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Hilcorp drilling 3 new Ivan River wells
Kay Cashman Petroleum News
On. Oct. 7, Stetson Sannes, an environmental specialist for Hilcorp Alaska, received a letter from Hannah Silta, natural resource specialist IV for Alaska's Division of Oil and Gas, approving Hilcorp's proposed Ivan River Unit plan of operations amendment application dated Sept. 19.
The scope of the project Hilcorp requested authorization for is to install additional production facilities at the Ivan River Pad for the purpose of supporting three new future wells at the pad.
The scope of the project includes the installation of three enclosed separator packages; three subsurface flowlines to tie the new wells into existing production; three line heater packages; one compressor package; heat trace and instrumentation cables in cable trays; and three cellars and conductors for future wells.
Trenching for subsurface activities is anticipated to be four feet deep
by five feet wide. Once lines and facilities are installed, trenches will be backfilled with the excavated soil and leveled.
The activities are intended to support natural gas production from the Ivan River Unit and will take place within the footprint of the existing pad.
The Ivan River Pad is located within the Ivan River Unit on the west side of Cook Inlet, approximately five miles northeast of the mouth of the Beluga River and within the Susitna Flats Game Refuge on ADL 32930.
Agency review The division provided a review and comment opportunity for the activities that were considered 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 (USAE); the Kenai Peninsula Borough (KPB); and the division's units 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 Ivan River Unit operations approval.
--KAY CASHMAN
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