Notice of Public Hearing
STATE OF ALASKA
ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

RE:      Docket Number: CO-25-010
Hilcorp Alaska, LLC’s Spacing Exception Application for Well SRU 213B-15
Swanson River Unit, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska

Hilcorp Alaska, LLC (Hilcorp), by letter dated May 5, 2025, filed an application with the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) for an exception to the spacing requirements perforate, test, and produce the Swanson River Unit 213B-15 in the Sterling Undefined Gas Pool pursuant to 20 AAC 25.055(a)(2).

Surface Location:                                2,273’ FNL, 988’ FWL, Section 15, T8N, R9W, SM

Target Location (Estimated):              1,856’ FSL, 89’ FEL Section 16, T8N, R9W, SM

Bottom Hole Location:                       1,653’ FSL, 357’ FEL, Section 16, T8N, R9W, SM

Well spacing regulations protect the oil and gas rights of adjacent leaseholders and landowners and maximize resource recovery by establishing default limits on how close, under the land's surface, oil and gas wells can be to property lines where ownership changes hands. These limits are set forth in a regulation, 20 AAC 25.055.  Operators must abide by the default limits unless they apply for, and obtain, an order approving an exception to those limits. Although exceptions to the default limits are not unusual, AOGCC carefully evaluates each application, and typically grants them only when actual geologic conditions demonstrate that the proposed subsurface location of a well is necessary to reach otherwise unreachable oil or gas and that both the rights of adjacent leaseholders and landowners and underground drinking water can be protected. As a general matter, AOGCC does not have extensive authority over surface impacts such as noise, emissions, or construction.

This notice does not contain all the information filed by Hilcorp.  To obtain more information, contact the AOGCC’s Special Assistant, Samantha Coldiron, at (907) 793-1223 or samantha.coldiron@alaska.gov.

The AOGCC has tentatively scheduled a public hearing on this matter for July 10, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. via Microsoft Teams. 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: 100 870 250#. Anyone who wishes to participate remotely using MS Teams video conference should contact Ms. Samantha Coldiron at least two business days before the scheduled public hearing to request an invitation for the MS Teams. To request that the tentatively scheduled hearing be held, a written request must be filed with the AOGCC no later than 4:30 p.m. on June 13, 2025.

If a request for a hearing is not timely filed, the AOGCC may issue an order without a hearing.  To learn if the AOGCC will hold the hearing, call (907) 793-1223 after June 16, 2025.

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 4:30 p.m. on July 2, 2025, except that, if a hearing is held, comments must be received no later than the conclusion of the July 10, 2025, 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 July 2, 2025.

Jessie L. Chmielowski            Gregory C. Wilson
Commissioner                         Commissioner