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Home My WebLink AboutCO 352Image Project Order File Cover Page XHVZE This page identifies those items that were not scanned during the initial production scanning phase. They are available in the original file, may be scanned during a special rescan activity or are viewable b/y~ direct inspection of the file. ~ ~ V~ ~~ Order File Identifier OrganiZ%ng {done) RE AN Color Items: ^ Greyscale Items: ^ Poor Quality Originals: ^ Other: NOTES: BY: Project Proofing BY; Scanning Preparation BY Production Scanning /s/ is/ x 30 = + =TOTAL PAGES I d~- l , ~ ~ 1, O~ (Count does not i S~ude cover sheet) Date: N'° Il Stage 7 Page Count from Scanned File: ___~_~ (Count does include cover sheet) Page Count Matches Number in Scanning Pre aration: ~J~YES NO BY: Maria Date: ~- ~ C ~ D 1 /s! Stage ~ If NO in stage 1, page(s) discrepancies were found: YES NO BY: Maria Date: /s! Scanning is complete at this point unless rescanning is required. III II~III I~1 ~~ II III ReScanned II ` If ~I I,11114 I I i`I BY: Maria Date: /s/ Comments about this file: Quality Checked Ill II'IIIIIIII~III~ ~,.wo=,dea iuuouiuiuiiii DIGITAL DATA ^ Diskettes, No. ^ Other, No/Type: Re.~.~~e.~e~ iiiuiiiiAiuiiio OVERSIZED (Scannable) ^ Maps: ^ Other Items Scannable by a Large Scanner OVERSIZED (Non-Scannable) ^ Logs of various kinds: ^ Other:: Date: Date: 10!6(2005 Orders File Cover Page.doc ~ - INDEX CONSERVATION ORDER NO. 352 Badami #4 Well 1.) December 19, 1994 BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. Requests Spacing Exception 2.) December 21, 1994 Notice of Public Hearing, Affidavit of Publication Conservation Order No. 352 • t STATE OF ALASKA ALASKA OII. AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage Alaska 99501-3192 Re: THE APPLICATION OF BP ) EXPLORATION (ALASKA), INC. ) for an order granting an exception ) to spacing requirements of Title ) 20 AAC 25.055 to provide for the ) drilling of the BP Badami No. 4 ) exploration oil well. ) Conservation Order No. 352 BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc. Badami No. 4 January 6, 1995 IT APPEARING THAT: 1. BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc. submitted an application dated December 19, 1994 requesting exception to 20 AAC 25.055(a)(1) to allow drilling the BP Badami No. 4 exploration oil well to a producing location in an undefined oil pool that is closer than 500 feet to a statewide drilling unit boundary. 2. Notice of opportunity for public hearing was published in the Anchorage Daily News on December 21, 1994 pursuant to 20 AAC 25.540. No protests to the application were received. FINDINGS: 1. The BP Badami No. 4 well as proposed will be a deviated hole drilled from a surface location 5160' from the north line (FNL) and 3884' from the east line (FEL) of Section 3, T9N, R20, Umiat Meridian (UM) to a proposed bottom-hole location of 2187 FNL and 3668' FEL of Section 3, T9N, R20E, UM. Offset owner Petrofina Delaware, Inc. has been duly notified. An exception to 20 AAC 25.055(a)(1) is necessary to allow drilling of this well. CONCLUSION: Granting a spacing exception to allow drilling of the BP Badami No. 4 well as proposed will not result in waste nor jeopardize correlative rights. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED: BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc.'s application for exception to 20 AAC 25.055. for the purpose of drilling the Badami No. 4 well is approved as proposed. Conservation Order No. 35~ January 6, 1995 Page 2 DONE at Anchorage, Alaska and dated January 6, 1995. David W. Johnston, Alaska Oil ai4d Gas Russell A. Douglass, Commissioner Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation G S 31.05.080 provides that within 20 days after receipt of written notice of the entry of an order, a person affected b 't may file with the Commission an application for rehearing. A request for rehearing must be received by 4:30 P n the 23rd day following the date of the order, or next working day if a holiday or weekend, to be timely filed. Th ommission shall grant or refuse the application in whole or in part within 10 days. The Commission can refuse pplication by not acting on it within the 10-day period. An affected person has 30 days from the date th ommission refuses the application or mails (or otherwise distributes) an order upon rehearing, both being the f rder of the Commission, to appeal the decision to Superior Court. Where a request for rehearing is denied b onaction of the Commission, the 30-day period for appeal to Superior Court runs from the date on which the reques ~s deemed denied i.e., 10th da after the a lication for rehearin was filed . ~2 Notice of Public Hearing STATE OF ALASKA Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Re: The application of BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. for exception to 20 AAC 25.055 to allow drilling the Badami No. 4 exploratory oil well. BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. by letter dated December 19, 1994 has requested an exception to the provisions of 20 AAC 25.055(a)(1) for the drilling of an exploratory oil well in the Mikkelsen Bay vicinity on the North Slope. The exception would allow BP to directionally drill the Badami No. 4 exploratory oil well to a prospective location that is closer than 500 feet from a quarter section line. The proposed surface location is 5160' from the north line (FNL) and 3884' from the east line (FEL) of Section 3, T9N, RZOE, Umiat Meridian (UM) and the proposed bottom-hole location is 2187' FNL and 3668' FEL of Section 3, T9N, R20E, UM. A person who may be harmed if the requested order is issued may file a written protest prior to 4:00 PM January 5, 1995 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 9:00 AM on January 24, 1995 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 January 5, 1995. If no protest is filed, the Commission will consider the issuance of the order without a hearing. If you are a person with a disability who may need a special modification in order to comment or to attend the public hearing, please contact Diana Fleck at 279-1433 no later than January 20, 1995. Russell A. Douglass, Commissioner Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Published December 21, 1994 ~~11853 ~~ .• STOF 0330 $00030514029 AF F ID AVIT O F PLI B L ICATIO N STATE OF ALASKA, ) No7ice of Hearing slats a~ ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT. ) Alaska Oil aad Gas conservation Commission Re: The application of BP ..Eva..M....Kaufmaz~.n .................... $xploration-(Alaska) Inc. fort excepton to 20 AAC 2s.oss to being first duly sworn on oath allow the drilling the Badami No. 4 eXplorafory oil well. deposes and says that he/she 15 BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. an advertising representative Of by letter dated December 19,. 1944 nas requested an excep- the Anchora a Dail News, a y ttcn ro me provisions of 20' daily newspaper. That said AAC 25.055(a)(1) forme dril- ling of an exploratory oil wel( newspaper has been approved in the Mikkelsen Bayvicinity on the Ndrth Slope. by the Third Judicial Court, The exception would allow BP Anchorage, Alaska, and it now tD directionally drill the Bada- f mi No. 4 exploratory oil well to and has been published in the a prospective location that is eloser than 500 feet from a English language continually as a quarter section line. The Pro posed surface locatlan is 5160 daily newspaper in Anchorage, ,prom She oath line (FNL) and ' Alaska, and It is now and during ''3884 from the east tine (FEL)' '`of section 3, T9N, R20E, Umiat all said time was printed in an Meridian (UM)-and the pro- posed bottom-hole location 15 Office maintained at the afOCesald -21ST fNL and 3668^ FEL of ~Settion3, T9N, R20E, UM. place Of publication Of said A person who may be harmed newspaper. That the annexed is if me requested order is issued may bile a written protest prior a copy of an advertisement aS It to 4:00 PM January 5, 1995 was published in regular 1SSUe5 with the Alaska Oil and Gas ConservationCOmmission,3ppg (and not in supplemental farm) of .Porcupine Drive, Anchorage;: Alaska 99501, ana request a Said newspaper on "hearing on the matter.. If th@ protest is timely tiled and': i raises a substantial and mafe'r ~.rial issue crucial to the Com- December 21, 1994 mission's determination, , a hearing on the matter will be held aT the above address at 9:00 AM on January 24, 1995 in ~ conformance, with. 20 AAC 25.540. "Jf a hearing is to be held, ,interested parties may -onfirm. this by callin9.'1he. Commission's office (907) 0279-1133after January 5„1995. If no protest is filed, the GOtn- '>mfssion will consider the issu- noes 04 the order without a tlearillg. k 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 sw to before nd - me this day o .. >~~ 19 Nola Public in and for the State of Alaska. Third Division. Anchorage, Alaska MY COMMISSION EXPIRES MY COMMISSION EXPIRES .......... JULY 24, 1996 ..............1 9...... if you are a person with a -disability who may need a~ special modification in order to comment or to attend .the 'public hearing, please contact ..Diana Fleck at 279-1433 no inter than January 20, 1945. /s/Russell A. Douglass, Commissioner, Alaska Dil .and Gas Conservaiton Commission. Pub: Qecember 21, .1994 ~1 BP EXPLORATION December 19, 1994 David W. Johnston, Commissioner Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501-3192 Re: Request for Exception to the Provisions of 20 AAC 25.055 -Badami #4 Well Dear Commissioner Johnston: i BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. 900 East Benson Boulevard P.O. Box 196612 Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6612 (907) 561-5111 BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. hereby applies for an exception to the provisions of 20 AAC 25.055 for the drilling of Badami #4 Well (the Well), for which the proposed location is: 1. Surface Location: 5160' SNL, 3884' WEL, Section 3, Township 9 North, Range 20 East, Umiat Meridian. 2. Total Depth Bottomhole Location: 2187' SNL, 3668' WEL, Section 3, Township 9 North, Range 20 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 Petrofina Delaware, Inc. The plat required by the regulation is attached as Exhibit 1. The verification required by the regulation is attached as Exhibit 2. A copy of the notification to the owners and operators is attached in the package and is designated as Exhibit A. If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact R. L. Skillern at 564-5567. Sincerely, BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. ,~ ) E. ~°t~uttr,~lf Vice President -Exploration, Alaska enc. RE~G=111~~_D ~asLc~JJi~ & Gas ions. ~mrra!~ss1Qn EXHIBIT 1 . 0 ~ Aso I F~ 062° 0T9N-R20E-S3 0 O 500' spacing exception on '/4 section ~~D 6,~0 4 meters Bottom Hole Location °° - o Target Location o6 0 - • Badami-04 ~ (Foxtrot) ~° h o o 0 f---Target Location Tolerance Window i 3 meters O O O 1._--- - - O 0 O -0 ~ Potential. Top Hole Location II II O -_-- _~ O O O e<ec 2' Q ~ ~etec O BP Exploration Badami-04 Location (Foxtrot) ~ Date: Dec.ISSa I I • • EXHIBIT 2 VERIFICATION OF APPLICATION FOR SPACING EXCEPTION BADAMI #4 WELL J. W. Farnsworth, Exploration Manager BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., does hereby verify the following: 1. I am acquainted with the application submitted for the drilling of the Badami #4 Well. 2. I have reviewed the application submitted for the exception to 20 AAC 25.055 and all facts therein are true. 3. I have reviewed the plat attached as Exhibit 1 and it correctly portrays pertinent and required data. DATED at Anchorage, Alaska this /~~"day of December, 1994. . W. Farnsw rth Exploration Manager STATE OF ALASKA ) ss. THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT ) SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this ~~ day of December, 1994. DECEIVED DEC 2 0 1994 ,< _;Ka i~il & Gas Cons. Commisslpn Anchorage TARY PUBLIC IN AND FO! r A ASKA My commission expires: ~hyCpmmiesion ",s~fr~ ~~ July 2,195 • • 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 BP Exploration (Alaska) ) for an Exception to the Provisions ) of 20 AAC 25.055 - BADAMI #4 ) AFFIDAVIT OF R. L. SKiLLERN STATE OF ALASKA ) ss. THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT ) R. L. Skillern, being first duly sworn, upon oath, deposes and states as follows: 1. My name is R. L. Skillern. 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, BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. 3. Pursuant to 20 AAC 25.055 (b), BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. (BP), 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. 4. On December ~_, 1994, pursuant to 20 AAC 25.055(b), BP 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 BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is an affidavit of Mailing of Notice. Subscribed and sworn to this ~~ •~ day,.Qf December, 1994. STATE OF ALASKA ) ss. THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT ) R. L. SKILLERN The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this Iq day of December, 1994, by R. L. Skillern. Notary Public, St t o Alaska My Commission xpires: 1ylycomm~s~on"~r'1fe1 ,, ~u1yx if9~ • EXHIBIT B 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 BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. ) for an Exception to the Provisions of ) 20 AAC 25.055 - BADAMI #4 ) AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING OF NOTICE STATE OF ALASKA ) ) ss. THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT ) ~ ,being first duly sworn, upon her oath, deposes and says: I am a citizen o the United States of America over the age of 19 years, and employed as a secretary for BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. That on the Iqr~. day of December, 1994, I sent a true and correct copy of E. M. Luttrell's December 19, 1994 Notice of Request for Exception to the Provisions of 20 AAC 25.055 via United States Registered Mail, to: Petrofina Delaware, Inc. Attn: John P. Tower 14950 Heathrow Forest Pkwy. Suite 300 Houston, Texas 77032 DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this ! ;.day of December, 1994. SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this ~ day of December, 19a4, Notary Public, Sta of laska My Commission Expires: ,7~2,~.~. RECEIVED o~c za ~9g4 ~Ids~i Cil ~ Gas Cons. Commission .~'~, = ~lnchora