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Emergency Order —
Review of well conditions and safety
1. November 2, 2017 Brooks Range Petroleum response
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ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
333 West Seventh Avenue
Anchorage Alaska 99501
Re: Review of well conditions and safety. ) Docket Number: OTH-17-037
Other Order 129
October 30, 2017
CORRECTED EMERGENCY ORDER
Review of a well failure and uncontrolled release of fluids at Prudhoe Bay Unit DS02-03B revealed
the root cause of the incident to be a combination of the well construction geometry — outer casing
shoe set in the permafrost — and thawing permafrost and subsidence. As a result, AOGCC is
undertaking a review of all wells on the North Slope. No later than December 31, 2017, Brooks
Range Petroleum Corporation shall shut in all North Slope wells it operates which have similar
construction geometry and provide to AOGCC a list of those wells. Failure to comply with this
order will result in AOGCC taking action pursuant to AS 31.05.150.
Done at Anchorage, Alaska and Dated October 30, 2017.
Hollis S. French
Chair, Commissioner
Cathy/P. Foerster
Commissioner
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0afiiel T. Seamount, Jr.
Commissioner
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As provided in AS 31.05.080(a), within 20 days after written notice of the entry of this order or decision, or such further time as the
AOGCC grants for good cause shown, a person affected by it may file with the AOGCC an application for reconsideration of the matter
determined by it. If the notice was mailed, then the period of time shall be 23 days. An application for reconsideration must set out the
respect in which the order or decision is believed to be erroneous.
The AOGCC shall grant or refuse the application for reconsideration in whole or in part within 10 days after it is filed. Failure to act
on it within 10 -days is a denial of reconsideration. If the AOGCC denies reconsideration, upon denial, this order or decision and the
denial of reconsideration are FINAL and may be appealed to superior court. The appeal MUST be filed within 33 days after the date
on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision denying reconsideration, UNLESS
the denial is by inaction, in which case the appeal MUST be filed within 40 days after the date on which the application for
reconsideration was filed.
If the AOGCC grants an application for reconsideration, this order or decision does not become final. Rather, the order or decision on
reconsideration will be the FINAL order or decision of the AOGCC, and it may be appealed to superior court. That appeal MUST be
filed within 33 days after the date on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision
on reconsideration.
In computing a period of time above, the date of the event or default after which the designated period begins to run is not included in
the period; the last day of the period is included, unless it falls on a weekend or state holiday, in which event the period urns until 5:00
p.m. on the next day that does not fall on a weekend or state holiday.
Carlisle, Samantha J (DOA)
From: Carlisle, Samantha J (DOA)
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2017 3:31 PM
To: 'AK, GWO Projects Well Integrity'; 'AKDCWelllntegrityCoordinator'; 'Alan Bailey'; 'Alex
Demarban'; 'Alicia Showalter'; 'Allen Huckabay'; 'Andrew VanderJack'; 'Ann Danielson';
'Anna Raff';'Barbara F Fullmer'; 'bbritch'; 'Becky Bohrer';'Ben Boettger';'Bill Bredar';
'Bob';'Brandon Viator';'Brian Havelock'; 'Bruce Webb';'Caleb Conrad';'Candi English';
'Cocklan-Vendl, Mary E';'Cody Gauer';'Colleen Miller';'Connie Downing'; 'Crandall,
Krissell';'D Lawrence'; 'Dale Hoffman';'Darci Horner';'Dave Harbour';'David Boelens';
'David Duffy';'David House'; 'David McCaleb';'David McCraine';'ddonkel@cfl.rr.com';
Diemer, Kenneth J (DNR); 'DNROG Units'; 'Donna Ambruz'; 'Ed Jones'; 'Elizabeth Harball';
'Elowe, Kristin'; 'Elwood Brehmer'; 'Evan Osborne'; 'Evans, John R (LDZX)'; 'Garrett
Brown'; 'George Pollock'; 'Gordon Pospisil'; Greeley, Destin M (DOR); 'Gretchen
Stoddard'; 'gspfoff'; 'Hunter Cox'; Hurst, Rona D (DNR); Hyun, James J (DNR);'Jacki
Rose';'Jason Brune';'Jdarlington Darlington@gmail.com)';'Jeanne McPherren';'Jerry
Hodgden';'Jill Simek';'Jim Watt';'Jim White'; 'Joe Lastufka';'Joe Nicks';'John Burdick';
'John Easton'; 'John Larsen'; 'John Stuart'; 'Jon Goltz'; 'Josef Chmielowski'; 'Juanita
Lovett'; 'Judy Stanek'; 'Kari Moriarty'; 'Kasper Kowalewski'; 'Kazeem Adegbola'; 'Keith
Torrance'; 'Keith Wiles'; 'Kelly Sperback';'Kevin Frank'; Kruse, Rebecca D (DNR);'Kyla
Choquette'; 'Laura Silliphant (laura.gregersen@alaska.gov)'; 'Leslie Smith'; 'Lori Nelson';
'Luke Keller';'Marc Kovak';'Mark Dalton';'Mark Hanley (mark.hanley@anadarko.com)';
'Mark Landt'; 'Mark Wedman'; 'Mealear Tauch'; 'Michael Bill'; 'Michael Calkins'; 'Michael
Moora';'Mike Morgan';'MJ Loveland'; 'mkm7200'; 'Motteram, Luke A'; Mueller, Marta R
(DNR); 'nelson'; 'Nichole Saunders'; 'Nick Ostrovsky'; 'NSK Problem Well Supv'; 'Patty
Alfaro';'Paul Craig';'Paul Decker (paul.decker@alaska.gov)';'Paul Mazzolini'; Pike, Kevin
W (DNR); 'Randall Kanady'; 'Renan Yanish'; 'Richard Cool'; 'Robert Brelsford'; 'Robert
Warthen';'Sara Leverette'; 'Scott Griffith'; 'Shahla Farzan';'Shannon Donnelly'; 'Sharon
Yarawsky'; Skutca, Joseph E (DNR); 'Smart Energy Universe'; Smith, Kyle S (DNR);
'Stephanie Klemmer'; 'Stephen Hennigan'; 'Sternicki, Oliver R'; 'Steve Moothart
(steve.moothart@alaska.gov)'; 'Steve Quinn'; 'Suzanne Gibson'; 'Tamera Sheffield';
'Tanisha Gleason'; 'Ted Kramer'; 'Teresa Imm'; 'Tim Jones'; 'Tim Mayers'; 'Todd Durkee';
'Tom Maloney'; 'trmjrl'; 'Tyler Senden'; Umekwe, Maduabuchi P (DNR); 'Vinnie Catalano';
'Well Integrity'; 'Well Integrity'; 'Weston Nash'; 'Whitney Pettus'; 'Aaron Gluzman'; 'Aaron
Sorrell'; 'Ajibola Adeyeye'; 'Alan Dennis'; 'Andy Bond'; 'Bajsarowicz, Caroline Y; 'Bruce
Williams'; Bruno, Jeff J (DNR); 'Casey Sullivan'; 'Corey Munk'; 'Don Shaw'; 'Epple Hogan
'Eric Lidji'; 'Garrett Haag'; 'Graham Smith'; Heusser, Heather A (DNR); 'Holly Fair'; 'Jamie
M. Long';'Jason Bergerson';'Jesse Chielowski';'Jim Magill'; 'Jim Shine';'Joe Longo';
'John Martineck'; 'Josh Kindred'; 'Keith Lopez'; 'Laney Vazquez'; 'Lois Epstein'; Longan,
Sara W (DNR); 'Marc Kuck'; 'Marcia Hobson'; 'Marie Steele'; 'Matt Armstrong'; 'Melonnie
Amundson'; 'Mike Franger'; 'Morgan, Kirk A (DNR)'; 'Pascal Umekwe'; 'Pat Galvin';
'Patricia Bettis'; 'Pete Dickinson'; 'Peter Contreras'; 'Rachel Davis'; 'Richard Garrard';
'Richmond, Diane M'; 'Robert Province'; 'Ryan Daniel'; 'Sandra Lemke'; 'Susan Pollard';
'Talib Syed';'Tina Grovier (tmgrovier@stoel.com)';'William Van Dyke'; 'Ballantine, Tab A
(LAW) (tab.ballantine@alaska.gov)'; 'Bender, Makana K (DOA)
(makana.bender@alaska.gov)'; 'Bixby, Brian D (DOA)'; 'Brooks, Phoebe L (DOA)
(phoebe.brooks@alaska.gov)'; Carlisle, Samantha J (DOA); 'Colombie, Jody J (DOA)
Qody.colombie@alaska.gov)'; 'Cook, Guy D (DOA)'; 'Davies, Stephen F (DOA)
(steve.davies@alaska.gov)'; Earl, Adam G (DOA); 'Foerster, Catherine P (DOA)
(cathy.foerster@alaska.gov)'; Trench, Hollis (DOA)'; 'Frystacky, Michal
(michal.frystacky@alaska.gov)';'Guhl, Meredith (DOA sponsored)
(meredith.guhl@alaska.gov)'; Herrera, Matthew F (DOA); 'Jones, Jeffery B (DOA)
To: Oeffjones@alaska.gov)'; Kair, Michael N (DOA); Laubenstein, Lou (DOA); 'Link, Liz M
(DOA)'; Loepp, Victoria T (DOA); 'Mumm, Joseph (DOA sponsored)
Qoseph.mumm@alaska.gov)';'Noble, Robert C (DOA) (bob.noble@alaska.gov)';
'Paladijczuk, Tracie L (DOA) (tracie.paladijczuk@alaska.gov)'; 'Pasqual, Maria (DOA)
(maria.pasqual@alaska.gov)'; 'Quick, Michael (DOA sponsored)'; 'Regg, James B (DOA)
Oim.regg@alaska.gov)'; 'Roby, David S (DOA) (dave.roby@alaska.gov)'; 'Scheve, Charles
M (DOA) (chuck.scheve@alaska.gov)'; 'Schwartz, Guy L (DOA)
(guy.schwartz@alaska.gov)'; 'Seamount, Dan T (DOA) (dan.seamount@alaska.gov)';
'Wallace, Chris D (DOA) (chris.wallace@alaska.gov)'
Subject: Other Order 129 corrected (Brooks Range)
Attachments: other129 corrected.pdf
Please replace order previously sent with this one.
Thank you,
Samantha Carlisle
Executive Secretary III
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
333 West 711, Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 793-1223
CONFOFNTIALITYNOTICE This c -nail message., including any attachmenL, contains information from the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation
Commission (AOGCC), State of Alaska and is for the side use of the intended revipient(s). It may contain confidential and/or privileged informatitxa.
The unauthorized review, use or disclosure of such information may violate state or federal law, If you arc an unintended recipient of this e-mail, please
delete it, without fn st savingoror forwardin}; it, and, so that the AOGCC is aware of the uristake in sending it to you, Contact Samantha Carlisle at (907)
793-123 orSamantha.C'en4;alaska.gov.
Armstrong Energy, LLC Brooks Range Petroleum Caelus Natural Resources Alaska,
510 L St., Ste. 310 Corporation LLC
Anchorage, AK 99501-1952 510 L. St., Ste. 601 3700 Centerpoint Dr., Ste. 500
Anchorage, AK 99501-1959 Anchorage, AK 99503-5818
ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.
P.O. Box 100360
Anchorage, AK 99510-0360
Hilcorp Alaska, LLC
3800 Centerpoint Dr., Ste. 1400
Anchorage, AK 99503-5832
Eni US Operating Co. Inc.
3800 Centerpoint Dr., Ste. 300,
Anchorage, AK 99503-5826
Savant Alaska, LLC
601 W. 5th Ave., Ste. 310
Anchorage, AK 99501-6301
ExxonMobil Oil Corporation
P.O. Box 196601
Anchorage, AK 99519-6601
Bennie Karl Gordon Severson Penny Vadla
K&K Recycling Inc.
P.O. Box 58055 3201 Westmar Cir. 399 W. Riverview Ave.
Fairbanks, AK 99711-0055 Anchorage, AK 99508-4336 5oldotna, AK 99669-7714
George Vaught, Jr. Darwin Waldsmith Richard Wagner
P.O. Box 13557 P.O. Box 39309 P.O. Box 60868
Denver, CO 80201-3557 Ninilchik, AK 99639-0309 Fairbanks, AK 99706-0868
STATE OF ALASKA
ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
333 West Seventh Avenue
Anchorage Alaska 99501
Re: Review of well conditions and safety. ) Docket Number: OTH-17-037
Other Order 129
October 30, 2017
EMERGENCY ORDER
Review of a well failure and uncontrolled release of fluids at Prudhoe Bay Unit DS02-03B revealed
the root cause of the incident to be a combination of the well construction geometry — outer casing
set in the permafrost — and thawing permafrost and subsidence. As a result, AOGCC is undertaking
a review of all wells on the North Slope. No later than December 31, 2017, Brooks Range
Petroleum Corporation shall shut in all North Slope wells it operates which have similar
construction geometry and provide to AOGCC a list of those wells. Failure to comply with this
order will result in AOGCC taking action pursuant to AS 31.05.150.
Done at Anchorage, Alaska and Dated October 30, 2017.
Hol is S. French
Chair, Commissioner
Cath P. l4oerster
Commissioner
Daniel T. S16an
Commissioner
As provided in AS 31.05.080(a), within 20 days after written notice of the entry of this order or decision, or such further time as the
AOGCC grants for good cause shown, a person affected by it may file with the AOGCC an application for reconsideration of the matter
determined by it. If the notice was mailed, then the period of time shall be 23 days. An application for reconsideration must set out the
respect in which the order or decision is believed to be erroneous.
The AOGCC shall grant or refuse the application for reconsideration in whole or in part within 10 days after it is filed. Failure to act
on it within 10 -days is a denial of reconsideration. If the AOGCC denies reconsideration, upon denial, this order or decision and the
denial of reconsideration are FINAL and may be appealed to superior court. The appeal MUST be filed within 33 days after the date
on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision denying reconsideration, UNLESS
the denial is by inaction, in which case the appeal MUST be filed within 40 days after the date on which the application for
reconsideration was filed.
If the AOGCC grants an application for reconsideration, this order or decision does not become final. Rather, the order or decision on
reconsideration will be the FINAL order or decision of the AOGCC, and it may be appealed to superior court. That appeal MUST be
filed within 33 days after the date on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision
on reconsideration.
In computing a period of time above, the date of the event or default after which the designated period begins to run is not included in
the period; the last day of the period is included, unless it falls on a weekend or state holiday, in which event the period runs until 5:00
p.m. on the next day that does not fall on a weekend or state holiday.
Carlisle, Samantha J (DOA)
From: Carlisle, Samantha J (DOA)
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2017 2:23 PM
To: 'AK, GWO Projects Well Integrity'; 'AKDCWellIntegrityCoordinator'; 'Alan Bailey'; 'Alex
Demarban'; 'Alicia Showalter'; 'Allen Huckabay'; 'Andrew VanderJack'; 'Ann Danielson';
'Anna Raff'; 'Barbara F Fullmer'; 'bbritch'; 'Becky Bohrer'; 'Ben Boettger'; 'Bill Bredar';
'Bob'; 'Brandon Viator'; 'Brian Havelock'; 'Bruce Webb'; 'Caleb Conrad'; 'Candi English';
'Cocklan-Vendl, Mary E'; 'Cody Gauer'; 'Colleen Miller'; 'Connie Downing'; 'Crandall,
Krissell';'D Lawrence'; 'Dale Hoffman';'Darci Horner';'Dave Harbour';'David Boelens';
'David Duffy';'David House';'David McCaleb';'David McCraine';'ddonkel@cfl.rr.com';
Diemer, Kenneth J (DNR); 'DNROG Units'; 'Donna Ambruz'; 'Ed Jones'; 'Elizabeth Harball';
'Elowe, Kristin'; 'Elwood Brehmer'; 'Evan Osborne'; 'Evans, John R (LDZX)'; 'Garrett
Brown'; 'George Pollock'; 'Gordon Pospisil'; Greeley, Destin M (DOR);'Gretchen
Stoddard'; 'gspfoff'; 'Hunter Cox'; Hurst, Rona D (DNR); Hyun, James J (DNR); 'Jacki
Rose'; 'Jason Brune';'Jdarlington Darlington@gmail.com)';'Jeanne McPherren';'Jerry
Hodgden'; 'Jill Simek'; 'Jim Watt'; 'Jim White'; 'Joe Lastufka'; 'Joe Nicks'; 'John Burdick';
'John Easton'; 'John Larsen'; 'John Stuart'; 'Jon Goltz'; 'Josef Chmielowski';'Juanita
Lovett'; 'Judy Stanek'; 'Kari Moriarty'; 'Kasper Kowalewski'; 'Kazeem Adegbola'; 'Keith
Torrance'; 'Keith Wiles';'Kelly Sperback';'Kevin Frank'; Kruse, Rebecca D (DNR);'Kyla
Choquette'; 'Laura Silliphant (laura.gregersen@alaska.gov)'; 'Leslie Smith'; 'Lori Nelson';
'Luke Keller'; 'Marc Kovak'; 'Mark Dalton'; 'Mark Hanley (mark.hanley@anadarko.com)';
'Mark Landt';'Mark Wedman'; 'Mealear Tauch'; 'Michael Bill'; 'Michael Calkins'; 'Michael
Moora';'Mike Morgan';'MJ Loveland'; 'mkm7200'; 'Motteram, Luke A'; Mueller, Marta R
(DNR); 'nelson'; 'Nichole Saunders'; 'Nick Ostrovsky'; 'NSK Problem Well Supv'; 'Patty
Alfaro';'Paul Craig'; 'Paul Decker (paul.decker@alaska.gov)'; 'Paul Mazzolini'; Pike, Kevin
W (DNR); 'Randall Kanady'; 'Renan Yanish'; 'Richard Cool'; 'Robert Brelsford; 'Robert
Warthen';'Sara Leverette'; 'Scott Griffith'; 'Shahla Farzan';'Shannon Donnelly'; 'Sharon
Yarawsky'; Skutca, Joseph E (DNR); 'Smart Energy Universe'; Smith, Kyle S (DNR);
'Stephanie Klemmer'; 'Stephen Hennigan'; 'Sternicki, Oliver R'; 'Steve Moothart
(steve.moothart@alaska.gov)'; 'Steve Quinn'; 'Suzanne Gibson'; 'Tamera Sheffield';
'Tanisha Gleason'; 'Ted Kramer'; 'Teresa Imm'; 'Tim Jones'; 'Tim Mayers'; 'Todd Durkee';
'Tom Maloney';'trmjrl'; 'Tyler Senden'; Umekwe, Maduabuchi P (DNR); 'Vinnie Catalano';
'Well Integrity'; 'Well Integrity'; 'Weston Nash'; 'Whitney Pettus'; 'Aaron Gluzman'; 'Aaron
Sorrell'; 'Ajibola Adeyeye'; 'Alan Dennis'; 'Andy Bond'; 'Bajsarowicz, Caroline Y; 'Bruce
Williams'; Bruno, Jeff J (DNR); 'Casey Sullivan'; 'Corey Munk'; 'Dan Shaw'; 'Epple Hogan
'Eric Lidji'; 'Garrett Haag'; 'Graham Smith'; Heusser, Heather A (DNR); 'Holly Fair'; 'Jamie
M. Long'; 'Jason Bergerson'; 'Jesse Chielowski'; 'Jim Magill'; 'Jim Shine'; 'Joe Longo';
'John Martineck';'Josh Kindred';'Keith Lopez'; 'Laney Vazquez'; 'Lois Epstein'; Longan,
Sara W (DNR); 'Marc Kuck'; 'Marcia Hobson'; 'Marie Steele'; 'Matt Armstrong'; 'Melonnie
Amundson'; 'Mike Franger'; 'Morgan, Kirk A (DNR)';'Pascal Umekwe';'Pat Galvin';
'Patricia Bettis'; 'Pete Dickinson'; 'Peter Contreras'; 'Rachel Davis'; 'Richard Garrard';
'Richmond, Diane M'; 'Robert Province';'Ryan Daniel'; 'Sandra Lemke';'Susan Pollard';
'Talib Syed'; 'Tina Grovier (tmgrovier@stoel.com)'; 'William Van Dyke'; 'Ballantine, Tab A
(LAW) (tab.ballantine@alaska.gov)';'Bender, Makana K (DOA)
(makana.bender@alaska.gov)'; 'Bixby, Brian D (DOA)'; 'Brooks, Phoebe L (DOA)
(phoebe.brooks@alaska.gov)'; Carlisle, Samantha J (DOA); 'Colombie, Jody J (DOA)
Oody.colombie@alaska.gov)'; 'Cook, Guy D (DOA)'; 'Davies, Stephen F (DOA)
(steve.davies@alaska.gov)'; Earl, Adam G (DOA); 'Foerster, Catherine P (DOA)
(cathy.foerster@alaska.gov)';'French, Hollis (DOA)';'Frystacky, Michal
(michal.frystacky@alaska.gov)'; 'Guhl, Meredith (DOA sponsored)
(meredith.guhl@alaska.gov)'; Herrera, Matthew F (DOA); 'Jones, Jeffery B (DOA)
To: 6effjones@alaska.gov)'; Kair, Michael N (DOA); Laubenstein, Lou (DOA); 'Link, Liz M
(DOA)'; Loepp, Victoria T (DOA); 'Mumm, Joseph (DOA sponsored)
oseph.mumm@alaska.gov)';'Noble, Robert C (DOA) (bob.noble@alaska.gov)';
'Paladijczuk, Tracie L (DOA)(tracie.paladijczuk@alaska.gov)'; 'Pasqual, Maria (DOA)
(maria.pasqual@alaska.gov)'; 'Quick, Michael (DOA sponsored)'; 'Regg, James B (DOA)
(im.regg@alaska.gov)'; 'Roby, David S (DOA) (dave.roby@alaska.gov)'; 'Scheve, Charles
M (DOA) (chuck.scheve@alaska.gov)'; 'Schwartz, Guy L (DOA)
(guy.schwartz@alaska.gov)';'Seamount, Dan T (DOA) (dan.seamount@alaska.gov)';
'Wallace, Chris D (DOA) (chris.wallace@alaska.gov)'
Subject: Other Order 129 (Brooks Range)
Attachments: other129.pdf
Please see attached.
Samantha Carlisle
Executive Secretary III
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
333 West 7tu Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 793-1223
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail message, including anv attachments, contains information front the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation
Commission (AOGCC), State of Alaska and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). 1L may contain confiders tial and/or privileged information.
The unauthorized review, use or disclosure of such infonnation ntav violate state or federal. late. If you are an unintended reciptent of this e-mail, please
delete it, without first saving or forwarding it, and, so that the AOGCC is aware of the mistake in sending it to you., contict Satnantha Carlisle at (9()5
793=1223 or Samantha.Carlisle(malaska.,ov.
1
/AIAN
Brooks Range Petroleum
October 31, 2017
Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission
Hollis S. French / Chair, Commissioner
333 West 7`" Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
Re: Docket Number: 0TH -17-037, Other Order 129
Mr. French,
RECEIVED
NOV 0 2 2011
AOGCC
Brooks Range Petroleum Corporation has not drilled any wells where the outer casing shoe is set in the
permafrost.
Sincerely,
Vendl
/0/7//7
& Subsurface Projects
510 L Street, Suite 601 Anchorage, AK 99501
(907)339-9965
(907)339-9961 fax
STATE OF ALASKA
ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
333 West Seventh Avenue
Anchorage Alaska 99501
Re: Review of well conditions and safety. ) Docket Number: OTH-17-037
) Other Order 129
October 30, 2017
CORRECTED EMERGENCY ORDER
Review of a well failure and uncontrolled release of fluids at Prudhoe Bay Unit DS02-03 B revealed
the root cause of the incident to be a combination of the well construction geometry — outer casing
shoe set in the permafrost — and thawing permafrost and subsidence. As a result, AOGCC is
undertaking a review of all wells on the North Slope. No later than December 31, 2017, Brooks
Range Petroleum Corporation shall shut in all North Slope wells it operates which have similar
construction geometry and provide to AOGCC a list of those wells. Failure to comply with this
order will result in AOGCC taking action pursuant to AS 31.05.150.
Done at Anchorage, Alaska and Dated October 30, 2017.
L�(XL�- /�L���4- Q�
Hollis S. French Cathy/P. Foerster aniel T. Seamount, Jr.
Chair, Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner
AND APPEAL
As provided in AS 3 L05 080(a), within 20 days after written notice of the entry of this order or decision, or such further time as the
AOGCC grants for good cause shown, a person affected by it may file with the AOGCC an application for reconsideration of the matter
determined by it. If the notice was mailed, then the period of time shall be 23 days. An application for reconsideration must set out the
respect in which the order or decision is believed to be erroneous.
The AOGCC shall grant or refuse the application for reconsideration in whole or in part within 10 days after it is filed. Failure to act
on it within 10 -days is a denial of reconsideration. If the AOGCC denies reconsideration, upon denial, this order or decision and the
denial of reconsideration are FINAL and may be appealed to superior court. The appeal MUST be filed within 33 days after the date
on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision denying reconsideration, UNLESS
the denial is by inaction, in which case the appeal MUST be filed within 40 days after the date on which the application for
reconsideration was filed.
If the AOGCC grants an application for reconsideration, this order or decision does not become final. Rather, the order or decision on
reconsideration will be the FINAL order or decision of the AOGCC, and it may be appealed to superior court. That appeal MUST be
filed within 33 days after the date on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision
on reconsideration.
In computing a period of time above, the date of die event or default after which the designated period begins to run is not included in
die period; the last day of the period is included, unless it falls on a weekend or state holiday, in which event the period runs until 5:00
p.m. on the next day that does not fall on a weekend or state holiday.