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Conservation Order Category Identifier Organizing RESCAN Color items: Grayscale items: Poor Quality Originals: Other: 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 NOTES: BY: ROBIN ~ Scanning Preparation TOTAL PAGES /~ BY: ROBIN~ Production Scanning Stage I PAGE COUNT FROM SCANNED DOCUMENT: "'1 ~ I -- 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, GRAYSCAL£ OR COLOR IMAGES) II I I I I I I I I I II I II_ General Notes or Comrnents about tt~is Document: 5/21/03 ConservOrdCvrPg.wpd • Index Conservation Order 394 SR 223-28 1.) April 18, 1997 UNOCAL Request for Spacing Exception 2.) Apri125, 1997 Notice of Public Hearing, Affidavit of Publication Conservation Order 394 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 25.055 to provide for the ) drilling of the Swanson River ) Field 223-28 development gas well. ) Conservation Order No. 394 Union Oil Company of California Swanson River Field 223-28 well May12,1997 IT APPEARING THAT: o Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) submitted an application dated April 18, 1997 requesting exception to 20 AAC 25.055(a)(4) to allow drilling the Swanson River Field 223-28 development gas well to a producing location that is closer than 1500 feet to a drilling unit boundary. 2. Notice of opportunity for public hearing was published in the Anchorage Daily News on April 25, 1997 pursuant to 20 AAC 25.540. 3. No protests to the application were received. FINDINGS: The Unocal Swanson River Field 223-28 well as proposed will be a deviated hole drilled from a surface location 1275' from the north line and 1500' from the west line (FWL) of Section 28, TSN, R9W, Seward Meridian (SM), the proposed top of the productive interval is 1835' from the south line (FSL) and 1489' FWL of Section 28, TSN, R9W, SM and the proposed bottom-hole location is 1241' FSL and 1719' FWL of Section 28, T8N, R9W, SM. 2 Offset owners Cook Inlet Region Inc. and Union Texas Petroleum have been duly notified. 3. An exception to 20 AAC 25.055(a)(4) is necessary to allow drilling of this well. Conservation Or May 16, 1997 Page 2 CONCLUSION: Granting a spacing exception to allow drilling of the Unocal Swanson River Field 223-28 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 Swanson River Field 223-28 well is approved as proposed. DONE at Anchorage, Alaska and dated May 16, 1997. ;'"' ' "' '' '&'~"~V~' 5 ommlsslon ~"~:' 'i':':':i~'""'"'~"... ,?,:,..~,.'..' ~: ':' 7~ ..~ ...." ".~; '':''' ~:: ~1 ~}1 Alaska Oil ~~rvation -~..... ~. ~,~ ~.,~?' .' - ' / p /' · ,;~,.'(;~,., Robert N. Christenson, Commissioner Alaska Oil ~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 da), after the application for rehearing was filed). Unocal Alaska R{ J~" Unocal Corporation 909 West 9th Avenue, P.O. Box 196247 Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6247 Telephone (907) 276-7600 UNOCAL ) April 18, 1997 Mr. David W. Johnston, Chairman Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 3001 Porcupine Drive Anchorage, AK 99501-3192 Swanson River Well SR 223-28 REg.. UEST FOR SPA CING EXCEPTION A-028399 Enclosed and submitted in triplicate is our application for Permit to Drill Swanson River A-028399, Well SR 223-28 (form 10-401) pursuant to 20 AAC 25.005 (a) (1), and our check No. 2002319 in the amount of $100.00 as required under 20 AAC 25.005 (c) (1). Verification of Application by the undersigned stating that applicant is acquainted with the facts pursuant to 20 AAC 25.055 (b) is attached as part of this application. It is requested that the Commission approve an exception to the statewide spacing regulation 20 AAC 25.055 (4) for the drilling of well Swanson River 223-28, A-028399. Well SR 223-28 The specific location, interval and depth are as follows: Location: 1275' FNL and 1500' FWL Sec. 28, T8N, R9W, SM. Top Productive Interval: 1835' FSL and 1489' FWL Sec.28, T8N, R9W, SM. Total Depth: 1241' FSL and 1719' FWL Sec. 28, T8N, R9W, SM. This lease is currently held beyond it's primary term by the Swanson River Unit. All applicable provisions of 20 AAC 25.050 (Deviation) have been met, and each owner and all operators of governmental quarter sections directly or diagonally offsetting the section where the proposed well is located, have been notified by registered mail pursuant to 20 AAC 25.055 (b). A copy of said notification is attached hereto. RECEiVeD APR ~_£ 1997 .0.it .& Gas ~0ns..G0.mlllisS~o~' If you require additional information, please contact Kevin A. Tabler at (907) 263-7600 or Dan Williamson, Drilling Department at (907) 263-7677. We appreciate your review and trust the enclosed is satisfactory. Vly truly yours, 4(evin A. Tabler Enclosures Alaska Oil & Gas Cons. Co~ Anchorage VERIFICATION OF APPLICATION FOR SPACING EXCEPTION COOK INLET, ALASKA Federal Lease: A-028399 Well: SR 223-28 I, KEVIN A. TABLER, Land and Government Affairs Manager, Union Oil Company of California, do hereby verify the following: I am acquainted with the application submitted for the drilling of the SR 223-28 Well. I have reviewed the application submitted for the exception to 20 AAC 25.055 (4) (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 18th day of April, 1997. Land and Government Affairs Manager STATE OF ALASKA ) THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT )SS SUBSCRIBED TO AND SWORN before me this 18th day of April, 1997. ~NOTARY PUBLIC'IN--'XND FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA My Cornml~ion Explm~ My Commission expires: D~mernl~r 8, 1908 Unocal Corporation 909 West 9th Avenue, P.O. Box 196247 Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6247 Telephone (907) 276-7600 UNOCAL J_~~l 8, 1997 Mr. A1 Hastings Cook Inlet Region Inc. 2525 C Street, Suite 500 Anchorage, Alaska 99509-3330 Cook Inlet Area State of Alaska Notice of Application For Permit to Drill Well SR 223-28 Dear Mr. Hastings: Union Oil Company of Califomia, Operator of the Swanson River Field Federal Lease A- 028399, intends to drill the above referenced Well, and has submitted a Permit to Drill application to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. Pursuant to the provisions of 20 AAC 25.050 and 20 AAC 25.055, Cook Inlet Region Inc. and Union Texas Petroleum are the only affected owner or operator having a leasehold or working interest ownership either directly or diagonally offsetting any quarter section upon which said drilling operation is proposed to be conducted. This letter constitutes formal written notice of our intent to drill, as required under said regulations. I am enclosing a copy of the Permit to Drill application for your reference. Also enclosed is a copy of a plat showing all of the wells within one-half mile of any portion of the new well and a lease map showing current ownerships for the affected leases. CC: AOGCC .~// ~vin A. Ta~lblry truly yours, RE¢£1V D ,L PR 2 2 1997 Alaska 0ii & Gas Cons..C.0.attIt~ssto" ~cllorage Unocal Alask .,~s .~ Unocal Corporation 909 West 9bh Avenue, P.O. Box 196247 Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6247 Telephone (907) 276-7600 UNOCAL ~m~LT18, 1997 Mr. Steve Fly Union Texas Petroleum 1330 Post Oak Blvd. Houston, TX 77056 Cook Inlet Area State of Alaska Notice of Application For Permit to Drill Well SR 223-28 Dear Mr. Fly: Union Oil Company of Califomia, Operator of the Swanson River Field Federal Lease A- 028399, intends to drill the above referenced Well, and has submitted a Permit to Drill application to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. Pursuant to the provisions of 20 AAC 25.050 and 20 AAC 25.055, Cook Inlet Region Inc. and'Union Texas Petroleum are the only affected owner or operator having a leasehold or working interest ownership either directly or diagonally offsetting any quarter section upon which said drilling operation is proposed to be conducted. This letter constitutes fbrmal written notice of our intent to drill, as required under said regulations. I am enclosing a copy of the Permit to Drill application for your reference. Also enclosed is a copy of a plat showing all of the wells within one-half mile of any portion of the new well and a lease map showing current ownerships for the affected leases. cc: AOGCC ry truly yours, .~Kevin A. Tabler P 033 T ? 626 Rec~... ~ fO. 'Certified Mail No Insurance Coverage Provided Do not use for International Mail (See Reverse) Sent to'ir. Steve Fly Union Texas Petroleum Street and No. 1330 Post Oak Blvd P.O., State and ZIP Code Houston, TX 77056 Postage I Special Delivery Fee Restricted Delivery Fee Return Receipt Showing to Whom & Date Delivered Return Receipt Showing to Whom, Data, end Addressee's Address TOTAL Postage & Fees Postmark or Date 'ii' ..ceipt for Certified Mail No Insurance Coverage Provided Do not use for International Mail (See Reverse) Sen, ,o Mr. A1 Hastings Street and No. 2525 C St., Suite 500 P.O., State and ZIP Code Anchorage, AK 99509-31 P°slage ~ Special Defivery Fee Restricted Deliven/Fee Return Receipt Showing to Whom & Date Delivered Return Receipt Showing to Whom, Date, end Addresses's Address TOTAL Postage & Fees I~ Postmark or Date ~3C 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 Swanson River 223- 28 development gas well. Unocal by letter dated April 18, 1997 has requested an exception to the provisions of 20 AAC 25.055(a)(4) for the drilling of a development gas well to an undefined gas pool in the Swanson River Field located in the Cook Inlet Basin, Southcentral Alaska. The exception would allow Unocal to directionally drill the Swanson River 223-28 development gas well to a producing location that is closer than 1500 feet from a section line. The proposed surface location is 1275' from the north line and 1500' from the west line (FWL) of Section 28, T8N, R9W, Seward Meridian (SM), the proposed top of the productive interval is 1835' from the south line (FSL) and 1489' FWL of Section 28, T8N, R9W, SM and the proposed bottom-hole location is 1241' FSL and 1719' FWL of Section 28, T8N, R9W SM. A person who may be harmed if the requested order is issued may file a written protest prior to 4:00 PM May 9, 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 May 27, 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 May 9, 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 disa~ may need a special modification in order to ~the'~ublic hearing, please contact Diana ~~t~~~99 .TT-~ .......... DaVid Johnston, Coi~missione~ Alaska Oi~servation Commission Published April 25, 1997 . ADNAO02714031 #7118 STOF0330 A0-02714031 $87.69 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION 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 April 25, 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_b~'o~r,e me this ..~....~. day of .~....~.././ the State of Alaska. Third Division. Anchorage. Alaska MY CON~ISSION EXPIRES Notice of Public Heoriflg 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 the Swanson River 223-28 develop- ment gas well. Unocal by letter dated April 18, 1997 has requested an ex- ception to the provisions of 20 AAC 25.055(a)(4) for the dril- ling of a development gas well to an .Undefined gas pool in the 'SwansOn River l:ield located jn the 'Cook Inlet Basin, Southcentral Alaska. . The exception would allow Unocal to dlrectionally drill the Swanson River 223-28 development gas well to a producing location that is closer than 1500 feet from a secion line. The proposed sur- .face Iocat on is..1275, from the' Inorth line and 1500' from the Iwest line (FWL) of Sect on 28, ~TSN, Rgw; Seward Meridian I(SM), the pi'oposed tOp of the productive Interval is 1835' from the south line (FSL). and 1489,. FWL of Section 28, T8N, RgW, SM and'the iproposed bottom.hO e. location, s 1241' ~SL. and 1719~. I:WL/Of Section !8; TSN, Rgw, SM ...A',ioerson who may be harm- ~d.."~,'lf..;the' requested: Order' is s~ued'".may fi ea written'Pro. ~est .prior. to' 4:00 'PM May 9, 997"~W th the. Alaska OII and ~as'.Conservation' commission, I001 Porcupine Drive, Anchor- ,.ag,e~Alaska 9.9501, and-request 'b'hearlng on the matter. If the protest, is timely filed and raises a substantial and mate. rifF' i'~ue cr~iclal to the Com- mission's determination, a hearing on the matter will be held at the above address at 9' :00.' am .on 'May' 27, L1997 in :Or,~;~m~r..-e ?.-i'h 2;/ AAC ;;.= :-'~ f -" qgr-:'.rg ) to be ne:g. "'eres~ed ~.cn~ -rr lhi~. bl~ :~ i qg the Co'r, rr~:., ~,t ,, :f~ :~.;' (907). 27;-':'.'.:i :'h~.r ',°~'.. ; 1997. If -: u'::l,:S' :r -'-e ,',::r, c filed, °'.~ ~.-".,"r'" .~'., Cp ... I~ :~nslder 'l,.:..~ ;'..'-'r;'O .'.~; tl'..~ ~r:;.?,' with- ,...If."you a.re..o person with o disability,. WhO may need a s~pecial' mod flcation in' order t0~ c0mm:ent'0r to 'attend the Pb.bllc hearing; PleaSe contact Diana"Fleck'at 279-1~33 ne Igter..than. MaY .:21'; 1997, I/s/DaVid' W. :Johnston' C~.::i-.~,:,,. . . ~.l"ak"- ,~1 .:;fL~ G.e:.$ .. ConservatiOn,' CbmmiSsion My Coaur.~ssion ~,xpires: 19 ...... ............ ~'~'~;'~o~o ..........