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Home My WebLink AboutCO 043Conservation Order Cover Page XHVZE This page is required for administrative purposes in managing the scanning process. It marks the extent of scanning and identifies certain actions that have been taken. Please insure that it retains it's current location in this file. ~)_~_~ Conservation Order Category Identifier Organizing RESCAN [] Color items: [] Grayscale items: [] Poor Quality Originals: [] Other: NOTES: BY: ROBIN Scanning Preparation DIGITAL DATA [] Diskettes, No. [] Other, No/Type OVERSIZED (Scannable with large plotter/scanner) [] Maps: [] Other items OVERSIZED (Not suitable for plotter/scanner, may work with 'log' scanner) [] Logs of various kinds [] Other TOTAL PAGES BY: ROBIN ~) Production Scanning Stage I PAGE COUNT FROM SCANNED DOCUMENT: ~ PAGE COUNT MATCHES NUMBER IN SCANNING PREPARATION' /~/.~, YES /s/ NO BY: Stage 2 IF NO IN STAGE 1, PAGE(S) DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND: ~ YES NO (SCANNING IS COMPLETE AT THIS POINT UNLESS SPECIAL ATTENTION IS REQUIRED ON AN INDIVIDUAL PAGE BASIS DUE TO QUALITY, GRAYSCALE OR COLOR IMAGES) General Notes or Comments about this Document: 5/21/03 ConservOrdCvrPg.wpd STATE OF ALASICA DEPART~fENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF MINES AND MINERALS Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska RE: THE APPLICATION OF THE H~.~LBOUTY ) ALAStCA OIL COMPANY for an exception to ) Section 2061.2 of the Alaska Oil and ) Gas Conservation Regulations, Title 11,) AAC ) Conservation Order #43 July 12, 1967 IT APPEARING THAT: 1. The Halbouty Alaska Oil Company submitted an oral request on June 20, 1967, and a 'written request dated June 27, 1967, for an exception to the 1500 foot governmental section boundary offset provision of Section 2061.2 of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations, Title 11, AAC, for the development well West Fork #42-20, proposed to be located 1860 feet from the north line and 1040 feet from the east line, Section 20, T6N-R9W, $.M. 2. Notice of hearing on the petition was published in the Anchorage Daily News on June 21, 1967, pursuant to Section 2012 of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation 'Regulations, but no protest for hearing was received. AND IT FURTHER APPEARING that after due consideration an exception to Section 2061.2 of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations permitting the Halbouty Alaska Oil Company to locate the West Fork 442-20 less than 1900 feet from the governmental section line should be granted because the West Fork geologic structure can best be tested at this location and possible contamination of a nearby lake will be prevented. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the Ha!bouty Alaska Oil Company be per- mitted to locate the development well, West Fork #42-20, at the applied for location. CONSERVATION O?d3EX #43 Page 2 July 12, 1967 DONE at Anchorage and Juneau, Alaska, and dated July 12, 1967. Thomas R. Marshall., Jr. Executive~ Secretary Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee Concurrence: es A. Williams, Chairman aska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee Dale Wallington, Member ~ Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee Ilar{-! L. 'VonderAhe, Member Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee HALBOU~ AI~ OIL COMPANY 5~1~] Westheimer Road Houston~ Texas 77027 June 27, 1967 West Fork 42-20 Section 20, .T'~ 6 N., R. 9 W., S.M. Department of Natural Resources Division of Mines and Minerals BOO1 Porcupine Drive Anchorage ~ Alaska Attention: Mr. T. R. Marshall~ Jr. Gentlemen: Ealbouty Alaska Oil Compa~respectf~!yrequests that the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee issue an order exempting the captioned well from the footage spacing requirements of AAC, Title ll~ Section 2061.2. We propose to drill a vertical hole with the proposed bottom hole location being 1,040 feet from the east line and 1,860 feet from the north liue of Section 20. The drillsite for the proposed test has been approved by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife as being the best location to prevent any possible contamination of a nearby lake sometimes referred to as Sunken Island Lake. In addition~ the West Fork geologic structure .can be most advantageously tested by a well at this location. ~ trust that the above reasons will be satisfactory for your faMorable action to this request for spacing exception. Very truly yours, OIL COMPANY E. Kelly cutive Vice President RECEIVED I~IVI$10N OF MINES & MII~EP~I~ ANCHORAGE AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLIC, TION STATE OF ALASKA, ) THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, ) ss. Mary Seawell being first duly sworn on oath deposes a.nd says that-....~--h---e- ..... is the.1..e.._g_.~...[....-c-.-]:-e..-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 continually as a daily newspaper in Anchorage, Alaska, and it is now and during all of said time was printed Jn an office maintained at the aforesaid place of publication of said news- paper. That the annexed is a true copy of a ..1...e...g.~...~..o...~.~..~...e... # 350 as it was published in regular issues (and not in supplemental form) of said newspaper for a period of ..................insertions, commencing on the ~.~.s..?..day of _..~..~.~? ............. ,19 ...... 67, and' the 21st ending on ................... day of of ..... J..?..~..? ................. , 19..~.?.., both dates inclusive, and that such newspaper was regularJy distributed to its subscribers dur- ing all of sa.id period. That the full amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is the sum of $ ]'2 . 0 0 which amount has been paid in full at the rate of $1.50 per square. Minimum charge $7.50. One in- sertion legals, $2~00 per square. Subsc'ribed a,n~ sworn to before me this2.~...~...~day of....~...~...~_?. ...... Notary Public in and for the State of Alaska, Third Division, Anchorage, Alaska whereas' ;' ,Ise~t!on.: ~OGL:~ requires '.,..~nn,. ~m ~, 's~e{ion 'quested ~de~ [s i~Sued 'are all~ t~=.:dayj, .~-t~' 'date '.'~: this 'lica~n ":~ .wh~B~ :t° ~e l'.prot :.~d ~':re'q~eS{'-."~o~V hea~. Place fll Lg"iS' 300I P~gpine D~ve,, eh ~age,. AlaSki'~;'';~'~sueh a Prot ta. 'e~.' ~e ':is. ~el~ ~ed,. w '., ~onstde~. the' s~s~anee' o~ e~ w~hout a .hea~g.' ' · · ' '. '~eeutive 'S~i~ ~aska O~ ~d Gas' '"' ' .... :,,: .' s~t"~r~O ' 9,r~y~ .... '..,~, .~6~f.~sb' ~ ~.1, , ~ · ~ . .~ ,' ,~,.-.. ...... WALTER J. HICKEL, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF MINES AND MINERALS / 3001 PORCUPINE DRIVE--ANCHORAGE 99504 June 23, 1967 RE: Waiver of Personal Service Well Spacing Hearing West Fork #42-20 Halbouty Alaska Oil Co., Operator Dear Sir: Please find enclosed a copy of the notice of publication of a hearing on the application for spacing exception in the West Fork Field made by Halbouty Alaska Oil Company. Note the waiver of personal service which is made part of the notice. Alaska Statute 31.05,050 requires that all parties in anyway affected by the refer- enced application be served notice of the hearing personally by this agency. Since this practice is virtually impossible in the case of out of state parties we ask your timely cooperation in this matter. Needless to say, we hope a bill to eliminate this procedure and in- stead require notice by registered mail will be introduced in the next legislature. Please execute and return one copy to this office at your earliest convenience. Very truly yours, Executive Secretary Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99504 TRM:dc Enclosure ~ORTH TO THE FUTURE IN 1967~. iO~L~x ~ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF MINES ~D 'MINERALS Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee RE: Halbouty Alaska Oil Company - West Fork #42-20 well', West Fork Field, Productive interval coordinates 1040' FEL and 1860' FNL, Section 20, ,, T6N-R9W, S. M. Conservation File #43 NOtice is. hereb7 given that Halbouty Alaska Oil Company has requested the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee to issue an order exempting the captioned well from the footage spacing requirements of AAC, Title 11, Section 2061.2. Topographic conditions necessitate a surface location 1040' from a section line. Operator further proposed to drill a vertical hole with the proposed bottom hole location of the gas completion interval being 1040' from a section line, where'as Section 2061.2 requires a. mtnimum distance for a gas well of 1500' from a section line. Parties who may be aggrieved if the requested order is issued are allowed ten days from the date of this publication in which to file a protest and request for hearing. Place of filing is 3001 Porcupine Drive, Anchorage, Alaska. If such a protest is timely filed, a hearing on the matter will be held at the above address at 10:00 a.m., July 1, 1967, at which time protestants and others may be heard. If no such protest is timely filed, the Committee will consider the issuance of the order without a hearing. Publish June 21, 1967 Thomas R. Marshall, Jr. Executive Secretary Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99504 For (Company). SIGNED Date The Undersigned waives personal service of the notice appearing above under Section 31.05.050 of the Alaska Statutes.