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CO 102 D
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III II IIII I II II IIIII ReScanned III IIIIIIIIIII IIIII BY: Maria Date: /s/ Comments about this file: Quality Checked III IIIII III IIII III P 10/6/2005 Orders File Cover Page.doc Index Conservation Order 102D 1. October 13, 1972 Application for CO 102 D 2. October 17, 1972 Notice of Hearing, Affidavit of Publication 3. October 27, 1972 Granite Pt Exhibits 4. October 27, 1972 Hearing Proceedings Conservation Order 102D 4 STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVi510N OF OIL-AND GAS Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Re: THE APPLICATION OF AMOCO PRODUCTION) COMPANY for an order further amending > Rule No. I and Rule No. 2 of Conserva- ) tion Order No. 102 to extend the period ) of time during which excess casinghead ) gas may be flared from oil pools in the ) applicant operated portions of the ) Granite Point Field from November I, ) 1972, to December I, 1972, or, if pipe- ) line repairs cannot be completed prior ) to necessary cessation of repair opera- ) ti ons because of i ce i n the area, to ~-lay ) 15, 1973. ) IT APPEARING THAT: Conservation Order No. 102-D Granite Point Field Middle Kenai Oil Pool "Anna" and "Bruce" Platforms Noveeber 24, 1972 i. The Oil and Gas Conservation Committee published a notice of public hearing in the Anchorage Daily News on October 17, 1972, pursuant to Title II, Alaska Administrative Code, Section 2009. 2. A public hearing was held October 27, 1972 in the City Council Chambers of the 7_. J. Loussac Library, 5th Avenue and F street, Anchorage, Alaska, at which time the applicant and an interested party were heard. FINDINGS: I. A stipulation dated October 24, 1972, presented as Exhibit t-A, signed by all parties involved in the litigation entitled Mobil Oil Corporation vs. State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Superior Court case No. 71-3432, amended the Order of the Court dated October 10, 1972 so as to except platforms "Anna" and "Bruce" in the Granite Point Field from the stay ordered in enforcement of Conservation Orders Nos. 102 through 102-C. 2.. Numerous pipeline breaks in the lines from Granite Point platforms "Anna" and "Bruce" to the East Foreland production facility have occurred since oil production commenced in March 1967. 3. Studies were initiated in December 1971 to determine the cause of the breaks and the advisability of repairing the lines or of saying lines to the west side of Cook Inlet. These studies were completed on March 2, 1972, and suggested that the instability of the line was caused by local bottom conditions and inadequate weight of the gas line in the break areas. Conservation Order 02-D Page 2 November 24, 1972 i~ 4. On May I, 1972, an extensive hydrographic survey was made and in July 1972 the decision was made to relocate and replace the line in the break areas with extra-heavy pipe and to stabilize it further with sand-cement bags. 5. On September 24, 1972, repairs and stabilization operations were commenced but will not be completed by November I, 1972. 6. Necessary engineering design and construction time and adverse weather conditions delayed completion of the operation. CONCLUSIONS: i. The applicant has made a bona fide effort to comply with Rules Nos. I and 2 of Conservation Order No. 102 as ammended. 2. If repairs and stabilization of the pipelines cannot be completed before winter ice conditions prevent further operations, completion will be delayed until the spring of 1973. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED THAT: 1. Casinghead gas in excess of the maximum amount that can be beneficially utilized may be flared from the "Anna" and "Bruce" platforms until 7:00 A.M. AST, December (, (972 or until the Superior Court order No. 71-3432 dated October 10, 1972 is revoked, whichever is the earlier date. 2. Effective at 7:00 A.M. AST, December I, 1972, the flaring or venting of casinghead gas from the "Anna" and "Bruce" platforms in the Granite Point Field is prohibited except for the amount necessary for adequate safety flares and except in emergencies. 3. The Oil and Gas Conservation Committee, by administrative order or orders, may extend the date provided in Rules Nos. I and 2 of this order. No such order or orders may extend the date beyond 7:00 A.P1. AST, January I, 1973, except pursuant to Title II, Alaska Administrative Code, Section 2012. Done at Anchorage, Alaska, and dated <~ ~~~ ;~'~ h -~ , _ ~. :~ ~ - a_; ~~~~I~t ~~~~ November7.4, 1972. y 1. Thomas R. Marshall, Jr., Executive Secretary Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee Conc rence: Homer L. Burrell Chairman Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee ~" • ,~ ~ s ,~ ;~ ~" ~ ~ ~ , ,~~ 0. K. Gi Ibreth, Jr., P~ember, Alaska Oii and Gas Conservation Committee ~ 4 • i STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF Oll AND GAS Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee CONSERVATION ORDER N0. 102 - D Granite Point Fieid Middle Kenai Oil Pool H EAR 1 N G October 27, 1972 PROCEED I N G S Mr. Burrell: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. This..is a hearing of the Alaska Oi) and Gas Conservation Committee in response.. to-the request of Amoco Production Company a tolegraphic request. Notice of Public Hearing was published on October 17, 1972, in the .Anchorage Daily News and the request is for an order amending Rule No. i and Rule No. 2 of Conserva- tion Arder No. 102 to extend the period of time during which exce s casing- head gas may be flared from oiI pools in the Amoco-.operated portion of the Grani a Point Field from November i, (972 to December I, 1972, or if-pipe- line repairs cannot.. be completed prior to necessary cessation of_repair operafiions because of ice in the area, to May 15, 1973.. am Homer Burrell, chairman of the Canmittee, to my right is 0. K. Gilbreth, a member of the Committee, to his right is Mr. Thomas Marshall who is executive secretary of the Committee and to my'left is Mr. John Reeder, Attorney General's Office, and to his left is John Miller,"Division of Oii and Gas, Petrol~~m Engineer. We're going to have to iii remember to speak up-so this microphone catches us. I'm probably the, most guilty of that. We don't want to have a branktape. A couple of proceedual matters. In view of the time. problem here, the Commifi~e~ is going to consider giving an oral toting on completion of the, that is, within a few minutes. after the completion of the hearing today ,the the testimony, and examination, direct and cross. Secondly, understand there has been a question raised wi h respect to apparent inconsietency in the Committee's position in respect to the a#fect of orders, orders affecting old fields. We .don't believe that--we have. beeninconsistmt, we believe that aII the orders apply to an anti. re f€eid ..2_ or pool, that is'orders tha# relate to the field or pool and not indFviduai well problemsor something like that. it is not our intent that weissue ..any. order aff®cting the operation of a whole pool that only apply to part of it. We try to be consistent. and 1 am unaware ©f any case where we vari®d on that. Secondly., we have sane trepidation about holding this hearing at all because the court is involved in this Conservation Order and L have -been assured that both the applicant wants this head ng`and the Judge wants us to hold this hearing and i am not threatened with.. durance. vi le so therefore we will hold the hearing,' and thats all l have to say_at this time and t'II ask the applicant to commence. Mr. Crews; Thank you Mr. Burrell. Gentlemen as you know I'm Ralph Crews,,-an Anchorage Attorney, representing Amoco Production Company. As you also know on October 10, (972, Judge Eben tewisstayed Orders 102 through 102C, dealing with the Granite Point 011 field. Amoco Production Company was a..partyto that litigation. Subsequent to the order of October 10, 23 entertanined doubts as to whether .the order pertained to .the entire Granite. Point Field, as we were not particularly concerned with Mabil's problem pertaining to gas flaring; however., during the period of litigation Amoco Production Canpeny has experienced tavo breaks In its line which takes .the gas from its line which takes the gas. from its platforms Anna and Bruce in the Granite Point Field. We .have asked for a clarification from Judge Lewis as to whether or not his order pertained to the entire Granite Point Field, and this parFicular point had apparently .not occured to him either. .However, he stated. that it was his intention than the order. applied only to the particular problem presented by Mobil. We are now in the position of having. to ask this Commission for a stay for Orders .102 through 102C and any. subsequent order #hat the division of Oil and. Gas might make in order that Amoco may have time in which to repair the said pipeline. -3- I have prepared a stipulation and have had it signed by all parties, including the Attorney General's Office, and a order signed by Judge Lewis, which accepts Platforms Anna and Bruce in the Granite Point Oil Field from his order of October 10, (972. I have a copy of the stipulatton of the order with me and would like to enter it into the record as one of Amoco's exhibits. We therefore feel that the Division of Oil and Gas now has jurisdiction to hear our request, and this stipulation and order prepared so that there mighf be no question whatsoever as to whether or not the Division of Oii and Gas now had the jurisdiction to hear the said request..,.. Our particular problem is different from Mobil's in that we are here on-a force majeure basis. Testimony will be heard from Mr. John Schiliereff and Mr. Bart Giles, both employed by Amoco Production Company. We are asking for this hearing beyond the original stay of November (, 1972, which was granted by the Division of 0i1 and Gas. We are asking that you give us this stay of the pertinent orders of the Division of Oil and .Gas to December 1, 1972. We are also asking for a stay the orders until May l5, 1973, since we may not be able to get the pipeline repaired by December I. As you know, ..ice floes will be moving into Cook Inlet fiery soon and the barges and other proper equipment will not be able to function and effect the repairs. in my opinion this is simply a force majeure type hearing and we respectfully request tha# you so consider it. I'd Ilke to enter my stipulation which has been marked Exhibit i-A for the record at this ttme. Mr. Burrell: Than you Mr. Crews. We will accept the stipulation as Exhibit I, Amoco Exhibit i, I stand corrected, I-A. Mr Crews: I would like to request that the chairman of the Division of Oil and Gas swear both of my witnesses at the same time, as they will be presenting joint testimony. I believe that this will save us some time. Mr. Burrell: Thank. you very much. Both witnesses will stand and Mr. Marshall will swear them. -4- Mr. Marshall: Please raise your right hand. In the matter now at hearing do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Mr. Schi I lereff : i do sir. Mr. Giles: I do. Mr. Marshall: Thank you. Please be seated. Mr. Crews: Since Mr. Schillereff has never testified before this Commission before, 1 would like permission to ask him a few brief questions so as to qualify him to present his testimony. Mr, Burrell: Please do, Mr. Crews. Mr. Crews: Would you state your name and address, Mr. Schillereff. Mr._Schiilereff: John C. Schillereff. ..1553 Cache Drive, Anchorage,.. Alaska. Mr. Crews: And where did you receive your education? Mr. Schillereff: The University of Wyoming. I graduated BS in general engineering in 1952. Mr. Crews: How long have you worked for Amoco Production Company? Mr. Schillereff: 24 years. Mr. Crews: What types, in brief, what types of jobs have you held during .your tenure of employment? Mr. Schillereff: My jobs have primari y ail been in engineering, through all phases of engineering in our business. I've worked in Wyoming, Colorado, Montana, and Alaska. t might add that i have been in Alaska for six years, nearly since the time the two platforms in question today were erected. Mr._Crews: What type of work have you been doing since you've been in Alaska? Mr..Schillereff: My work in Alaska has been strictly engineering supervision. Mr. Crews; How much. engineering time have you spent dealing with -5- platforms Anna and 8ruc~ in Cook Inlet? Mr. Schillereff: Nearly six years. Mr. Crews: Does. that deal with both the `production problems and the ..tines that transmit the oii..and gas to the beach? Mr. Crews: Yes it does. Mr. Burrell: Excuse ~-for- interupting Mr. Crews. if there is anybody in the back who can't hear please move forward. We have to direct ~ our remarks towards the microphone here, so thafi we can hear. Please°feel free fio move up if there is any problem. Excuse me, go ahead. Mr. Crews: At this .time we would like the Division of Oil and Gas to accept Mr. Schillereff's qualifications to testify in this hearing. Mr. Burrell: Without obJection we accept Mr. SchilJereff's quadifi- cations as an expert witness. R9r. Crews: As you know Mr. Giles has testified before this Cormnission many times and we ask that you accept his qualifications also. Mr. Burrell: Mr. Giles has qualified and is accepted as an expert witness. Mr. Crews; Okay, at this point 1 wail turn the hearing over to Mr.' Giles. Mr. Gates: We have as Amoco's Exhibits, an orientation map of the facilities in the Cook tntet, focused with a heavy line on the dual pipe- lines :from the Anna and Bruce platforms to the East Foreland onshore faciit es, Chats the heavy line. Its also shown with a red tinge, a square.,, and this is..the area of pipeline breaks that we have experienced over these Last several years. We will be #a)king about break area i and break area 2 s~t~r in the hearing and break area is a northern part of this square,. and its closest to Anna. its about three miles removed from Anna. ..break. area 2 would be the area near the bottom of this square, the. south end of the.. square. on Exhibit 1, which'is approximately one -6- • mile north of Middle Ground Shoal, now I'm talking about the shoat not the Reid, and about 16 miles by pipeline from the East Foreland facility. Theseb~eak areas I and 2 are in sand and gravel dune areas:. i might now proceed to Exhibit. 2, which is simply-the Exhibit embraces what_was shown as a square on Exhibit 1. We've labeled with a circle and a roman numeral below it, break area I andbreak area 2. Exhibit 2, the Anna Platform is off to the: left, the shore facility is off to the right, so the north is on the left and the south is on the right. tt shows the two pipelines A and B; as we call them, as they were originally built ` some'30 feet. apart from one another. .This exhibit is not to scale. The Exhib,i,t 2 also shows that we have a distance of approximately of _4,300 feet betareen break areas i and break. area 2, a 1 ittle .less than a mile. 1 think;.you can seethe dark stippled area and this was to be representative of a dune area in both instances on Exhibit 2, and as you can readily see the area of p i pe t i ne breaks .seem to occur at a point before. the pipeline enters a dune, and tt probably, or atleast it seems that the breaks .occur-from suspension or flutter action of some sort. There is the profile of the floor of the inlet, a fathometer survey result, that shows the dune area and the depth scale is in feet 80, 100, I24, 140. This is feet of the floor of the inlet below low-Iow- tide. it's been corrected, the fathometer survey, to a low-low tide point of reference. John. Mr. Schillereff: I will speak. from Exhibit 4 and define Exhibit 3. Exhibit 3 is a picture record of the pipstine breaks that we have experienced over the years i n break area `1. There are three B (t ne breaks. The B 1-i ne is the-gas fine and there isone A line break #o>be discussed here. The first break', f i'rst let me say at the .top. of the Exhibit' we show the I i nes as originally instailed,.as built, so to speak.. The first-break accused in June of 1968, The location, as Mr. Giles points out, is near. the dune .area.. Theline was broken in a weld. We cut .out 450 feet of pipe on the Anna -7- • f side of the break where the line was exposed in the dune.. The line was then picked up and. 129 feet added by welding on 40 joints, one at at time, through the tide cycles. Mr. Gilbreth: Pardon me, did you say. 40 joints? Mr. Schii'tereff: 40 joints. Mr. Marshall: 40 foot joints. Mr. Schillereff: 40 foot joints; excuse me. An additional. 334 feet in four: flanged spools were added to this end of the line. The Kenat-end of the line was picked up and 209 fleet of line was removed. We replaced this pipe with 246 feet of pipe in three spools. Closure was made wdth a 32 #oot straight spool and,a 28 toot template spool. The end result was rep Facing 73Q feet of `pipe. Th e second break a ain in the 8 iin u d A ri1 22 197. The e, occ re i 9 P location was essentially at the same spot. The break description was that of five boils shearing in a flange installed in 1968. To make. this repair we rerouted the B line under the A line to reduce the straJn onboth. lines and replaced the 28 and 32 foot .spools with a 45 foot spoof„ands 15 foot spool.. The crossing point was stablized with 3,900 sacks of sand and cement mix. As we go through this exhibit your know Mr. Giles is pointing out how the lines exist after the repairs and you note that they do not follow the Line of original construction. This was our inability to hold the barge on location chile relaying the pipe, so the Itnes did cross ofter the repairs were started. The third break occured December. 7, 1971 on the B line. Againthe location of the break was essentially the same as the .first two breaks. This time we had a break in a flanged weld at the platform end of .the 45 foot spool installed in May 1971. Thatentire area has since been repaired with 12 inch, heavy wall, 180 pound. per pound per foot, pipe. -8- i mi ht add that the~6tted line shows the B crossin er the A line 9 g but as now installed it has been removed downward. What we did there was we simply picked that old line up where it .was broken and moved. it with the barge back into place, on the right side. Finally in this break area, on August 9, (972, at nearly the same location as the other breaks, we experienced a break in the A line - the oil line from platforms Anna and Bruce. We had a crack in a weld where the B line ,.had damaged the A line. We saw this in the pipe that was removed of ter we found the break. The repair here was quite lengthy. We tried to make-;;a,quick repair with pipeline clamps. The crack in the pipe seemed small enough by diver inspection to be repairabFe by this method. After two attempts with pipeline clamps however, we found that repair would not be satisfactory. The Tine was then repaired by tying the B line from the platform to the A line from the onshore facility. in other words we crossed lines, and we then stablized the line with five toot by ten foot sand cement bags and many, many conventional small sand cunt sacks. Mr, Giles: Now we will be moving to Exhibit 5, the sketch, and Exhibit 6, which is in your handout, typewritten. Mr. Schillereff: Exhibit 5 is the_same kind of thing as Exhibit 3 but depicts what has happened in break area 2 over the years. Our first break here, and these are all B line breaks. The first break here was June 10, (969 at Station 865 + 46. For clarification that ,just means 86,546 feet from .the beach. We had a crack in the weld on the bottom half of the pipe.. We cut the line about 510 feet on the Anna side of the break where the line was uncov®red and installed the flange. We cut 138 feet off the .Kenai end of .the pipeline, welded on a flange and added two spools. We moved to the platform end of the line and added five spools. We then added one 34 foot ~t1en inch spool to the Kenai side and completed the repair w th a 21 foot six inch template spool. We stablized the line with -9- a considerable numbed of sand cement sacks,, The total new. line insta{led was 638 feet, as shown by the dotted line. The second break in this area occured June 22, 1970 at station 866 + 55. We had a break in a flange weld and we replaced 85 foot nine inch spool with three spools of 55 feet, 19 feet and 14 foot lengths respectively. We stabilized the line with sand cement sacks. The third break occured sometime between Dumber 7, 1971 and August 11, 1972. The location was 867 + 74. The break was that of a flange weld. We are now ,replacing all of that line with 12 inch !80 pound per foot heavy wall pipe.. The reason we didn't know when that line broke was that the December 1971 break occured under the ice and at that time we thought that. was the only break in the B line. When we were trying to make repairs to the A line, back to my story on Exhibit 3 - and tried to make a quick repair by tying lines together with the hose we found the second break in the B line. So we cannot define the exact date of that break. Now,,l will proceed to Exhibit 7. Mr. Giles: That's in your handouts, gentlemen. Mr. Schillereff: This will be in chronological order-the steps we have taken to make repairs to our pipelines in question. Immediately after the break in 1971, December of 71, of the B line, we initiated a feasibility study to determine the economics of trying to make a final repair to these lines or to consider .laying lines to the other side of the Inlet. The feasibility study on repairing the broken B line was completed February 25. On March 2, (972 our research department had finished their work and presented their analysis of the pipeline break prob{ems. Their report suggested that the instability of the line in the break area was caused by local bottom conditions and inadequate weight of the gas line in this gravel area. The gas line, of course has more bouyancy then does the oil line because it is not fluid-filled as is the oil line. i would like to add that due to this bouyancy the theory. is that the. gas line tends to float on top of the gravel or in the very top of the gravel, and it is _10- ~' susceptible to scour rom the tide action. And .once scour occurs the. Tine becomes suspend®d and it breaks. By March 21, we had a meeting in Tulsa with-our-research people to discuss methods of surveying and repairing the pipelines. We had oceano- graphers and other contractors present at this meeting. On May I we began our-hydrogr'aphtc survey of the entire Iine but focused primarily onthe dune areas. This survey consisted of side scan sonar, boomer, magn~atdneter and fathometer surveys. It was tnitaited on May (and completed on May 26, and I might add a noteof tmerest.. On April 28, the ice in the Cook In)et would have prevented starting this survey. And on May 20, duringthe course of the survey, divers. inspected the December 7, 1971 B Iinebreak. gY June 19 we were able to hold a meeting in Anchorage with our division.. office personnel, our research personae) and personnel from our:area office in Anchorage to review the massive. data from the hydrographic' survey.; We discussed the results and considered..pipe(inerepair methods. On June 20, we mobsized the crane barge and removed 6 tune spools found in contact with the A line during the May 20 inspection.. 8y July 7 we submitted our repair recommendations to our higher offices. On July i4 we initiated our orders of material for 12 3/4 inch ,pipe with (i12 inch wal( thickness, which weighs 180.23 pounds per foot. It's a grade B pipe. We orderedfianges, gaskets, studs and bolts, nuts, excuse, studs and nuts. On .July. 21 we submitted our recommendations to our parterners for their study,. and on August 7 the Chakachatna Engineering Sub-Committee meeting was held to discuss pipeline repairs. On August 9 the A line that i described earlier ruptured Jn the area where the B line spools had been removed June 20'. On August 9th we-mobilized a diver reconnaisarace boat to locate the A line break. The boat was too..unstable to work .from and demobilized within 24 hours. BY August I I we ' mob i l i zed the crane-barge to locate the-break in the A tine and begin repairs. We attempted #o -11- piare platforms back on production by temporarily repairing the B line with high pressure hose. i mentioned this earlier. And at that time we found the second break.. in the area 2 of .the B itne. On August 14 to 30 we located the A line break and attempted to repair the A line with sleeves The sleeves were of special design fabricated to our spec fications for this purpose. We couldn't get the bubble tight seal that we were looking for and this was due to the nature of the crack in the weld, which couldn't be seen. by the divers of course. So the line was displaced with sea water... and pigged and left for further repairs. On August 30 we completed the oil line repair by making a permanent tie between the 6 line from the platform and the A line to .the. East Forelands, using 10 inch weight, coated pipe, and thts pipe weighted with the coating 145 pounds per foot. September ,7, diver inspection of the oil Fine in both break areas and crossing points was made. We stabilized the lines in both break areas with 5',by 10' bags and sacks filled with a sand-cement mixture. We separated the Itnes vertically, padded and stabilized the lines at crossing points with sand-cement bags. We placed 31 of these 5' by 10' bags and about 6,,200 sacks of sand-cement mix in this area for stabilization. On September 24 we had received sufficient t2 3/4" heavy wall pipe in Anchorage to mobilize a barge .and commence repairing the B line in break area 2. And as I said w® haver®placed 414' of line in that area with than 12" heavy wall pipe. By_September 29 we were .able to run a detailed fathaneter survey in area ( to select the final route for the"12" (ine: You will note, going back to Exhibit 3, that the lower dashed line-shown on that exhibit is the route selected for-that heavy wall pipe. The reason we went south was simply to get out of the high .relief areas of that gravel dune, get out into on area that was #airly.fiat`and an area that. should be much more stable. BY ©ctober 2 we had received additional pipe and were able to mobilize a second barge to begin laying pipe-in p teak -I2- area 1 configuration. From October 15 to the present time we have been stabilizing the .new Tine in break. area 2 with sand-cement bags and sacks.. Mr. Giles: I've been drawing little sketches as you can tell. You can't put.. this in the record .unless you want to put the biackboartl in. Its not pertinent to be in the record, but.I thought it°might be interesting to see what we're faced with here - a very humble sketch. We have a dune shown on the left that slopes downward and we have the pipe coming out of the dune area in an unsupported fashion over to fihe inletfloo~. Mr. Schiilereff has talked about this sand-cement bags like gunny sacks,.. lots of these bags that are built underneath the pipeline itself form a pier effect. And then we put over top of those, to hold those in place, larger bags that are nylon 5' by 10' bags, that will each. hold about 40 sacks, to anchor-.that gunny sack bag pier in place. I've shown here, looking down .the pipeline, .this pier with bags and then the nylon larger bags that :anchor it, and then just .underneath this pipe we put another nylon bag. When its filled with cement why it will work up around and. suck up around that pipeline. Then the final thing is to put an even Lager bag, like a saddle bag on a horse, over the top of that .pipe and it is the effect of a saddle bag effect with the pipeline in between, Just to keep. that pipeline down in place on that pier. So we ended up with an effect that Just keeps that pipeline as stable as we .can possible get. Mr. Marsha}i: Whats your vertical scale there, Bartz Mr. Gilesc Whatever the suspension effect of that pipet ne may be. I don't know. It will vary, Tam. We, in a general sense, may use thousand of those gunny sack type bags and 30 or 40 nylon bags, but it will vary. I have a purpose'in mind in showing you this sketch, and that is we build a pier, we build several-piers, depending upon 'the stabilization that we feel we need to have.. By the, time we build several piers we may find that_ -13- some scouring has taken place and we have to bniid an additional pier or °piers in thafi area, and if you have to build more piers it means more tim® delay in getting the job. done to where we are fully stabilized. its kind of a day to day proposition. i might take over at this point and refer you to Exhibit 8, which is a handout on the repair tests this year, 1972, past and expected to complete these repairs this fall. The first thing we show is the oiI itne - repair which cost $875,000, included two attempts to install pipeline clamps, a permanent tie between the A line and the B line, and stabilization in " both break area I and break area 2. The next category is the gas .Iine repair in break area L, $1,825,000, includes an extensive hydrographic survey,;replacement of 1.,320 ft. of 1inewith 12" i.5" welt i80 ib/ft. pipe, and stabilization of .that I-ine in break area I. .The final category of the cost break down is the gas Ithe repair in break area 2, $910,000,. includes inspection of break area 2 and replacement of 441 ft. of Iine with 12" 1.5" wall thickness i80~lbfft. pipe 'and stabilization of that line in break area 2 It tails us a grand total of $3,610,000 just to repair .the two tine breaks this year. At this time, this morning, ,our best estimate is tha# we have spent 2.8 million dollars to make these repairs for these two Imes. What we have yet to spend is the additional Iine :here and stabilization in this area, to complete the repairs. That's basically .what we have yet to do, and we would like to be able to forecast within a day or within a period of several days the exact time the pipeline repairs -will be_successfuily concluded, but I think its rather obvious. that-this is not possible with any real degree of perfection. As we move day by day toward winter time, `ice or weather do becornn deterrents, so as Mr. Crews pointed out in his opening remarks, we are today requesting that the Conservation Committee issue an order further amending Rule ( and Rule 2 of Conservation. Order (02 to extend the period of time during which excess. -I4- casinghead gas may be flared from ail pools in the Amocoroperated portion of Granite Point Field from November (, next Wednesday, to December i,-1972:. In the event pipeline repairs cannot be completed pria^ to a halt in our operations out there to .repair these lines because of ice forcing us out of the Inlet, then we request the. time period be extended to May 15, 1973. Gentlemen, in our opinion this hearing is simply a ford maJeure type hearing to corre~t..a pipeline break situation that we had no conical of. We did not cause this, and we're trying to catch up with all the others i n the inlet. We're behind them i n being ready to transmit our. excess - gas to shore so that we can market that gas. We admit we are behind them, but its only because of what' we consider a farce maJeure situation, uncon- trollable on our part. We do not wish any curtailment of production far just..amonth or so to eiimi~ate the excess gas flare. Both the lessees,: thats the Chakachatna group peo~t~e and the lessor, thats you, would suffer, Jn our view, a needless and enseless ..loss of current income on oil pro- duction if such a restriction were fimposed. The Chakachatna group would Iose some.. $7,350 a day in current inone from the oi(:and the State would )ose some $1,050 a day. So we admit we are behind the others in getting.... ready to sell our gas. Its unfortunate,.. in our view, that you have a November ( deadline date. if it had been Januaryl, 1.973, we would have been rigfit with the .others and ready to sell, perhaps December.) will be a sufficient date to acc+~npfish all th1s. -Thais .the extent of our case thismorning. Mr. Crews: Mr. Chairman, both witnesses are. Haw subject to cross. . examination by any member of the Committee that..may so desire. Mr. Burrell: Thank you very much. Both witnesses gave an exceiTent presentation. Mr. Gilbreth, do you. have any questions? Mr. GFlbreth: Yes, 1'd tike to, Jusfi running through as you were testifying here, there were a few little points that.I didn't discern. -15- Could.:youtel) me, M SchilJere#f, or Mr. Giles, ei# r, what happened. on this B line between, apparently :December of 1971` and August II of 1972? Was anything lone.. to try to repair it during this .period or, were you just planning all this ttme? Mr. Schiilereff: This was a planning period, Mr. Gilbreth We had a series of breaks over the years as I.shaved in my testimony ..and the question in our mind was: is it feasible to continue repairing this. line .that seems to want to break year after year in .the same place? L probably didn't make it clear in my testimony that the results of our research study. andthe,resulis of our oceanographic surveys showed us thata permanent repair can be made. We shouidn't have..any further troubto with this line so long as we install heavy tough pipe in these-areas. The reason for the heavy pipe is that i9' has enough negative buoyancy to sink down in the gravel .and eliminate the floating on top as i daes~ribed earlier, so that scour won't occur. So long as scour doesn't occur the line will not be suspended and therefore it shouldn't D'sak. it should stay in a stab- lized condition. So the reason we didn't do anything with the B line during all_this period was we were 9etting ready for the .repairs..that we are making.. today.. It is very difficult to find this-much 12" 7.5" wall pipe and.. get it prefabricated in.thesouth 48 with flanges on it and get it transported to Alaska to start any earlier than we di`d. Mr.:Giibreth: Just listening to your detaiis here, 'it looks-like #here has been some seven, at least seven, breaks in the line over the past few years. - Mr Schillereff: i believe thats correct. Mr. ,Gi lbreth: fs this about right? Mr. Schillereff: .Yes. Mr, Giibreth: And its taken quite a bit of time to repair each of those has it not? Mr. Schiliereff; Yes it Mas. -16- Mr. Gi ibreth: And quite a bit of adlvanced planning? Mr. Schallereft: It .certainly has. Mr. Gilbreth: How much more time are you looking at now to complete the repair on the B F i ne? I believe you. said you find 600' i nsta l i ed and there is some 1,200 or 1,400' to go. Mr. Schallereff: There is 1.,:320'-in that area. We have 600' installed which leaves us .roughly-700' to install. We have developed a pretty accurate case of our ability to Iay pipe. In other words, we can predict now wfith considerable accuracy that we can -lay so much pipe per day-so long as the weather doesn't get too windy to operate the. barge. So making allowances for weather ai( I can say is that ae think that we_can be done by December. I. We may be done sooner-.than that, .there's an awfully good chance wel1l be done. by December I. Mr. Gi (breth: We l_1 of course the thought ccxr-es to my mind is something i think we're going to have to'evaluate is: what would have happened if you had started 30 days sooner?..Why couldn't you have started 30 days sooner? Mr, Schillereff: We didn't have the pipe... The pipe didn't arrive. t pointed ©ut in my testimony that we ,went out with the #irst barge as soon as we had` sufficient 'pipe to begin the repair. 1 m i ght add that we actua l i y flew up the crossover joints,- the spacial joints to go on each end of the repair area. We flew them up here by Hercules to get started. Mr. Gilbreth: Let me ask the next question. Why you didn't you order 30 days .early .then? Mr. Schad (.staff: We ordered. it in July after everybody agreed on the repair procedure. Mr, Giibreth: This was some slx or seven months after the bleak occured. Mr. Schillereff: July I4 was when we ordered the pipe. Mr. Giibreth: Now, you say this is a force majeure type hearing the -17- ice comes i n every ye r rwt here doesn't i t, to keep you .from working i n the Inlet sometime around November 15 to December (? Mr . Sch i i l eref f : Yes . Mr. Gilbreth: And you had repairs each. year to make and you have been able to get it done. inprior years, before. the ace came. Mr. Schillereff: Yes. Mr, Giibreths Your experience there indicated you stall had the danger thaf you might not get them an this year? Mr. Schillereff: Our best judgment on how long it would #ake to lay this pipe,. which is a pioneering effort, it never has been done before, to lay pipe in thismanner,. told us we could probably be done by November i. We found out we were wrong. We certainly didn't want to go back o fihe old .repair. methods. because they were not satisfactory. Mr. Gi (breth: This as a completely new laying fiechnique then? Mr. Schillereff: Yes it is. Mr. Gilbreth:_ How many actual working days do you feel that you need to, if,you had good weather to complete your pipelaying job? Mr. Schialereff: I would judge that the pipelaying could be compaeted in 20 days.. That even allows a little btt for weather, but this does not allow the time required fior stabsli2ation. Mr~_Gilbreth: You application providesfor further extension on into next year if you are unable to .complete the job this year. The May. l timing that you had would that allow you to get the barge on after the ice goes out and then whatever repair .measures you are taikingabout here? M~. Giles: i believe that May 15, Mr. Gilbreth. Mr. Giibroth: May 15, I'm_sorry, thank you.:. Mr. Schii~ereff: Yes, we feel that we would be so close to the end of the. repairs by the. time we gof shut down,. say December 1, whenever the ice comes in and we can't predict that of course. We would be so close- to finishing ..the .,fob that i f wou Ld requ i rre a rather sma (I amount of tame next -18- spring to finish the Job. Again next spring is unpredictable too; we had ice in the Inlet up until April 28 this year which was rather unusual. We expect that we probably could finish repairs next year by May 15 if average conditions prevail. Mr.,Gilbreth: What's been your expeeience the last, lets say the last couple weeks or so. Hve you managed to work most of the time or part of -the time? Mr. Schillereff: Yes, we're accomplishing something nearly every dive, sometimes our pipe has gone to bottom in a spool, these are 50' spoois,;and the weather has been so windy that all we accomplished was lowering it and bringing it back out. We got some experience. I would say that_85~ of our diving time has been used effectively towards laying pipe. Mr._Giles: Mr. Gilbreth I might amplify the comments here by saying right at this time it is costing us between $50 and $55,000 a day to accomplish this. Mr. Gilbreth: I'm frankly a little bit disturbed by this indication that this is a force majeure type hearing. i think that everybody is aware that you have these problems every year in the inlet and there'is a certain work season and these things are anticipated. You obviously should have anticipated or known that there was going to be ice in the Inlet at the end of the year. This is why I think. it is incumbent on us to determine if you have acted to a prudent manner, amoung other things, to try to get the line in and make every effort to get it in within the time period that the Committee allotted. The October 15 date was set originally on the basis of your testimony. It wasn't an arbitary date that we picked and I know there are unforeseen problems that come up and that was why I was asking questions in this regard. Mr. Giles: Well I guess we can Just sum up by saying we think we - 19- are d i I i nt 1 meld n~hese i e i i ne re airs and we thTfik the se uence of 9e Y 9 P P p q events has occurred in timely and prudent fashion i guess anybody,. including myself t~uld Monday morning quarterback-this to death, but i think we realty have tried hard and. we are trying hard to meetdeadllnes, but as,I..said at the close of my direct testimony I don't know that there was ever that much. magic to October 15 or November I. If it been some date a month later or so, .this would have been most pleasing as it turns out to us, and we're here with our hat in hand for a iittio compassion you might,saytoday, tca get a little more stay of execution before we'll be in shape-along with the others to comply with the order as originatly.written to get rid of our excess ,gas.. Without the pipeline breaks we would be ready.. Mr. Burrell,: Mr. Marshall, doyouu have any questions? We'1i take a break - n a little bit. Mr.,Marshail: Yes, I have a question on Exhibit 3, posted on the wall. I guess i will direct this question to Bart Giles. On .the .second diagram on Exhibit 3, as i ~ecaii, you indicated that you encountered a problem where line a crossed line A. A weld was .broken in that area and 1 believe .you. indicated that was because of the crossing of the pipes. Mr. Giles: Yes, it was actually, { believe, the third section down onthis :graph., that waswhere It did cross. Mr. Marshall: Now then, on your (972 repairs which would be diagram 4, it appears on the .left side, or on,my left side, that your line A crosses line B again. Now could .you toll me if you expect to have this same type. of problem again on that cross-over or has there been some provision made? Mr.:Schillereff: Mr. Marshall, that was the thing. I was describing in my testimony wherein weplaced many, many of these.Large bags between the lines. We actually raised the lines apart and we stablized and supportedthe lines away from-each other with saddle bags so that. they -20- can't rub on each other. Mr. Marshali: Fine, thank you. No more ,questions. Mr. Burrell: Mr. Miller, do you have any questions? !'d like to ask who ever wishes to answer, it doesn't make any difference to me, I'd like to ;inquire as to current status of operations, a little more detail than has been given, in other words, how many barges are out there; do they only dive at the ebb tide, how long can they..dive a day, perha~ you can give me some detai s. Mr. Schillereffc i'11 answer that question if i may. The diving is done around the .clock.,. we dive every tide, four dives a day.. We're running three divers-on each dive on the pipeline operation. On the stabilization ..operation we ran one and two divers,. but again we operate around the clock. There are two barges in the area, one of them is stabilizing and the other one is Laying pipe.. .The one barge has been out there since June 2d. Mr, Burrell: How long can they work ender the water? The time. ICI Mr. Schillereff: Th s varies a great deal according to ..the magnitude of the tides. It so happens right now we're just going out of a series of extreme .,tides and during extreme ,ti des the time on~bottom may be short as 24 minutes. On the more level periods of tides sometimes you'll get an hour on bottom. Mr. Burrell: You indicatedthat in about 2t~ days you could Iay the pipe assuming good weather or even a little factor in there for weather, but that didn't include stabilization time. Could you give me a revised estimate which. should include. stabslization time? I know you are stabil- izating as you are laying this 700' of pipe which you have to go yet. Is #his going to take longer? You can't complete them both at the same time in other words. Mr. Schi'Ilereff: WeII, this is why we have asked for December I. We feel that the stabilization cannot be predicted. its not until you. get the -2I- • entire Ithe relaid that you can. go back. After the.Iine Mas laid awhile you can go back and see how much stabilization is required. fopefu'1ly most of this heavy line wilf sink down into the gravel and wilf not require stabilization, but there will be some areas that require it and we,feel. i t i s going to take right up to Qecembe r I to finish the stab i l i zat i on -even though...the line cowld b® completed before that time so far as tying spools together. Mr. Burrell; Thank you, I think that is all I have. for now. I' suggest a 15.minute break right now before we go into some more: questions ... Mr. Burrell: Ladies and Gentlemen, we'(1_go back into session now. Mr. Giibreth, i believe, has some question. Mr. Gilbrefih: Mr. Schillereff, one thing 1 would like to ask you about i s the current status of your barges and so forth.. Are- you completely optimfzed as far as you can be, that is to say, are you. doingeverything you can ; to acre i state the actua 1 laying of the 1 i ne w i tM .the men and .equipment which you have. Mr. Schillereff: Yes sir, we are. Mr, GlLbreth: You said, i believe, that. one barge was associated with Iayi ng ,and another wi #M stabi' 1 i zi ng. Mr. Schiliereff: Yes sir. Mr. Gi ibreth: There would be no advantage, i assume, i f both barges were laying, for example? Mr. Schillereff: There would be an advantage if we could get both barges in the sameb~eak'area-and we can't do this because of the anchor line crossings. Mr.. G i i b reth : ( see . i f , lets Just assume f or a moment, i f fihe `B Iine were repaired today, what would heppen.to your gasthen? Mr. Scht liereff :_ Today? Mr. Giibreth: Yes. If the ling were completely. repaired today what -22- • w would happen to the excess gas you have avai able on your Anna-Bruce P 1 atf orm? Mr. SchilLereff: ' We would transmit it to the. East_Foreland factLities as we have in the past.. - Mr. Giibreth: Would it be flared there then or sold or are .you in a position o dispose of it onto if gets there? Mr. schillereff: We wi~l( be in a position to dispose of that gas through sales by tomorrow. Mr. Gilbreth:_ By tomorrow? Mr. Schtllereff: Yes sir. Mr. Gilbreth: In other words, as soon as the line is repaired you wi I I be in a position to dispose. of the gas through sales. Mr. Schiilereff:. Yes slr. Mr- Gi ibreth:- If you complete your Laying operation,' lets say, justfor example this were to happen on November 29, and you 'didn't have an opportuni y to finish your stabilization, would it be possible for you to operate-the line, lets saythrough the: winter period, without being- stabilized? Mr,. Schillereff: Yes sir, if I may refer back to Exhibi# 3. Mr, Giibreth: John, could .you talk louder? Mr. Schiilereff: Okay. .The lay barge. is at thus posstion if the sand dune right now, heading in this direction. We feel .that in a couple of days the other barge, which is nearly finished over in area 2, the other barge can move over to this corner and begin stabilization at this port. ...Now this is the critical point of stabilization. We've gofi crossing, we've got a Little btt of gravel in this area. We don't feel .that stabilization over. here will be .quite so cr ticalbecause this is hard bottom from this point on. So i feel that we can transmit gas shortly after the .pipe is put. together. We may have tbcomeback and_do some further stabiitzation next spring, but it won't be a deterrent to -23- transmitting gas for sale. Mr. Gi lbreth: Thais al I I have. Mr. Burrell: Mr. Marshall do you have any questions? Mr. Miller, do you have any questions? Mr. Miller: I have a question just of general interest. Have you got a chance to look at these pilings, sand bag pilings you put down? .John, what happens after you install these pilings under a pipe? What happens to the sift and sand that is moved back and forth with the tide? Does it tend to fill that void up or does it scour even more around the bottom of the piling? Mr. Schiilereff: Of course some of the mechanics of these tides scouring the Inlet floor are unexplainable. We don't understand it at all. but we do .know this much. We learned quite a bit from our side scan sonar data, our hydrographic survey. There was a question and I'm going to lead up; to your answer here. There was a question about these dunes, do they move :around? We thought if they move around, well it may not be feasible-to repair this line because you can't control where the u~ne will be. We :found out from our hydrographic survey that those dunes are associated with outcrops of whatever it might be, coal seams or whatever, and the dunes themselves do not move. That's why the dune is there. It's a hard bottom on which the gravel can pile up. The same general thing seems to be true of these piers and piles and bags. Once you reach a stabilization point with your bags the tendency is for the gravel to fill in around them and completely cover it. Sometimes you go back and you find that one has scoured out next to where you worked and you have to add additional piers and piles, but eventually you can reach the point where the thing is stable and it will remain stable. Mr. Miller; Is it possible then that i# you have enough piers in a critical area you might find that line buried rather than suspended at -24- a later date. Mr. Schiileretf: Certainly. in fact in area 2 where we are finishing stabilization right now with the second barge,. that area has filled`in so completely that we couldn't find the lines this morning. We're very happy about i t. Mr. Mii{er: One other question. I noticed in your testimony that most of the breaks, at feast a good number of them have been at the weld of the flange to the pipe. Is a heavier pipe going to give you enough of of heavier weld in there to give you a two-barrel solution, that is also pick up ..these critical connecting points? Mr. Schiliereff: Yes, I think the only way you are going to ever break this .pipe would be to have a tremendously long suspended area and I doubt very much it would break in the weld, but I can't say. The weld is stronger than the pipe. Mr. Burrell: i have somewhat of a historical question. This pipe- line was originally laid in 1966, I believe, since it went on production, as I recall,. in March of 1967. Mr. Schiliereff: That is correct. Mr. Burrell: From these two platforms. We went two years apparently before a break roughly, the first break I believe was 1968, in my notes and I'm sure that this Monday morning quarteringbacking or hindsight is the tool. we all wish we had, but if you had had your."druthers" now, based on what you knew now you laid it either in a different location or you would have used a heavier pipe then, is that correct? Mr. Schillereff: We certalniy would have routed the line better than we did .the first time, but the type of equipment that was required to lay out the: best-route for the pipeline in 1966, it just wasn't available. That technique, that part of the science hadn't been developed yet. Mr. Burrell: What technique are you refering to that was .not -25- available in 1966? Mr. Schiilereff: The side scan sonar. Mr. Burrell: The side scan sonar? Mr. Schiilereff: The side scan sonar of some sorts was probably available in those days but it wasn't available to industry. Mr. Burrell: Mr. Gilbreth expressed earlier that we all -have sane concern over the delay this summer in getting going and we explained some of it to some extent and part of it 1 understand was a negotiating problem inasmuch.. as there were quite a few people involved in the ownership of these leases. How many people are involved in the ownership of these leases, that had to reach .agreement? Mr. Giles: Five different parties comprised the Chakachatna Group. I might address myself to two points on that score because it seems to be such a question for your evidence here. Exhibit 7, John's recitation of the stepby step sequence of how we have gone about repairing these lines I think is the key exhibtt to our hearing today. And the two paints I'd like to bring up are that we could not run this hydrographic survey until the ice was out of the Inlet, we could not even begin to run it until May. And the-second point is we started thinking we had one break. We ended up with three breaks, and these were not known until August 9 or thereabouts, which i _,late in the summer. So, I think it's easy to see that what we started out with and then what we later found out were different ball games, .and. this ail has contributed to ..the fact we're here today, whereas we might nofi have been here today, if all had been the way we originally had seen it., Mr. Gilbreth: I'd like to ask a question. Could you give. us an idea, John or either one of you, since you've had you barges out there, what percent of the time have the divers actually been able to work as c~mpar-ed to what you thought they could work. i understood that you had -26- bad weather and thi~precluded a lot of work. that yo~ad planned. Mr. Schillereff: Weil, we were optimistic, we hoping for about 95~, but we're getting about 85~. Its been unusually windy. Right now its calm. i don't know if it will stay calm or rrot. This time of the year is not generally the best weather in the world but we allowed that we would probably. have 95~ of our diving time utilized for some effective means of making the repairs, taking out the old line, whatever had to done. I would say in summary on that point that really the diving time has been very good, but our ability to lay pipe fell far short of what our expections were. Mr. Gilbreth: What I was trying to get at, John, are you able to lay pipe once each three days or each five days or twice a day or something i ke that? Mr. Schillereff: it generally takes five tides to get one spool down and completely made up and ready to go the next one. Mr. Gilbreth: What length of line will. the .spool represent? Mr. Schillereff: They're all about 50 feet long. Mr. Gilbreth: 50 feet. We're looking at 5 tides per 50 feet if everything is favorable. Mr. Schiilere#f; Ten feet a dive. Mr. Gilbreth: Ail right sir, thats all I have. Mr. Burrell: Mr. Marshall, do you have any questions? Mr. Miller? We'll go off. the record for about five minutes now and hopefully dispose of this in sane fashion. Mr. Burrell: We will go back on the .record at this time. One procedural matter. I do not recall that the exhibits were moved for admission. Mr. Crews: We so move all of our exhibits for admission to the Committee at this time. Mr. Burrell: Those are exhibits I-A and i through 7 or 8. I through 8. -27- Mr. Crews: (-A through 8, I believe, isn't that right. Mr. Burrell: Then without objection we will admit those exhibits to the record. At this time I will ask if there is anybody in the audience who has any questions of the witnesses? Yes sir, would you come forward and identify yourself, please sir. Mr. Kayoukiuk: Do I have. to walk up here? Mr. Burrell: Weil, Just get close to the microphone. You can stand right there, wherever you want to. Mr. Kayoukiuk: I am Fred Kayoukiuk from Unalakleet. Mr. Burrell: Fred Kayoukiuk? Mr. Kayoukiuk: I~ayoukluk. Mr. ,Burrell: Could you spell it for me, sir? Mr. Kayoukiuk: Kayoukiuk. Mr, Burrell: Thank you very much. Mr. Kayoukiuk: Now we all have heads, right? You're white, I'm brown, and we have colored people that are,. they might be my shadow, or I might be your shadow. Now, we have something to Iibe for. These guys are fighting for the pipeline, their gas line or whatever you call it, and now we have to .give them time to improve. Maybe it might mean more jobs to the people. it might mean everything. You know in Alaska there is, they called Seward dirty and spent $7,200,000. Me, l don't have no job or nothing, but I'm willing to say my say on these people here, because they're trying to-do their best. Har+ many people try to help the Natives? I come to Anchorage to look for a job, I can't find any job. What they said was, 1 don't ,have enough education. I'm too skinny to go work on the platform or anything like that. But sooner or later we'll get something done. They. need time, they want to improve it. Make it. i hunt, I like to hunt. On the ocean there, where i catch whale or something like that, thats what I like to do. They're not here to destroy. i worked, you guys are from the State, ain't you? -28- Mr. Burrell: ~s sir. • Mr. Kayoukluk: Now, you know Chuck Herbert, don't you? Mr. Burrell: Yes, l do. Mr. Kayoukluk: Now, you work with him? Mr. Burrell: Yes, i work for him. Mr. Kayoukluk: You work for him. Okay, he is my old full employer there. Mr. Burrell: Oh. Mr. Kayoukluk: Him and I, we worked for Newmont Mining Company, he was my engineer. Now, i was prospecting with him. i Just got out of the prospecting school there, when I worked with him, so I know he, that he would have something to say, I bet probably he would fire the whole work you guys do. Mr. Burrell; They'ti be some more Job openings then. Mr Kayoukluk: Really, time you know, there is only 60 minutes to an hour.,.. 60 seconds to a urinate, but time, we cannot predict the weather. You give him time, O.K, you say 20 days, you guys were talking about, but Alaska, l know, I can Just look at the sun and tell what kind of day it is. If i don't see the sun I know it is going to be bad weather. if I don't see the moon,. my Dad, he showed me. We cannot predict the weather but, they need time, because they're trying to improve. Oil companies are all the one are trying to help us grow. We're young ain't we? That's all I got to say..: Mr. Burrell; Thank you very much,. sir. I do hope you do have some luck finding. a Job. Mr. Kayoukluk: That's alright. Mr. Burrell: Is there anybody else in the audience who has any comments or questions that would like to be heard? If not then we will dispose of everything except for a brief oral order which will be confirmed in writing, needless to say, once we get this transcript typed up, etc. -29- and so on. We are not wailing to admit that this is a force majeure situation, inasmuch as the ice comes in the inlet every year. Although It certainly is caused by God, he does it at regular intervals. We do recognize the bona fide efforts made by the operators and the operator's partners and the expenditures involved in trying to build this pipeline, repair this pipeline. We will extend the November I date by amending the requested orders till 7:00 AM December (, or until Judge Lewis revokes his suspension, r®vokes his stay order, whichever is the earlier date, and a further ,hearing on the potentiality of, which we will seek testimony on whether or not there will be reservoir damage, which will be required for any extension past December (. Mr. Crews: Might I ask you this Mr. Chairman? Lets assume that we are almost completed by December 1, would it be possible for the Commission to administratively and ex parts, issue lets say an order to December 4, or December 5 if we are that close? Mr. Burrell: I would have to pass. that one to counsel. Frankly would doubt it inasmuch as it wasn't in the call of the hearing. if the hearing request had provided for administrative extension beyond the December ( data I think it might possible have been done but I'll refer that to counsel, t'm not sure we can do something that we didn't advertise to the ,public that we were going to might do. Mr.<Crews: Weil, we did ask for till May 15. Mr. Burrell: That's correct, you .did. Mr. Crews: That's the reason for my request. Could it be possible if in fact we are that close, could the Commission on its own order give us the necessary. time withou# calling another hearing. We'd simply be back here presenting the same thing that we heard today? Mr. Burrell: No, we would want to hear something entirely different, on December I, I understand. Well, excuse. We can add to that then, up -30- ~ ~ until the ice time, say no later than January 1, (973 at 7:00 A.M. We could provide for an administrative extension. Mr. Crews: We think that will do it. Mr. Burrell: Would that be adequate? Mr..:; Crews : Yes s i r. Mr:,Burreil: Any extension beyond that then would require a hearing on the potentiality of reservoir damage resulting from the restriction of producing rates. Mr. Kayoukiuk: We cannot predict the weather, like i say we cannot, you say.. the ice comes, now we cannot, it might freeze tomorrow, you know, or it m ght freeze in two years from now,. or something like that. We cannot predict the weather, you know. Mr. Burrell: Well, we can predict that there will be ice in the inlet pretty soon can't we? Mr;,Kayoukluk: No, I don't think so, the weather is hard to tell. Nard to 1 i 1 ng .,; Mr, Burrell: Weil we think there will be ice in the Inlet sometime this winter. Mr. Kayoukluk: You hope. Mrs Burreli: Thank you very much. Does anybody have any further comments? We'li adjourn. -31- ~3 C'. o. IUz ~ ~.~ o~ o ~~~. ~~~ 1- A s .,.~..~._ .. --~.~ r ~., ., ~~ a , ~ : t .ter .e ~ t s f ~ . , _ ..„, .~. ~ a...._~.....:„ ~.... E,.,®...,,.m .. : ~~~~~~ ._ . ,. .. .. . .~. ~- ~.,r~ '~.i..,~ll.°~E'IIV ~' iY #~d~.~~ y R3 ~RwT .~l~~~.~'4 ~~`..6.+wa~a~a k~4.~~.k~.k.A9 a}.A~d~A K~,~~ kk,k3.~~wet A ~.««r: , 'syd .t ~~l k}Lf M+ 4 {5»R'r~R R'4r .~~`A~M~~x+•M. -CES OF ~`~' G. CREWS 4 "~ .Y AT LAW .'11 NAL BUILDING "STREET ..' 1':. . AK. 99501 ~?}.~ 277-I6I6 { d~9, .~'l~~,±~~ ~~,~`~dL.l6.J E.d~:i k$~ ~ ~ ~ e d,`4 A°i.:X V,~~~T'+1~~~d~3J Tq1~`A(~# ~pJ~F~~A~~4,~Wyy +A £.li~/i^'+,~ l,W' ,L. ~'w+l~ #'L 7.~~~1~'l,:L;sLar~ 6+wtJ~~1"-.l~~F ~) /~ 3'4~j~~ 3~3~ ~+.4VB~~ iJ.tlat°S 1 i.R~lk`~ f!p / ~~ W I~1 MM ~~ ~ ~~ r~~. ~~Ettc~r~ b~ rho ~~ u OFFICES OF E'2ALPH G. CREWS ATTORNEY AT LAW FIRST NATIONAL BUILDING 428 "G" STREET ANCHORAGE, AK. 99501 TELEPHONE 277-1616 ~,~.j.~ bUen~S-~~ YVIRPS ~ID - 1~~, ~.~e- ,/ec-u.Unew~ CO'S EXHIBIT. NO. 4 I GRANITE POINT "B" LINE REPAIRS. r BREAK AREA N0. I I FIRST BREAK - JUNE 6, 1968 LOCATION - 908 + 77 BREAK DESCRIPTION - LINE BROKE IN WELD. REPAIR METHOD.- LINE WAS CUT ABOUT 450' ON ANNA SIDE OF BREAK WHERE LINE WAS EXPOSED. THE LINE WA5 THEN PICKED UP AND 129' ADDED BY WELDING ON 40' JOINTS. AN ADDITIONAL 334' IN FOUR FLANGED SPOOLS WERE ADDED TO THIS END OF THE LINE. THE KENAI END OF THE LINE WAS PICKED UP AND"209' OF LINE REMOVED. REPLACED THIS PIPE WITH 24'6' PIPE IN THREE SPOOLS. CLOSURE WAS MADE WITH A 32' STRAIGHT SPOOL AND A 28' TEM- PLATE SPOOL. TOTAL NEW LINE - 739'. SECOND BREAK - APRIL 22, 1971 LOCATION - 908 +77 BREAK DESCRIPTION - FIVE BOLTS SHEARED IN FLANGE INSTALLED IN 1968. REPAIR METHOD - REROUTED "B" LINE UNDER "A" LINE TO RE- DUCE STRAIN ON BOTH LINES AND REPLACED THE 28' AND 32' SPOOLS WITH A 45' SPOOL AND A 15' SPOOL. CROSSING POINT WAS .STABILIZED WITH 3910 SAND-CEMENT BAGS. THIRD BREAK - DECEMBER 7, 19.71 LOCATION = 908 +77 BREAK DESCRIPTION - BREAK IN FLANGE WELD AT PLATFORM END OF 45' SPOOL INSTALLED IN MAY 1.`971,.L,.. REPAIR METHOD - REPLACE LINE If ~~~E~~WITH 12", .180 LB/FT. PIP ~GC~F~'~~ a z Oa'i Al.€~S~~r~t ~~~'CO~a~P't1TT~~ C®I~aS..~Y~p 1Q`~ -_~ ~f .. « MCO'S EXHIBIT NO. 4 PAGE 2 GRANITE POINT "A" LINEmREPAIRS BREAK AREA N0. I FIRST BREAK - AUGUST 9, 1972 LOCATION - 908 + 77 BREAK DESCRIPTION - CRACK IN WELD WHERE "B" LINE CROSSED • "A" LINE AFTER 1971 REPAIRS. REPAiR METHOD - ATTEMPTED TO INSTALL PIPELINE CLAMP. WHEN THIS FAILED, LINE WAS REPAIRED BY TYING THE "B" LINE FROM THE PLATFORM TO THE "A" LINE .FROM THE ONSHORE FACILITY. LINE WAS STABI- LIZED WITH 5' X 10' SAND-CEMENT BAGS AND CONVENTIONAL SMALL SAND-CEMENT BAGS. ~- _ AMOCO PRODUCTION GRANITE POINT PIPELINE CO. REPAIRS AREA "II~~ 1969 1972 EXHIBIT 5 ~~,,, ~;,~- ~tP T°- U~-~ ~~ ~~A ACCEPTED ~ ~:.~a ~ Dot~~Z ALASKA 01t, and G~4S CONSERVATION C©I~NItTTE~ ~~ EXHIS6T C.O. FILE ~ .GL ~0'S EXHIBIT N0. 6 GRANITE POINT "B" LINE REPAIRS o~ BREAK AREA NO. II FIRST BREAK - JUNE 10, 1969 LOCATION - 865 +46 N BREAK DESCRIPTION - CRACK IN WELD ON BOTTOM HALF OF PIPE. REPAIR METHOD - CUT LINE ABOUT 510' ON ANNA SIDE OF BREAK WHERE LINE WAS UNCOVERED AND INSTALLED. FLANGE. CUT 138' OFF KENAI END OF PIPE- LINE, WELDED ON FLANGE AND ADDED TWO SPOOLS. MOVED TO PLATFORM END OF LINE AND ADDED FIVE SPOOLS. ADDED ONE 34'10" SPOOL TO THE KENAI SIDE AND COMPLETED REPAIR WITH A 21'6" TEMPLATE SPOOL. STABILIZED LINE WITH SAND-CEMENT BAGS. TOTAL NEW LINE - 638'6" SECOND BREAK - JUNE 22, 1970 LOCATION - 866 + 55 BREAK DESCRIPTION - BREAK IN FLANGE WELD. .REPAIR METHOD - REPLACED 85'9" SPOOL WITH THREE SPOOLS: 5.5', 19' AND 14'. STABILIZED LINE WITH SAND-CEMENT BAGS. THTRD BREAK - 1972 SOMETIME BETWEEN DECEMBER 7, 1971- AUGUST 11, 1972 LOCATION - 867 + 74 BREAK DESCRIPTION.- BREAK IN FLANGE WELD. .REPAIR METHOD - REPLACE LINE TN BREAK AREA WITH 12", 180 LBIFT. PIPE. ~---__.,. pCC~PTE~ gin.. ~ASKa. ®a~G ~~ c~~ coNS~~vAT~o~ e~~~~~~: ~ T~~ ~, r ~'. c.o. Ft~~ ~ ~ ~" D .... ,~ -: ~0'S EXHIBIT N0. 7 GRANITE POINT PIPELINE `. 1972 REPAIRS FEBRUARY 2~, 172 - FEASIBILITY STUDY ON REPAIRING BROKEN "B" LINE, WHICH STARTED RIGHT AFTER LINE BREAK OCCURRED DECEMBER 7, 1971, WAS. COMPLETED. MARCH 2, 1972.- RESEARCH DEPARTMENT PRESENTED THEIR ANALYSIS OF PIPELINE -BREAK PROBLEMS. THEIR REPORT SUGGESTED THAT INSTABILITY OF LINE IN BREAK AREA WAS. CAUSED BY LOCAL $07TOM CONDITIONS AND INADEQUATE WEIGHT OF GAS LINE IN THIS AREA. MARCH 21- 22, 19~ - WE HAD A MEETING IN TULSA WITH RESEARCH TO DISCUSS METHODS OF SURVEYING AND REPAIRING THE PIPELINE. ~0'CEANOGRAPHERS P,ND C-0NTRACTORS WE'RE PRESENT. MAY 1 - JUNE 13, 1972 - HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY CONSISTING OF SIDE SCAN SONAR, BOOMER, MAGNETOMETER, AND FATHOMETER.SURVEYS WAS INITIATED ON MAY 1. ON APRIL 28, ICE IN COOK INLET WOULD HAVE PREVENTED STARTING SURVEY. ON MAY 20, DURING COURSE OF SURVEY, DIVERS INSPECTED DECEMBER 7, 1971 "B" LINE BREAK. JUNE 19, 19.72 - MEETING IN ANCHORAGE WITH AMOCO DIVISION, RESEARCH AND AREA PERSONNEL TO REVIEW HYDROGRAPHIC'SURVEY RESULTS AND CONSIDER PIPELINE REPAIR METHODS. JUNE 2.0,1972 - MOBTLLZED CRANE-BARGE AND REMOVED "6" 'LTNE SPOOLS FOUND IN CONTACT WITH "A" LINE DURING MAY- 20 IN- SPECTION. JULY 7,L 172 - SUBMITTED REPAIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO DIVISION OFFICE. JULY 114, 1972 - INITIATED ORDERS FOR 12-3/4" X 1.5"WALL 180.23 LB/FT. GRADE B PIPE, FLANGES, GASKETS, STUDS AND NUTS. JULY 21~ 19.72 - SUBMITTED REPAIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO PARTNERS FOR THEIR STUDY. AUGUST 7, 19'2 - CHAKACHATNA ENGINEERING SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING TO DISCUSS PIPELLNE REPAIRS. -- AUGUST 9, 172 - "A" LINE RUPTURED IN ~ WERE REMOVED STARTING JUNE 20. ___.._.~ EA WHER~C'~'~T~~+1 S'P`OIL . p~~e to AC.A~~A ;DEL cr~~ GAS CvNSERVr1TIC3ti GOiJ1s"'~~TTEE ^` ~ ~O'S EXHIBIT NO. 7 PAGE 2 AUGUST 9, 1972 - MOBILIZED DIVER RECONNAISSANCE BOAT TO LOCATE "A" LINE BREAK. BOAT TO0 UNSTABLE TO WORK FROM. DEMOBILIZED AFTER 24 HOURS WORK.. AUGUST 11- 14, 1972 - MOBILIZED CRANE-BARGE TO LOCATE BREAK IN "A" LINE AND MAKE REPAIRS. ATTEMPTED TO PLACE PLATFORMS BACK ON PRODUCTION BY TEMPORARILY REPAIRING "B" LINE WITH HIGH PRESSURE HOSE. FOUND SECOND BREAK IN 1969- 70 BREAK AREA II: AUGUST 14- 30, 172 - LOCATED "A" LINE BREAK AND ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR "A" LINE WITH PLIDCO PIPELINE .REPAIR SLEEVES. SLEEVES WERE OF SPECIAL DESIGN FABRICATED TO OUR SPECIFICATIONS .FOR THIS PURPOSE. .COULD NOT .OBTAIN BUBBLE TIGHT SEAL DUE TO NATURE OF CRACK AND DISPLACED LINE WITH SEA WATER AND PIG. AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 8, 1972 - COMPLETED OIL LINE REPAIR BY MAKING A PREMANENT TIE BETWEEN THE "B" LINE FROM THE .PLAT- FORM AND THE "A" LINE TO EAST FORELANDS USING 10" WEIGHT .COATED PIPE 0145 LB/FT.~. SEPTEMBER 7- 28,1972.-.DIVER INSPECTION OF OIL LINE IN BOTH BREAK AREAS AND CROSSING POINTS. STABILIZED LINES IN BOTH BREAK AREAS WITH 5' X 10' BAGS AND SACKS FILLED WITH A SAND-CEMENT MIXTURE. SEPARATED .LINES VERTICALLY, PADDED AND STABILFZED LINES AT CROSSING POINTS WITH SAND-CEMENT BAGS. PLACED 31 EA. 5' X 10' SAND-CEMENT BAGS AND ABOUT 6200 SACKS CAPPROXIMATELY 50 LB. EACH. SEPTEMBER 214 - OCTOBER 15, 1972 - MOBILIZED BARGE AFTER SUFFI- CIENT PIPE HAD ARRIVED BY HOT-SHOT TRUCKS TO COMMENCE RE- PAIRING "B" LINE IN BREAK AREA II. REPLACED 414 FT. OF LINE .WITH 12" 180.. L8/FT. PIPE. SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 1, 197.2 - RAN DETAILED FATHOMETER SURVEY IN AREA I TO SELECT FINAL ROUTE FOR 12" LINE. OCTOBER 2 - DATE - MOBILIZED SECOND BARGE TO LAY 12" PIPE IN BREAK AREA I. SO FAR HAVE LAID ABOUT 600' OF 12" PIPE. OCTOBER 15 - DATE - STABILIZED NEW LINE IN BREAK AREA II WITH SAND-CEMENT BAGS AND SACKS. ~- ~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~0' S EXHIBIT N0 . 8 1972 p. ' GRANITE POINT PIPELINE REPAIR COSTS CPAST AND EXPECTED, TO COMPLETE REPAIRS THIS FALLS - OIL LINE REPAIR - $ 87.5,000 INCLUDES TWO ATTEMPTS TO INSTALL -PIPELINE CLAMPS, A.PERMANENT TIE BETWEEN THE "A" LINE AND THE "B" LINE, AND STA$ILIZATION IN BOTH AREAS I AND II. GAS LINE REPAIR.- 1,825,000 AREA I - INCLUDES AN EXTENSIVE HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY, REPLACEMENT OF 1320 FT. OF LINE WITH 12" 1.5" WALL .180 LB/FT. PIPE, AND STABILI- Z~TION OF LINE IN AREA I. GAS LINE REPAIR - 910,000 AREA II - INCLUDES INSPECTION OF AREA II AND REPLACEMENT OF 441 FT. OF LINE WITH 12" 1.5" WALL 180 LB/FT. PIPE AND STABILIZATION OF LINE IN AREA I I . ' TOTAL $3r 610, 000 .....~;~ ~'"'~~ ~ ~~ -~ ®~~ c^~~, tip: ~,, ~ ,~. § ~,~,~ ~~~~~E~ ~~ ,' ,~. r.y;l ILL" AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLI~,ATION STATE OF ALASKA, ) THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT,) ss. --- Mary-- L..Shake---------------•------ being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says thatshe_ __-__- is the.-..-_ Le.ga1--C-1€r-k-- 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 rnntinually 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 .-Legal iVotice 7061 as it was published in regular issues (and not in supplemental form) of said newspaper for- a period of -._oxl~.-...-_. insertions, commencing on the .17-.._..day yctober ,lg7z _ and -°---------•------ a ending on the.-__.._..17.-.... day of of ._.Gctober-------•--. , 19.IZ--• both dates inclusive, and that such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers dur- ing all of said period. That the full amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is the sum of ~ 12.50 which amount has been paid in full at the race of 25~ per line; Mini- mum charge 27.50. ~~ Subscribed and worn to before NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING STATE OF ALASKA- DEPARTMENi OF NATURAL RESOURCES Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee Conservation file No. 102-D Re: The telegraphic application of Amoco Production Company for an order fur- tner amending Rule No. I and Rule N.o. 2 of Conservation Order No. 102 to extend the period of time during which excess casinghead gas may be .flared .from oihpools in fhe applicant-operated portion af"the Granite Point field from November 1, 1972- to Decemher 1, 1.972, or, if pipeline repairs oannot be completed prior_to necessary cessa- t~on of 'repair operations because of ice in the-area, to May`15, 1973. :Notice is hereby given that .Amoco Pro- ductign Company '.has requested the cap- tioned ardet; which would'.permit flaring of excess casinghead gas from. two plat- . forms in }he Granite /Ppinf Field until December 1, 1972 ar until May I5, 1973. A publiq.hearing on Ytie,application will be` held of 9:00 AM, Oetaber 27, .1972 in tli~ office of the Alaska. D'ivrsion of Oil. and .Gas, 3001 Porcupine. Drive, Anchor-` age,. Alaska, or suoh other location as "may be available: Persons 'desiring to atieiid .the hearing shau;d teleplione 279-` 1433 for. a possible change in Ipcation, which wil[ also be posted at the. Division of Oil and Gas. The applicanf' and affecT- ed and :interested. parties Will be hoard at the hearing. Homer L. Burrell Chairman Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive. Anchorage, Alaska 99504 Publish: October L7, 1972 - legal Notice No. 7061 me this .ln~". -day of_..,.Ctab~.r, 19._...72 ~; , Notary Public in and r the State of Alaska, Third Division, Anchorage, Alaska COMMISSION EXPIRES _.----- ._ ._.. ~...__1..~.. , 197, NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee Conservation File Pdo. 102-D Re: The telegraphic application of Amoco Production Company for an order further amending Pule No. I and Rule No. 2 ofi Conservation Urder No. 102 to extend the period of time during which excess casinghead gas may be flared from oit pools in the applicant- operated portion of the Granite Point Field from November I, 1972 to December I, 1972, or, if pipeline repairs cannot be completed prior to necessary cessation of repair operations because of ice in the area, to f~1ay 15, 1973. Notice is hereby given that Amoco Production Company has re- quested the captioned order, which 4vould permit flaring of excess casinghead gas from two platforms in the Granite Point Field until December I, 1972 or until f~1ay 15, 1973. A public hearing on the application will be held at 9:00 AM, October 27, 1972 in the office of the Alaska Division of Oil and Gas, 3001 Porcupine Drive, Anchorage, Alaska, or such other location as may be available. Persons desiring to attend the hearing should telephone 279-1433 fora possible change in location, which will also be posted at the Division of Uil and Gas. The applicant and affected and interested parties will be heard at the hearing. ,~ ~it/~ Homer L. C3urre Chairman Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Comrittee 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99504 Publish: October 17, 1972 NOTE: Hearing will be held in City Council Chambers of Z. J. Loussac Library, 6th Avenue and F Street, Anchorage, Alaska. ro LaL V ~. r.w~ { i c ~ ,,5;` ,: ', ~E~ RCA Alasi:t~ C;ommunic:+tons, Inc. .. i; ~ ~~'S - ,.. ~~' oc~r .~3 .. P-~~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~~ C' D .~.. IJ ~~7~. ~ / ~~. ~~~'I~L`S~`' ~ ~' ~JCT~""13,,,...72 LA 116 CTB 124 ..; T G C04Q PDB 6:~~EXT TDG DENVER COLD 13 342P EDT ~ ~ T~ ~~.o ti .....~, . u.~._.w ~, , ... . CHAIRMAN ALASKA CONSERVATION COMMITTEE ~a A 3001 PORCUPINE DRIVE ~ ~;~' ,~,~~ ANCHORAGE ALASKA 99504 RE EXTENSION OF NO FLARE ORDER GRANITE POIivT FIELD ALASKA RE INFIRM AMEETING HELD OCT 11 IN YOUR OFFICE WITH OUR ANCHORAGE AREA PERSONNEL ON STATUS- OF REPAIR TO UNDERWATER PIPELINE FROM GRANITE POINT TO EAST FORELANDS DESPITE AMOCOS.BEST EFFORTS IN GOOD FAITH TO COMPLETE PERMANENT REPAIR BEFORE NOV 1 1972 NO FLARE DEADLINE WE HAVE VERY SEROULS DOUBTS REPAIRS CAN BE COMPETED BY THEN BECAUSE OF DELAY'S IN DELIVERY OF MATERIAL COMPLEXITY OF THE REPAIR AND WEATHER THEREFORE RESPECTIFULLY REQUST HEARING BEFORE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE ON FRrDl1Y nr.T 27 TO OBTAIN RELIEF FROM NO FLARE PROVISIONS OF CONSERVATION ORDER 102B BEYOND NOVEMBER 1 1972 IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER l REQUEST EXTENSION UNTIL DEC 1 1972 ,0 COMPLETE UNDERWATER PIPELINE.REPAIRS 2 IF REPAIRS NOT THEN COMPETED AND INLET IE HAS FORCED HALT TO FURTHER REPAIRS THIS WINTER REQUEST EX?ENSIGN UNTIL MAX 1S 1973 R B LIES AMOCO PRODUCTION CO SECURITY LIFE BUILDING- DENVER COLD 80202 COL 11 1.1972 27 102B 1 1972 1 1 1972 2 15 1973 80202 L
