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More wells at Kuparuk, facilities at Milne
Kristen Nelson Petroleum News
The Alaska Division of Oil and Gas has approved requests from ConocoPhillips Alaska for new wells at the Kuparuk River unit and requests from Hilcorp Alaska for production facilities additions at the Milne Point unit.
In a June 19 decision the division approved a plan by Kuparuk operator ConocoPhillips to drill three new wells and install three conductors, three temporary mouse holes and three cellar boxes at Drill Site 2M in the Kuparuk River unit. The division said the purpose of the project is to increase oil production at Kuparuk.
The decision is an amendment to the Kuparuk River unit plan of operations.
The conductors will be installed in a 42-inch diameter hole to a depth of some 100 feet and if water is encountered a 20-inch diameter heavy-wall pipe will be driven in. Mouseholes will be installed some 45 inches away from the center of the conductor using 16-inch diameter casings. The cellar boxes will be approximately 6 feet in diameter and 5 feet deep. Wells will be drilled following installation of the conductors, mouse holes and cellar boxes. Wellhouses and related appurtenances will be installed upon completion of the wells, the division said.
All work will be performed on pad and the division said the project is expected to begin immediately upon receipt of the required permits and be completed by Dec. 31, 2019.
Milne Point Hilcorp Alaska applied to the division to place portable modular polymer injection facilities on L Pad and J Pad in the Milne Point unit. Hilcorp, operator at Milne, won approvals for the placements June 1 and 13.
Activities at both pads include leveling the existing gravel pad, placement of 6-inch rig mats, stacking and securing portable modular units - four at each pad, placement of water letdown modules, installation of self-standing exterior landings for access to second level modules, adding new sections of insulated 3-inch pipping to tie-in to water letdown skid, installation of new 2-inch insulated piping to tie-in to wells and installation of electrical and instrumentation in the portable modular units.
The facilities will be adjacent to existing transformer skids on the pads.
On June 15 Hilcorp received approval to place three heated 20-foot Connex storage units on A Pad at Milne. The Connexes are necessary to provide heated storage for chemicals, materials and tools sensitive to extreme temperatures, the division said.
Work includes leveling the existing gravel pad; installing support timbers and liners under the storage units; installing electrical for required heated storage of chemicals, materials and tools; and installation of interior lights.
The Connexes will be placed adjacent to existing facilities on the pad.
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