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Home My WebLink AboutCO 161Conservation 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. )_ LO_~ _ 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: O~i MARIA Scanning Preparation TOTAL PAGES Production Scanning Stage I PAGE COUNT FROM SCANNED DOCUMENT: ] ~--' PAGE COUNT MATCHES NUMBER IN SCANNING PREPARATION: X 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 ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Re: THE APPLICATION OF UNION OIL ) COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA for an ) exception to Title 11, Alaska ) Administrative Code, Section ) 22.055(a)(3) for the Kenai ) Unit KBU No. 41-7 well. ) Conservation Order No. 161 Kenai Gas Field Undefined Pool December 31, 1979 IT APPEARING THAT: 1. Union Oil Company of California, operator of the Kenai Unit, submitted an application dated December 13, 1979, requesting an exception to the 3000 foot minimum distance between completions' requirement of Title 11, Alaska Administrative Code, Section 22.055(a)(3) for the Kenai Unit KBU No. 41-7 well. 2. The Kenai Unit KBU No. 41-7 well has been vertically drilled from.a surface location that is 185 feet from the north line and 4303 feet from the west line of Section 7, T4N, RllW, SM. 3. The subject well has been drilled into the middle Beluga gas sands and the upper Tyonek gas sands. 4. The referenced well is to be dually completed in the middle Beluga gas sands, which are about 2850 feet from the same sands open to production in Kenai Unit KBU No. 13-8 well, and in the upper Tyonek gas sands, which are about 2300 feet and about 2500 feet respectively from the Kenai Unit KDU No~ I and KDU No. 2 wells where the same sands are open to production. 5. The gas. bearing sands in the upper, middle and lower Beluga Formation are not currently defined as gas pools. The Kenai Tyonek Gas Pool 1 is defined as the accumula- tion of gas common to the accumulation in an interval of the Tyonek formation in the ~Kenai Unit KDU #1 well. 6. The referenced well is located at a structural position that will allow for increased gas production and could increase ultimate recover if all of the gas bearing sands are not continuous. 7. Notice of the application was published in the Anchorage Daily News on December 15, 1979. 8. There was a protest to the application and a public hearing was held on December 27, 1979 at the office of the Commission. There was no evidence presented in opposition to the application. FINDING: The Kenai Gas Field has a great number of defined and undefined gas-bearing sands. There have been a sufficient number of wells drilled to adequately define the structure at various stratigraphic levels. The well data indicates that the various sands thicken and thin in short distances. The proposed well has been drilled and the evidence indicates that gas-bearing sands are present in the Beluga and Tyonek formations. CONCLUSION: The requested exception to Title 11, Alaska Administrative Code, Section 22.055(a)(3) will not decrease the ultimate recovery of gas in the Kenai Field and could increase the recoverable reserves in the field. The exception would not affect correlative rights since they are adequately protected in the Kenai Unit. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED THAT: The Kenai Unit KBU No. 41-7 well may be completed and produced at the proposed location in Section 7, T4N, RllW, S.M. DONE at Anchorage, Alaska and dated December 31, 1979.. I~oy~l .~ H. ~amil~oh C omml s sione r/Chai rman Alaska Oil & Gas Conservati°n Commission Harry W.i Kugler Commissioner Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission Lonnie C. Commi ss ioner Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission -2- Conservation File 161 Transcript of Public hearing at 9:00 AM on December 27, 1979, at 3001 Porcupine Drive, Anchorage, Alaska Mr. Hamilton: Mr. MoCutcheon: Mr. Hamilton: Mr. McCutcheon: Mr. Hamilton: Mr. McCutcheon: Mr. Hamilton: Mr. McCutcheon: Will the hearing come to order This is a hearing of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Ccmmission I'm Hoyle Hamilton, Chairman of the Ccxmmission At my immediate left is Harry Kugler, Cc~nmissioner, to his left is Jeff Lowenfels, Assistant Attorney General and to my immediate right is Lonnie Smith, Cc~ssioner. This hearing is a result of a protest received frcm the applicant Union Oil' s request for an exception, spacing exception, in the Kenai Unit Field for their 41-7 well. A notice was filed in the newspaper December 15 advertising the request for this exception. A protest was received on December 24 during the 10-day protest period frcm Mr. Jerry McCutcheon and at this time I would like to ask Mr. McCutcheon' s nature of his protest. Is there going to be any presentation by Union? There's no prepared presentation, by Union. Union does not intend to make a presentation No. We're going to listen to your nature of your protest first. Alright no that didn't answer my question Union does not intend to make a presentation? If they're called on they're here to answer questions, yes. Then at this juncture which you want to do is hear frcm me is that correct? And that's all you're interested in. Alright First of all I received the notice on Dec. 17 no it was mailed frcm this office on Dec. 17 received by me on Dec. 21st late in the afternoon. I called here and was referred to Mr. Hamilton and made a verbal protest at that time-this is now late Friday afternoon. Monday morning which was the 24th I came to see Mr. Kugler. Mr. Kugler wasn't here and I delivered my written protest at that time; in fact the oral protest I returned the 21st, the afternoon of the 24th I beg your pardon, and at that juncture there was still no information available at that time. Again on the 26th I returned for what time that was available to me and got what information I can. Now ah so we all understand it very clearly, you're here at Mr. Lowenfels' request. My protest is over the lack of time, study etc. And I was Transcript of Public ( ~ring Conservation File 161 December 27, 1979 Mr. Hamilton: Mr. Hamilton: Mr. Kugler: Mr. Lowenfels: Mr. Hamilton: Mr. Lowenfels: 'Mr. Hamilton: Mr. Kugler: Mr. Anderson: quite willing yesterday afternoon to make a short statement and go out and use a typewriter, hand it in writing; that this was withdrawal of my request for hearing. So I suppose Mr. Low~nfels doesn't have much else to do. So we're here now that apparently we've got more than me now involved. I understand the Alaska Center for the Environment is going to be involved, that the Ombudsman also is going to be involved that one state agency is now become involved, so I've been told, ah and its unfortunate we have to tangle your well up in the question of appropriate timing for opportunity to respond. So what was being presented here with was an acccmplished fact; your drilling on the hole, you're already there, you're doing it. Ah, you knew at the time that the procedure would be rubber stamped. 5~f objection here is the lack of time for study or preparation and since there is no tiros for preparation I can make no presentation as to what my objections are or even determine what they may or may not even be. I don't know whether the reservoir is being properly managed or not being managed or whether it's of a gut and run operation or what it is. It's just simply not sufficient time. I request a rehearing after sufficient time has been granted and I also request an equal opportunity to correct those tapes like you and the oil companies do after the hearing, before you publish a transcript. With that I'm through. There'll be a five minute recess. (Recess Taken) Ok the hearing is now reconvened. I would like to ask a few questions What time is it? I have eleven minutes after nine. We were out for approximately three minutes. record should reflect that. Alright. Is anybodys correlative rights in the Kenai gas field being impaired by your request, Mr. Anderson? Mr. Commissioner not to my knowledge its a unitized operation and the well is within, well within, the middle of the field ah if it were on the boundary, exterior boundary, there could be other affected parties but certainly ah being where its located ah no I can't see that anyone and all of the operators have been notified. Mr. Kugler: Ail other operators or working interest owners? Transcript of Public Conservation File 161 ~ring 3 { December 27, 1979 Mr. Anderson: Mr. Kugler: Mr. Kugler: Mr. Lambert: Mr. Kugler: Mr. Smith: Mr. Lowenfels: Mr. Wondzell: Mr. Lowenfels: Mr. Hamilton: Mr. Kugler: Working interest owners in the unit have been notified. Thank youMr. Anderson. I don't knc~hich of Union could answer this question but will there be any loss in ultimate recovery in the Kenai gas field frcr~the drilling of this well. Would you state your name please! Steve Lambert, I'm the Reservoir Engineer for the field. The drilling of the well, 41-7, should actually improve the recovery frcm the field. Several of the sands in the field are lenticular in nature and often discontinuous and is believed this well will tap sands which are not currently being produced by existing wells. I'd like the record to reflect that the so called protestor Mr. McCutcheon leftthe msetingduring the recess and has not reappeared. Did he indicate to anybody during recess that he would reappear? He indicated that he was through talking and he was going to leave andthat he had said all that he was going to say and he had nothing else to say and he was going to leave. He hung up on you again, Hoyle. I would like to have the record reflect that you were here Mr. Chairman on the 24th Yes I'd like to review the sequence of events in relation to Mr. McCutcheon' s testimony. He, as I recall, stated that when he was here Monday the 24th and turned in his written protest there was no one to help him in the office. I was here personally all day along with one of the engineers on the staff and the geologists plus about half of our clerical staff. He did not ask for any assistance. He asked for Fran Jones who is our librarian who was on annual leave but he did not ask anyone else for any assistance or did not give the nature of what he wanted. But we were here to assist him if he had so requested. I'd like to further make the record, too, that on December the 26th, in the afternoon, that Mr. McCutcheon was here and examined the data and by oral ccmmunication he indicated that he would like to drop his protest and the Commission, upon legal advise, determined that we'd better proceed with the hearing and that is why we're having the hearing today. That a protest had been filed. Transcript of Public Conservation File 161 December 27, 1979 Mr. Lowenfels: Mrs. Tileston: Mr. Hamilton: Mrs. Tileston: Mr. Hamilton: Mr. Kugler: Mr. Hamilton: Members of the audience? I basically was going through mail y~sterday-Peg Tileston, Alaska Center for the Envinronment and all of a sudden saw that this notice had come in the week before the holidays and called to see if indeed there was a meeting ccming up and was informed indeed there was. I came basically for information and now might be a good time to mention a request possibly. I think there are a number of people in the c~ty who are interested in whats happening in terms of conservation, oil conservation, in place so on so forth. I think we all suffer frcm a vast lack of understanding about the technical information, about why in the first place, the three thousand foot limitation is there. What are the ramifications of when a request comes in for closer drilling so on and so forth and maybe at some time if indeed we, as possibly the organizing body, might get a group of people together, maybe ten or twelve people, who are interested in just picking some brains in terms what does it mean, what are some of the conservation measures, how do they work; if we could ask your assistance to spread a little knowledge around. I know I see the legal notices often times and I think-hunm thats interesting but whats it mean, where do we go frcm here? This is Hoyle Hamilton for the record. The Commission would be glad to cooperate in any way we could in this respect. We'll work toward possibly in a couple or three months to get something pulled together. What kind of time frame do you have materially? I don't see it as anything more than an informal give and take session between people who would like more information. We really don't need any time well we'll have people available at anytime for discussions of that nature. Mr. Chairman this is Harry Kugler. If there's no other questions from anybody, or any comments, I reccmmend that the hearing be closed. Without hearing anything from anyone else, the hearing is closed. December 22, 1979 Mr. Harry W. Kugler Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Dear Mr. Kugler: This is a protest and request for a hearing on Conservation File No. 161. The notice did not contain the publication date .but the postage meter date was December 17th. The notice was received late December 21st, 1979, and a protest was phoned to your office immediately thereafter. Sincerely, Anchorage, Alaska 99510 RECEIVED 2 1979 Alaska 0~i & ~.~.~ .,~s, bommission Ano~urage 2. PUBLISHER ADVERTISING ORDER NOTICE TO PUBLISHER INVOICE MUST 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. ,,.~chorage Daily I.Ze'~,.~ 2000 Potter t.~uch 6616 Anchorage, ~2aska Aias!~ Oil & Gas Consert~tion Cc~;r.:gssion .3 J,~.,]. Porcn~pine Drive ._Anc]x)rage, ~laska 99501 VENDOR NO. DEPT. NO. A.O, NO. A0- 10 4036 DATE OF A.D. ,.Dec~?ie.r 14 1979 DATES ADVERTISEMENT REQUIRED: ~c~.¢.-~_~- 15, 1979 THE MATERIAL BETWEEN THE DOUBLE LINES MUST BE PRINTED IN ITS ENTIRETY ON THE DATES SHOWN. BILLING ADDRESS: AFFIDAVIT-OF-PUBLICATION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA \ BEFORE ME, THE UNDERSIGNED, A NOTARY PUBLIC THI~,DAY BEING FIRST DULY SWORN, ACCOI~DING TO LAW SAYS THAT PUBLISHED AT ~~-~--~"~ IN SAID DIVISION / ,, . _/~, ft:~ ANDSTATEOF_~."~~z' ANDTHATTHE ADVERTISEMENT, OF WHICH THE ANNEXED IS A TRUE COPY, WAS PUBLISHED IN SAID PUBLICATION ON THE /~ /DA~'~Y OF ¢~)~~i~9_~, ~ND THEREAFTER FOR~ _~~ CONSECUTIVE DAYS, THE LAST PUBLICATION APPE/ARING ON THE/~~AYOF _~~~------~16~, AND THAT THE RATE CHARGED THEREON IS NOT IN EXCESS OF THE RATE CHARGED PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS. SUBSCRIBED AND SV~ORN TO BEFORE ME THI9:,2/4'~- DAY C)~-~-,~'~¢~ 19 ? ~. NOTARY PUBLIC'FOR STATE OF~:~---~ MY COMMISSION EXPIRES /~-~-~-~"~ R.EMINDER- ATTACH INVOICES AND PROOF OF PUBLICATION. ' ?, STATE OF ALASKA ,.,. "'Noticeof Public:Hearing '" "' STATE OF'ALASKA, .. Conservation .COmmissiOn :'Conservation FileNo 151 Re': :.The. appl.lca?ioll .of I I.Oll;:Company of California, daf~ I ed, December 13,' ~Tg; for an I o~der granting an exception, to ~. t!~e,,~'m in i mum ','d ista nco' requlre- I,i$~afive' Code;,' Section 22.055 It~,~)..(3k tar, the. K,e..n.a,I .~Oi(.t KBU I~,~tlled in the Ke_nal Gas 'Field I Notice is hereby given that I Union Oil Company of Celifor- I nla has requested the Alaska I Oil and Gas. Conservation Com- I' mission to Issue an order grant- ]ing an exception 'for the minl- I mum distance, of 3,0OO feet I between completions require- 'ment of the referenced regula- ' tlon. The operator states that the Kenai Unit KBU No. 41-7 well .will be dually completed in the Upper ]yonek and Lower Beluga gas sands. The Kenai Un. It KBU No. 13-8 well is completed In the Upper and L;ower. Beluga: " Gas Sands; dlstance of 'abO[~t' 2,850. feet .from the. propOSed cOmpl.etion.. The KeneI.Unit KDU No. ~ aha. ' KD'U.i. NO: 2 well's are completed in .,.the'"Tyonek.. gas .sands 'and .:are: .abouJ:.2,300 ,feet and 2,500: .'feet".reSpe~tively f'rom the pro- IL30Sbd c0mp!etl6n; 'The' operator tur~her', requests approval to 'dUallY. corollate: the proposed Wel. I presently .drilled to L290 .feet~'total dap)tn. :." , . ..' .. Pa~tleS who' may be aggrleged.' If:.the. r. eferenced order.is Issued . aj-e:.:'aliOWed. 10 .day?. ~rom aa'tS., of this.' Publication which, tb .file, a. ,pro?est r~quest for a hearing. The place of fillng/s the Alaska.Oil . 'a ~d G as' Conservafl on. Corn mis, Jchorage, .AlasKa'.99501. If sue:h ' .he, ring ' on... the: matter.:, will :be' held" at the aboVe, address .at '9:00. 'AAA on ..December 27, 'at. whi'ch.time protestants, and: ' Others. may. be heard~'::lf, no_suCl!; protest .is. flmely~filbd~ the.co~:. hlission will c6hsider, the '.issu~ ,anco of the 'order .without Harry.W. Kugler Alaska Oil & Gas · Conservation CommissiOn i. ,' .::: PUb; Dec 15, 197~ ' B. REC~IV~!,IG COP',' ADVERTISING ORDER i' NOTICE T~..', PUBLISHER ( I,...(.)ICF MUST [3E IN I'RIPLICATE SHOWING A[)VL,..~TISING OR[_)E R IN()., CE[~'I-I F I EED AFF'I[)AVIT OF PUBLICATION (PART 2 OF THIS FORM) WITH ATTACHED COPY OF ADVER'FISE- MENT MUST P,E SU[~MI'I-TED WI'FH INVOICE. VENDOR NO. DEPT. NO, A.D. NO, DATE OF A,O. vh~.~ ~"' ¢"~ ~ ! ~'~, .... · ..... : ...... 1975' DATES ADVERTISEMENT REQUIRED: ........ '~....O1. 1 ~ THE MATERIAL BETWEEN THE DOUBLE LINES MUST BE PRINTED IN ITS ENTIRETY ON THE DATES SHOWN. 131L.I_ING ADDRESS: ADVERTISEMENT STATE OF ALASKA ~.",'¢-~o~ of ~'~]:.:~]ic TM ' ~',~>~.....: DP ,r~.~..,:.~,.:,. ................ 1.L CaS 'r, ',,-' "~ ' ' .ar:¢.'..l~a't:ic,n o:£! Union (.',,.{! o~,,...-.,-..-..,.,..,,r of California, ..... ~-,,.:.: ........ ..~ ............. ' · 2 .,..~P. ~x.~.,),..G I c:: [.., .] _r ~,: :~.:....,.. ~ ..... o.11' c.~::~.,~z.~4m~tz~.u.'"" '~. ..... ', "..'"', u:..z,:.e,':" :'' S,:x:t:ion 2.2.(tz~¢ ......... 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' , ~ ' ~: ' ' ' '"'" ' ' ' ':: '~ " ':~ "~ 4' '~' '~ ' .... , . .,.,. ~.~,. ,,~.,~.~ ~.,~.-, · · .... ~, ..... ~¥..,...,.~. ,....~. ,.........: ....,.... ,~,..~,?:.,:~c:.'~,~. ~...,...,,,,,~...~ ...... ,.~.,.~:~,.~..,,. ... ...... , ..,,...~. ,,....,~., ,,.~., .., , , ~' ;'.'.~... ~. . .... ..... ....., ...... '~.~. ~; .~.~, ~.." ,.~ ...... ...,"~-..,......- ,,.,..,~': ','- ?.." . .:-' ..,;~ .~.~., ~ .~ ....... . '~. Robert T. Anderson District Land Manager Union Oil and Gas ~,"'ision: Western Region[~~ Union Oil Company ot California P.O. Box 6247, Anchorage, Alaska 99502 Telephone: (907) 276-7600 Telex: 90-25188 · December 13, 1979 Hr. Harry Kugler, Co~SssSone:~ Alaska 0~1 & Gas ConservatSon Comission 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99504 KENAI GAS FIELD Kenai Unit KBU #41-7 (Formerly KBU #31-7) Emergency Order Application Dear Mr. Kugler: Union Oil Company as Operator for the Kenai Unit made application December 13, 1979 for commission approval of a permanent exception to i.ill AAC 22.055 (a) (3) and approval for multiple completion pursuant to 11AAC 22.210 for the KBU #41-7 well, as more particularly setforth in said application. Inorder to prevent economical waste and hardship in rig stand-by time and other related costs to operator and the well participants, applicant requests the Commission to grant an emergency order for the completion and production testing of the Upper Tyonek and Middle Beluga Gas Sands in the KBU #41-7 well. The Unit Operator and Unit participants are the °nly affected parties in this action and no other parties will be adversely affected. WR/sk Enclosure Very truly yours cc: U.S.G.S., Rodney Smith, Supervisor Marathon Oil Company, Morrie Lowman Arco Oil & Gas Company, John Kavanagh Chevron U.S.A., Jack Bertino Robert T. Anderson District Land Manager Union Oil and -:',' ' : Western Regi¢ Gas(r` Union Oil Company of California P.O. Box 6247, Anchorage, Alaska 99502 Telephone' (907) 276-7600 Telex: 90-25188 union .December 13, 1979 Mr. Harry Kugler, Commissioner Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99504 ..... j co,,'v~,~A j ...... J" CO/v^,AA , KENAI GAS FIELD Kenai Unit KBU ¢41-7 (Formerly KBU #31-7) Dear Mr. Kugler: Union Oil Company as Operator for the Kenai Unit hereby applies for an exception to Title II AAC 22.055 (a) (3), minimum distance between pools and.'ll AAC 22.210, multiple completion approval for the above captioned well, presently drilled to 7,290' total depth. The proposed KBu #41,7, as reflected on the enclosed plat, is to be completed with dual strings in the Upper Tyonek and Middle Beluga Gas Sands. The KBU.¢13-8 is c. ompleted in the Upper and Lower Beluga,.a distance of 2,850' from the proposed KBU ¢41~7 Beluga compl, etion. The KDU ¢1 and KDU #2 wells completed in the Tyonek "D" Zone, a distance of. 2,300' and 2,500', respectively, from the proposed KBU ¢41-7 UpperTyonek undifferentiated completion. Applicant requests that the Commission granta permanent exception order to the distances, completions, and .production from the pools setforth above in the KBU #'41,7 well. Only the Operator and Unit participants are affected by this action and no other parties will be adversely affected. RECEIVED 0E0! 5 lg7g Harry Kugler Kenai Unit KBU #41-7 -2- December 13, 1979 We would appreciate your favorable consideration in this matter. WR/sk Enclosure Very truly yours, cc: U,S.G,S., Rodney Smith, Supervisor Marathon Oil Company, MorrieLowman Arco Oil & Gas Company, John Kavanagh Chevron U,S.A., Jack Bertino X...L. rXU- ~ - .....~ - .-,,~,.~ U- ~i~C' T M D 4-420 ~. K -21-6 KDU-S TMD 5680 T5N T4N TMD 10,502 '~ U-M \ k' KDU-3(21--" '~TMD li,510 U-M · KDU-I ~.~ TMD 9450 ./ ,/ ,,/ Orig, hole . KDU-4 -~,/°" TMD 5540 (J&A) // /, KDU-4RD M~ IO,8 I 0 RECEI'V[:D DEC ~ 3 1979 Alaska 0il & Anohorage 0 500 I000 I FEET U-- M KU-43-6 .;~ T M DLJ- 5700 M 5 KU-43-6A ~~.~ T M D 5300 \ 7580' T M D ~,.), ' ....... 7580' TV D U-M TARGET A - T/BELUGA ~'TMO 10,6;0~ / "' 4670' MD 4-670' VD TARGET B- T/TYONEK 7200' MD 7200' VD U-M ,,~ KBU-13-8 TMD 8770 !~U-M / t KU-43-7 / · ~TM _5700 ........ union I": IOOO' Alaska District KENAI GAS FIELD PROPOSED WELL LOCATION KBU-4-1-7, _( flTI NOV. 20, 79 '111 Dcce~.~ber 14, 1.979 Union Oil Company of California Attn: Mr. Robert T. ?,nderson P. O. ~ox 6247 Anchorage, Alaska 99502 Dear f,"r And. erson. Union Oil Company of California, operator, of _~'~,',~:, ....... ~,,nai,,. Unit, by letter dated December 13, 1979~ has requested an emergency order to perforate, production 'test and dually complete t.he 'Kenai Unit !{~U No. 41-7 ¥.~ell in the A~:.nai'c~ Gas Field. The 'request has b=cn~:, .'.~ s~br;'~itted in ord. er to r~revent.., economic~ w'aste and hardship because of rig sta.nd-by ti[:~e and other related costs to the operator and unit participants. The Alaska Oil and Gas ConservatiCn Co~mission hereby, issues the requested emergency order k:ut cautiQns the operator that he will .proceed at his own risk since the requested operations are exceptions to the re.:~ula'tionsc and subject, to a notice and possible publi~ hearing f'ollo~e,c~ by a c..n,~=~rw~,t!o.~, ord.er to be subsequently issued. 'This en~ergen.cy order .... ,.p. ire ....on, December 29, I979 C h a i rma n / Corn m i s s i o n e r I.,o. nnie C. Smith Corem i s s loner (..:0, 'till % E i~ lO~ 10 %' Notice of Public Hearing STATE OF ALASKA Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Conservation File No. 161 Re: The application of Union Oil Company of California, dated December 13, 1979, for an order granting an exception to the minimum distance requirement of Title 11, Alaska Administra- tive Code, Section 22. 055 (a) (3) for the Kenai Unit KBU No. 41-7 well which has been drilled in the Kenai Gas Field in Section 7, T4N, RllW, S.M. Notice is hereby given that Union Oil Company of California has requested the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to issue an order granting an exception for the minimum distance of 3,000 feet between completions requirement of the referenced regulation. The operator states that the Kenai Unit KBU No. 41-7 well will be dually completed in the Upper Tyonek and Lower Beluga gas sands. The Kenai Unit KBU No. 13-8 well is completed in the Upper and Lower Beluga gas sands, a distance of about 2,850 feet from the proposed completion. The Kenai Unit KDU No. 1 and KDU No. 2 wells are completed in the Tyonek gas sands and are about 2,300 feet and 2,500 feet respectively from the pro- posed completion. The operator further requests approval to dually complete the proposed well presently drilled to 7,290 feet total depth. Parties who may be aggrieved if the referenced order is issued are allowed 10 days from the date of this publication in which to file a protest and a request for a hearing. The place of filing is the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 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 on December 27, 1979 at which time protestants and others may be heard. If no such protest is timely filed, the Commission will consider the issuance of the order without a hearing. Harry W. Kugler Commissioner Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission