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Home My WebLink AboutCO 326Conservation 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 RE$CAN [] 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 Production Scanning Stage 1 PAGE COUNT FROM SCANNED DOCUMENT: / O PAGE COUNT MATCHES NUMBER IN SCANNING PREPARATION: /~__ YES __ NO Stage 2 IF NO IN STAGE 1, PAGE(S) DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND: __ YES __ NO BY: MAR IA DATE: / (SCANNING IS COMPLETE'"A"I'"TI~ POINT UNLESS SPECIAL ATTENTION IS REQUIRED ON AN INDIVIDUAL PAGE BASIS DUE TO QUALITY, GF;b~,YSCALE OR COLOR IMAGES) General Notes or Comments about this Document: 5/21/03 ConservOrdCvrPg.wpd • • INDEX CONSERVATION ORDER NO. 326 Amethyst State No. l 1.) November 19, 1993 UNOCAL Requests Spacing Exception 2.) November 24, 1993 Notice of Public Hearing, Affidavit of Publication Conservation Order No. 326 STATE OF ALASKA ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage Alaska 99501-3192 Re: THE APPLICATION OF UNION ) Conservation Order No. 326 OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA ) (UNOCAL) for an order granting) an exception to spacing ) Union Oil Company of California requirements of Title ) Amethyst State No. 1 20 AAC 25.055 to provide ) for the drilling of the UNOCAL ) AMETHYST STATE NO. 1 ) exploratory oil well. ) December 15, 1993 IT APPEARING THAT: · Unocal submitted an application dated November 19, 1993 requesting exception to 20 AAC25.055(a)(1) to allow drilling the Unocal Amethyst State No. I exploratory oil well to a location that is closer than 500 feet to a drilling unit boundary. e Notice of hearing was published in the Anchorage Daily News on November 24, 1993 pursuant to 20 AAC 25.540. 3. No protests to the applications were received. FINDINGS: I . The Unocal Amethyst State No. 1 exploratory oil well as proposed will be a straight hole drilled at a surface location 2459' from the north line and 3706' from the east line (FEL) of Section 12, T2N, R7E, Umiat Meridian (UM). · Unocal is the operator of all governmental quarter sections directly and diagonally offsetting the proposed bottom-hole location of the well. 4, An exception to 20 AAC 25.055(a)(1) is necessary to allow drilling of this well. Conservation Or ~ .40. 326 December 15, 1993 Page 2 CONCLUSION: Granting a spacing exception to allow drilling of the Unocal Amethyst State No. I well as proposed will not result in waste nor jeopardize correlative rights. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED: Unocal's application for exception to 20 AAC 25.055 for the purpose of drilling the Amethyst State No. I well is approved as proposed. DONE at Anchora 993. David W. ~Iohnstor~ Chairman Alaska Oil~Conservation Commission Russell A. Douglass, Comn~s ' Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission ka Oil an~ Gas Conservation Commission AS 31.05.080 provides that within 20 days after receipt of written notice of the entry of an order, a person affected by it may file with the Conunission an application for rehearing. A request for rehearing must be received by 4:30 PM on the 23rd day following the date of the order, or next working day if a holiday or weekend, to be timely filed. The Conunission slmll grant or refi~se the application in whole or in part within 10 days. The Commission can refuse an application by not acting on it within the 10-day period. An affected person has 30 days from the date the Conunission rethses the application or mails (or otherwise distributes) an order upon rehearing, both being the final order of the Commission, to appeal the decision to Superior Court. Where a request for rehearing is denied by nonaction of the Commission, the 30-day period for appeal to Superior Court hms from the date on which the request is deemed denied (i.e., 10th day after the application for rehearing was filed). Notice of Public Hearing STATE OF ALASKA Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Re~ The application of Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) for exception to 20 AAC 25.055 to allow drilling the Amethyst State No. 1 exploration oil well. Unocal by letter dated November 19, 1993 has requested an exception to the provisions of 20 AAC 25.055(a)(1) for the drilling of an exploratory oil well on the central portion of the North Slope. The exception would allow Unocal to drill the Amethyst State No. 1 exploratory oil well to a bottom-hole location that is closer than 500 feet from a quarter section line. The well will be drilled as a straight hole at the following location: 2459' from the north line and 3706' from the east line of Section 12, T2N, R7E, Umiat Meridian (UM). A person who may be harmed if the requested order is issued may file a written protest prior to 4:00pm December 8, 1993 with the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 3001 Porcupine 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 9:00am on December 23, 1993 in conformance with 20 AAC 25.540. If a hearing is to be held, interested parties may confirm this by calling the Commission office, (907) 279-1433, after December 8, 1993. If no protest is filed, the Commission will consider the issuance of the order without a hearing. Chairman Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Published November 24, 1993 2374 STOF03?0 ( 08-575Si' ' AF F ID AVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF ALASKA, ) THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT. ) being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says that he/she is an advertising representative of the Anchorage Daily News, a daily newspaper. That said newspaper has been approved by the Third Judicial Court, Anchorage, Alaska, and it now and has been published in the English language continually as a daily newspaper in Anchorage, Alaska, and it is now and during all said time was printed in an office maintained at the aforesaid place of publication of said newspaper. That the annexed is a copy of an advertisement as it was published in regular issues (and not in supplemental form) of said newspaper on 11/23, 1993 and that such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said period. That the full amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is not in excess of the rate charged private individuals. signed Subscribed and sworn to before me thi~..~ay of~ Notary Public' in an~)r the State of Alaska. Third Division. Anchorage. Alaska MY COMMISSION EXPIRES ...... N~tl~-~! Public ~!~'~'~-' STATE OF ALASKA Alaska, Oil ind, !' , Gas Conservation Commission Re: The application of Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) for exception to 20 AAC 25.055 to allow drilling the Amethyst Stale No. 1 explora- tion. oil well. '.... 'Unocal by ietter' dated Novem- ber 19, 1993 has requested an exception to the provisions of 20. AAC 25.055(a)(1) for the drilling of an exploratory well on the central portion of the Nort~-S'Iopo. ' The exception would allow Un- ocal 'to .dr II .the Amethyst S'tate No. 1 exploratory oil well 'to'a bottom-hole location that I'iS c oser than 500 feet_.from .a. ~,qu'arter section 'line.' The wen .[W II be dr| led as .a straight '}',hole at the folloWing location: · I.2il59' from.lhe north line and ~[3706' from the'east line of |'Section 12, T2N~ R,7E, Urn|al Meridian' (U~A)... ' . i}lf the requested order is issued .[. may .file a Written' protest prior .I.t0 a:00pm. December 8, 1993 .}With the Alaska'Oil and Gas ] Conservation' commission; :3001 l, PorcuPine'.,.Dr[ve, At'ch°rage, |:AlasKa 99501., add recluest'a i I~ar ng on the:.'~atter: If the / protest iS'timely. 'tiled. and I r:aises, a' substantii~l~:and mate. |.rial' I'ssoe crucial ~o'.the' Corn- | mission's' determ nation,. | hearing Oh'.the matter will.'be / h'e d a~ ,he. above address at |"9':00am'.on December 23,'1993 |.~l'~.i:.iconfor. m.a~ce, :~lth.. 2(I..AAC ~:ffs.s;~, f ,,~i' ~'h~i~rh."g"'lls ~': 'be |l~eid, .interested petites may LcO'nf rm. th ~. bY calling the | .~0 m m j s~l'o'.n' :'of'flute'', , "(.907.) | 279,.1433,' after .D'ecember' 8, | 1.993 .'If no.protest s'filed the ~ commission will .Consider .fhe /. sguanee of'the.order without a , ,, , ', C~.,.' '~ ........: , Gas conservation Commission Publish November 23 _1.993'' Unocal Energy Resourc{'~ ision Unocal Corporation ~. 909 West 9th Avenue, RO. Box 196247 Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6247 Telephone (907) 276-7600 Facsimile 263-7698 UNOr. 19 November 1993 Kevin A. Tabler Land Manager Alaska Mr. David W. Johnston, Commissioner Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, AK 99501-3192 Request for Exception to the Provisions of 20 AAC 25.055 - Amethyst Well Dear Commissioner Johnston, Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) hereby applies for an exception to the provisions of 20 AAC 25.055 for the drilling of Amethyst Well (the Well), for which the proposed location is: , Surface location: 2459' FNL, 3706' FEL, Section 12, Township 2 North, Range 7 East, Umiat Meridian. . Bottomhole location: 2459' FNL, 3706' FEL, Section 12, Township 2 North, Range 7 East, Umiat Meridian. The owners and operators of all governmental quarter sections directly and diagonally offsetting the proposed location of the Well are BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. and Union Oil Company of California. The plat required by the regulation is attached as Exhibit 1. The verification required by the regulation is attached as Exhibit 2. The Affidavit of Notice of Mailing is attached as Exhibit 3 and includes a copy of the notification to the owners and operators, designated as Exhibit A. If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Elizabeth A. R. Shepherd at (907).263-7877. Very truly yours, KAT:EAS Union Oil Company of California .~evin A.-Tal~ler, A{~0rney-in-Fact RECEIVED Enclosure NOV 19 1995 Alaska 0il & Gas Cons. Commission Anchorage UNOCAL + AME-THY T---1 LOCATION SEC 12, T2N-R7E 2459' 1,4 FNL & 3706' FEL EXHIBIT-1 1,,=2000, EXHIBIT 2 VERIFICATION OF APPLICATION FOR SPACING EXCEPTION AMETHYST WELL I, KEVIN A. TABLER, Land Manager, Union Oil Company of California, do hereby verify the following: . , . I am acquainted with the application submitted for the drilling of the Amethyst Well. I have reviewed the application submitted for the exception to 20 AAC 25.055 and all facts therein are true. I have reviewed the plat attached as Exhibit I and it correctly portrays pertinent and required data. DATED at Anchorage, Alaska this /c/.¢A. day of I~ovember, 1993. Ke~r~ A. :l:abl~r Land Manager STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT ) )ss ) 'SUBSCRIBED TO AND SWORN before me this /?//'-. day of November, 1993. I~I~TARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA My Commission expires RECEIVED NOV 19 199~ AJaska 0ii & Gas Cons. Commission Anchorage EXHIBIT 3 TO THE ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION Before the Commissioners of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in the Matter of the Request of Union Oil Company of California for an Exception to the Provisions of 20 AAC 25.055 STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT SS. AFFIDAVIT OF ELIZABETH A. R. SHEPHERD Elizabeth A. R. Shepherd, being first duly sworn, upon oath, disposes and states as follows: My name is Elizabeth A. R. Shepherd. I am over 19 years old and have personal knowledge of the matters set forth herein. 2. I am a Landman for the well operator, Union Oil Company of California (Unocal). Pursuant to 20 AAC 25.055 (b), Unocal, the well operator, prepared a Notice of Request for an Exception to the Provisions of 20 AAC 25.055. A copy of this notice is attached hereto as Exhibit A. On November 19, 1993, pursuant to 20 AAC 25.055 (b), Unocal sent a copy of said notice by registered mail to the last known address of each owner and operator of governmental quarter sections directly and diagonally offsetting the quarter section of the proposed location of the oil well, and has notified the appropriate departments within Unocal. Subscribed and sworn to this 19 day of November, 1993. ~ .- ,- '.. '.. .,/ ~,r ,; '/' ' '3 Elizabeth A. R. Shepherd RECEIVED STATE OF ALASKA ) N0V 1 9 1993 ) SS. THIRD ,JUDICIAL DISTRICT ) Alaska 0il & Gas Cons. Commission Anchorage., The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this iCl'}'~ day of November, 1993 by Elizabezn A. R. Shepherd. N o~-ry~p~blic~, StanVac Alaska My Commission Expires: 'EXBIBIT A ._ Unocal Energy Resour~ vision Unocal Corporation 909 West 9th Avenue, P.O. Box 196247 Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6247 Telephone (907) 276-7600 Facsimile 263-7698 UNOCAL Kevin A. Tabler Land Manager Alaska 19 November 1993 BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. Attention: E. P. Zseleczky, Jr. P.O. Box 196612 Anchorage, AK 99519-6612 Notice of Request for Exception of 20 AAC 25.055 Amethyst Well Dear Mr. Zseleczky, Pursuant to the requirements of 20 AAC 25.055(b), Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) hereby gives notice of a request to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission for an exception to the spacing requirements of 20 AAC 25.055(a)(1). Unocal's request, if approved, will permit the wellbore of the captioned well to be located within 2,459 feet of the north line and 3706 feet of the east line of the governmental quarter section in which the well will be bottomed. Specifically, the exception location applied for will be as follows: 2459 feet from the north line and 3706 feet from the east line of Section 12, Township 2 North, Range 7 East, Umiat Meridian. A copy of the request is attached. Very truly yours, / " ~. z.;.~,.-- ,~, ~;~. K~in A. Table~, Attorney-in-Fact KAT:EAS Enclosure RECEIVED NOV 19 1995 Afz, ska Oil & Gas Cons. Commission Anchorage ' ~_ ~ :?mp~ei~'ltaml~l a~l/oi ~ for add~°nai ' i return thl. card to you ..... ~ * Wr~e"R~mR~iptR~ue~ed,,~ij~~a~h.~l~ ~ T~ Remm Recei~ will s~w to w~ ~ ~ was de~ver~ a~ th. ~i]~{.-.Z. o 3 A'i~;''::''' : ~ '. n cie ~e~ed to: