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Lower Kenai Peninsula 2-D seismic planned
KRISTEN NELSON Petroleum News
Global Geophysical Services has applied to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, to shoot some 50 linear miles of two-dimensional seismic on the southern Kenai Peninsula for Hilcorp Alaska.
Global Geophysical said in its application that the goal of the survey is to identify new oil and gas reserves on the southern Kenai Peninsula.
A map accompanying the application shows five blocks of lands for the project on the southern peninsula, from the Anchor Point area on the western side of the peninsula to blocks north, east and south of Nikolaevsk, and a large block east of Ninilchik.
Hilcorp is the largest Cook Inlet operator and holds extensive acreage on the Kenai Peninsula as well as offshore in Cook Inlet. On the southern Kenai Peninsula it operates units at Deep Creek and Nikolaevsk, both producing gas fields.
Spring work Global Geophysical said survey activities are planned from March 1 through May 31 and said the project team will have a community meeting in the project vicinity prior to the project start, with plans underway for a meeting in the Anchor Point area in late February.
Data acquisition will be by shot hole seismic, although vibroseis may be used in the Anchor Point area. The application says 800 sources will be spaced some 330 feet apart, with seismic shot holes some 3 inches in diameter and 35 feet deep. There will be 2,400 receivers spaced at 110 feet.
If vibroseis is used, the energy source will be 80,000-pound force AHV-IV rubber tracked vibrators. Global Geophysical said source and receiver locations will be surveyed prior to drilling to identify hazards and place controls.
Existing roads will be used to access the project site where possible, with snow machines for off-road access, or all-terrain vehicles if there isn’t sufficient snow cover.
Equipment and personnel will mobilize from Deadhorse and Anchorage, the company said, with a local base of operations on private property between Anchor Point and Ninilchik, at what is described as either “personnel housing or at a staging location.” Personnel will be housed locally in lodges or other commercial lodging. There will be 36 individuals involved, as part of the seismic field personnel or as support personnel, with operations conducted on an average of a 12-hour day.
Lands to be accessed include state of Alaska, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Native corporation and private lands.
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