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Please insure that it retains it's current location in this file. _J_ L~ ~'/_ 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: .~MARIA Scanning Preparation TOTAL PAGES BY; , 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 A~HIS POINT UNLESS SPECIAL A'I-rENTION 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 DMSION OF OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501 The application of Atlantic ) Richfield Company for an ex- ) ception to the footage spacing ) requirements of Rule 2 of ) Conservation Order No. 145 ) to permitthe completion of ) the DS 3-4 well approximately ) 1800 feet frcm the same .per- ) ator's DS 3-5 well. ) Conservation Order No. 148 Prudhoe Bay Field Prudhoe Oil Pool Atlantic Richfield Company Well No. DS 3-4 November 4, 1977 IT APPEARING THAT: 1. The Atlantic Richfield Company submitted the referenced application dated September 27, 1977. . The pay in the reference deviated well is approximately 1800 feet from the closest point of the pay in the DS 3-5 well. The referenced order requires a minimum of 2000 feet between wells to any pay in the same pool opened to the well bore of another well. 3. Directional control problems were encountered which resulted in the hole not reaching the planned objective. 4. Both wells are owned bythe same operator. 5. The bottom hole location of the DS 3-4 well is 2000 feet South and 1176 feet east of the northwest corner of Section 13, Township 10N, Range 15E, U.P.M. . Notice of hearing on this request was published in the Anchorage Daily News on October 7, 1977 pursuant to Title 11, Alaska Admini- strative Code, Section 22.540, and no protest was received. FINDINGS: lo It is necessary to ccmplete the referenced well less than 2000 feet frc~ another ccmpletion in the same pool in order to utilize an existingwell bore. CONCLUSION: 1. Granting the applicant's request will not result in waste or impair correlative rights of affected parties. Conservation Order No. 148 Page 2 November 4, 1977 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED THAT: The Atlantic Richfield Company may cc~plete the DS 3-4 well approximately 1800 feet frcm the DS 3-5 well. DONE at Anchorage, Alaska and dated Noven~er 4, 1977. ~ncmas R. Marshall, .jr., Exec~%ive Secretary Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee Concurring: O. K. Gilbreth, Jr., ~fairman Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Ccnmmittee Hoyle ,~/Hamil~on, ~mber Alaska Or-il and Gas Conservation Cc~nittee AFFIL, AVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF ALASKA, ) THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, ) ss. ........... Ma...ry...L :... l~uss.e, ll ....... being first duly sworn on oath deposes end says that ..... S.~.e.. .... is th~Legal...Cl~z:.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, end it is now and has been published in the English language continually as a daily newspaper in Anchorage, Alaska, end it is now end 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 ....N. 9..t.i..c..e.,.,......F~....c..~p_.tion to Rule 2 as it was published in regular issues (and not in supplemental form) of said newspaper for. a period of ........... .1. .... insertions, commencing on the 7~.h..day October _ .77, of ............................ ,19 ...... and ending on fhe ......... .7..t..h... day of Ii~e: the · which "...no pay shall be opened In a well closer .t ha n: ..21]~. '$~e~t~,ga. v ~opened t n,..an.o!~.r,,,,.W~, ..~.;;: .:.~.."" The olaerator .states that while drllll.ng, t~e. aublect well, dlrec-. tlg~lL'carit'r~ljpi~:blems were. en- ~ou~t~;iJl~k~s a r'esult/-the .t~e. b'gfmm '. pe · '.Nb. 3-$~.ai'e~.aPlaro~lmatelY 1800 feetopart~ ' '. .,~ ~.". '" fo'" .... .Oct-o:be~ ......... , 19--7-7.--, m c~ates inclusive, and that such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers dur- ing all of said period. That the full amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is Parties.who may be aggrieved ,, ,. ,~ ~ If the re~auested..order is Issued the sum of $ ±O.~U which are.'allaWec~'10~'?da~'fr°m':the amou t - .~ .... dm~.olt~ils~pUblj~ltlon In,which n has been pa~a ~n tull al: to ftj~,l~r&tes,t:?6i~i~.eqa~tfor the rate of 80 f Her ii,e; ~j~j- pore~pl~6 'Delve, A~chorage, mum char~8 $1.0.00. _ d ' ~ l Y~ ~ ~ ~ timely filed, the .~mmlttee will ~ ..~..: .... ~ conslder the Issuance 'of the Su bscri or~e~ without a hearlne sworn to before I ..... ' ......",' ' ThoS, Rs. Mara~aU., 4r.. Alaska Oil and Gas ' . me this 19t~ay of ...... ~~.~ ExecutlveSec~etarv' ..... '" Con~rvatlon committee 3~1 Porcupine Drive Alaska ~501 19.-.7.7 :.-' ,. , ,/> .... ; ......................... .h ............ :h ,. . Third Division, A~horage, Alaska MY CO~I~ION EXPIRES ~ece~be~ 14., 77 ................................................. 1~ ........ STATE OF ALASKA DEP~ OF NATURAL RESO~ DMSION OF OIL AND GAS C~NSERVATION Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Ccm~ittee Conservation File No. 148 Prudhoe Bay Field Prudhoe Oil Pool Atlantic Richfield Company Drill Site No. 3-4 Notice is hereby given that an application was received frcm the Atlantic Richfield Company on September 27, 1977, requesting an exception to Rule 2 of Conservation Order No. 145 which states in part "... no pay shall be ~opened in a well closer than 2000 feet to any pay opened in another well. The operator states that while drilling the subject well, directional control probl~ns were encountered and, as a result, the top perforation of DS No. 3-4 and the bottc~ perforation of DS No. 3-5 are approximately 1800 feet apart. Parties who may be aggrieved if the requested order is issued are allowed 10 days frcm the date of this publication in which to file a protest and request for hearing. Place of filing is 3001 Porcupine Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99501. If such a protest is timely filed, a hearing on the matter will be held at the above address at 9:00 AM, October ~20, 1977, at which time protestants and others may be heard. If no such protest is timely filed, the Cc~m~ittee will consider the issuance of the order without a hearing. Thos. R. Marshall, Jr. Executive Secretary Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Cc~mittee 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Publish: October 7, 1976 AtlanticRi'chfieldCompany North Ame.r;-',n Producing Division North Alas~ istrict Post Office Box 360 Anchorage, Alaska 99510 Telephone 907 277 5637 Harold C. Heinze ~. ! Engineering Manager_ ~"~ September 27, 1977 Mr. Thomas R. Marshall, Jr. Executive Secretary Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, AK 99501 Subject- Drill Site No. 3-4 Dear Mr. Marshall' We have recently discovered that we are in violation of Conservation Order No. 145, Rule 2, with respect to per- forated intervals in Drill Site Nos. 3-4 and 3-5. Rule 2 states" ..... no pay shall be opened in a well closer than 2000 feet to any pay opened in another well .... " Drill Site No. 3-4 was a highly deviated hole (57° maximum), and due to directional problems during drilling, the bottom- hole location was southwest of its intended location. When Drill Site No. 3-5 was drilled, direction problems caused the resulting bottomhole location to be further northeast than intended. While individually, the wells are not unreasonably off target, the combination effect was to place the well bores closer together. While the bottomhole locations exceed 2000 feet in distance, the extreme cases (i.e., the top perforation of Drill Site No. 3-4 and bottom perforation of Drill Site No. 3-5) are approximately 1800 feet apart. Since the Drill Site No. 3-4 well directional problem is more significant, we are requesting an exception to Rule 2 for the Drill Site No. 3-4 well. Both wells lie well within the boundaries of the Prudhoe Bay Unit and, therefore, there are no changes of ownership regarding these wells. Mr. Th(~i' R. Marshall, Jr. Page 2 September 27, 1977 We are enclosing a plot showing the relative location of the wells. We have indicated both the bottomhole locations as well as the extreme case mentioned above. Very truly yours, HCH: RRB/vaf Attachment cc: L. M. Sellers TOWNSHIP lON, RANGE i5E 11 12 Top Perforation -, ~11935'M.D. 3.-'4 13 SURFACE PROJECTION WELLBORES' D.S. #3-4, 3-5 SCALE' 1 ''= 2000 ft.