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Sta.nclard Oil Coape.ny of California has propos~d dr1l.l:lng Soldotna Creek Unit Well!fo.. 32..4 to the approximate center or sw/4 D/l~ of Section 4, T.1N R.9W, Seward B and 1tl, 'thereby locatinatha.t well in the same quarter section with sCtJ _11 10. 41-4. fhis vUlnot CG'Ç)ly Witt! the weUapae1ng æquil~n'ts of U MC 2061..1. '!he' p:ropased location i,.ne:ee,.I8l7 to eoDfOl14 to the 160-acrewU $pacing »et_m eøt$b11sbed in tbe aQJOÙ'11n¡ SWn$o~ rH.".!" Unit. fJ!be'~r~,tor controlaall lease. in both tUt1tø c.n~rned. I:tIm.ed1a:tesctiœ1ønec..s8.r1 toel1miMte the 'expense of an ið1erig81\Ù em- \I The Qpe~tor -~$ that the, eont1nua.nœ 'oft- dr1U1Ðígof Scu 32-!~ v:1l1 bea""adeat ~poJ).tMdec!a~mlo:t tt. !J1v1siQnat tJJø8tt'baequent 1."'qu1~..dbe_ingon the .tter. fhe l\1equ.e:lt øt ,S~Ol1 'C~1 otCa11tœ'111ato drUlS,OU 32'~~ 't$ ,tlie ~pprox1riat. Qel1ter olsw/4 Blkof Se,ctlœ 4~'f. '11 ft.SlI, ~Jeward B .uå K,is h~æ1:>y aJProvea. ,toJt'Q¡,~...,cf 1,; ~$ftOll tbea'bove ð&te: . -:J ßûi?A ..... - ,... .-,--....- -_."J r ... - Phil Ii. 1!oJi.ls"W'orth, Cœ:miss ione r D8pa~Btorl I_t'laal l~.!.QUrCtø "', , \1' " ,¡ /, ,- r " I.' i,.J,/, " ,:",', ",I.t",-, "",! ~/ //."""'// j V"~';, / v'- \-' '<:, , , (" '" Iv' ¡", '-," ",-,' I' "t"'~'-'I/' J1ièhaJ.~: V'.' ~türphy; "f;õ€¡'õieum ~inee!" ~.a"'1,.Iì:' ,¡!iI~ :);:u,_..", ',"¡¡ ItItA_.J"""""!I"" ¡', a,£,V:,' ,,$~OD, ¡O.l..I,~*_sanw; ,;;~~,¡IJ;-..;.o V ,ß~JtlcL~~_L¿~ . DonaJ..d D. Bruce, Pe-i.;roleum Geologist D11lt.ølon . of fIft_8_<lt~ßœ:t"IJ..s Attes.t.; \ " 'I, , 'I J ~~: RucJ.>k~ P;šrštant - --- -. :ieprtøræt ot Uw ) I I \ ~t *11/""'" ,'.. . "... - '--_u "....',' tape I"ecording transcript. of the public hearing held by the Division of Mines and IUnttral. of the Alatka Dep.1:'tment of Natur.l a.eourc.. at 329 '.COM Avenue, ARchaE'4,., Alaeka, at 10:00 a.m,., April i. 1960. 'I' I, CoRd_tins the hear11l1 wen RichaJ:d V. Mul'phy. 'etrol.. lqiDeer for the 81,,18100 of MiD.. aad Hineral.. Donald D. Bruce, Petrol.ua Geololi8t for the Din,ion of H1ae. aDd JU.ø.era18, aa4 Jo8.,h Rudel, Þpre8entative of the State Attome, General'. Office in Anchor-.e. Att8Ddiq the heariD¡ were: Mr. J. T. Crooker aad Mr. D. Cand.chael. It"'ar. Oil COIIpaay of California. 1tE'. Karolet Lt-. Union Oil Cempaay of California. Hr. ,. r. SolI..., H8ble Oil ... I.elinin. eo...y. .. . J... Wyl1e, We.ten. Gulf Oil Coa9aø.y. *.1. J. .'1- "Mr. I.. W. 'hoeuk~fOh10 Oil C.,..y. Mr. B. e.0,"..8. Coatl.M1\t41 Oil CoIfan1. ... C. """80.. AMbo..- .,,"1at.Ptál tahi.. Coa9-' . Mr. J. I. "'.10'. Al.Jr..e..uti.. 8."t.'~-,.. The he...iDlwucal1e4to 0"""": Hr. "'1\,. .."fb. .t~..torof the Al.'k.a, »lvi'toa of IUn.. .8ac1Mt:ner ell, . lit. J.' .A.. W111t_.... dul, autho....... th-. foll_tDI..""'.' fQr c.a- 4_tof thie ...i8.: ... ....14 I....e. r~Þ:ol._"'loI1.t, I.ef )f8iK, *' .J...,h"", 1"'..'..",*1"801."8 ,8t.t.At~.ra.,. _1'81'. off toe in Auu*,.....4 1Ir.' Bihar. ,. *'Ph,. '.tl'~l- ",1......8.0,£ .... !ht. ..,t8' i. HtDl hele1 ,p..._t to tbe ."lic.t~aft.led, '7 the It""'t4 Ofl ",....,Cal.(fon18 .. .ltøeh ,18. 1'60, few .. _ceptf.oD, to øecttoR 2O61.10! !tete 11,.u.c to... the '~1111aa of the Iolf1otu.Creek .il ..11 Ie. 32-4 to be ."tt_eli. t../4 Ul4 olS..titolt 4. !.'I..a.,V., .WI«. .' , Nblieatt..f t"','. ht8tq app.ar" ia, thet.sa1 .tic,.. ..ct,ioa of lIotbl...1 ...,ap,... eft Mueh 22.. 1961. . '.r ~b.e "'.co.. X ,.11 r.. th.."lieati.. tor _uta¡ of the Itad... Oil CoIIpaayo,f Calt!oI'Ua. copy ea ft1. with the 011..4 o.t Section iofthe Dlvi,ioaof "..e.4 .....81. ... Hr. Hut:phy I'ead the ..,It.atto,, referr" to :18 the !Weeedi. ,a1:ap.,h which þ. attøhed hereto'. Mr. Murph)' - "SOCAJ.'. application refer. to a verbal authorization to CO8IeDce drilling Soldotna Creek Unit well No. 32-4 and this authoriza- tion va. liven by _raenc)' Order No.4 of the Alaaka Department of Batural a.lources." Mr. Murphy read Emergency Order No.4 which is attached hereto. Mr. Murphy - "Hr. Crooker t would you like to read what you have prepared 1" Mr. Crooker - "Mr. Chairman. member. of the Industry. and members of the Pre.l. Mr. Murphy baa read our request for exception which 18 substantially 88 1 have prepared here. I 418 presential to you this request for the ex- ception to the well spacing regulations which bas a..p attached to it. lbowlDI our proposed 160 acre spacial pattern and our proposed location which will correapoad to the 160 acre *pacinI patten of 32-4. I believe the realone you have read 8ubstantiate our reque.t to drill this location and I wiah to aak Jour pentf.8lioft to proceeel. with the dril11nl of this well a. propo8ed.1t Mr. Murphy .. "Permi.atou to continue to drill wa. livea 1n the emerssney order continl-DtoR the deci8ion. Thi. up 18 available if anyoae wish.. to look at it. On the map it show. where theSoldotna Creek ....would 8ayo.. lit. to look at it?" Mr. 8o11ar. - "a, do.'t we wait till let.""" Hr. Murphy- "All r:l.lht, .11thia will 'be .".ilable for .._f.aation after the h..rins- Incidentally., 811 of our he.rinse are Oft public recø-rd and any t1- you would lib to read the traucript OD public heart.... pleaae feel 11'8. to cto 80. Have you auy que.tiouI, Hr. lucid?" Mr. bdd. "One question, I 'believe 1t 18 in tbe baulatioa8 that when you drill off patteI'D, tbere 18 . ,rov:l.8:1.0. fol' adjustMnt 0.£ procluction. I don't knowwhethel' that baa be_conatdereel by any of the applicants." Mr. H\lrphy .. ny... 2061.4. 1 will read that for tho.. of you who do not have a copy. 'If. after notice and hearing,' which :lucideQt.11, appliea to 2061.3. which ..,. that upon request of an opeZ'ator. . h.ar1ftl ie held for 8paciqcl1ffere.t to the 160 acre Ipaciu¡ .. .et out in the aeplat:Lou and 2161.4appl1.. to 8ubaequentbeu1ql. in other WOI'dl. 18 1IlOnthe later. At any rate it 8a)'8 'the Co_i..ion .,enter: &Q order pemittit\1 the well to be drilled at a location other thaa that pre.cribed.- aball include 1e 8uch or4er lu1table prov1a:Lon8 to preveatthe production froathatw.l1 of I8Ore than ita jult and equitable share of the oil .act ... :1. the pool.' I bel in. that :1.8 what Mr. aucld t. referrlns to. ADy cO8ent8?tt Mr. Bruce ."1 believe we discus..d it. that if the well va. drilled aDd coat1.tad that the two well. ahoulcJ not be product". at anyone t:l.ae." ì '. ' Mr. Murphy - "The decision will be made in 10 days at any rate and will be published in the papers. The order a have to be published, do they not?" Mr. Rood - "Yes in the Leaal...." Hr. ",rphy . "Y.., in the Lesal Notices. Are there any questions OJ' cO8I8nta?" Mr. Sollarl - "I can not understand the reason why you would try to restrict' the production 1n thole wells at all." Mr. Murphy. '-who laiel we are 'In HI:'. So11arl ."Nobody. There 8e... to be some queltioD coneeruins it." Mr. Mgrphy . "There might be, Y.'. the deci8ion will be Hr. 111.111818' hew111 receive a tranøcriptof this he.riDS- They have their own legal coUD..I dowthere and our authority. Mr. Bruce.. t Mr. ludd t. and IÙne will be only advi.lory." Hr. aoder1ck .. "1'b.atsame question.:ame to my nd.nd. he 8a14 that they would not produce one well if they were producing other.." .. Murphy - "'!hat wa. "ileu...."1 *' . B.odel'ick -"V.. this forcoGe-nat ioft re.,oD8. you -- ,n H1:',. Hul'pby .1'Ho. the ItDe of reasouins m1sht be thi8, if we allowed SOCAL 'to p1\'oduce both wells from this quartersect1on. it m1,aht be coaa:tdel'ed on some.othel' operator's .part that they a1:'e receiving aD un.qual ,hare frøm that pool 81DCe the other wells are under 160 8CI'. 8,ac1DS. AI I ea1d. OUI' superior. will have to cleo14. that. II Ht'. Ioder1ek .. "You mean otÞ..e1' operatore with lea,..ia the Unit?" Hr. Hurphy .. "No, ope1'ator8 :1.0. the St.atea:Llht 001\814el' that lOCAL would be allowed to produce, well, its juat an un.qu1tabl.~unt from that pool linc. the other welle are on 160 acre .Ipacinl. Tbere would b. no question if they wel'. all on 80 8Cce'~:~.pac:1ns. 'I , Hr. audd . "My PI':I."'I':9" rea8Ø1\ for br1ng:tqth18 up :1.8 thatth1a 18. power tbe COmm1..10D does have to l1mit the production, it .hould be Ipoken of here and in ca... whel'e 1oU have Gil.ett-1ns of 8omebod, 81ae8 lea.., then it probably will be necessary to enforce that. What will happen in that cae., a8 Mr. Mtarphy M)'S. 1. up to Jim W:l.l11ams." , *' . Lien - "Do 1 UDder.tan. that Mr. Wil1t- will 4eo1de wbethel' or Dot thè two well. ød.ght have to be produceða:Lmultaneou81y?" Hr. !l.trphy - "Simultaneously, yes, we will make reeoumendationa." Mr. Sollars - "Wouldn't it be appropriate at hearings of this nature to deteraaine during the hearing whether or not there wa. any evi4ence that lhould be con.ider- whether 8uch prodactlona abould be re8tricted? The reason for flf1 bringing this up 18 that I can conceive of other companie8 being 1n a .11811ar po8ition. Since this i8 the first on8 of this nature, it seems to me it would be a good idea to establish whatever precedent you care to ..tabll1h and duly coD81der the polut and reaincl the Ia.d.uetry that the Commi8sion haa the power to restrict production. However, to thi8 particular case, there 18 no question of just and equitable share of production because one particular company op.~at.8al1 production in th18 area rlaht now. It seems to me that if you were golng to coo,ic1er re" strictiq the production that the evidence on which that coD814erat1oa:l.a baaed 8hould be introduced at the hearing and tither. il DO rea.on for restrict!.. production then i.tahould be ..,-..ad that production would not be r..trtcte4. f' HI' . Murphy- "Do11' t ,...ume that it 18 SO ins to be. U HI'. Solla".. ... \tOo 1 unierstand that you are not contemp18t:LDI it?" Hr. HIIrphy- "MI'. Brue,. aødthave disc..,ed it, howeveJ:' , 110 elect.toD wae ".." .. ' Mr. BJ'tICe w "Howeyel'. 1f 'both well, we... bel.. produced at: the _.ati- yoøwou14 be produc1t\S two wells on au 80 acre.,act_s and there 18 no provision 1M' SO acre spacing ta the Soldotna Creek Unit. It, . Mr. 80 l1a1:1 .. "Wel1, neither well in the normal practice would"er be pr04uc".tthe...taD ....tofo11 that wool. flow outer that ..11, co if you "1'8 product". both wella at OIte time I would... 80 rea.on to tUPPo8etbatthe combined production ,of Þt'o wells would ever exceed what ODe well could pb.,.1eal1y ,r04\10811\8.Y oneday.t1 Mr . Murphy . "That 188 point well taken. It Mr. Iollar8 w8"t- arp.1q Itandard-. ca.e, which Xahouldn', be 40108." t..aughter fol1owedtbe preceding -remark. Mr. Caraichael .. "Hr. Cha~raan. it I might say a word. 1 think th1øpal'tieu- lar provision wat inserted 1ft the ae,gulation8 to prevent an operator. by __a of an..cept1oa. from tak1ns aclvantale of an øjotrd.DI operator r.tlt.~, the. loo1d.118 at it. £1:011 . State w1el. position aadcertaial, I th1Dk itwotl14 b. piq justa little too far afield if you baed yourdec181oD. on $ft over-all State wide picture, £0&"1 thf.ak you have to confine your..lf to thec1rcuucauc..thatex18t 11\ thta part1cula¡o area in which tbeaapt1oD va. re....tecl.. II *'. Hul'pby .. ft1.'haak you Mr. CaI1Ilch..l ,that 11 a &ooclthou¡ht. Are there .., oth.rcoaaentat" I . . Mr. L1an - "Well. I miaht point out that Fred Soli.. _Dtioned that the operator 1n the .ituat1on down there coDtrolled both the unit. but of course I should point out when the adjoining unit has other participant', the 8ituation i. a little different. You would not want to eet up the basic pattern for one unit that might be in conflict with an adjacent unit until a great deal of information i8 available..' Mr. Murphy. "We have thought about that too. II Mr. Roderick - "Becs.use it is the first of its kind, I assume that you make. that the Director will make, a deci8ion on geolo81calinformation, and I am. alao 4asu1I1ng this Ie not to be presented at public hearing for reasona of complications, or what have you.., Mr. Murphy. lilt would 1f they were asking for 80 acre spacing. The op.rator would have to present 8uff1ciat reservoir information to jultify bis re- quest,. but this is not a hea1:'11\8 for 80 acrespacina. Tn. 'bearin¡ 18 to set the spacing of . step-out well back in on line with the origia.lito. of wells. May l..klOCAL a question? Why 18 it they didn't set this well up on the or181nal .,ac1". at Iv_on liver in anticipation of hittt-it 01'4141\' t theyant:l.c:l.pate hitt1".?" Mr. Crooker. "Of course this location w.sselected purely on the b..ta of what a.olog1e tnformation the,. It.. av4i.labl. at that time alUl this waf .elected ..the optimum po81tiO'Rto 41'111. Now, ofcour... a. other 1801081e 1afoÞl8t1oai8 obtai." by 0_.1"11111\1 of 160 acre locatio"" thea. we will let 8\1iftcleat 8tIOunt of 8uh8urface iDfonat1oa to deter- mine what our".C1111 patteZ'u8hould be. But we p 1an to atepout on a 160 acre pattern to define the 111'41t. ofe. field, and stay at a wide spacing, which I think 18 a smart operationattbe titne." Nt. Marp111 .. "1 e()ocu~. It pleas.. me tO$ee the operators are hana1u8 toaether. Ith1øk that i. real fiae and it wil111O8tcertatnly becou14.recl I'. 8.e 11\ Hr. Willi...' elect.ion in this pal'tlcular instance. .Are, there 8nyfurther coaaeat8, Mr. earnd.chàel. Mr. lucid?" Nt'. CU'IIichael .. nNotld.aa- n Hr. Rucld .. .... II Hr.H1Irphy - '~1M, then the hearing will be adjourned." '-"" """"'~'~,,-"Jt,=ftl -.., .~t\:'11J! ffn H-t ot' ,..IUt .,.¡tIt. "tilt... I' .,tH'l'h~ 'lor" Mat ~ II t'.~,~r "~""I,",, S"tt",!!Oftt"," . MtN""",' ,...,. E".<it -""I1!"""\!,,',,,".e )ì"'"d""""",!"d",, tM"ðf/IINI""" ."8f",,,," .ltIk1Ih ðl .M_. . 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Third Ðiv¡,ìbn; Al"i<:hc:¡r ¡\IOCl,Alaika MY CQMN¡¡$,SION.fXP!í(E5 ,C " t Ii> It¡ tr~~ REQUEST FOR EXCEPTION TO 'WELL SPACING REGULATIONS AIASKA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTION 2061.1 ALAf:KA OIL ¿~ GAE CONf~ERV'A~'ION CU~US~~,ION: The -_-tanda:rd Oil Co. of Cali fc rnia, Heste:,'!l Ope!:'atiollE, Inc., ar.~ ('a,.'::J7"""¡'/-'-'~"\'-:> +'!'1e C~I--,]d,.-'\t"~a C'-'ee'!-¡..:r...-it . "'~O,'\(")Ce~" t<'\ dii V>e-'+-"'Q'l"-"ll'il- >-" V'.I:'....~u.IJ~_l. '.".L v - l, ~... '"' J..L '- Ù. 1.1 ,~-. , -,,'" r. i:.'.oJ...., J. 1,.:........l-.ta. oJ drill to a subsurface locat:lon, :;2...4, in the approximate center of the ~:\tJk of' the NE~(jf' ;.-ectiol1 4, T. '( N, R. ) 1,r!., from the ß';.~rface location of well 41-4 in the NE-~ (Jf' the N.m& .of ::~ecti()n 4, 'I. /7 l~., ~;~;'\ t.r ~.. ..';1 .,.. T'his locat:ion 1s bei:n.g -r>eqì;lested gO that 01\.1" develo}naent prog:i:'S.l11, in the ;';O.ldotIla. Creel:t '0111 t cal1.'be continued on the ~.;ame 16G acre spa(~i':1g pa,tterl1 as alrea.(3Jr axiøt.s in the Eiwa.n£;;onH:t'v'el" 'Oui t. During the d.r.il1j.ng, of this PX'()l)osed location, well 32...4, ,.¡e :plall to const3:"i.H~.t að,di tiOllJil.l 160 acre lÖcatiçn$ on this same pattel"11 eo t~he.t, u¡.)(.)nCoHl'" pletion of this proþosed '"ell 'we 1ifl1J.be i,n a p()~~i t1ön to :immediately rnove the dl"'lll:1ng rig tiO the l1ext location, tln¡$ a\to1.ði.ngexpenai va st;$.ndbJf' tittle for the rig. Your immediate consideration and approval wot.tld 'be appreciated. 13TANDARD OIL CO. OF CALIFORN,IA ~1E8tmRN OPEMTIONf:\, ¡MC. (Ø~..' . ¡. , , , 'm~"), It '~" . "' ( , 1iR' \ 'T~l~ijR~'iJ.iA~ ¡~,~~t!~jg~Ji I~ :~tl!o~&~~_.-'ti!"" ~' ~~,~~l~~_~tI¿,~ ,~~ ,~,~, 'C~'2 ,'~" '~Ø;I'II!fII\ft"',¡. ilD~'ft ...W'.I'Id';¡~"rIrI " 1.~ \~~ ~!it~ ~'-~~~ P. O. BOX 7-839 ANCHORAGE ALASKA '----, PRODUCING DEPARTMENT TEI..EPHONE 47001 J, T. CROOKER DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT March 18, 1960 , -'.,-- R fCE/VEl) M,~R 21 1960 \ , Oil & G S . . , },os "> . DIV1SlOll of ?I ,j " . ".ctlOn \1 k" ",.Illes 'Iud 1\1" iÓ as aDept r N'. < ... ~I1CTJ I~ . . OJ. 1 atu. al R ' ,. , ,r t"<""", " """'I,.I1:Ces '\ Mr. JÌI11es A. Hill1ams, Director '\ D1 vision of' Mines and Minerals P. o. ~ 1391 Juneau, .A:~aska \\ """ Dear ~~il": 1MB is e. request by the Standa1~d Oil Co. of' California" 8S or~emtor of the Soldotœ C¡~ek Un:l t, to h$.'Vea bear.lns at your eEU'lieet convenience to obtain en except1onto A1aslœ.Admin1s- tl"at1veCode,~iect3.on 2061.1 o:f"tltle lJ..~bis Section states in part that I~!¡O mo:t~ than one well shell be drilled t(,) the saIne pool on aDy'suchquartEu." SQ:Ct.1011 01'" go'v_I"nmental l,ot corres.. pond1ngthe:reto, exœptby t11e oJ:;~der' of the Commission.... u. We pl~os,e to 'be¡1.n 11mnediø:tel.Y'to å.1Nottonallydri.J.l well 32....1", :f~l'"Om the sul--:eaee location of weU 1..1..4 to th~ 8,þprox1mø.te center ofthesouth:wat quarter (Ø\i:) of the nortbearet quarter (Nit) of. ßeetion4,f. 7 lb(f., R. 9 'if. :the bottom hole location of the 1)l~pot!jed well 'trl.llbe 1400' south and weßt of the present 1~1.4 location. .By dri,11ingj2-4 at th1s lo~Ettion, a 160 $.c1-e-well spacing pattern can be eståblls'hed to confol"tU With the 16() acre well spac,ing patter11 oow1nef'fec'ê; in the Swanson River Um't.We pxtQP()s* to construct adð1 tioœl 160 aCl~e locations dUr:i.~1g Îthe driJ.l1ns of? 32-4 wb1ch will allow us ,to lUOve the l'1.g immediately to a new loœt1ou,l tbus .V'old.inge~tpenlSi ve f1;tandby time for the rig, 1~l"'e"S the Direc'toI'O:e lUl1es andÞiinel"&ls has verbally autbor1zed 'US to CQl'smE!l1.cadr:.llliJ1g of 32-4, as set ()ut herein p\.u.~,Guant to 8utho<I1. 1¡ygranted 111m under Ðection 9" 3 of~ the Oil & Gas Consel~{ation Act, (Chpt. l~O BU.-1955)¡ weproposetocommance thespud.d:tng and dI-illif1EJ of said well as set out herein.; and the continuance of~ - 2 - the drilling of said well will be dependent upon the decision of the Cocmission to allow exception to Section 2061.1. Yours vel1r truly; STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA WESTERN OPERATIONS, INC. tJ. T. CROOKER 1"'/ CC :J~l & Gas Section . Division of Mines and Minerals 329 'Second Avenue Ancho rage, Ala,slta