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Kuparuk, Milne work approved by division
Kristen Nelson Petroleum News
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas has approved unit plan of operations amendments for work at the ConocoPhillips Alaska-operated Kuparuk River field and at Hilcorp Alaska's Milne Point.
At Kuparuk, ConocoPhillips applied in June for an airport taxiway addition and upgrade at the Kuparuk Landing Area.
In its July 28 approval the division said the Kuparuk Landing Area would be expanded to add a new taxiway, adding some 10,300 cubic yards of gravel on 0.8 acres of tundra, with the new gravel area trenched to install a power cable on either side of the gravel addition, allowing for safety lighting along the taxiway, reducing aircraft congestion and improving operational safety for both passenger and cargo aircraft traffic with additional access to the airstrip.
Work was expected to begin Aug. 1 and include laying gravel; installing culvert; trenching new gravel area and installing power cable; and installing taxiway safety lighting.
The Kuparuk Landing Area is directly north of the Kuparuk Operation Center, 29 miles northwest of the Deadhorse Airport.
At Milne Point, Hilcorp Alaska applied in June to expand the pad and install a heater system at the existing Tract 14 Pad, with the expansion measuring some 140 feet by 280 feet and covering some 0.6 acres of wetlands.
The work will include installation of 54 vertical support members, a heater with air intake, vessel, shell and tube heater exchange and associated electrical components and piping, with the heater power by gas from connections to Tract 14 facilities.
The division said in its July 31 approval that pad expansion is necessary for placement of the heater system while maintaining a safe area for facility maintenance, field related transportation and rig moves.
Work was scheduled to begin Aug. 1 and includes gravel laying; installation of VSMs for heater and listed facility equipment; and placement of heater and listed facility equipment.
--KRISTEN NELSON
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