If:such.· aPro~~l!tis, tim~'~f(l~d" a'he.I~l1iôncth:~'~li:tt"1r;wiU :.~.·helii'at ~he;abQv:e"l\ddrçSs,lat .9fl)Oa:m. S.ep.1 emb~r 8,:,19:1~ ··lIct.:whic;þ.tln¡eproteS" tants.'al\d~t~er~'ri'áý', þ~hea17d" If: nq such ÞWtest is timelYf,,edi. the. COm' I1'lttee'w\U:'cQjl!lder' the dss\l~nçeQf theOrder'~ltnourllhearn8:.'" .... ..........1 . '. ',',' ,ThQ~.R;·MIII'~IUln,Jr: ! "',1.' :'.1" ,;. .',1 ':, ~1¡;:xØcutive,.Secretal1! . .,....:.'. ',"" NasltaQU an(,l' G$I ". ...... . .:.' C~l~~~rv~tjoI'lComltlllt~ I' . .... ...., ., ,'300ïPO(,fl.lpíl1eDI"iVE .~~.;:..~~.~tl:~~t~~,rI~:?:t:~.::~,J: Prool of Publication ,~' \ .~~ II (-' C) c.. ii \.~. ..\ I ! \JI~ \ I ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES ç\.t' \.t?... t¡ & NEWS ...................... .................................. .v;L.Q~i ..C.~~.~i,..gb~m...... ............ ......... being duly sworn, according to law declares: That he is the.........................~~.~~.~...ç~.~~~...................................0£ The Anchorage Daily Times, a daily newspaper published in the town of Anchorage, in the Third Judicial Divi- sion. State of Alaska; that the notice oL....~.Þ.;1J~..J~.~ª.~~~g.'!.~..'!.!.....!.~..'!.~..~.!.~..~.~..'!.~.~.~................. a copy of which is hereto attached, was published ...................................................................................... ..................... ........................ ........ .....A.ugn.st...25....... . ................ .......... ...... ....... ..... ........ ....... ................ .... ...... in said Anchorage Daily Times, beginning with the issue oL........~.'?:ei~~~...?:?............. 19......?~.., and ending with the issue Of..................August...25......,..........., ,.19....7.6...... .- .........2aer~ ~...... .~"~?:1~. ~,.Ú.1.~ L~ /) Subscribed and sworn to before me thiS........3Q~!:t,.,·_,·,·:-·-·..)......day Of..........Â'\g.u.st.:'\:.....~.>19.....7-6... (-./<l~:~~·~:·::~:-:.~;~: ". ~1~\... .~:2.~~..~:!~f~ Notary Public for the State o£ Alaska. My Commission Expires. ...12/14.......... 19....7-7-... #1 .' ÄTI:ianticmchHeidCompany North Ameri! )producing Divisicprrï1 North Aiaska...~dstrict Post Office Box 360 Anchorage, Alaska 99510 Telephone 907 277 5637 P. B. Norgaard Engineering Manager ~~ ~". August 20, 1976 ~. I. I}...¡: {-;'-a..., C~'-'\lA'\ i) ~ ,11. , Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Cœmittee State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Oil & Gas 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, AK 99501 Subject: APPLICATION re: Prudhoe Oil Pool Prudhoe Bay Field Prudhoe Bay Field Fuel Gas System Gentlemen: The operation of the Prudhoe Bay Field Fuel Gas System is scheduled to ccmœnce by October 1, 1976. To that end, Atlantic Richfield Company hereby requests an exemption from the requirements of Title 11, Alaska Administrative Code, Section 22.240 (fonnerly Section 2159) in order to produce a gas well in excess of the net reservoir volumetric withdrawal rate of oil produced for the Prudhoe Bay Crude Oil Topping Plant. Atlantic Richfield further hereby requests permission to inject into. the referenced reservoir portions of the fluids'''Produced with, and separated from, the gas well gas. lvbre specifically, Atlantic Richfield Company hereby requests an order along the following lines: PROPOSED ORDER " 1. Applicant, Atlantic Richfield Canpany, is hereby granted an exception to Title 11, Alaska Administrative Code, Section Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Conmittee August 20, 1976 Page 2 22.240 to permit production of gas cap gas associated with the Prudhoe Oil Pool fran the ARGo/Exxon North Gas Injection Well No. 7 (and, for backup purposes, fran the ARCo/Exxon North Gas Injection Well No.6) under the following terms and conditions: (a) The gas cap gas shall be utilized to corrmis s ion , operate and utilize the Prudhoe Bay Field Fuel Gas System and necessary support facilities; (b) The monthly average of daily volt:nnes produced shall not exceed 60 million cubic feet of gas without Corrmittee approval; and (c) The gas cap gas shall be utilized only to the extent the supply of excess casinghead gas fran the Prudhoe Bay Crude Oil Topping Plant is unavailable for such purposes. 2. Applicant, Atlantic Richfield Canpany, is granted permission to inject fluids and gas produced with the gas fran the aforesaid well and/or wells into the referenced pool by means of the ARGo/Exxon North Gas Injection Well No.2. 3. This order, unless extended by the Ccmnittee, will expire when sufficient casinghead gas is available for such purposes. Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Comnittee August 20, 1976 Page 3 SUPPORTING STATEMENTS A. The Prudhoe Bay Field Fuel Gas System is required to condition and supply fuel for various operations and facilities which, in turn., are required to develop and conmission the Prudhoe Bay Field producing and support facilities. B. During normal operations prior to the com:nencement of major oil production from the Prudhoe Bay Field approximately 30 million cubic feet of gas per day will be required for such purposes; and maximum requirements could be as high as 40 million cubic feet of gas per day. C. Approximately 4 million cubic feet of such daily requirements will be met with excess casinghead gas available from the Prudhoe Bay Crude Oil Topping Plant. That supply of casinghead gas is subj ect to interruptions. D. Gas cap gas will be required to meet the requirements in excess of the available supply of casinghead gas. Thus, during normal operations, approximately 26 million cubic feet of gas cap gas per day will be required for this purpose; and maximum requirements could be approximately 36 million cubic feet of gas per day (except during interruptions, if any, of the supply of casinghead gas when the maxim.m requirements for gas cap gas could be as high as the greater volt:nœs mentioned in paragraph B, above). ) Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Committee August 20, 1976 Page 4 E. Atlantic Richfield Company desires to produce gas cap gas for such purposes from the ARCo/Exxon North Gas Inj ection Well No. 7 (and, as a possible backup source, from the ARGo/Exxon North Gas Injection Well No.6). F. Fuel gas will enter an inlet separator at the Fuel Gas Plant. Natural gas liquids will ~op out at the rate of 52 barrels/MMCF. The gas then will be dehydrated and enter a low temperature separator from which another 52 barrelslMMCF will be separated. The combined liquids (104 barrels/MMCF) will then be reinjected into a nearby well on the gas injection pad. During norrral operations with maxinn.m production of 30 M1CF /D of gas, natural gas liquids for reinj ection will be approximate~;v 3,000 barrels per clay. ' ... G. The operation and utilization of the Field Fuel Gas System will enable BP Alaska Inc. to shut in the fuel gas supply wells being produced pursuant to Conservation Orders Nos. 118 and 118. 1. The latter orders should, however, remain in effect in case such wells are needed for baCkup purposes at any time. H. Concurrently with the production of the gas cap gas the production of oil from the referenced pool, for topping plant use, is expected to be approximately 12,000 to 15,000 barrels per day. Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Corrmittee August 20, 1976 Page 5 I. At the foregoing anticipated production rates, net reservoir voidage in the referenced pool resulting fran the production of gas cap gas will exceed that of the well or wells supplying the ARCo/Exxon topping plant. J. During the estimated eight roonth period. in which gas cap gas from such well or wells is utilized for such purpose, from two one-hundredths to three one-hundredths of one percent of the recoverable gas cap gas in the referenced pool will be consumed. K. Affected parties within the referenced pool have been notified of this request and have no obj ections. L. When adequate supplies of casinghead gas become available from oil production operations, the aforesaid wells will be converted to dual service -- standby supply and gas inj ection. For your consideration and possible use a draft of a public notice is attached. Should you desire further information, please let us know . Your early action on this application will be roost appreciated. Very truly yours, ATIANTIC RICHFIElD CCMPANY By: //64--'" ¡j P.~. Norgaard f ~ PEN :job Attachment , DRAFT PUBLIC NOTICE Re: The Application of Atlantic Richfield Company for an Exemption to Title 11, Alaska Administrative Code Section 22.240 to produce gas associated with the Prudhoe Oil Pool at rates higher than those prescribed by this regulation. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Notice is hereby given that Atlantic Richfield Company has applied for an order to exempt the North Gas Injection Well #7 (and, for backup purposes, from the North Gas Injection Well #6) from the requirements of Title 11, Alaska Administrative Code Section 22.240 in order to produce the well (or wells) at rates in excess of the net volumetric withdrawal rate of crude oil produced from the Prudhoe Bay Crude Oil Topping Plant supply well. Fluids produced with such gas will be separated and inj ected back 'into the reservoir through the same well (or wells). (Usual closing paragraph regarding protests and hearing.) ·k -J~ ·k