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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 plottedscanner) [] Maps: [] Other items OVERSIZED (Not suitable for plotter/scanner, may work with 'log' scanner) [] Logs of various kinds [] Other BY: TOTAL PAGES Scanning Preparation BY: ROBIN~._~ ,,~, Production Scanning Stage I PAGE COUNT FROM SCANNED DOCUMENT: ~ PAGE COUNT MATCHES NUMBER IN SCANNING PREPARATION: YES NO Stage 2 ~ MARIA DATE: IF NO IN STAGE 1, PAGE(S) DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND: ~ YES NO (SCANNING IS COMPLETE'A'T-THIS POINT UNLESS SPECIAL ATTENTION IS REQUIRED ON AN INDIVIDUAL PAGE BASIS DUE TO QUALITY, GRAYSCALE OR COLOR IMAGES) IIII I II II I I I I II General Notes or Comments about this Docunqent: II _ 5/21/03 ConservOrdCvrPg.wpd STATE OF ALASKA ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage Alaska 99501-3192 Re; THE APPLICATION OF ARCO ) ALASKA, INC. for an order granting ) an exception to spacing requirements of ) Title 20 AAC 25.055 to provide for the ) drilling of the ARCO Tabasco No. 1 ) development oil well. ) Conservation Order No. 361 ARCO Alaska Inc. Tabasco No. 1. August 16, 1995 IT APPEARING THAT: ARCO Alaska, Inc. submitted an application dated July 25, 1995 requesting exception to 20 AAC 25.055(a)(3) to allow drilling the ARCO Tabasco No 1 development oil well to an undefined oil pool in the Kuparuk River Unit to a producing location which is closer than 500 feet to a drilling unit boundary. . Notice of hearing was published in the Anchorage Daily News on July 29, 1995 pursuant to 20 AAC 25.540. 3. No protests to the application were received. FINDINGS: The ARCO Tabasco No. 1 well as proposed will be drilled as a deviated hole with a surface location of 240' from the south line and 556' from thc west line of Section 1, T 1 I.N, R8E, Umiat Meridian (UM) and a bottomhole location of 90' from the north line and 893' from the east linc of section 11, TI 1N, R8E, UM. , Offset owners BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Exxon Company U.S.A., Mobil Oil Corporation and Union Oil Company of California have been duly notified. 4. An exception to 20 AAC 25.055(a)(3) is necessary to allow drilling of this well. CONCLUSION: Granting a spacing exception to allow drilling of the ARCO Tabasco No. 1 well as proposed will not result in waste nor jeopardize correlative rights. Conservation Orde( August 16, 1995 361 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED: ARCO Alaska, lnc.'s application for exception to 20 AAC 25.055 for the purpose of drilling the Tabasco No. I well is approved as proposed. DONE at 3mchorage, Alaska m~d dated August 16, 1995. Russell A. Douglass, C Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Conunission /~ ~ · ..... '" .;~ .9,'"' ~'" ~' C.' Tuckcrman Babcock, Commissioner Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission AS 31.05.080 provides that within 20 days after receipt of written notice of tile entry of an order, a person affected by it may file with the Conunission application for rehearing. A request for rehearing must be received by 4:30 PM on the 23rd day lbllowing the date of the order, or next working day if a holiday or weekend, to be timely filed. The Conmfission shall grant or refitse the application in whole or in part within 10 days. The Commission can rethse an application by not acting on it within the 10-day period. An affected person has 30 days from the date the Commission refuses 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 da), after the application *br rehearing was filed). ~___-~Au~. 15. 1995 ,A OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMi ~ APPLICATION FOR SUNDRY APPROVALS P. 2/5 1. Type el Request: Abandon Suspend Alter casing _ Repair well _ .Plugging _ Change approved program x Pull tubing _ 2. Name o! Operator ~ $. Type of Well: ! Development _ ARCO Alaska, Inc_. Exploratory 3. Address Stratlgraphio _.. P. O. Box 100360, Anchorage, AK 99510 set, ce _ 4. Location of well at surface 240' FSL, 556' FWL, Sec. 1, T11N. RSE, UM At top of productive Interval 49' FNL, 713' FEL. Sec. 11, T11N, RSE, UM At effective depth 49' FNL, 713' FEL, Sec. 11, T11N, R8E, UM At total depth 90' FN, L, 893' FEL~ Se, c. 11, T11Nl~,RSE, UM 12. Present well condition summary Total Depth: Operation Shutdown_ Re-ent~ suspended well_ Time extension_ Stimulate _.. Variance _ Perforate ' ' Other I measured 2255 feet Plugs (measured) true vertical 2025 feet 6. Datum elevation (DF or KB) KB 41'. Pad 81'_ ' 7. Uni~ or Property.name ~ ADL 25569, ALK 2667 8. Well number - .2T-Tab-0! g. Permit number 9~-127 10, APl number 5Q-103-20~3O _ 11. Field/Pool · Kuparuk River Field, Tabasco. Oil ,; Ellective depth: measured .. true vertical 2255 feet Junk (measured) 2 0,2 5 feet None casing Structural conductor Surface Intermediate Production Liner Perforation depth: Length 2174' 4050' measured SEe Cemented Measured depth True vertical depth I 6 . 121' 121' 9-5/8" 600sx AS3 221 5' 2000' 240sx AS1 7" 290 sx "G" 4091' 3723' ':RE EIV£D true vertical Tubing (size, grade, and measured depth Packers and SSSV (type and measured depth) 13. Attachmen{s Description summm.~'"ol proposal_ Change.,,BHLT directional plots attach~ 14, EstimAt~ da~ for ~mmencing operation ~, Aug ,14, 1995 16, I~ proposal w~s verb~ly approved .,AUG 15 t995 Detailed ~Pe~ation' program _' BOP sketch_ JtS. Status of well ~lassification as: Oil ~ Gas _ Service , Name el approver Date approved ~rt~y' th ' foregoihg is ~rue and correct to the best of my knoWie~l~e. FOR COMMISSION USE ONLY Suspended IConditions of approval: Notily Commission so representa[ive may witness Plug integrity_ BOP Tes~ Location clearance._.. Mechanical Integrity Test~ · Subsequent form.require 10-_~7' Approved b7 the. order et the Commission , , Commissioner Form 10-403 Rev 06/15/88 ... Date SUBMIT IN TRIPLICATE Notice of Public Hearing STATE OF ALASKA Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Re~ The application of ARCO Alaska, Inc. for exception to 20 AAC 25.055 to allow drilling the Tabasco No. 1 development oil well. ARCO Alaska, Inc. by letter dated July 25, 1995 has requested an exception to the provisions of 20 AAC 25.055(a)(3) for the drilling of a development oil well to an undefined oil pool within the Kuparuk River Unit on the North Slope. The exception would allow ARCO to drill the Tabasco No. 1 development oil well to a producing location that is closer than 500 feet from a quarter section line. The well will be drilled as a deviated hole with a surface location of 240' from the south line and 556' from the west line of Section 1, T11N, R8E, Umiat Meridian (UM) and a bottomhole location of 90' from the north line and 893' from the east line of section 11, T11 N, R8E, UM. A person wh° may be harmed if the requested order is issued may file a written protest prior to 4:00 PM August 15, 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 August 31, 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 August 15, 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 August 23, 1995. Chairman Published July 29, 1995 ~15474 STOF 0330 ( AFFIDAVIT $69.00 STATE OF ALASKA, ) THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT. ) Eva M. Kaufmann ................................................... being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says that he/she is an advertising representative of the Anchorage Daily News, a daily newspaper. That said newspaper has been approved by the Third Judicial Court, Anchorage, Alaska, and it now and has been published in the English language continually as a daily newspaper in Anchorage, Alaska, and it is now and during all said time was printed in an office maintained at the aforesaid place of publication of said newspaper. That the annexed is a copy of an advertisement as it was published in regular issues (and not in supplemental form) of said newspaper on July 29, 1995 and that such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said period. That the full amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is not in excess of the rate charged private individuals. Subscribed and sworn to befLqr,~ me this ..~... day of ..~~. Notary Public in and for the State of Alaska. Third Division. Anchorage, Alaska MY COMMISSION EXPIRES OF PUBLICATION Notice Of Public Hearing ,, STATE OF' ALASKA Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Re: The .aPplica~ion of ARCO Alaska, Inc. for exception to 20 AAC 25.0S$ to allow,drilling the Tabasco .No. 1 development oil Well: 'ARco .Alaska: Inc. by letter ~lote~' July 25',...1995 has re- quested ain exception to the provisio.ns ' of 20 ,AAC 25.055 .(6)(3) 'for the drilling of a development oil wel to on unde- fined, oi1' pool wlthil~ the Kupa- ruk' River Unit on the North SlOpe ',',,:' ' ',' _; ' · ,' '.The e'xcepfiOn woua allow ARCO'to drill the Tabasco No. 1 develoPment:oil well to a pro- ducing locatiori'that is closer 1hah; 500':feet :from a quarter ~,f.I ," '(~ J'? '.'.'i' ' '.':' ,.r ~°1' '.':'..:~ ~: ¢,?.. '-"~.,'; :... ;" , ".,":~::','! '7. :":.' 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'.'. -,.'..,·-.... -..~.~ :." .''~.':..: :,- .... ...:..,.,:- - .:.,;.~ . . ': ':'.'~' ., .7 '',. ,': ....... ~" ,.. ~ ".'; · 'r,;. .-.I, .,"' .. . ,,..~"- . -,.:,. ,,, · ,...~,~ . ...,.., .: % :,~..-... .. ' "'~;.t'""', ~." "':.~ ":;,': ~: "' , ~,, ...... ~,..-.;-.~ ,-, .... ,....,,. -. '.'. ......... '' '". '..' ."'. " .i .'.'.'. ' ...~....... .,.: .....:-. .--..--:..:- .': . . · %. :, . ':;...:: : : .-· ... AUgust:: 23'= ~995: ,.' ".:' ~/s~V;~ ~', ~.o~n~.ton 'Chairman :" . Pub..: J~';y.~, ';'1.~.~ '::' .. I Post Office Box 100360 Anchorage, Alaska 99510-0360 Telephone 907 276 1215 James R. Winegarner Senior Landman Land Department ATO 1496 Phone (907) 265-6914 Fax (907) 263-4966 July 25, 1995 Hand Delivered Mr. David W. Johnston, Chairman Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 3001 Porcupine Dr, Anchorage, AK 99501 Dear Chairman Johnston: RE: Request for Location Exception Drillsite 2T, Tabasco Test Well (2T-Tab-01) Kuparuk River Unit, Alaska ARCO Alaska, Inc. ("ARCO") hereby applies for an exception to the provisions of 20 AAC 25.055 for the drilling and completion of ARCO's Tabasco No. 1 ("2T-Tab-01"). The 2T-Tab-01 well will be drilled from Kuparuk River Unit Drillsite 2T to a proposed depth of 3,723 TVD as a directional hole within 250' of the following locations: · Surface Location: · Target Location: · Bottom Hole: 240'FSL, 556'FWL of Sec. 1, T11N, R8E, UM; 49'FNL, 713'FEL of Sec. 11, T11 N, R8E, UM; 90'FNL, 893'FEL of Sec. 11, T11N, R8E, UM. A plat showing the location of the well, leasehold ownership, and all other completed and drilling wells in the area is attached as Exhibit 1. The names and addresses of all owners and operators of the governmental quarter sections directly and diagonally offsetting the proposed drilling unit for the well are set forth in Exhibit 2. Included in Exhibit 3 is the verification required by the referenced provisions, a copy of the notice sent to the owners and operators listed in Exhibit 2, and the date such notice was faxed and mailed. If you have any questions or require any additional information, please contact the undersigned at (907) 265-6914. Sincerelv~ ~ JTeni°r~' / J_RW:.hb / /Landman Attachment'S' RECEIVED dui_ 2 0 1995 ~taska Oil & Gas Cons. Commission Anch0rr:,','? ARCO Alaska, Inc. Is a Subsidiary of AtlantlcRIchfleldCompany I AAI, B:?X, UNOCAL /// AAI, BP~, UNOCAL AAI,~PX~ 3--27--84 9~ ALK:~663 ~ ~L 25549 ~ ~L 25548 ~L 2564~ ~I, ]~PX, UNO ~;.~ ~I, ;~X, ~~~ ~-~ ~~~X~ 25~69 f ~ ~L~644/ ~I, 255683 ~r ; '~[, Kuparuk 2T Pad +*~~ (~ ~~,~ 2T-Tab-O1 , ' ~ Spacing Location ~¢~ ) ~/~'~~ Exception Bequest EXHIBIT 2 Kuparuk River Unit, Tabasco Test Well, 2T-Tab-01 Request for Spacing Exception Working Interest Owners A. M. Garon (Allan) BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc. 900 E. Benson Boulevard P. O. Box 196612 (MB7-3) Anchorage, AK 99519-6612 (907) 564-4077 Fax: (907) 564-4680 J. A. Ricotta (Jim) Chevron U.S.A., Inc. P. O. Box 1635 Houston, TX 77251 (713) 754-5617 Fax: (713) 754-5626 R. G. Dragnich (Rob) Exxon Company, U.S.A. 3301 "C" Street/4th Floor P. O. Box 196601 Anchorage, AK 99519-6601 ((907) 564-3766 Fax: (907) 564-3789 N. H. Smith, Jr. (Norm) Mobil Oil Corporation 12450 Greenspoint Drive Houston, TX 77060-1991 (713) 775-2532 Fax: (713) 775-4118 C. A. Costelloe (Christopher) Union Oil Company of California 909 West 9th Avenue P. O. Box 196247 Anchorage, AK 99519-6247 (907) 263-7672 Fax: (907) 263-7828 Royalty Owners State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Oil and Gas P.O. Box 107034 Anchorage, AK 99516 Attn: Kenneth A. Boyd, Director (907) 762-2547 Fax: (907) 562-3852 Overriding Royalty Owners Not Applicable RECEIVED JUL 2.$ 1995 A~as~a 0i~ & Gas Cons. Commission Anchor~.,;? ('*"" EXHIBIT 3 i 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 ARCO Alaska, Inc. for ) an Exception to the Provisions ) of 20 AAC 25.055 for Kuparuk River ) Unit, Tabasco Test Well, 2T-Tab-01 ) VERIFICATION OF FACTS AND AFFIDAVIT OF JAMES R. WINEGARNER STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT SS, James R. Winegarner, being first duly sworn, upon oath, deposes and states as follows: 1. My name is James R. Winegarner. I am over 19 years old and have personal knowledge of the matters set forth herein. 2. I am a Senior Landman for the Well Operator, ARCO Alaska, Inc. 3. I am acquainted with the facts associated with the drilling of Kuparuk River Unit, Tabasco Test Well, 2T-Tab-01. 4. I have reviewed the application submitted for the exception to 20 ACC 25.055. To the best of my knowledge and belief all facts therein are true and accurate. 5. I have reviewed the plat attached as Exhibit 1 and it correctly portrays pertinent and required data. 6. Pursuant to 20 AAC 25.055 (b), ARCO Alaska, Inc. ("ARCO"), the well operator, prepared a Notice of Request for Exception to the Provision of 20 AAC 25.055. A copy of this notice is attached hereto. 7. On July 25, 1995 pursuant to 20 AAC 25.055 (b), ARCO sent a copy of said notice by fax and certified mail to the last known address of all owners and operators of governmental quarter sections directly and diagonally offsetting the governmental quarter section of the proposed locations of Kuparuk River Unit, Tabasco Test Well, 2T-Tab-01. These names and addresses are set forth on Exhibit 2 attached to ARCO's Request for Exception to Provisions of 20 AAC 25.055 dated July 25, 1995. Subscribed and sworn to on July 25, 1995. // STATE OF ALASKA ~~,),~mes R. W~arner THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT ,~ ss. ,- The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on July 25, 1995, by James R. Winegarner. ?.- $ ate: ;f ,iaska - l NOTARY PUBLIC/ ~.' H. Briscoe i~_ .M. Y com~issio%E_,xpire~s~.~:8..?? ~ ::. ! Notary Public, State of Alaska My Commission Expires: ARCO Alaska, In~' Post Office Box 100360 Anchorage, Alaska 99510-0360 Telephone 907 276 1215 James R. Winegamer Senior Landman Land Department ATO 1496 Phone (907) 265-6914 Fax (907) 263-4966 July 25, 1995 Faxed and Certified Mail KUPARUK RIVER UNIT WORKING INTEREST OWNERS ROYALTY OWNER RE: Notice of Request for Location Exception Drillsite 2T, Tabasco Test Well (2T-Tab-01) Kuparuk River Unit, Alaska Pursuant to the provisions of 20 AAC 25.055 (b), ARCO Alaska, Inc. hereby gives notice of a request to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) for an exception to the well spacing requirements of 20 AAC 25.055 for the drilling of the Tabasco No. 1 ("2T-Tab-01"). The 2T-Tab-01 well will be drilled from Kuparuk River Unit Drillsite 2T to a proposed depth of 3,723 TVD. ARCO's request, if approved, will permit the drilling and completion of the 2T-Tab-01 as a directional hole within 250' of the following locations: · Surface Location: · Target Location: · Bottom Hole: 240'FSL, 556'FWL of Sec. 1, T11N, R8E, UM; 49'FNL, 713'FEL of Sec. 11, T11N, R8E, UM; 90'FNL, 893'FEL of Sec. 11, T11 N, RSE, UM. A plat showing the location of the subject well, leasehold ownership, and all other completed and drilling wells in the area is attached as Exhibit 1. Should you have any questions, please call the undersigned at (907) 265-6914. Sincerel , ,/./,~'enior Land,~ ~tRtaWc:hhbment~ ARCO Alaska, Inc. Is s Subsidiary of AtlantlcRIchfleldCompany