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Home My WebLink AboutCO 146Conservation 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. j_ ~.~_ 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 ploffer,~~ ~~Maps: [] Other items OVERSIZED (Not suitable for plotter/scanner, may work with 'log' scanner) [] Logs of various kinds [] Other BY: ~ MARIA Scanning Preparation. TOTAL PAGES ~-- _ Production Scanning Stage I PAGE COUNT FROM SCANNED DOCUMENT:__ "7 PAGE COUNT MATCHES NUMBER IN SCANNING PREPARATION: \/' YES NO /s~ 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 CONSERVATION Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Re: The APPLICATION of Halbouty Alaska Oil ) Company for an order granting an exception ) to the acreage spacing requirements of ) Title 11, AAC 22.055(a)(3), in order to pro- ) duce the West Fork No. 1-B gas well. ) Conservation Order No. 146 West Fork No. 1-B Well Halbouty Alaska Oil Company West Fork Gas Field April 27, 1977 IT.APPEARING THAT: . Halbouty Alaska Oil Company, operator of the subject well, submitted an application dated April 11, 1977, for an exception to the acreage spacing requirements in order to produce the West Fork No. 1-B from a 160 acre spacing unit. . The operator completed and shut-in the referenced well in the SW 1/4 of Section 21, Township 6 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian, in August, 1960. . Subsequently 3 dry holes were drilled surrounding the section in which the subject well is completed and the present 160 acre lease which is held by production was segregated from the original base lease. The surrounding leases have expired. The Bureau of Land Management has not issued any leases in the Kenai National MoOse Range for eight years. 5. Pools in the West Fork Gas Field have not been defined. , Notice of the application was published in the Anchorage Daily News on April 15, 1977. There were no protests to the application. FINDING: The well control generated by the 3 dry holes surrounding the subject well indicates that the reservoi'r from which the subject well produces is limited to less than the original spacing unit. CONCLUSION: The requested exception to Title 11, AAC 22.055 (a)(3), will not adversely affect correlative rights nor result in waste. Conservation Order No. 146 Page 2 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED THAT- · The West Fork No. 1-B gas well may be produced from a governmental quarter section spacing unit described as the Southwest Quarter (SW 1/4), Section 21, Township 6 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian. DONE at Anchorage, Alaska, and dated April 27, 1977. Thomas R. Marshall, Jr., Executive Secretary Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee Concurrence' Ho~l e ~//'Hami 1 ton,~airman Alaska~Dil and Gas Conservation Committee L- ' . it bei ' Alaska Oil an Gas Conservation Committee ADVERTISING ORDER Anchorage Dally News NOTICE TO PUBLISHER INVOICE IVlUST BE IN TRIPLICATE SHOWING ADVERTISING ORDER NO., CERTIFIED AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION (PART 2 OF THIS FORM) WITH ATTACHED COPY OF ADVERTISE- MENT MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH INVOICE. Division of 0tl and Gas Conservation 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501 VENDOR NO. 2 PUBLISHER DEPT. NO. /2,.O. NO. DATE OF A.D. 4/lS/77 DATES ADVERTISEMENT REQUIFED: ASAP THE MATERIAL BETWEEN THE DOUBLE LINES MUST BE PRINTED IN ITS ENTIRETY ON THE DATES SHOWN. BILLING ADDRESS: SAME AFFIDAVIT-OF-PUBLICATION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE O F ~ ~ ~.~!z~ [, ss Th±rd DIVISION. BEFORE ME, THE UNDERSIGNED, A NOTARY PUBLIC THIS DAY PERSONALLY APPEARED Nano,'y' A.I.,oman WHO, BEING FIRST DULY SWORN, ACCORDING TO LAW, SAYS-I"HAT HE/SHE IS THE legal clerk OF PUBLISHED AT Anchorage Th±rd AND STATE OF Alaska Anchorage News IN SAID DIVISION AND THAT THE ADVERTISEMENT, OF WHICH THE ANNEXED IS A TRUE COPY, WAS PUBLISHED IN SAID PUBLICATION ON THE 15~ DAY OF April 1~, AND THEREAFTER FOR.. no CONSECUTIVE DAYS, THE LAST PUBLICATION APPEARING ON THE 15Lh__DAY OF ,April 19 ~?AND THAT THE RATE CHARGED THEREON IS NOT IN EXCESS OF TFIE RATE CHARGF~D PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS ~ SUBSCR(BED AND~i~'ORN *O B~FC~E MI~ . v TH, I.~. 1~-~ DAY O~- Aloril . 19 ??. NOTARY PUBLIC FOR STATE OF Alaska MY COMMISSION EXPIRES__ December 14:1977 REMINDER,- ATTACH iNVOICES AND PROOF OF PUBLICATION, .~, -'. ..... I:l~lmr~t ~f,#~t~rbt ~ .... Alaska O~Land Gas~o. ns_e..rv~.,t16n~.,..C.~mmlttee " r. onservallon Flle'NO; 1;1l)" "" · · , . · . .,' · . . .' ~',~..-'.:.' : Re: The application of HalboutY AI.a.~. ~a Oi! Co. m..~. ny for~imk~(eep~ tlon.to-AAC 22,05~(3) to ~er~n._r~?~e HbiaSKO west'F~j~,t'-.'B'~gas well tO ~rOduce from a spacing enlt of 160 acres...~,~:~,!' :~' . . · ' · . ."k .'~;~'~',~;~ On A~rll.').1, 19~, a. campleted ag~licatlan' far an referenc6~ regulaUon was:recei~e~."Sect~oh 21,~own~'~North, Range.9 West,'~war~ .Meri~lan m which.the reterenceB~U, is Io. cated is~ff~ on t~ee l!~es:wlth unsuccessful wetls..~ ~ea lies,- within ~.K~nai Natlo~l M~ R~ge ..... . , · · ". .F' . ': . ' '.~4.;...:t~. · ?'.. ~ '. Pursuant to.AAC 22.~0, ~artles who may be aggr. le~l~.fh~ ~uested or~er Is issued are' allowe~ 10 days fram'the d~e'of t~Is~.. ~ublicatl~n In'which,to file a protest and ~uest~r plac~ ~f fllinb:.i~:~ll~d~l~;).f .s~ 9' ~ro~ is timely f~l~~' nearing on t~e' ma[te~ will'.be ne~a m the:address lismd.bmow:'at 9:~ AM~ ~p~il' 27,.1977 ~t.whl~h time protest~ts an~ ot~e~v '~'h~'r~l.f.'~e'~cn ~romst iS timely 'flle~,"t~e ~ommittee wllF'con- sider me i~ua'n'~'~f an orddr Wlthout a ~earing... .. Thomas R. Mar~hbll, ~r. ' ' Executf~eSecrdtarv'~ ..... ".. · . · '., · AlaskaOll d~d Gas Coas6rvation Committee · ~! P_O~cu~lne Dri~ '... ' ~,' Ancho~ge, Alaska 99~1 . · · . , , . ~' ,., , ~ ' , , .. ] Pub: .Apr~ 15,19~ , . . NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING STATE OF ALASKA Department of Natural Resources Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee Conservation File No. 146 Re: The application of Halbouty Alaska Oil Company for an exception to AAC 22.055(3) to permit the Halasko West Fork 1-B gas well to produce from a spacing unit of 160 acres. On April Il, 1977 a completed application for an exception to the referenced regulation was received. Section 21, Township 6 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian in which the referenced well is located is offset on three sides with unsuccessful wells. The area lies within the Kenai National Moose Range. Pursuant to AAC 22.540, parties who.may be aggrieved if the requested order is issued are allowed 10 days from the date of this publication in which to file a protest and request for hearing. The place of filing is listed. below. If such a protest is timely' filed, a hearing on the matter will be held at the address listed below at 9:30 AM, April 27, 1977 at which time protestants and others may be heard. If no such protest is timely filed, the Committee wil consider the issuance of an order without a hearing. Thomas R. Marshall, Jr. Executive Secretary Alaska Oil, and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Publish: April 15, 1977 THOMAS E. KELLY Consultant Earth Sciences March 25, 1977 Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Attention: Mr. Thomas R. Marshall, Secretary Re- Halasko West Fork 1-B Request for Exception under 11AAC 22055 (2) Gentlemen' After approximately seventeen years of effort it appears that arrangements for sale of gas from the captioned one-well shut-in gas field may occur .in the near future. The most critical factor among many relating to the feasibility and economics of connecting the one-well field is favorable state action in the nature of spacing exception under appropriate regulations. Halbouty Alaska Oil Company drilled the 1-B Alaska Oil and Minerals - King Oil, Inc. we'll and completed same in the Sterling B-4 gas interval (See portion of E-l.og attached) in August, 1960. The well is located on a 160 acre federal oil and gas lease (A 028988A) which was segregated from a base lease to accommodate the then various working interest owners. The lease comprises the SOuthwest Quarter (SW/4), Section 21, Township 6 North, 'Range 9 West, S.M. All surrounding leases have long .ago expired and the existing lease is maintianed by payment of shut-in royalty. In 1962 the West Forkwell was offset to the north and soUtheast by the SOCAL West Fork 233-16 (SE/4, Sec. 16, T6N, Rgw) and the Union Sterling Unit 48-28 (SE/4, Sec. 28, T6N, Rgw). Both wells were structurally low and were abandoned as dry holes. In 1967 Halasko drilled a northwest offset , the Halasko West Fork 42-20 (NE/4, Sec. 20, T6N, R9W) - which was also low to the 1-B and abandoned as a dry hole The results of offset drilling clearly established structural dip in three quadrants (i.e., north dip in the Halasko l-B) and would suggest that if the accumulation is confined to other than the 160 acre 'lease it must extend south but would reasonabl~ be up-dip and not affected by production from A 028988A. " There is no available seismic control south of the West Fork fie and the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife is reluctant to permit DANA BUILDING, SUITE 2 700 H STREET ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 99501 , , , ~.,..~,; ~ ...... ~,, PHONE 279-9589 Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee March 25, 1977 Page Two new trails to be cut. Accordingly, there is little hope to obtain additional information that might indicate the size of the structural anomaly on which West Fork field is located. While the chances to make a commercial producing well at West Fork involve considerable risk we believe it is in the best interests of all parties concerned to place the well on production. Obviously, if a well spacing exception is not granted the risks are far to great to construct production and gathering facilities and expect that they would be amortized out of production let alone provide an acceptable rate of return on the investment. Accordingly, on behalf of Halasko I respectfully request that the committee grant a spacing exception as a 160 acre producing gas unit. At your request I will be available to provide any data and information that we have on the productive capabilities and reservoir characteristics of the well and will prepare any required exhibits to further support the information as set forth herein. Thank you for your consideration of this request. TEK/sp Enclosure cc w/o encl.: Mr. Michel T. Hal bouty Mr. Paul Meadows - I ,_ I