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Please insure that it retains it's current location in this file. ~)"7_~ Conservation Order Category Identifier -~,,~..~ ~1~.-- Organizing RESCAN [] Color items: [] Grayscale items: [] Poor Quality Originals: [] Other: NOTES: DIGITAL DATA [] Diskettes, No. n 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: ROBI~ Production Scanning Stage I PAGE COUNT FROM SCANNED DOCUMENT: PAGE COUNT MATCHES NUMBER IN SCANNING PREPARATION: 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 RESOURCES DIVISION OF OIL AND GAS Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, A1 aska 99504 Re: THE APPLICATION OF UNION 0IL } Conservation Order No. 79 COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA for an } McArthur River Field exception to Title ll, Alaska ) Middle Kenai Gas Pool Administrative Code, Section } Trading Bay Unit No. K-20 Well 2061{c}. } August 20, 1969 IT APPEARING THAT: 1. The Union Oil Company of California, operator of the Trading Bay Unit No. K-20 well in the Middle Kenai Gas Pool of the McArthur River Field, submitted an application dated August l, 1969, for an exception to Title ll, Alaska Administrative Code, Section 2061{c}. 2. There are no affected operators. 3. The referenced well is perforated between 8,065 feet and 8,215 feet measured depth which is within 2,850 feet at the nearest point, from the Union Oil Company of California Trading Bay Unit G-18 gas well in the same pool. 4. An emergency order permitting the referenced well to produce was granted on August 5, 1969. 5. Notice of the hearing on the request was published in the Anchorage Daily News on August 7, 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(c) permitting Union Oil Company of California to produce the Trading Bay Unit No. K-20 well should be granted because the mechanical limitations of drilling the high angle directional well prevented the operator from drilling to the programmed bottom hole location. AND IT FURTHER APPEARING THAT correlative rights will not be adversely affected and there will be no waste. CONSERVATION ORDER NO. 79 Page 2 August 20, 1969 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED THAT Union Oil Company of California be permitted to produce the Trading Bay Unit No. K-20 well from an interval between 8,065 feet and 8,215 feet measured depth. DONE at Anchorage, Alaska, and dated August 20, 1969. Thomas R. Marshall, Jr., E~'ecutive Secretary Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee Concurrence: Honier L. Burrell, Chairman Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee O. K. Gill~reth, Jr., Mj~W6er Alaska Oil and'Gas Conservation Committee NOTICE OF PUBLIC ~tEARING STATE OF ALASF~-q DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF OIL AND GAS Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee Conservation File No. 79 Re: The application of Union Oil Company of California for an order granting an exception to Section 2061(c) of the Oil and Gas Conser- vation Regulations to produce the Trading Bay Unit No. K-20 gas well from a perforated interval that is less than the 3,000-foot minimum distance from the perforated interval in the Trading Bay Unit No. G-18 gas well, Sections 21 and 28, T9N, R13W, S.M. Both wells are in the McArthur River Field. Notice is hereby given that Union Oil Company of California has requested the Oil and Gas Conservation Committee to issue an order ex- empting the captioned well from the 3,000-foot minimum distance requirement of Section 2061(c) of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations. The refer- enced well will be produced from an interval that is approximately 2,850 feet from the nearest pay interval in tile Trading Bay Unit No. G-18 well. 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 9:30 a.m., August 19, 1969, at which time NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Conservation File No. 79 Page 2 protestants and others may be heard. If no such protest is timely filed, the Committee will consider the issuance of the order with a hearing. Thomas R. Marshall, Jr. Executive Secretary Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 ~orcupine Drive .Anchorage, A1 aska 99504 Publish August 7, 1969 STATE OF ALASKA, ) THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, ) ss. being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says that ...... ~:'~... is the .... ~e---.-~- .... .x~_~.-,.,~,,. of the Anchor8ge News, ~ ~a~'y news- paper. That said newspaper has been approved as a legal news- paper by the Third Judicial Court, Anchorage, Absk~, and it is now and has been published in the English language continually es a daily newspaper in Anchorage, Alaska, and it is now and during ~11 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 T~, ,~:'"~ 1~' ~'.~-k ~,,~,~' 'p("~. 1 Q copy of a ...... ~ ...... -. -': ~/. ~,.;, :'Y- ..... ~ L ....... .... ~ ;., es it was published in regular issues (and not in supplemental ~orm) of said newspaper for a period of .... ~;~e .......insertions, commencing on the ..... ~. .... day ...... ~:~, ................... ,'19 .~_[ , and ending on the ...... :'-,7 .......... day of of .. ~ :~,~ ,~.:~ ~.,..~:~.i; .............. , 19...: ~; '0, both ' ~'~T~" inclusive, and 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 $ which amount has been ~n full at the rate of 25¢ per~ line; Mini- mum charge $7.50. Subscribed a 0 sworn to before me this ....~.. day of .... 19..~'~[J. ..... Not~ry Public in ~nd the State of Alaska, Third Division, Anchorage, Alaska MY COMMISSION EXPIRES ...... ........ ./../...,, NOTICE OF PUBLIC 'HEARING ~ STATE OF ALASKA ~fJ~PARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF OIL AND (]AS Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee' ' , Conservation File N0; 79' . · , Re:The application' - 'oi' Union Oil Company of California for an order granting an excePtion to Sectl'0n.~ 2061(c) of the Oil and Gas,~.canse/cvation Regulations to produce the Trading Bay Unit No.' K-20 ..~as ivell 'from a per- iorated ,ifiterval that is less than the 3,000-£oot minimum distance £rolll.~ ~heLl~erforated interval in the Trading -Biy..'Unit. No,.G-18 gas' well, Sections 21' an'd 28, TgN, R18W, S,M. Both wells, are in the McArthur River .Field. . Notice,i~ 'he'r~by given' tha~' Union Oil ,Company. of California has re- questid tllel Oil and G'as C0nserva- tiorl.."~iF~"ihttt~', to '. issue '.an~ order exempting, ihe"cai~tioned, well from the ~000-foot minimum di.stanee re- quii~i~kmn.t.'"~£'::See!km 206!(e) of the Oil '~.~d" ,.Gas · .C.0~ervatioh Regula- ti0ii'~.'"'T~"~re~e/i'bed W~I1 will be prod.Uced h/~rdm an~ interval that is apl~,6xtm~t~ly["2;8~O ~feet from the ne~'[~.~i ply' i'nt~'r,V[~l' 'in the Trading Bay, '~Tn'lt' NO.. G-18 '.W~.IL Parties who ma.~ be' 'ag~ri'eVed.,if the requested ord'~r"is issUed 'are'/tllc,wed ten days from 'tl~g, date Of this. publication in 'which~'Tff Ille.."a"p?ote'/t and request '/or h~ir'.ili~l' 'Pla'e~e, Of filing is 3001 Porcupine Drive, Anchorage, Alaska· If such a pro.test is,. timely filed, a hearing on the matter will ,be held at the above address at g'!~) a.m., August 19, 1969, at which time pro. testants and others may be heard. If no Such' protest is timely filed, the' Committee ' vii1 ec,nsider the issuance .of the order with a hearing. Thomas R. Marshall, Jr. Executive Secretary. Al'aska Oil aI~d Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99504 Publish: A~tg. 7, 1969 Legal Notice No. 2019 .. Union Oil and Gas Division: Western Region · ,, Union Oil Companyl. ,..;alifornia 2805 Denali Street, Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Telephone (907) 277-1-181 August 1, 1969 State of Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99504 Re: APPLICATION FOR EXCEPTION TO SECTION 2061 (c) OIL & GAS CO NSERVAT iON REG U]i,ATiO N TRADING BAY U'N IT - STATE K-20 (934-21) Gent].emen: Pursuant to the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations and applicable Statutes of the State of Alask~.~, Union Oil Gompan¥ of California, as Operator for the Trading Bay Unit, requests the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee issue an emergency order an.d a permanent order allowing exception to Section 2061 (c) of said Regulations for the Trading 2ay '[init State K-20 (934-21) well. The area for which exception is requested is described as foll°ws'' Township 9 North, Range 1.3 West, Seward Meridian' Section 21: All Said area and completed and drilling wells in the vicinity are shown on the at[ached plat. Union Oil Company of California is the only affected operator. The K-20 well was programmed '~'o drill to an optimum location in the. undefined "B" gas sands and M:i. ddle Kenai Gas Pool to allow completion in the sands/pool offering the greatest productive potential based on log analysis. The mechanically associ- ated limitations to the dri!].ing of this high angle directional well, however, pre- vented thc operator from drilling to a bottom hole locat{on outside the required 3,000' distan, co between the Middl. e Kenai Gas Pool in Trading Bay Un. it State G-18 (22-28) and the Trading Bay 'Unit State K-20 (934-2!). Following the complete, on of this dril- ling, it is now the intention to test and. complete said welt in the~]{~'~hdle"KCnaf -~-.~.~.~:~, ~ :'.:,,.., j ~.... State of. Alaska 2 Oil and Gas Cons,a-~mzation Co~5~rnitte® Application for E:,:ception to Section 2061 (c) K-20 (934-21) August 1, 19 69 pool from perforations between 8065' MD [~nd 8215' MD. The minimum distance from said perforat-.'_ons to like perforations in the Trading ~ay Unit State G-18 (22-28) well is 2850 feet. · If no protest is timely filed, applicant respectful].y requests issuance of an order allowing exception without a hearing. Ve~f truly yours, UNION OIL cOMpAixiY OF CALIFORNIA Trading Bay Unit Operator By: Attorney- in-- Fact enclosure R 13W K-6 ~ ~ c o ,,,.,~/'___<----'--'-'-~ = . T // ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ '~:~ x~ ~or, ~{ ~ .~ ATLANT ICR CHFI EL.D 'JNtON- MARAT}IO~ ~" ~ / ....... ...... . ~ ~ / /' .-. :' ~.. ~_.~...~ .... ~.~ ..... ...... ,.~ ..-' ...:.~:..~...... -. ~. ~: ............................................. '-;-~-~ ........................................... ~ T:":'~;:: ...... :'.'~ . .._ "'-~.~ ....... '" /' ::":'~ . WELL LOCATION MAP _.~_ ~'~ ~ .... ARCO SUB-OPERATOR , , ~ ~ ,., '.,,~ ~,. TRADING BAY STATE K- 20 ~ x, ,L SCALE . t : 2oOd ' ~_:t_.t~a:z~,,~.'_'..L._Z.:,,.~r~J JUNE 2.0, 1969 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: Emergency Order - August 5, 1969 Conservation File Ho. 79 Union Oil Company of California Trading Bay Unit No. 1<-20, McArthur River Field. Minimum distance from the comparable pay zone in tile Union Oil Company of California Trading Bay Unit G-18 is approxi- mately 2,850 feet. Union Oil Company of California petitioned tile Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee on August l, 1969 for an order excepting the refer- enced well from the minimum distance requirements of Section 2061(c) of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations. On the same date said Company requested an emergency order to produce the referenced well. There are no affected operators since the referenced well is centrally located in the Trading BaY Unit area. An emergency order is hereby granted pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2012 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations permitting production from the referenced well. This emergency order expires August 20, 1969. Thomas R. Marshall, Jr. v Executive Secretary