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Home My WebLink AboutCO 265Conservation 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. ~; ~ Conservation Order Category Identifier Organizing (dar,e) RESCAN DIGITAL DATA OVERSIZED (Scannable with large plotter/scanner) ^ Color items: ^ Diskettes, No, ^ Maps: ^ Grayscale items: ^ Other, No/Type ^ Other items ^ Poor Quality Originals: OVERSIZED (Not suitable for ^ Other: plotter/scanner, may work with 'log' scanner) ^ Logs of various kinds ^ Other NOTES: BY: OBIN ;MARIA DATE: ~ /S/ Scanning Preparation TOTAL PAGES BY: OBI .MARIA DATE: ~~ '-~1C`_'~ -9` ~ /S/ ~`_~~ Production Scanning ~/ C ~ Stage 1 PAGE COUNT FROM SCANNED DOCUMENT: PAGE COUNT MATCHES NUMBER IN SCANNING PREPARATION: ~ YES NO BY. 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OBI MARIA DATE: -~ /S/~~ (SCANNING IS COMPLETE AT THIS POINT UNLESS SPECIAL ATTENTION IS REQUIRED ON AN INDNIDUAL PAGE BASIS DUE TO OUALffY, GRAYSCALE OR COLOR IMAGES Genera( Notes or Comments about this Document: 5/21/03 ConservOrdCvrPg.wpd • INDEX CONSERVATION ORDER NO. 265 Astosch Exploratory Well 1) November 21, 1990 Conoco Inc., Request for a spacing exception for Astosch Exploratory Well 2) November 28, 1990 Notice of Hearing CONSERVATION ORDER NO. 265 STATE OF ALASKA ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501-3192 Re: THE APPLICATION OF ) CONOCO, INC. for an order) granting an exception to ) spacing requirements of ) Title 20 AAC 25.055 to ) provide for the drilling ) of the Astosch explora- ) tory well. ) Conservation Order No. 265 Astosch Well Exploratory, Section 3, T10N, R13W, Seward Meridian December 14, 1990 IT APPEARING THAT: · Conoco, Inc. submitted an application on November 26, 1990 requesting an exception to 20 AAC 25.055(a)(1) and (2) to permit the drilling of the Astosch exploratory well closer than 500' from a drilling unit boundary. ~ Notice of hearing on this request was published in the Anchorage Daily News on November 28, 1990 pursuant to 20 AAC 25.540. 3. No protests to the application were received. FINDINGS: · Conoco proposes to drill Astosch from a surface location 50' from the east line (FEL) and 1300' from the north line (FNL) of Section 3, T10N, R13W, Seward Meridian, to a bottomhole location (BHL) 811' FWL, 2360' FNL of Section 2, T10N, R13W, Seward Meridian. · Offset operator/owners Lehndorff - Cook Inlet Company, Marathon Oil Company, Santa Fe Energy Resources, Inc. and Union Oil Company of California have been duly notified. · Astosch well is being drilled to explore for gas and oil. The gas target is located 600'F~, 2100'FNL of Section 2, T10N, R13W, SM. The oil target is the same as the BHL. · An exception is necessary to achieve compliance with 20 AAC 25.055(a)(1) and (2). Conservation Ord~ No. 265 December 14, 1990 Page 2 , 20 AAC 25.517 provides for integrating the interests of all persons owning an interest in a pool or portion of a pool before commencing regular production of oil or gas. CONCLUSION: Granting a spacing exception to allow drilling of the Conoco Astosch well as proposed will not result in waste nor jeopardize correlative rights. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED: CONOCO, Inc.'s application for an exception to 20 AAC 25.055 for the purpose of drilling the Astosch well is approved as proposed. DONE at Anchorage, Alaska and dated December 14, 1990. David W. Johns~o~~ Chairman Cons Alaska Oi~Gas ervation Commission [~.~.~7~'~]Lonnie C. Smith, ~Co~issioner Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Russell A. Doug~er Alaska Oil and Gas C~nservation Commission ~2 Notice of Public Hearing STATE OF ALASKA Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Re: The application of Conoco, Inc. for 20 AAC 25.055 for Astosch exploratory well. exception to Conoco, Inc. by letter dated November 21, 1990, has request- ed an exception to the provisions of 20 AAC 25.055. The excep- tion would allow drilling the Astosch exploratory well from a surface location closer than 500 feet from the boundary of a drilling unit and to a location closer than 1500 feet from the boundary of another drilling unit. The surface location is 50'FEL, 1300'FNL of Section 3, Township ION, Range 13W of the Seward Meridian and the bottomhole location is 811'FWL, 2360'FNL of Section 2, T10N, R13W, of the Seward Meridian. A person who may be harmed if the requested order is issued, may file a written protest prior to 4:00 pm December 13, 1990 with the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 3001 Porcu- pine Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99501, and request a hearing on the matter. If the protest is timely filed, and raises a substantial and material issue crucial to the Commission's determination, a hearing on the matter will be held at the above address at 9:00 am December 28, 1990 in conformance with 20 AAC 25.540. If a hearing is to be held, interested parties may confirm this by calling the Commission's office, (907) 279-1433, after December 13, 1990. If no proper protest is filed, the Commission will consider the issuance of the order without a hearing. Lonnie C. Smith Commissioner Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission Published November 28, 1990 ~1 David L. Bowler Division Manager November 21, 1990 Conoco Inc. Suite 200 3201 C Street Anchorage, AK 99503 Mr. Bob Crandell Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, AK 99501-3192 . . r Dear Mr. Crandell: RE: Astosch Exploratory Well; Exception to 20 AAC 25.055 Conoco Inc. requests an exception to 20 AAC 25.055 (a) (1) and (2), Drilling Units and Well Spacing. The surface and target locations for Astosch No. I are listed below. Surface 50' FEL, 1300' FNL, Sec. 3, T10N, R13W, of Kenai Borough, Alaska. Target 1 (gas) __+2500' TVD Beluga sand in Miocene age formations. 600' FWL, 2100' FNL, Sec. 2, T10N, R13W of Kenai Borough, Alaska. Target 2 (oil) __+8800' TVD Talkeetna in Jurassic age formations. 811' FWL, 2360' FNL, Sec. 2, T10N, R13W, of Kenai Borough, Alaska. The target locations are dictated by the surface location. The surface location is in the Trading Bay Game Refuge and was selected in order to minimize surface disturbances. The offsetting operators and owners are listed below. Lehndorff-Cook Inlet Company Attention: Mr. Randol Rodgers 2501 Cedar Springs Road, Suite 340 Dallas, TX 75201 RECEIVED · NOV 2 6 1990 Alaska'. Oil & Gas Cons. Comm. issio~ ~ch0ra~ November 21, 1990 Mr. Bob Crandell Page 2 of 2 Marathon Oil Company Attention: Mr. E. D. Sneed P. O. Box 3128 Houston, TX 77253 Santa Fe Energy Resources, Inc. 4900 California Ave. Tower A, Suite 400 Bakersfield, CA 93309 Union Oil Company of California Attention: Regional Manager P. O. Box 190247 Anchorage, AK 99519-0247 The required plats, verification statement, and proof of notifications are attached. have any questions, please contact Bob Soptei at 564-7617. Yours very truly, If you Division Manger RJS:jcd attachments cc: Lehndorff-Cook Inlet Company Marathon Oil Company Santa Fe Energy Resources, Inc. Union Oil Company of California Astosch Well File RECEIVED NOV 2 6 1990 Alaska Oil & Gas Coas. Commissto~ A~choraga NOV 2 6 !990 I,~'" ~o =," = ......... ~ 'ih'"'{ { ~.~,.,.... '.. '.'. "' '~:' 4 ~ ;,': '.:':'. "r~:',:~.:,~.~: .......... ~,..~.~,.~~~V,;.i~{ ~ ~. ,~ '"~,',, ",' '~'~' .'~~ .s":.~:, ..::;?,9,~,=,~...:.=...=.-=-~'-. -~. "~.:..v:,'::=~ ~,~.~.~ ,~,~= ~%~.'..~ ~, ,... .. ,,,, .... ,,,,,,:,,,,,, ...... ,.,:,~,:,~=~ ,, ~.~.':,;,:-.~,j., ::~'~ , . :~s _~ :~4 ~,',~_ ,s~:~ ~ i ' ~'~! ..... ~ cos'r ~x~a~sxs / wo~~ CI WI CONOCO 29.80% 22.~% 31 32 "' 33 .... ~ ~OCO 29.~% 22.~% MA~THON 20.20% 20~0% UN~ 20.20% 20~0% S~TA FE -0. I,EHN~F -0- 7.45% i i Ill 1 I II Ill l I ~' Ill II I ~ nil s O EXHIBIT "A-2" Re~ 11-1~ ~ UNI. T ' ,../ DRILLING BLOCK LNITIA L WELL su:,trncF.. ~,oc.: ~a~,o' r,,,a.. & so' ~r,, s~c'r,o.',,i a-'r{.oN.R,'.~w, sM NOV 2 6 19.90 BOTTOMltOI,E LOC.: 2360'FNI. & 811' FWl..,, SECTION 2. ;'It}N- RI3W. t~,~Isl<a 0il & Gas COBS, Anchora~a +:':{',, TOTAL !'-"AGE "I hereby verify that all the submitted facts are true and that the plats correctly portray the pertinent and required data to the best of my knowledge." Steve Rossberg ~ Project Engineer Subscribed before me this 1990. day of Notary Public RECEIVED NOV 2 6 19gO ,,~aska .OJt & ~as Cons. Commissio~ Anchoraga S96[ 9unl' '008C uJJOd Sd £C£1v£D 2 (3 JS,90 Co~s. Com111isst& P~ ECEIVED