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Conservation 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 RESCAN [] Color items: [] Grayscale items: [] Poor Quality Originals: [] Other: NOTES: i~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 TOTALPAGES , / / Production Scanning Stage I PAGE COUNT FROM SCANNED DOCUMENT: / / PAGE COUNT MATCHES NUMBER IN SCANNING PREPARATION: ~_~ YES NO BY: 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 • Index Conservation Order 383 Granite Point #54 1.) October 8, 1996 UNOCAL Requests for Spacing Exception 2.) Map 3.) October 9, 1996 Notice of Public Hearing Conservation Order 383 STATE OF ALASKA ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage Alaska 99501-3192 Re: THE APPLICATION OF UNION ) OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA ) for an order granting an exception to ) spacing requirements of Title ) 20 AAC 25.055to provide for the ) drilling of the Granite Point No. 54 ) development oil well ) ) Conservation Order No. 383 Union Oil Company of California Granite Point No. 54 October 28, 1996 IT APPEARING THAT: 1. Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) submitted an application dated October 8, 1996 requesting exception to 20 AAC 25.055(a)(3) to allow drilling the Granite Point State No. 54 development oil well to a producing location that is closer than 500 feet to a drilling unit boundary. 2. Notice of opportunity for public hearing was published in the Anchorage Daily News on October 9, 1996 pursuant to 20 AAC 25.540. 3. No protests to the application were received. FINDINGS: o The unocal Granite Point State No. 54 well as proposed will be a deviated hole drilled from a surface location 2860' from the south line and 3991' from the east line of Section 13, T10N, R12W, Seward Meridian (SM) to a bottom-hole location 442' from the north line and 2275' from the east line of Section 26, T10N, R12W, SM. 2 Offset owner Mobil Oil Company has been duly notified. 3. An exception to 20 AAC 25.055(a)(3) is necessary to allow drilling of this well. ,',, Conservation Order ~, . _ oJ October 28, 1996 Page 2 CONCLUSION: Granting a spacing exception to allow drilling of the Unocal Granite Point No. 54 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 Granite Point No. 54 well is approved as proposed. DONE at Anchorage, Alaska and dated October 28, 1996. ~aVd~kd~a~i~ ~~i o~n C o mmi s sio-~n Tuckerm~ Babcock, Commissioner klaska O~1 ~d 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 Commission 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 Commission shall grant or refuse 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 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 runs 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 Granite Point No 54 development oil well. Unocal by letter dated October 8, 1996 has requested an exception to the provisions of 20 AAC 25.055(a)(3) for the drilling of a development oil well to the Middle Kenai oil pool of the Granite Point Field located in the Cook Inlet Basin, Southcentral Alaska. The exception would allow Unocal to directionally drill the Granite Point No. 54 development oil well to a producing location that is closer than 500 feet from a section line. The proposed surface location is 2860' from the south line and 3991' from the east line of Section 13, T10N, R12W, Seward Meridian (SM) and the proposed bottom-hole location is 442' from the north line and 2275' from the east line of Section 26, T1 ON, R 12W SM. A person who may be harmed if the requested order is issued may file a written protest prior to 4:00 PM October 24, 1996 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 November 8, 1996 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 October 24, 1996. If no protest is filed, the Commission will consider the issuance of the order without a hearing. If you are a person with a dis~© may need a special modification in order to comment ~~C_l~-'~ ntact Diana Fleck at 279-1433 no la~. ~ .... DavidWJ. ohnston~ Chairrn~n Published October 9, 1996 AO-02714010 Anchorage Daily News 255824 260000 E65800 270000 274005 2~00~ [ I I I R~A~N.IT~5 ~OINT: I-'LAIP-O NIVI , , ; , o ,ooo ~o~o ~ooo GRANITE POINT FIELD D~[ [0/2/96 PROPOSED WE~ ~ 54 2548758 2545000 - 2535000 2534383 255824 ~ 260000 265000 270000 274005 Unocal Corporati~' Oil & Gas Operation§ 909 West 9th Avenue, P.O. Box 196247 Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6247 UNOCAL ) Kevin A. Tabler Land Manager Alaska Business Unit RECEIVED OCT 0 8 lgg~ October 8, 1996 Mr. David W. Johnston, Chairman Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, AK 99501-3192 Alaska OH & .¢-.~.,3 Cons. Commission GRANITE POINT #$4 REO UEST FOR SPA CING EXCEPTION AND SUNDRY NOTICE, ADL 374045 Dear Chairman Johnson: On January 12, 1996, Union Oil Company of California (Unocal), as Operator of the Granite Point Field, submitted an Application for Permit to Drill Granite Point # 54, ADL 18761 and at the time, requested Administrative Approval, pursuant to Rule 7, for a spacing exception to Rule 2, Conservation Order No. 76. The original intended bottomhole location was within 500' of the interior boundry of ADL 18761. After further review, the proposed bottomhole location has moved as follows: Granite Pt. #54 The specific location, interval and depth are as follows: 2715' FNL 1732' FEL Sec. 23, T10N-R12W, SM Top Producing Interval 442' FNL 2275' FEL Sec. 26, T 10N-R12W, SM Bottom Producing Interval It is Unocal's intention to extend the wellbore to its new bottomhole location within lease ADL 374045, and now requests that the Commision approve an exception to statewide spacing regulation 20 AAC 25.055 (3) for the drilling of well Granite Point #54, ADL 374045 from the Granite Point Platform. Inasmuch as Unocal is requesting a change of an approved program, we submit herewith our Application for Sundry Approval (Form 10-403). Also enclosed, is Verification of Application by the undersigned stating that applicant is acquainted with the facts pursuant to 20 AAC 25.055 (b). All applicable provisions of 20 AAC 25.050 (Deviation) have been met and all operators of governmental quarter sections directly or diagonally offsetting the section where the oil well is located have been notified by registered mail pursuant to 20 AAC 25.055 (b). A copy of said notification is attached hereto. If you require additional information, please contact Kevin A. Tabler at (907) 263-7600 or Mitch Damm, Drilling Department at (907) 263-7679. We appreciate your review and trust the enclosed is satisfactory. /truly yours, [ ;..~f-L{'...~Kevi~A~.~Tabl~e r~~-'-' Enclosures RECEIVED OCT 0 8 199~; Alaska 0il & C~.s Cons. C0mmmi0~ Anchorage VERIFICATION OF APPLICATION FOR SPACING EXCEPTION GRANITE POINT FIELD, COOK INLET, ALASKA STATE OF ALASKA ADL # 374045 GRANITE POINT PLATFORM 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 Granite Point Field, #54 platform well. I have reviewed the application submitted for the exception to 20 AAC 25.055 (3) (statewide spacing) and all facts therein are true. I have reviewed the plat attached to said application, and it correctly portrays pertinent and required data. DATED at Anchorage, Alaska this 8th day of October, 1996. "'~vin A. Tabler Land Manager RECEIVED STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT ) OCT 0 8 199B )ss ) Alaska Oil & 6~s Cons. Commission Anchcrago SUBSCRIBED TO AND SWORN before me this 8th day of October, 1996. THE STATE OF ALASKA My Commission expires: 00T'~08-96 TUE 09:39 fl~1 UNOOflL P O~iJ ~ ~'~ ~ .... ~,. Re~ipt for C~ied Ma~ No I~u~ Co~e ~o~ded ~ D= ~ ~e for tntem~onal Mail ~ R~e~e) RNCHORRGE FRX NO, 907 263 7698 u.o ,( Oil & Gas Operations 909 West 9th Avenue, R O. Box 196247 Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6247 NOCAL October 8, 1996 Mr. G. M. Moffit Mobil Exploration & Producing U.S. Inc.' as Agent for Mobil Rocky Mountain Inc, 12450 Greenspoint Drive Houston, Texas 77060-1991 Cook Inlet Area State of Alaska Application for Sundry Notice and Statewide Spacing Exception Granite Point Platform Well #54 P, 02/02 Dear Mike: Union Oil Company of California (Unocal), Operator of the Granite Point Field and Granite Point Platform, intends to drill the above referenced Well and submitted a Permit to Drill application for well #54 to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation. Commission on January 12, 1996. As Mobil is a party to the drilling of this well, you are aware of the revised bottonthole location, Pursuant to the provisions of 20 AAC 25~050 and 20 AAC 25.055, Mobil Exploration & Producing U. S. Inc. as Agent for Mobil Rocky Mountain Inc. is the only a-fleeted owner or operator having a leasehold or working interest ownership either directly or diagonally offsetting any quarter section upon which said drilling operations are proposed to be conducted, This letter constitutes thrmal written notice of our intent to drill the revised Cnanite Point #54 well, as required under said regulations, I am enclosing a copy of the Application for Sundry Notice and statewide spacing exception for your reference. Also enclosed is a copy of a plat showing the new bottomhole location for well #54 and a lease map showing current ownerships for the affected leases. As a working imerest owner in this well, you will receive an AFE for your participation, if you have not already done so, cc: AOGCC .~,u~ery truly yours, · ~, / ; ,,~, ,. Kevin A~ Tabler RECE]VED OCT u 199G · Alaska Oil & Gas Cons. commission Anchorago 255624 260000 265000 270000 274005 2540000 I 2548758 I I ~ ~ ---/ GRANITE POINT 2545000-T1.0N + ~ R12W ~, - ~ ~I0N ///,:// · ' 2q 19 ' Sealel ~ 0 1000 ~OpO ~000 ~l Feet I I : ADL ~sv~ , UNO CAL ..................... GRANITE ADLN374045 GRANITE POINT FIELD Proposed Well ~54 , ~:lZ000 ' , + ~ DJI 10/2/96 ~ooo- ~ 26 + ,' 25 ~ ~ PROPOSED WE~ 2534~8~ ( ~ ~ 255824 260000 265000 270000 274005 STATE OF ALASKA ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COM34ISSION 3001 Porcupine Drive , Anchorage Alaska 99501-3192 ge~ TI~F~ APPLICATION OF UNION ) OIL COMP~ OF CALIYORNIA ) for an order granting ) an exception to spacing ) requirements of Title ) 20 AAC 25.055 to provide ) for the drilling of the ) Granite Point No. 54 ) development oil well. ) Conservation Order No. 371 Union Oil Company of Califomia Granite Point No. 54 February 21, 1996 IT APPEARING T]tAT: Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) submitted an application dated January 31, 1996 requesting exception to 20 AAC 25.055(a)(3) to allow drilling the Granite Point State No. 54 development oil well to a producing location that is closer than 500 feet to a drilling unit boundary. 2. Notice of opportunity for public heating was published in the Anchorage Daily News on February 6, 1996 pursuant to 20 AAC 25.540. 3. No protests to the application were received. The Unocal Granite Point State No. 54 well as proposed will be a deviated hole drilled from a surface location 2860' from the south line and 3991' from the east line of Section 13, T10N, R12W, Seward Meridian (SM) to a bottom-hole location 69' from the north line and 2594° from the east line of Section 26, T10N, R12W SM. 2 Offset owner Mobil Oil Company has been duly notified. 3. An exception to 20 AAC 25.055(a)(3) is necessary to allow drilling ofthis well. CONCLUSION: Granting a spacing exception to allow drilling of the Unocal Granite Point No. 54 well as proposed will not result in waste nor jeopardize correlative rights. Conservation Order[ February 21, 1996 Page 2 NOW, TH-EREFORE, IT IS ORDERED: Unocal's application for exceptioh to 20 A_AC 25.055 for the purpose of drilling the Granite Point No. 54 well is approved as proposed. DONE at Anchorage, Alaska and dated February 21, 1996. /~i~~ k,,~"~~,'~,~' AlaskaOilandCrasConse~r~a - tion Comnuss~ n'~'' ~";'V---'~ ~ ,'-" ,:-., I ,' ',&,,,- ._ ...., ':~5~ ~. , . , . '~',~-~1~," Tuckannan Babcock, Commissioner ~ Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission D a~"/~g~. Johnston, Chai~an Alaska Oil and Cms Come~afion 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 Commission 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 Commission shall grant or refuse 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 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 runs from the date on which the request is deemed denied (i.e., 10th day after the application for rehearing was filed).
