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Apache loses 25 leases to expirations Expirations also hit Armstrong Cook Inlet, Cook Inlet Energy and Buccaneer; Doyon takes complete ownership of Nenana Eric Lidji For Petroleum News
Apache Alaska Corp. saw 25 leases expire at the end of their primary terms in October.
The leases cover the Cook Inlet basin.
ADL 391746, ADL 3901750, ADL 390751, ADL 3901752 and ADL 3901753 were in the north, near the Stump Lake unit and the mouth of the Susitna River.
ADL 390762, ADL 390763 and ADL 390764 were onshore and offshore, near Ninilchik.
ADL 390722 and ADL 390723 were on the west side of Cook Inlet, south of the Drift River oil terminal, while ADL 390727 was just to the north, near the mouth of the river.
ADL 390728, ADL 390729 and ADL 390733 were just offshore of Nikiski, surrounding the Hilcorp-operated South Middle Ground Shoal field, while ADL 390732 was just to the west, near the Cook Inlet Energy-operated Redoubt unit and its Osprey platform.
ADL 390734 was a small offshore lease near the Trading Bay unit. ADL 390736, ADL 390737, ADL 390738 and ADL 390739 were offshore leases just to the north.
ADL 390741 was on the coast just south of Tyonek while ADL 390745 was on the coast just north of Tyonek. ADL 390748 was an onshore lease near the Lewis River unit.
ADL 390772 was in the southern Kenai Peninsula, near the Deep Creek unit.
Other expirations Also in October, the Armstrong Cook Inlet LLC lease ADL 390773 expired. The lease was located just outside the boundaries of the Armstrong-operated North Fork unit.
The Cook Inlet Energy LLC lease ADL 390735 expired. The lease was located on the west side of Cook Inlet, near the Cook Inlet Energy-operated West McArthur River unit.
The Buccaneer leases ADL 390771 and ADL 390774 expired. The leases were in the southern Kenai Peninsula, near the Buccaneer-operated West Eagle unit.
The state terminated one Alaskan Energy Alliance Inc. lease in late September for “nonpayment of rent.” The offshore lease — ADL 391099 — was located near Nikiski. The small independent also lost two leases to expiration. ADL 3901721 was near Clam Gulch and ADL 390730 was located near Nikiski, adjacent to the terminated lease.
The state also terminated the NordAq Energy Inc. lease ADL 392260 for “nonpayment of rent.” The lease, ADL 392260, was located near the South Middle Ground Shoal field.
Cook Inlet Energy LLC transferred a 0.052474 percent royalty interest in two Point Thomson unit leases to Donkel Oil & Gas LLC. The leases — ADL 47567 and ADL 47562 — are operated by ExxonMobil and are located in the western half of the unit.
The former partners in a Nenana Basin exploration program have transferred working and royalty interests in some 40 leases to operator Doyon Ltd. The companies are Usibelli Energy LLC, Arctic Slope Regional Corp., Windmill Canyon LLC and Cedar Creek Oil & Gas Co. The partner dropped out of the program following an initial exploration well in 2009, but the Alaska Native corporation Doyon Ltd. chose to continue the program and started drilling a second well in the basin earlier this year.
The former partners each kept overriding royalty interests in the leases.
—A copyrighted oil and gas lease map from Mapmakers Alaska was a research tool used in preparing this story.
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