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Conservation Order Category Identifier Organizing RESCAN [] Color items: [] Grayscale items: [] Poor Quality Originals: [] Other: NOTES: 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 BY: ROBIN ~ Scanning Preparation TOTAL PAGES BY: ROBIN Production Scanning Stage I PAGE COUNT FROM SCANNED DOCUMENT: ~-~ PAGE cOuNT MATCHES NUMBER IN SCANNING PREPARATION: 7~YES NO 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 ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL~SO~CES DIVISION OF MINES AND MINERALS ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMITTEE 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska RE: THE APPLICATION OF THE SHELL OIL ) COMPANY, operator of the Middle Ground ) Shoal #A-44-11, for an exception to Section ) 2061.1 of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservat- ) ion Regulations, Title 11, AAC ) Conservation Order #48 August 3, 1967 IT APPEARING THAT: 1. The Shell Oil Company submitted a request dated July 6, 1967 for an exception to the one well per governmental quarter section pro- vision of Section 2061.1 of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Regu- lations, Title 11, AAC, for the development well Middle Ground Shoal #A-44-11 located in the southeast quarter of Section 11, T8N-R13W, S.M. 2. Notice of hearing on the petition was published in the Anchorage Daily News on July 8, 1967, pursuant to Section 2012 of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations and a provisional protest by the Pan American Petroleum Corporation was received subject to the findings of Conservation Order #44. The protest was subsequently withdrawn. AND IT FURTHER APPEARING that after due consideration an exception to Section 2061.1 of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations has already been granted in Conservation Order #44 permitting the Shell Oil Company to drill and. produce two wells in the southeast quarter of Section 11, TSN-R13W, S.M. Finding: NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS DETERMINED that Conservation Order #44 which is already in effect authorizes the drilling and producing of the subject well at the applied for location. CONSERVATION OP~ER Page 2 August 3, 1967 DONE at Anchorage and Juneau, Alaska, and dated August 3, 1967 ~homas R. 'ii~rshall,~ Jr.' Ex~c'~t~ivg;' 's'ecr'e'tar~' Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Cormnittee Concurrence: aska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee Dale Wallington, Member ~ Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Con~mittee }[¥a~'i ~'- V°nderAhe, Member & : Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Con~ittee FORM 497 5 - 65 f' 'i PAN AMEI C, AN PETROLEUM CORI P-ATION SECURITY LIFE BUILDING DENVER, COLORADO 80202 July 14, 1967 File: AMR-1520-986. 511 Re: Application by Shell for Spacing Exception for MGS A-44-11 Middle Ground Shoal Field, Alaska Mr. Thomas R. Marshall~ Jr. Executive Secretary Alaska 0il and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage ~ Alaska 99504 Dear Mr, Marshall: Pan American acknowledges receipt of your July 10, 1967, letter and hereby waives personal service of the notice (Conservation File No. 48) concerning the referenced matter. There is now pending a joint Application by Pan American and Shell for an amendment to Conservation Order No, 31~ which amendment would, make the exception requested by Shell for its MGS A-44-11 well unnecessary. We do not know of any objection to the proposed amendment to Conservation Order No. 31 and anticipate none. We therefore suggest that the proper course to be followed would be to grant the fieldwide amendment to Rule 1~ Spacing Pattern~ of Conservation Order No. 31 immediately upon conclusion of the hearing on July 19~ 1967. This would eliminate necessity not only for the location exception hearing on July 21 for the captioned well but eliminate necessity for similar hearings on future wells. If the Alaska, Conservation Committee does not approve the proposed amendment of Rule 1 of Conservation Order No. 31 prior to the hearing set for July 21 on the captioned request, we must ask that a hearing be held that day and we will appear at that hearing to object to the granting of the relief requested unless we can be assured that similar relief Will be granted on a fieldwide basis. cc: Mr. R. D. Allen Shell Oil Company 430 Seventh Avenue Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Yours very ~ruly, RECEIVED JUL 17 1967 DIVISION OF MINES & MINERALS Alfl~HORAGE , STATE OF ALASICA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF MINES AND MINERALS Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee Emergency Order, July 9, 1967 RE: Conservation File #48 Application for single well 80 acre spacing in MGS Oil Field Shell Oil Company MGS #A-44-11 Bottom hole location in SE1/4 of the SE1/4 Section 11, T8N-R13W, S.M. Pursuant to Section 2014 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations of Alaska, an emergency for an exception to Section 2012 of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations is hereby declared to exist. The Shell Oil Company has requested an 80 acre spacing exception for the captioned well only dated jUly 6, 1967. This matter is set for public hearing on July 21, 1967. The request of Shell Oil Company to commence drilling the captioned well at their own risk from Platform "A" in the Middle Ground Shoal Oil Field is hereby approved for a maximum of fifteen days from the date of this emergency order. Thomas R. Marshall, Jr. Executive Secretary Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive A~chorage, Alaska 99504 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLI ' TION STATE OF ALASKA, ) THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, ) ss. ........... }lam~...Se~e-l-1. .......... being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says that...s,b_e ..... is the...l.._e.g..a...1._..G,!.~.rk-, of the Anchorage News, a daily news- paper. That said newspaper has been approved as a legal news- paper by the Third Judicial Court, Anchorage, Alaska, and it is now and has been published in the English language continually as a daily newspaper in Anchorage, Alaska, and it is now and during all of said time was printed in an office maintained at the aforesaid place of publication of said news- paper. That the annexed is a true copy of a-leqa-l----n(~t--i -~e--.~402 as it was published in regular issues (and not in supplemental form) of said newspaper for a period of ...o...n...e.. ........ insertions, commencing on the ._8_.t.:T.',. .... day of ...... .J...u..1..]f ...... .... ,19.6..7__, and' ending on the ..... ?..t...h.. ....... day of of ........ .............. , both dates .inclusive, and that such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers dur- ing all of sa,id period. That the full amount of the fee charged for the fOregoing publication is' the sum of $....1..5...,...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./1~0 per square. .... Subscribe, cl. ,anf/sworn fo before me this ..8...~.]]~i~y of..J..'g...]ff_ ......... , Notary Public in and for the State of Alaska, Third Division, Anchorage, Alaska MY COMMISSION EXPIRES Oct. 16, 1970 :'b.,~.,~;'~,~,~?,,,~,'' '-'..~?'- C..", .. . . - . ..:' D~W.i~ON' Or ~lt~S..AND ~ ' !" ...... ' ', , .. MINERALS' i;' ~la~ka. Oil' ~d Gas C'0nserva{~'n ., ]':'Gr0v~ Shoal · No. A44,11, lqa~erV!f~on. Fff.~,:~O..48 ,,~.,,¢,,'~ .'~ ;,j ; ';,,~," : ", ' , . S~6li'Oif Comp~7"~as re~ues~e~ ' n ' ,~l~k~"Ofl ~d G~s Conserv~tton 'C~m~e~ '~o issue an .or~e~'.exempt- t~ .~]~(~c~pUone~ well ~rom ser~-~Order ~o. ~] ..~fll'.not · eo~er ~]~'~ me off ~'m~: Can .eeo. ...... no~l~'~l[~ and ~' '~ff~."~:~"t~e ~' ~' :'".~, .~:,' -r':.~:.:c: "~'. limf~s ~ '~he M:'.<:~f e (",',...~' ~.f ~' ~.r.' ~r~er rs: tSs~'.~ ~re ~n daTs ~r0m. ~he'.~ste/..o~ ' '.~" ,..,.,....'" ~ .:u . ~,':,es~ ~o~.:~:.~rfn~. '":,'~.' I)" · e. ~ .... .:.:.. ';, ~1~: 'I~ such ' <":;'."' "~est is t~melv f'tle~,': ':::'.<:."",~he m~t~er will be hem ~t' the ""::'~:"3 ~t;hf~H'Qme protes~tt ~nd ~hers :'"..':'.[:~':: t~:elv ~i~, ' the : ~mmfttee " .' ::~:[/,'~', cons~er."~e, tssu~a~'~ o'~ t~e or,er :: ~vitho~r~'::~e~rf~,' '..... .. .: ExecUtive' se~etir~ '"; ' ::¢;C~iser~ait~" committ ee . ':'.3OO~,'.~ra~lne" ....... ~~gb; ~l~s~~9~ot "' RECEIVED JUL 1 1,196.7 DIVISION OF MINES & MINERAI~ ANCHORAGE SHELL OIL COMPANY 430 7TH AVENUE ANCHORAGE. ALASKA 99501 July 6, 1967 Subject: Application for Exception to Spacing Regulation Well A-44-11 Middle Ground Shoal Field Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission (2) Division of Mines and Minerals 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska Attention Mr. T. R. Marshall Gent lemen: Pursuant to your Conservation Order No.15 dated April 5, 1965, Shell Oil Company, as operator, drilled and is producing well A-43-11 (formerly A-l-3) from the lower production interval underlying the SE/4 of Section 11, T8N-R13W, Middle Ground Shoal Field. The location of the midpoint of the lower production interval is shown on the attached plat. It is now desirable for Shell to drill a second well in the SE/4 of said Section 11 and we therefore apply to the Commission to grant a spacing exception to Oil and Gas Regulation 2061 for the drilling of well A-44-11 (shown on the attached plat). A Permit to Drill was filed with you by letter dated June 27, 1967. The probable productive limits of the field have been defined by actual drilling of wells upon almost every governmental quarter section within said limits. The wells drilled under Conservation Order No. 31 will not recover all of the oil which can economically and efficiently be recovered therefrom under primary or pressure maintenance or secondary recovery. In areas of the field where adequate thickness of the commingled pools E, F and G can be expected, an additional well per quarter section should be permitted. In the vicinity of the SE/4 of Section 11, T8N-R13W, full pay thickness is expected and the drilling of an additional well is warranted. RECEIVED DIVISION OF MINES & MINERAI~ Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission -2- Since the drilling rig on Platform A is now standing by to commence operations on well A-44-11, we ask that you immediately grant us an emergency order, under Regulation 2014, to begin drilling so we will not suffer a costly delay. We 'have attached hereto the necessary affidavit and plat. Your consideration is appreciated. Yours very truly, F. A. MacDougall Division Production Manager Attachment s cc: Atlantic Richfield Company, Attn: R. Champion Standard Oil Company of California, Attn: R. W. Killen RECEIVED JUL DIVISION OF MINES & MINERALB AFFIDAVIT STATE OF ALASKA ) ) BOROUGH OF GREATER ANCHORAGE ) S,S, F. A. MacDougall, being first duly sworn says: Affiant is an employee of Shell Oil Company and is familiar with the application for spacing exception and the plat attached hereto and made a part hereof, and that: (1) The names of the lessees of record of all properties within one mile of the SE/4 of Section 11, T8N-R13W, S.M. are Shell Oil Company, Standard Oil Company of California, Atlantic Richfield Company, Pan American Petroleum Corporation, Phillips Petroleum Company, Skelly Oil Company and Sinclair Oil and Gas Company. (2) Said plat attached hereto, on a scale of one inch to 2000 ft., accurately and correctly shows surrounding properties and wells. (3) Ail facts stated in the application and this affidavit are within the knowledge of affiant and are true and correct in all respects. RECEIVED *~ ~"i. [ T 9N- R13W I ~ PapSs -T 8N - R13W 2ll SAS 1 ~ A-11-1 I / I / PaPSS I / I ADL 17579 ADL 18754 I /' 3746 Ac I / J i SRS MGS A-33-1 I / \ LOCATION OF PRODUCING INTERVAL A- 43 - ! 1 J I .-~ A-13-1 I j I /-" / I / / II/ / MID POINT LOWER PRODUCING INTERVAL I /, / ~ 1754 NORTH AND 733' WEST OF SE J 'f / /I/ / t I / ' T. 8 N., R. 13 W., S.M.I/ / / 11 ~ 12 A_32.11 ~ /// ,' I ~1 Iii/ \\ i J MID POINT LOWER '~ ,/j ii ~/ Z Z PRODUCING. INTERVAL ', II,',','1 A-43-11 . ~ iD, / SAS PLATFORM // / \L .~/- 4'4 -1 i I / ~' MID JPI~INT LOWER I,/ ,"' I -.-13 t l,' I j ii / J SAS I /~ LOCATION OF PRODUCING INTERVAL I / ,, I I A-44-11 / I / ADL 18756 I ., / IMID POINT LOWER PRODUCING INTERVAL 5120 Ac. I ~ I iI J A-32-14~ J 380' NORTH AND 770' WEST OF SE / QUARTER CORNER SECTION 11 I ' IT. 8 N., R. 13 W., S.M. I / I I I ,, I , I J I ,, I I , I I RECEIVED I A-34-]4 I t 221 231 JUL 8 J~6~' 24 I LOCATION OF LEG NO. 1 I J DIVISION OF MINES & MINERA~ I ~627' NORTH AND 435' WEST J j t:ROM THE SE CORNER O~ J ANCHORAGE I sec. ~, T,~ N., R. 13W., S.~. J I II I I I I I I I II I I I II DRAWN BY GCS SCALE 1"- 2,000' , 'c. cKEo SHELL OIL COMPANY ' - Z-21-67414 DATE 6 JULY 1967 II I I I I I I I I I II I LOCATION OF PRODUCING INTERVAL, POOL E,F & G SAS WELLS A.43.11 &-A-44.11-SEC. 11, T. 8N., R. 13W., S.M. COOK INLET-STATE OF ALASKA I I I I I I I I I I I I III I III DIETERICH-POST CLEARPRINT