AOGCC schedules multiple hearings

The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has a number of hearings on its schedule: an Aug. 4 hearing at the request of Cook Inlet Energy on a May 1 enforcement action by the commission; an Aug. 27 hearing on the use of CO2 for enhanced oil recovery at Prudhoe Bay; a Sept. 1 hearing on Point Thomson unit pool rules; and an Oct. 6 hearing requested by Linc Energy Operations on a July 1 enforcement order. All begin at 9 a.m. at the commission’s Anchorage offices.

The Aug. 4 hearing is on an enforcement action against Cook Inlet Energy for safety valve system violations on the Sword No. 1 oil well (see story in May 17 issue of Petroleum News).

The commission scheduled the Aug. 27 hearing based on a request from BP Exploration (Alaska), the Prudhoe Bay unit operator, for authorization to inject CO2 at Prudhoe for enhanced oil recovery and to increase the allowable gas offtake rate for the Prudhoe oil pool.

The commission scheduled the Sept. 1 hearing based on a request from ExxonMobil Alaska Production Inc. for pool rules for development of Point Thomson.

The Oct. 6 hearing is on an enforcement action against Linc Energy for lack of data on three wells the company drilled on the west side of Cook Inlet (see story in July 12 issue of Petroleum News).

In each case, written comments will be accepted through the end of the hearing.

- Petroleum News