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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: 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 DATE' TOTAL PAGES BY; Production Scanning Stage I PAGE COUNT FROM SCANNED DOCUMENT: ~ PAGE COUNT MATCHES NUMBER IN SCANNING PREPARATION: YES NO ~R~B~.~:,) MARIA DATE: ~,~--~ ~.~ /S/~'"""'~ Stage 2 IF NO IN STAGE 1, PAGE(S) DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND: ~ YES NO BY: ~ MARIA ROBIN~ DATE: ~%~ ~ IS~ (SCANNING IS COMPLETE AT THIS POINT UNLESS SPECIAL ATTENTION IS REQUIRED ON AN INDIVIDUAL PAGE BASIS DUE TO QUALI'FY, GRAYSCALE OR COLOR IMAGES) General Notes or Comments about this Document: 5/21/03 ConservOrdCvrPg.wpd STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF OIL AND GAS Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99504 Re: THE APPLICATION OF TEXACO INC.,) Conservation Order No. 77 operator of the Trading Bay TS No. 6) Trading Bay Field well, for an exception to Title ll, ) Trading Bay "G" NE Oil Pool and Alaska Administrative Code, Section. ). T.rading Bay Hemlock NE Oil Pool, commingled 2061(b). ) Texaco Inc. Trading Bay TS No. 6 August 11, 1969 IT APPEARING THAT: 1. Texaco Inc., operator of the Trading Bay TS No. 6 well in the Trading Bay Field, submitted an application, dated July 23, 1969, for an exception to Title ll, Alaska Administrative Code, Section 2061(b). 2. Union Oil Company of California, as operator for the Trading Bay Unit which is the only affected operator, stated it has no objection to the application. 3. The subject well is perforated in an interval the top of which is 2801 feet FNL and 440 feet FEL, Section 34, TION, R13W, SM and the bottom of which is 2814 feet FNL and 420 feet FEL, Section 34, TION, R13W, SM. 4. An emergency order to permit Texaco Inc. to produce the referenced well from the interval described above was granted on July 28, 1969. 5. Notice of the hearing on the request was published in the Anchorage Daily News on July 30, 1969, pursuant to Title ll, Alaska Administrative Code, Section 2009, but no protest was received. AND IT FURTHER APPEARING THAT an exception to Title ll, Alaska Administrative Code, Section 2061(b) permitting Texaco Inc. to produce the Trading Bay TS No. 6 well should be granted because extreme difficulty in maintaining directional control prevented the well from reaching the desired bottom hole location. AND IT FURTHER APPEARING THAT correlative rights will not be adversely affected and there will be no waste. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Texaco Inc. be permitted to produce the Trading Bay TS No. 6 well from an interval the top of which is 2801 feet FNL and 440 feet FEL, Section 34, TION, R13W, SM and the bottom of which is 2814 feet FNL and 420 feet FEL, Section 34, TION, R13W, SM. CONSERVATION ORDER NO. 77 Page 2 August ll, 1969 DONE at Anchorage, Alaska, and dated August l l, 1969. Thomas R. Marsh'all, Jr.,~ Ex'e'cutive Secretary Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee Concurrence: Homer L. Burrell FChairman Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee O. K. Gi lbreth," Or' ' M'6j~l~6f ........... Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF ALASKA, ) THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, ) ss. being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says that ....... is the .... i...: .... :.] ...... ..~' ....... :~._ 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 as it was published in regular issues (and not in supplemental form) of said newspaper for. a period of .... !i~ i.~ L:c:.~ ...... insertions, commencing on the ...... ;~!i!.day · of .... L:::..~_: ............... ,19 and ending on the ...... ;~;Z ....... day 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 $ I i ,,!:ii, C which amount has been paid in full at the rate of 25¢ per line; Mini- mum charge $7.50. Subscribed sworn to before me this ._i!~!,_((~ day f ~ o ..... :..~_::.?.~.~; ...... , ~, - /i Notn~ Public in nnd~or the Stnte of Alnskn, Third Division, A~hornge, Abskn MY CO~I~ION EXPIRES ,-N-D-~[~--~-~' PUBLIC HEARING STAT~.;9 .F ALASY~A DEp~~~ OF NATUR~ ~ESOURCES D~ISION OF O~ ~D GAS ~aska OH ~d Gas Conservation C~tee " No/?7 ~e: o~ T~aeo Ine.~ for ~ '"an excep.~ Oil the and~,~ FEL, · See~: S.M. Notice is hereby gi~ Tex-.. aco Inc~ has' ~requested ~he Alaska If Oil amities ,Conse~..,v, ation Commit-',~ tee to i~'s'he an ordeil"~extmptlng the J~ captione~t~veB from the" footage re-i[ quirements' of ;4eetinn ~f4t(b), 't'itlcJl 11, AAC. The proposed welt will be completed from productive zones within the interval described above. Parties who may be aggrieved if the requested 0~tl'er is issued are aH0wed~ ten days ~from the .date o£ this. pt~blication iii'..which to file a .Pr0test'~, and reqii~st for hearing. PIaee /of filing is 3001 Porcupine Drive, Anchorage, Alaska. If .such a protest is timely tiled, a hearing on :the matter will 'be held at the above ..address .at 9:30 a.m., August 11, 1969, at which time protestants and others may be heard. If no such protest' is tiragtY .~file~ th~ Commit.- · tee,,', will con~[de~"i t~ issuance Of thei';~Order wlthout~, a~:"!hearing. Thomas 11. Marshall, Jr. Executive Secretary Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Publish: July 30, '/i969 Legal .Notice No::: 2011 _.~.. ......... --~-~-~ .......... .--:- Union Oil and Gas [i fion' Western Region Union Oil Company of California 2805 Denali Street, Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Telephone (907) 277-1481 union August 1, 1969 State of Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive ' Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Re' APPLICATION OF TEXACO, INC. FOR EXCEPTION FOR TRADING BAY WELL TS ~6 Gentlemen' Union Oil Company of California, as Operator for the Trading Bay Unit Agreement, has no objection to the application of Texaco, Inc., for an exception to Section 2061 (b) of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for the Texaco-Superior Trading Bay Well TS ~6. Very truly yours, UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA Trading Bay Unit Operator Attorney- in- Fact CC: Texaco Inc. Trading Bay Unit- Working Interest Owners A~'IC~iORAGE DAILY NEWS NO~ICE 'OlV PIiBLIi~..~EARING STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL'. RESOURCES DIVISION OF OIL AND (IAS. Alaska Otl and Gas Conservatic~ ,Committee , Conservation File No. 77 \",~:,,/'~'' , Re: The applicatiOn· of Texaco for an order' granting an ,exceP- tion' to Section 2061(b), 'of Oil and Gas ConserVati°n Re~-' latt~ns ,I0r the TexacO~Superigr Trading [Bay TS No. 6 well . the' Tl~ading Bay Field to . duce.,.ir~m.:the Trading Bay , NE.'C~il"Poo~l and/or the Tradii~[. Bay..Hemlock NE. Otl Pool per~orations, Which will be ' well. bore intel~Val, located tween,,2;801? ,'FNL and 440" i ,and' ~2~81.i~' (FNL and...420' Section, 34; T10N~ ' R13W, ' , , · ..,,': "" ,~.,,~,,',,.,: ~" i,, .' , ' Notice. is 'hereby ,..gt~e.n,:,that. {aelo INC.' [,~!1 and Ga~- /tee to issue an ordei' ex&~np'ting tli~[ e~Iptioned well from the;"footage'r.e.'.-. .qUirenients' of.' .Section 10$1(b), Title: ll~ AAC..The pro~0sed well will be completed .froni .:PrS'ductive zones. .Within the interval' ~'deseribed abo~e:; P~rties Who" may be" aggrieved 't~.e requested or'der, ts' issued are : .~owed ' ten. dayS.~i,'fr°m;', the. ~date.:. .t}~is l~ublication, i~ i~ich." to." fil,e' pi~otes~:, and reqii:~St. '" for. h:earing. Pi[ace: of filingl~ is" 3001 i P0rCul~ine Drive, Anchorage, Alaska. If' SUch a[' pr~otest is timely' filed,, a heating'on[. [the matter will'be held at the above.[ [address 9:30 a.m., August .11,~: '[1969; a~ which'time Protestants 'and/ [ 0t~ers may be heard. If. no'. su~ch.[ .]p!otest is timely !tled~. ilie Commi~-,.[. /.l!tee': will con'sider:~..,tt~e fiiuance !i[ithe order' without,,,, a:iilhearing~. . ', ' ' :,.'ly, ,,~k~,. '~.",, J" , ,',' · ~ ' / Thomas R; MarShall, Jr' { ' ExecutiVe SeCretary ' [ : Alaska Oil and Gas | conservation Committee 1" 3001 PorcUpine Drive ~ Anchorage, Alaska 99501 ]Publish: July '30, i969 "'.' :1L~g.a[..~ Notice 4~lo~,.'t011 "i ....' .'il JULY 30, 1969 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING STATE OF ALASICA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF OIL AND GAS Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee Conservation File No. 77 Re: The application of Texaco Inc. for an order granting an exception to Section 2061(b) of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for the Texaco-Superior Trading Bay TS #6 well in the Trading Bay Field to produce from the Trading Bay "G" ~E Oil Pool and/or the Trading Bay Hemlock NE'Oil Pool from perforations which will be in a well bore interval located between 2,801' FNL arid 440' FEL and 2,814' FNL and 420' FEL, Section 34, TION, R13W, S.M. Notice is hereby given that Texaco Inc. has requested the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee to issue an order exempting the captioned well from the footage requirements of Section 2061(b), Title 11, AAC. The proposed well will be completed from productive zones within the interval described above. 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, Anci~orage, Alaska. If such a protest is timely filed, a hearing on the matter ~ill be held at the above address at 9:30 a.m., August 11, 1969, 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. Thomas R. Marshall, Jr. Executive Secretary Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99504 Publish July 30, 1969 STATE OF ALASF~ DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF OIL AND GAS Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99504 Re: Emergency Order, July 28, 1969 Conservation File No. 77 Texaco Inc. TS #6, Trading Bay Field Producing interval is located in the bore hole between 2,801' FNL and 440' FEL, Section 34, TION, R13W, S.M., and 2,814' FNL and 420' FEL, Section 34, TION, R13W, S.M. Texaco Inc. petitioned the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee on July 23, 1969, for an order excepting the referenced well location from footage spacing requirements of Section 2061, Title 11, AAC, and also petitioned for an emergency order to permit production of the ref- erenced well. The affected operators have indicated no objection to these requests. An emergency order is hereby granted pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2012 of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations permitting production of tile referenced well. This emergency order expires August 11, 1969. Thomas R. Marshall, Jr. Executive Secretary PETROLP.. U'JM PRODUCTS July 23, 1969 TRM ,. OKG _ KLV ........ HWK P. o. =, BOX 4-1579 · ANCl.tOI~GE, APPLICATION FOR EXCEPTION TO SECTION. 2061 (b) , OIL AND GAS REGUIATIONS--.WELL TS %6, TRADING BAY PLATFORM "A" - SECTION 34,. T10N-R13W, S.M. TRADING BAY~ . ALASKA Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Oil and Gas 3001 POrcupine DriVe Anchorage, Alaska 99504 Gentlemen: In behalf of Texaco Inc. and The SUperior' Oil Company, Texaao Inc. as operator· hereby, requests, an emergency order and a permanent, order, gra, n~.ing excePt=i.~ ,t'o Se'ct.iOn20Gl: (.b). ..o f. .,' ~he Oil and Gas ConservatiOn Regulations for the wellll~exaco-Superior Trad~g Bay .TS %'6 t'b produce from perforations'" that are les's than 500 ft. from a property line. The subject well is to be perforated at an interval as. loCated between 2801' FNL and 440' FEL, Section 34, T10N-R13W, S.M. and 2814' FNL and 420' FEL, Section 34, T10N-R13W, During the drilling of this well extreme difficulty was experienced in maintaining directional contrOl. On July 10, 1969 Mr. H. L. Burrell, State of AlaSka, was verbally notified that the well at that time was directional drilling at about 9,000'. To that date we had set some twenty directional deflection toOls, and had been drilling in open hole for 39 days. The 'geology was subject to interpretation, and it was not known i'f the expected bottom hole location would prove productive. AdditiOnally, there was a 14° dog-leg at 9,000'+ and we were afraid if more deflection tools were run we would be unable to get in or out of the hole i At that time it was agreed that our best course of action would be to continue normal drilling to our original total depth, however at the same time,to attempt to drop off the hole angle so as to minimize the amount by which the well would penetrate the 500' lease line set-back area. As a result the well has been drilled to TD and the logs indicate productivity throughout the intervals detailed above. At the present time we are proceeding to' run and cement casing after which we propose to run tubing and complete the well. DIVIg0NOFOILANDOAS Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee July 23, 1969 An emergency order is requested to enable us to produce the well immediately upon completion. A copy of this application is being sent to the Trading Bay Unit, c/o Mr. Eugene F. Griffin of Union Oil Company, who is the only affected party to this application. Please advise us if we may provide further information concerning this matter which will enable the Committee to reach a timely decision. Very truly yours, TEXACO Inc. //~.~/S. Barber ~-/ LI~istr ict Super intend~ FAW: jm cc: Mr. Eugene F. Griffin Union Oil Company 507 Northern Lights Boulevard Anchorage, Alaska 99503 July 23, 1969 TRM '~/I' 't OKG KLV HWK. REL APPLICATION FOR EXCEPTION TO SECTION 2061 (b) , OIL AND GAS REGULATIONS--WELL TS %.6 TRADING BAY PLATFORM "A" SECTION 34, T10N-R13W, S.M. TRADING BAY. ALASKA REGISTERED MAIL I~nion Oil Company 507 Northern Lights Boulevard Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Attention: Mr. Eugene F. Griffin Genelemen: The enclosed application sets forth our request for an exception to Section 2061(b) of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for Texaco-Superior.Trading Bay Well TS %6 to produce perforations that are less than 500 ft. from a property line. The subject well .is to be perforated b~tween 2801' FNL and 440' FEL, Section 34, T10N-R13W, S.M. and 2814' FNL and 420} FEL, Section 34, T10N-R13W, S.M. Since the above location is both directly and diagonally offset by the Trading Bely Unit, the Trading Bay Unit is considered an affected operator under the terms of the Conservation Regulations. If the Unit members have no objections to the proposed ~bottom hole location of our well, we will appreciate your furnishing a letter so stating to the Division of Oil and Gas at your earliest convenience. Very truly yours, TEXACO Inc. J. S. Barber District Superintendent FAW: jm Enclos,~.~ re cc= ~w~r. H. L. Burrell, State of Alaska Division of Oil and Gas 3.001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501