Notice of Public Hearing
STATE OF ALASKA
ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
RE: Docket Numbers: CO-24-009 and AIO-24-019
By application dated June 20, 2024, ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. (CPAI), as the operator of the Kuparuk River Unit (KRU), requests that the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) approve Pool Rules establish rules for the development of the Coyote Oil Pool (COP) in the KRU and an Area Injection Order (AIO) to allow enhanced oil recovery (EOR) injection activities in the COP.
The AOGCC prescribes Pool Rules that govern development of oil and gas pools when a modification of a statewide regulation is needed to facilitate development of the pool. Some common rules are modification of the permit to drill application process to streamline applications and modify the data collection requirements when additional data would not add to the understanding of the geology in the project area. Additionally, the AOGCC approves injection orders for several purposes, including EOR, storage, and disposal either on an individual well or area wide basis in Alaska. EOR injection orders establish rules for conducting operations that are intended to increase the amount of oil or gas that could be recovered from a pool by one or more of the following mechanisms, maintain reservoir energy, sweeping oil through the reservoir to a production well, or modifying the properties of the oil to make it more mobile. This is consistent with the portion of the AOGCC’s mission that seeks to promote greater ultimate recovery.
This notice does not contain all the information filed by CPAI. To obtain more information, contact the AOGCC’s Special Assistant, Samantha Coldiron, at (907) 793-1223 or Samantha.Coldiron@alaska.gov.
A public hearing on the matter has been scheduled for August 20, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. The hearing, which may be changed to full virtual, if necessary, will be held in the AOGCC hearing room located at 333 West 7th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501. The audio call-in information is (907) 202-7104 Conference ID: 538 807 168#. Anyone who wishes to participate remotely using MS Teams video conference should contact Ms. Coldiron at least two business days before the scheduled public hearing to request an invitation for the MS Teams.
In addition, written comments regarding this application may be submitted to the AOGCC, at 333 west 7th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501 or Samantha.Coldiron@alaska.gov. Comments must be received no later than the conclusion of the August 20, 2024, hearing.
If, because of a disability, special accommodations may be needed to comment or attend the hearing, contact Samantha Coldiron, at (907) 793-1223, no later than August 13, 2024.
Jessie L. Chmielowski
Commissioner