MMS approves McCovey exploration plan - October 28, 2000

Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industryOctober 2000

Vol. 5, No. 10

Week of October 28, 2000

MMS approves McCovey exploration plan

Petroleum News Alaska Staff

The Minerals Management Service approved an exploration plan and associated oil spill contingency plan for the McCovey prospect Oct. 22.

MMS said the plan submitted by Phillips Petroleum is to drill one well from an artificial ice island during the stable solid-ice period between February and May 2001.

The well is to be drilled on the McCovey unit, which includes three Federal and four state of Alaska leases in the central Beaufort Sea about five miles northeast of Reindeer Island and 12 miles east of the Northstar field. MMS and the state approved the unit in August.

Before MMS can approve an application for permit to drill, the agency said, the McCovey project must receive Coastal Zone Consistency Certification concurrence from the state.

Information about the McCovey project may be found on the MMS web site at www.mms.gov/alaska.

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