Endicott well may drain unknown pool

The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has given BP Exploration (Alaska) permission to commingle production from a proposed well with production from the Eider, Ivishak, Alapah and Endicott oil pools.

BP told the commission that based on seismic information the proposed well will not drain any of those identified oil pools.

The commission said BP requested approval to commingle production in November and said it has given the company a year after start of production to determine whether the well is in communication with any defined Endicott field oil pools and apply to include the well within an existing Endicott oil pool or within a new Endicott oil pool.

—Petroleum News