Doyon requesting Mustang pad storage

Doyon Remote Facilities & Services LLC wants permission to store camp equipment at a drilling pad at the Southern Miluveach unit to support an unidentified future program.

The oilfield services company recently asked the state Division of Mining, Land and Water for a five-year authorization to temporarily store a 140-man camp and related equipment at the gravel Mustang pad, the first development at the North Slope unit.

In its application, the company told regulators that it does not yet have a contract for the work program and that the proposed camp would not be operational without a contract.

A joint venture operated by Brooks Range Petroleum Corp. built the Mustang pad to support the initial development at the Southern Miluveach unit. The development has been underway for several years but delayed by technical and economic factors.

- ERIC LIDJI