Chevron, BP plan delineation well at Northwest Eileen

Petroleum News Alaska Staff

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and partner BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. are planning a 2001-2002 single-well winter exploration program at Northwest Eileen.

The exploration well will be drilled in the first quarter of 2002 from an ice pad.

The surface location will be in section 20, T12N-R11E, UM, on state lease 047446.

This is a tract operation. Chevron holds a 50 percent interest in the lease, Phillips Alaska Inc. an 18.3 percent interest, ExxonMobil an 18.4 percent and BP 13.3 percent.

Chevron has requested that BP operate the well.

The proposed well is in the northwest Prudhoe Bay unit adjacent to Milne Point unit along the Milne Point road, approximately 4 miles north of the intersection of the Milne Point and Spine roads.

Ice construction will begin in late December of early January; drilling in early February. The well may be tested in late March to mid-April.