Furie asset sale scheduled

Pelican Hill Oil and Gas Inc. has applied to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, to conduct two seismic surveys on the west side of Cook Inlet. The company has Mental Health Trust Land oil and gas leases on the west side. Project 1, Beluga 3-D, is 14 square miles within townships 12 and 13 north, ranges 11 and 12 west, Seward Meridian. Project 2, Tyonek 3-D, is 20 square miles within townships 10 and 11 north, ranges 12 and 13 west, Seward Meridian. The locations for the source and receiver lines will be marked on the ground. Three track-mounted drills will bore to depths of 20 feet every 220 feet along a source lines. A 4.4 pound charge of Dynoseis will be placed in each hole and the hole will be backfilled. The source lines will be 990 feet apart. Recording cables with geophones will be placed on the ground, with recording lines 660 feet apart. The charges will be detonated one at a time. The recording cables, flagging, stakes and cap-wire will be recovered and the process repeated until the program is complete. The activity will be supported by a helicopter and fixed wing aircraft. The 30 person crew will be staged from existing facilities in Beluga, Tyonek or Shirelyville. The program will occur during the winter of 2001-2002 and take approximately 45 days.