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DNR okays Beluga River ops plan amendment
Kay Cashman Petroleum News
On Oct. 7, Hilcorp Alaska received approval from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas for its Beluga River Unit plan of operations amendment to install new infrastructure on K Pad for the purpose of supporting three new grassroots wells.
K Pad is located within the Beluga River Unit on the west side of Cook Inlet, approximately two miles west of the mouth of the Beluga River on ADL 21128.
The scope of the project includes installing well cellars and conductors to support the three new wells; installing two 6-inch and one 4-inch subsurface flowlines to connect the new wells to separator packages; installing three 24-inch separator skids; installing fuel gas and instrument air piping between skids and buildings; installing electrical instrumentation from the electrical building to the wellheads; installing either a line heater building or a dehydration building; and relocating a 10,000-gallon water tank from B Pad to K Pad.
Trenching for subsurface activities will be backfilled with the excavated soil and leveled.
Agency review The division provided a review and comment opportunity for the activities considered for authorization under this decision. The following government entities were notified on Sept. 19 for comment on the plan: The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC); the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G); the Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land, and Water (DMLW); the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE); the Kenai Peninsula Borough (KPB); and the division's units, resource evaluation, and pipeline coordinator sections. The comment deadline was Oct.3.
No comments were received.
This approval signifies only that the State of Alaska has no objection to the operations outlined in the plan amendment application. It does not constitute certification of any property right or land status claimed by the applicant nor does it relieve the applicant of responsibility to obtain approvals or permits from other persons or governmental agencies that may also be required.
All stipulations contained in the original lease and subsequent plan approvals remain in full force and effect.
If activities have not commenced, this approval expires on Oct. 7, 2028.
Failure to comply with the terms and conditions outlined in the lease, the stipulations, and this authorization may result in revocation of the Beluga River Unit operations approval.
--KAY CASHMAN
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