NOTICE OF PIPELINE APPLICATION

The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that on January 9, 2025, Oil Search (USA), Inc. (OSU) and Pikka Transportation Company, LLC (PTC) jointly filed an application seeking approval to transfer OSU’s certificate of public convenience and necessity, and construction and connection permits to PTC. Docket No. P-25-005 was opened to address this matter.

OSU is authorized to construct and operate the Pikka Sales Oil Pipeline. In addition, OSU is authorized to transport crude oil over the Pikka Sales Oil Pipeline, which is intended to transport sales quality oil produced from the Pikka Unit to the Kuparuk Pipeline for transportation to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.

In conjunction with the application, OSU filed a request for waiver of the requirement in 3 AAC 48.625(a)(7)(B) to include audited financial statements for the two most recent fiscal years preceding the date of the application. OSU has also filed a petition seeking confidential treatment of OSU’s and Repsol Holdings Upstream USA Inc.’s unaudited financial information submitted in compliance with 3 AAC 48.625(a)(7)(D)(ii). Interested persons may file a response to the waiver request and petition for confidential treatment with the Commission by 5:00 p.m., February 3, 2025.

The Commission has not assessed the completeness of the application and ruled on the waiver request and petitions for confidential treatment. The Commission will rule on the request for waiver and petitions for confidential treatment and determine whether the application is complete by March 5, 2025.

You may obtain information about the application by contacting Kristin E. Crabb, Counsel for OSU and PTC, at Guess & Rudd P.C., 1029 West 3rd Avenue, Suite 400, Anchorage, AK 99501 whose telephone number is (907) 793-2200. The complete filing is also available for inspection at the Commission's office, 701 West 8th Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, AK 99501; phone (907) 276-6222, or may be viewed at the Commission’s website, http://rca.alaska.gov/ by typing “P-25-005" in the Find a Matter search box.

To comment on this filing, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., February 3, 2025, at the Commission's address above or via our website at:

https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx

Please reference Docket No. P-25-005 and include a statement that you have filed a copy of the comments with OSU and PTC at the addresses given above. Individuals or groups of people with disabilities, who require special accommodations, auxiliary aids or service, or alternative communications formats, please contact Sam Vukasin at 907-276-6222, toll-free at 1-800-390-2782, TTY/Alaska Relay: 7–1–1 or 1-800-770-8973, or send a request by email to rca.mail@alaska.gov by January 27, 2025.

Dated at Anchorage, Alaska, this 13th day of January 2025.

REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA

John M. Espindola
Chair