Notice of Public Hearing
STATE OF ALASKA
ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
RE: Docket Number: CO-23-013
By application dated July 27, 2023, Cook Inlet Energy, LLC (CIE) requests that the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) authorize downhole commingling of production between the undefined Killian Oil Pool and the Badami Oil Pool in Badami Unit (BU) Well B1-38 (API No. 50-029-23407-00-00).
Downhole commingling regulations (20 AAC 25.215) are in place to prevent waste and to protect correlative rights. Operators are prohibited from producing from, or injecting into, more than one pool (a rock formation where oil and/or gas has accumulated) in the same wellbore without the AOGCC approving the downhole commingling of two or more pools. It is not uncommon for a well to encounter multiple pools. In these situations, normally an operator will first produce from the deepest pool in the well until it is depleted, then plug off that pool and move up to the next pool and repeat the process until all the pools have been depleted. Sometimes one or more of these pools is not large enough to warrant production/injection operations on its own, or there are other reasons to allow commingled production/injection. In these instances, an operator will apply to the AOGCC for an order approving the downhole commingling of two or more pools. The AOGCC reviews the application to assure waste will not occur and all owners receive their share of the production.
This notice does not contain all the information filed by CIE. To obtain more information, contact the AOGCC’s Special Assistant, Samantha Carlisle, at (907) 793-1223 or samantha.carlisle@alaska.gov.
A public hearing on the matter has been tentatively scheduled for September 21, 2023, 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: 834 417 044#. Anyone who wishes to participate remotely using MS Teams video conference should contact Ms. Carlisle 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 August 28, 2023.
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 August 29, 2023.
In addition, written comments regarding this application may be submitted to the AOGCC, at 333 west 7th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501 or samantha.carlisle@alaska.gov. Comments must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. on September 12, 2023, except that, if a hearing is held, comments must be received no later than the conclusion of the September 21, 2023, hearing.
If, because of a disability, special accommodations may be needed to comment or attend the hearing, contact Samantha Carlisle, at (907) 793-1223, no later than September 14, 2023.
Brett W. Huber, Sr.
Chair, Commissioner