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February 10, 1997 • Index Conservation Order 389 Gwydyr PW #1 Well BP Exploration Alaska, Inc. Requests for Spacing Exception Notice of Public Hearing, Affidavit of Public Hearing BP Exploration Alaska, Inc. Revised Request for Spacing Exception Letter from AOGCC to Cliff Burglin Conservation Order 389 STATE OF ALASKA ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage Alaska 99501-3192 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 Exploration (Alaska) Inc. ) Gwydyr PW No. I exploratory oil well. ) Conservation Order No. 389 BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. Gwydyr PW No. I February 18, 1997 IT APPEARING THAT: . BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. submitted an application dated January 31, 1997 requesting exception to 20 AAC 25.055(a)(1) to allow drilling the BP Gwydyr PW No. 1 exploratory oil well closer than 500 feet to a drilling unit boundary. . Notice of hearing was published in the Anchorage Daily 'News on February 1, 1997 pursuant to 20 AAC 25.540. o The Commission received one protest to the petition, which it rejected on the grounds that the protestor was not an owner of correlative rights within the area of possible drainage by the well. FINDINGS: . The BP Gwydyr PW No. I well as proposed will be a deviated hole drilled from a surface location 1364' from the south line (FSL) and 2706' from the west line (FWL) of Section 15, T12N, R13E, 'Umiat Meridian (UM) and the proposed bottom-hole location is 400' FSL and 1250' FWL of Section 10, T12N, R13E, UM. 2. Offset owners ARCO Alaska, Inc. and Exxon Corporation have been duly notified. 4. 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 Exploration (Alaska) Inc., Gwydyr PW No. 1 well as proposed will not result in waste nor jeopardize correlative rights. Conservation Order ,89 7. FebruaD' 18, 1997 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED: BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.'s application for exception to 20 AAC 25.055 for the purpose of drilling the Gwydyr PW No. I well is approved as proposed. DONE at Anchorage, Alaska and dated February 18, 1997 Mary Marst~rn,-'~ommissioner Alaska Oil ah'd-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 Commission application for rehearing. A request for rehearing must be received by 4:30 PM oil the 23rd day lbllowing the date of the order, or next working day if a holiday or weekend, to be timely filed. The Commission shall graut or refi~se the application in whole or in part within 10 days. The Commission can refi~se all application by not acting on it within file 10-day period. An affected person has 30 days frmn the date the Cmmnission refitses thc application or mails (or otherwise distributes) an order upon rehearing, both being the final order of thc Commission, to appeal the decision to superior Court. Where a request for rehearing is denied by nonaction of the Commission, the 30-day period lbr appeal to Superior Court runs l¥om the date oil which the request is deemed denied (i.e., 10th day after the application for rehearing was filed). BP EXPLORATION BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. 900 East Benson Boulevard P.O. Box 196612 Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6612 (907) 561-5111 February 5th, 1997 David W. Johnston, Chairman and Commissioner Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501-3192 Revised Request for Exception to the Provisions of 20 AAC 25.055 for the Gwydyr PW #1 Well Dear Chairman Johnston: BPX desires to revise our January 31, 1997 request for an exception to the provisions of 20 AAC 25.055 for the Gwydyr PW #1 well. Our original request indicated that the well bottomhole location was on ARCO/Exxon oil and gas lease ADL028276. The correct bottomhole location is on ARCO/BPX oil and gas lease ADL385194. The legal land description for the well bottomhole location was correct as originally submitted and remains unchanged. Please be advised that in revising the lease on which the bottomhole location is located, it is not necessary to notify Exxon Corporation as an owner of directly and diagonally offsetting government quarter section(s) since they are not now such an owner. We regret having made this error and any inconvenience it may have caused you. If you have any questions or require any additional information, please contact Stu Hirsh at our letterhead address or at 564-4841. .~,~ ~ ,~ ~ _. /~,,~ ~, Sincerely, _.~_F ~_~ DenisT-T-'e~m Leaber PBU New Business Development i ECEiVED FEB 0_~ 1997 ~J & G~ ConS. Commissien GWYDYR BAY NO · PETE'S WICKED Br ASP4 NAD27 645,000 00 998,200 00 ~*-,T lONG 24 0890' -148' 49' 10 GWYDYR BAY STATE NO, ~ Point StorKersen PETES WICKED TN ASP4 / NAD27 64642855 Y= 5993895,94 LONG 70 23 26 30" 148~ 48' 31 57" i} ?RUDNOE ...... PRQPQSED ALTERNATE iCE ROAD SEGMENTS BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA) INC. EXHIBIT 1 PETE'S WICKED No. 1 ICE PAD DELINEATION WELL LOCATION MAP DATE: SCALE: FIGURE: 1/'31/97 1"- 4000' 1 ip13224.bak ID: 3AN 2?'97 ,j,' - N 5993985 E 646180 PETE'S WICKED #1 12:12 Nc .005 P.02 V CINITY ~P NIGER ~1 ~ N,T.S. N 5993 ' 1. DATE OF SURVEY: JANUARY 26, .1997. 2. REFERENCE FIELD BOOK: EXPgT-01 (PG. 14-15). TO T PAD~ 3. ALASKA'STATE PLANE COORDINATES '' ~ STOLL .: ARE ZONE 4, ALASKA, NAD27. ' ~~6726-S ,.,..~e~ ~. HO.~ZO.~L/V~RT~C~ CO.~RO~ ~S ~S[O O. ~. CCC~. aOX W~S .0~ ,.S~LCCO ~ ~[ O~ SURVEY. GROUND ELEV IS FROM 1/16/97 SURLY. LOCATED WITHIN PROTRACTED SEC, 15, T, 12 N., R. 13 E., UMIAT MERIDIAN, ALASKA WELL ~:S.P. ~EOD~:TIC ~EODETII~ 'GROUND SECTION'" NO. COORDINATES POSITION(DMS) POS!TION(D.DD) ELEVATION OF?SETS PETE'S Y,= 5,993,896,17 70'23'26.303" 70.5906397' 16.4' 1,364' FSL ._WICKED t~1 X= .646,728.16 148'48'31.579" 148.8087719' 2,706'FEL EIDER. Y= .5,993,91.1.29 70'23'26.441" 70..3906781' 1,378' FSL '//1 X,=. 6,46,486,.2.9 148'48'.27868" 14,8.B082967' ,16"3'. ' 2;648'FEL PETE'S' Y-.5,993,903,40 70'25'26,368" 70.5906578'. 16.4' 1,371' FSL WICK[O'//2 X= ' 646,457.52. 148'48'30.7.15", 148.8.0..853!9' 2,67,7'F£L R[¥1SION, · .~.URVEYOR'S C[RTIFICATE I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I AM PROPERLY REGISTERED AND LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAND SURVEYING IN THE STATE OF ALASKA AND THAT THiS PLAT REPRESENTS A SURVEY MADE BY ME OR UNDER MY DIRECT SUPERVISION AND THAT ALL DIMENSIONS AND OTHER DETAILS ARE CORRECT AS OF JANUARY 26, 1997. r~BP EXPLORATION GWYDYR BAY UNIT A.S,-BUILT WELL CONDUCTORS PETE S WICKED //1 &: t//2 &: EIG,ER II EXHIBIT 2 VERIFICATION OF APPLICATION FOR SPACING EXCEPTION GVVYDYR PW #1 WELL Floyd Hernandez, Drilling Engineer in the BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. Shared Service Drilling Department, does hereby verify the following: 1. I am acquainted with the facts associated with the drilling of the Gwydyr PW #1 Well. 2. I have reviewed the application submitted for the exception to 20 AAC 25.055 and all facts therein are true. 3. '1 have reviewed the plat attached as Exhibit B and it correctly portrays pertinent and required data. DATED at Anchorage, Alaska this~ day of January, 1997 FLOYD HERNANDEZ STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this ~1 ~day of January, 1997. NOTARY PUBLIC, IN AND FOR AL)~SKA My Commission Expires .\~t.~'Z,Z.., ~°lc)~' 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)) Inc. for an Exception to the ) Provisions of 20 AAC 25.055 ) ) AFFIDAVIT OF STUART H. HIRSH STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT SS, Stuart H. Hirsh, being first duly sworn, upon oath, deposes and states as follows: 1. My name is Stuart H. Hirsh. 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, BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. 3. Pursuant to 20 AAC 25.055 (b), BP Exploration (Alaska)Inc. (BPX), the well operator, prepared a Notice of Request for an Exception to the Provision of 20 AAC 25.055. A copy of this notice is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 4. On January 31, 1997, pursuant to 20 AAC 25.055 (b) BPX 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. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is an Affidavit of Mailing of Notice. Subscribed and sworn to this 3 / ~ day of January, 1997. STOART H. HIRSH STATE OF ALASKA ) ) SS. THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT) SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this ~_~]~' day of January, 1997. Notary Public, State of Al~.ka My Commission Expires: FEB 11 '9? 16:40 CLIFF BURGLIM ASSOC. P. 1/1 Cliff Burglin · Box i3i. Fairbanks. Alaska.99707 ?" :' .'"..~i' Re::BP Gwydyr .PW.~i Exploration' Well "February. 10, 1997' . ~ .~. ... " ..... . "Ztaee o.f Alas, ka .. ..... ,,,",':Alaska:'Oil, and Gas'conservation Commission .,. ~ '3001 .Porcupine Drive ~ ',AnChorage, Alaska 99501 , · . AS' a correlative.rights owner in Adl 34623 I strongly protest the ,. ,.drilling.of the above named well and request a hearing. Pt.',Storkerson #1 ,is a well that discovered high grade oil,, in commercial quantities., ,For,years, it was carried on state records~ and A%ap$ as a ,suspended oil .well., Only recently has its' status, been .... changed t0,P&A. ,,with todays,,technol'ogy, PT. ,Storkerson,,~#l,,, could b~,either ,zente=ed o= zed=illed ~ and become, a commercial,, .producer,,..,, :The 'P't., Storkerson #1 discovered the, Gwydyr Bay Field. I am, . ,,prepared to-submit ,,data to support my ,position at . the,,public.~ , hearing, March 4., 1997. ,,.Sincerely,.. .... Cliff'Burglln ..cc~'Char.les,,E.. Cole .... · ,, RECEIVED, FEB 11 l: al Alaska Oil & Gas Cons. Commission Anchorage BP EXPLORATION January 31, 1997 EXHIBIT A BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. 900 East Benson Boulevard RO. Box 196612 Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6612 (907) 561-5111 ARCO Alaska, Inc. Attn' Mitch Honeycutt, Exploration Manager P. O. Box 100360 Anchorage, AK 99510-0360 Exxon Corporation Attn: Raul Huerta, Manager Alaska Interest Organization P. O. Box 2180 Houston, TX 77252-2180 Notice of Request for Exception to the Provisions of 20 AAC 25.055 Gwydyr PW #1 Well Gentlemen: Pursuant to the requirements of 20 AAC 25.055 (b), BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. 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) (3). BP Explorations request, if approved will permit the intersection of the wellbore of the captioned well with the top of the Sag River formation within 500 feet of the south line and within 500 feet of the west line of the governmental section in which the well will be bottomed. Specifically, the intersection point applied for will be as follows: 400 feet from the south line and 1250 feet from the west line of Section 15, Township 12 North, Range 13 East, Umiat Meridian A copy of the request is attached. Very truly yours, enis, Team Leader New Business Development 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 ) AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING OF NOTICE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT SS, Kathy Parker, being first duly sworn, upon her oath, deposes and says: am a citizen of the United States of America, over the age of 19 years, and employed as a secretary for BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc.. That on the ~ day of January, 1997, I sent true and correct copies of J. R. Denis' January 31, 1997 Notice of Request for Exception to the Provisions of 20 AAC 15.055 via United States Registered Mail, to: Mitch Honeycutt ARCO Alaska, Inc. P. O. Box 100360 Anchorage, Alaska 9951-0360 Raul Huerta Exxon Corporation P.O. Box 2180 Houston, TX 77252-2180 DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this pa(~ar~kerkeUary, 1997.' '. SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this'~)~ f:'~J~"day of danuary1997. Notary Public, State of Alaska My Commission Expires: BP EXPLORATION ~tnuary 31, 1997 David W. Johnston, Chairman and Commissioner Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501 BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. 900 East Benson Boulevard Rd. Box 196612 Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6612 (907) 561-5111 Request for Exception to the Provisions of 20 AAC 25.055 for the Gwydyr PW #1 Well Dear Chairman Johnston: BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc. ("BPX") hereby applies for an exception to the provisions of 20 AAC 25.055 for the drilling of the Gwydyr PW #1 Well (the "Well"). Relevant location data for the Well is as follows: (1) Surface Location: 1364 ft. FSL, 2706 ft. FWL, Section 15, Township 12N, Range 13E, UM on BPX/ARCO oil and gas lease ADL385196. (2) Bottom Hole Location: 400 FSL, 1250 ft. FWL, Section 10, T12N, R13E UM on ARCO/Exxon oil and gas lease ADL028276. (3) Total Depth' 10,900 ft. SS TVD The owners and operators of all governmental quarter sections directly and diagonally offsetting the proposed location of the Well are ARCO Alaska, Inc., BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. and Exxon Corporation. The plat required by the regulation is attached as Exhibit 1. The verification required by the regulation is attached as Exhibit 2. Copies of the notifications to the owners and operators, as well as the required information with respect to mailing are attached in the package designated as Exhibit 3. This request is being made so that well tests can be expeditiously conducted in the event the Well bottomhole location inadvertently falls within 500 feet of the spacing unit boundary. If you have any questions or require any additional information, please contact Stu Hirsh at our letterhead address or at 564-4841. Sincerely, J. . l"~a~m Leader P'B~ Denis, New Business Development ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION TONY KNOWLES, GOVERNOR 3001 PORCUPINE DRIVE ANCHORAGE. ALASKA 99501-3192 PHONE: (907) 279-1433 FAX: (907) 276-7542 February 10, 1997 CliffBurglin P.O. Box 131 Fairbanks, Ak. 99707 Dear Mr. Burglin: We have received your letter dated February 10, 1997 in which you request a public hearing regarding the application of BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. for a conservation order granting a spacing exception for the Gydyr PW #1 exploration oil well. Your request is related to correlative rights you claim in lease ADL 34623. Lease ADL 34623 is not adjacent to the spacing unit or property for which the spacing exception is being sought, and in fact is more than 2 miles away from the proposed Gydyr PW # 1 well. Therefore, you do not appear to be a person who may be harmed if the requested order is issued. Accordingly, the Commission hereby denies your request for a hearing. David W. JoXhl3ston Chairman Cliff Burglin Box 131 Fairbanks, Alaska 99707 February 10, 1997 State of Alaska Alaska. Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Re:BP Gwydyr PW ~1 Exploration Well AS a correlative rights owner in Adl 3~623 I strongly protest the drilling of the above named well and request a hearing. Pt. Storkerson #i is a well tha't discovered high grade oil in commercial quantities. For years, it was carried on state records and maps as a suspended oil well. Only recently has its status been .changed to P&A. With todays technology, PT. Storkerson #1. could be either rentered or redrilled and become a commercial ~producer.... The Pt. Storkerson ~1 discovered the Gwydyr Bay Field. I am prepared to ~.submit data to support my . position at the public. hearing. March 4, 1997. Sincerely, Cliff Burglin .cc:. Charles E. Cole 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 Gwydyr PW //1 exploration oil well. BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. by letter dated January 31, 1997 has requested an exception to the provisions of 20 AAC 25.055(a)(1) for the drilling of an exploratory oil well in the Gwydyr Bay vicinity on the North Slope. The exception would allow BP to directionally drill the Gwydyr PW //1 exploratory oil well to a prospective location that is closer than 500 feet from a quarter section line. The proposed surface location is 1364' from the south line (FSL) and 2706' from the west line (FWL) of Section 15, T12N, R13E, Umiat Meridian (UM) and the proposed bottom-hole location is 400' FSL and 1250' FWL of Section 10,'T12N, R13E UM. A person who may be harmed if the requested order is issued may file a written protest prior to 4:00 PM February 17, 1997 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 March 4, 1997 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 February 17, 1997.' 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 modification in order to comment or to attend the public hearing, contact Diana Fleck at 279-1433 no later than February 26, 1997. special please Blair Wondzell, Sdrfior Petroleum Engineer Alaska Oil and Gas COnservation Commission Published February 1, 1997 A0-027L4025 RECEIVED FEB 1~ 1997 Alaska Oil & ~as Cons. Co. mmi~i~n : Frofl Conoco,Chevron · $351,000 MILNE POINT U ;ag & KRU Ugnu )/'o,) Swpt.1 \j ~ ;. ri \, :xpan~ion BP : Arc~Soh~ 12 ~ E.Ug , N BPAE ~. ~L "'" ' ; '. [, · ' ~' ) ARCO . ~' Arco A 1 W.Sak KRU W.Sak Swpf. 1 8 W.SakN Arco WSP-81 25 K~,ear,~k PI ' 10N M0$1L ~, $1.212.205 .N ..iO :' AMERAflA 93.2 % .. .(~).~' ? Arc:}' ARCO · · - EXXON BPAE :!' 1;. ARCO.EXXON V/iEI'I(,IJ,I~)ill1 121 ~ '.'. ~.~,~z~'.::,~.:.i! :"'~. · :I I(, M.~),I r IL! }& '!: ' ~OUiL,'.'r-' ii :L1 ,~. : J'IIILLIPS CHEVIION .:!1 !1 3 Jl ~ ~ ' iI [ I I ] ~hlUbU AMERADA '. :, ~ :.$hei! ', -. Bi': 47.1 ~;ro' lib;l;.; :~,.. 5'5 rXiEAST ;9 GWYDYR BAY UNIT C'il,es co,R~Cl.&Oale$, It.l'lllHamilt. O&l~ Jlam.5!.2 ,or Al'lCO ti LI I'JG LIh 01 a! · , J ~.7 :}fi'.j c; ,il :., ;l:..~ 'Ar'co .2.'Toolik Fed. PRUD 3 2 5or:io , 33 !1 ]3 M Placid , SI,I .~,. AMEflADA AM EflA,~JA f)l al ... BETrY l; · SOHIO $.i18..150: ~ ,. SOIIIO DPAE" I l" ~ l~ jJ · SHEtlL '- MURPHY. i~'13 :' ,rr:", .',~ '~ ~C9' BUflGLIN' .......... EVERET1'E I j et ti ' ' ' $30.iu . · TX.EAST ~ ~o~,. I WAGNER I ti II .' .. BF 66 · CHEVRON ': 2.76% SC.: : Prop R E C ESPRINGS ..,.UNIT Operator: Arco Alaska Oil & Gas Cons. Commls,.lon Anchorags ,% :';. :: 3[ {:' 191 [.~ ARC0 EXXON Arco Prudhoe Bay St PR ;B SO'Ho / ]Pt, I ,, ,, Pul R Sohio' 124/110.' Pul R..', ~' .,, 3.):',:: ~..026 PHIl.. \ l~, R 14 .... 1 N.Franklin lBl(/ffS U. /' / #16854 {' STOF0330 A0-02714025 AFFIDAVIT $Sl.O3 STATE OF ALASKA, ) THIRD JUDICIAL DiSTRJCT. ) Eva M. Kaufmann being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says that he/she is an advertising representative of the Anchorage Dally 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 February 1, 1997 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 r, rn t~o ,~e~'re Notary Public in and for the State of Alaska. Third Division. Anchorage, Alaska MY CON~ISSION EXPIRES OF PUBLICATION .o,l., o~ ,.,,b,,~ ' S?ATE OF: ALASKA Alaska Oil ond Oas Conservation ¢0mmissibn Re: The oppli~oti0n of BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA) Inc. for exception to 20 AAC~ 2~.~5 to ,ollow, drilling~ 'the[ Gwyd~r ,pW~i well. ,,,~ ,;, Inc., by let~r dat~ .January~ 31, ~7 has ~equested an ex-~ ,ception to'the Prov~~ I ~AAC 25.055(a)(1) for the dril- /l~g"of an ex~ oratory /~n,'t~ Gwydyr Bay vic nity on ~,~' North Slope. - [:- The exception woul~ allow ~BP .to dire~ionally drill the JG~yr PW J'well to 'a prospective location ~hat is coser than a quarter section line. r /0ma quar ,T,~e pro~sed Js~';~1,364' *.:p: s.e ~:,, ,.. ,,', .]~N R~3E ,U lot' ' '.~ '. .,~,'.,'.. ,,~ Meal ion I?~'n°~e Jocotion. i~',~00'~,. FSE ./ ~T,]2N, :R13E. UM,,, ...." .~er~on Who mo~ ;bb h'~d'" li'f:'~.er~%ested order; S',i~Su~d Im~~,~lle'a written ' - Ip,~es~ prior to J~eS'ruarY,' 17, 1997 'with: ~ th~ IAla'ska Oil and Gas Conse~ I~ion,Commiss on, 3001 Porcu. /pine Drive, Anchorage, Alaska II ~99501,"and request a hearing :ti'~ely file~ and raises o' sub: ' 3"~- .. . c..?:,,,~ ;....~. ~;' ~=:, ~,~ .~,, ' '" ~'~" I c?';eS --::, C:;": -~ .... ~ .:: I ::~.-.~? .-~ ::~ .... fj .,',..,'~? .~ ¢~,; ':*%:'.' ~....: ....... : .......... ....... My.C. emmissie~ l~xpiros:. ..... ~ 9 ...... FcbruaI7 8, 2O00 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 Gwydyr PW #1 exploration oil well. BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. by letter dated January 31, 1997 has requested an exception to the provisions of 20 AAC 25.055(a)(1) for the drilling of an exploratory oil well in the Gwydyr Bay vicinity on the North Slope. The exception would allow BP to directionally drill the Gwydyr PW #1 exploratory oil well to a prospective location that is closer than 500 feet from a quarter section line. The proposed surface location is 1364' from the south line (FSL) and 2706' from the west line (FWL) of Section 15, T12N, R13E, Umiat Meridian (UM) and the proposed bottom-hole location is 400' FSL and 1250' FWL of Section 10, T12N, R13E UM. A person who may be harmed if the requested order is issued may file a written protest prior to 4:00 PM February 17, 1997 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 March 4, 1997 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 February 17, 1997. 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 February 26, 1997. Blair Wondzell, Sddior Petroleum Engineer Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Published February 1, 1 997 A0-0271/~025