ConocoPhillips suspends two exploration wells, P&A’s a third

ConocoPhillips Alaska has reported depths for three winter exploration wells to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. Two of the wells were suspended, one was plugged and abandoned.

The Carbon No. 1 in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, a vertical hole in section 4 of township 10 north, range 1 east, Umiat Meridian, was suspended on April 23 at a true vertical depth of 8,193; the measured depth was 8,196 feet.

The Spark No. 4, also in NPR-A, a vertical hole in section 23, T11N-R1E, UM, was plugged and abandoned April 13 at a total vertical depth of 7,997 feet. The measured depth was 8,005.

Placer No. 1, on state acreage west of Kuparuk, was suspended April 11. The well was drilled from a surface in section 33, T12N-R7E, UM, to a bottomhole in section 4, T11N-R7E, UM. It had a true vertical depth of 6,289 feet and a measured depth of 7,761 feet.