Linc files for well in Point MacKenzie area

The Alaska Coastal Management Program is reviewing Linc Energy’s proposal to drill a well this fall in the Point MacKenzie area of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.

The Australian company wants to drill the LEA No. 1 well to look for natural gas on ADL 390588, just north of Point MacKenzie Road across the Knik Arm from Anchorage.

Linc plans to build a 2.2-acre gravel pad for drilling and equipment, and will access the site using an existing gravel road. The company plans to get water for drilling from two sites, one at the well pad and another on private property half a mile to the south.

The ACMP review began on Aug. 19. The Division of Coastal and Ocean Management will take comments on the plan through Sept. 17 and make a final ruling by Oct. 7.

Linc Energy arrived in Alaska earlier this year, after purchasing the assets of GeoPetro.

— Eric Lidji