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December 2008

Vol. 13, No. 50 Week of December 14, 2008

Alaska blowouts, 18 in all

North Slope blowouts — the most recent in 1994 — include:

• Simpson Core Test No. 16 in 1949 at Cape Simpson: occurred while drilling an exploration well (gas to surface);

• Simpson Core Test No. 26 in 1950 at Cape Simpson: occurred while drilling an exploration well (oil to surface);

• Gubik No. 2 in 1951 near Umiat: occurred while drilling an exploration well (gas to surface);

• Kavik No. 1 in 1969, near the Canning River on the eastern North Slope: occurred while drilling an exploration well (gas to surface);

• NGI-7 in 1976, Prudhoe Bay: occurred while working over a development well (gas to surface);

• CPF1-23 in 1979, Kuparuk River: occurred while drilling a disposal well (gas to surface);

• F-20 in 1986, Prudhoe Bay: occurred while drilling a development well (gas to surface);

• J-23 in 1987, Prudhoe Bay: occurred while completing a development well (gas to surface);

•Cirque No. 1 in 1992, central North Slope: occurred while drilling an exploration well (gas to surface); and

• I-53/Q-20 in 1994, Endicott: occurred while drilling a development well (gas to surface).

Cook Inlet blowouts, the most recent this year, include:

• Beluga River 212-35 in 1962, onshore west side of Cook Inlet, development well (gas to surface);

• MGS State 17595 No. 1 in 1962 at Middle Ground Shoal in Cook Inlet, exploration well (gas to surface);

• Cook Inlet State No. 1 in 1962 in Cook Inlet, exploration well (gas to surface);

• Mobil Moquawkie No. 1 in 1965 onshore west side of Cook Inlet, exploration well (gas to surface);

• Beaver Creek unit 1-A in 1967 on the Kenai Peninsula, development well (gas to surface);

• Trading Bay unit G-10RD in 1985 on the Grayling platform in Cook Inlet, development well (gas to surface);

• Trading Bay unit M-26 in 1987 on the Steelhead platform in Cook Inlet, development well (gas to surface); and

• Moquawkie No. 4 in 2008 onshore west side of Cook Inlet, development gas well (gas to surface).






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