Hilcorp files Kenai gas field pool 6 POD
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Kristen Nelson Petroleum News
Hilcorp Alaska has filed the 18th plan of development for the Kenai gas field pool 6 gas storage lease, covering Aug. 1 through July 31, 2023.
In its approval of the 17th POD last June, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Oil and Gas said Kenai Pool 6, within the Kenai unit, was formed in 2006 when the division granted ADL 390821 to Marathon Oil Co. Hilcorp took over as operator in 2013 and in 2016 the division approved a request to extend the lease for an additional term of 10 years, expiring in 2026.
In its 18th POD Hilcorp said the Kenai Pool 6 area is some 2,637.96 acres.
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission storage injection order 7A, rule 6, limits reservoir pressure for Pool 6 as 400 psi, the company said, with maximum reservoir pressure increased from 300 psi to 400 psi by AOGCC in 2018.
At the 400 psi maximum pressure, maximum storage capacity is some 40.94 billion cubic feet, the company said, and with current compression capabilities it is estimated the Pool 6 has a total estimated working capacity of 34.98 bcf.
Hilcorp said total current gas in place is 18.21 bcf, as of the end of 2021, and with current compression capabilities, the working volume in the Pool 6 storage reservoir is estimated at 12.3 bcf.
Work achieved, planned Hilcorp said that under the 2021 POD, it converted KDU 1 to a Pool 6 producer which came online in November 2021. Also in the 2021 POD was a conversion of KU 31-07X from a storage producer/injector but that was not done. Hilcorp said KU 31-07X would remain a storge injector well “until its utility as such is compromised.”
For the 2022 POD, the company said it has no long-range plans for Pool 6 at this time and has no plans to expand or contract Pool 6.
No development operations are currently planned for the 2022 POD period, the company said. There are no major facility upgrades planned for the 2022 POD, but the company said that as the need arises it “will pursue improvements through various well, infrastructure and facility repairs.”
- KRISTEN NELSON
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