Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Notice of Public HearingSTATE OF ALASKAALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSIONRE: Docket Numbers: AIO-24-013By application dated[...]

Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

Notice of Public Hearing
STATE OF ALASKA
ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION

RE: Docket Numbers: AIO-24-013

By application dated April 16, 2024, Oil Search (Alaska), LLC (OSA), as the operator of the Pikka Unit (PU), requests that the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) approve an Area Injection Order (AIO) to allow enhanced oil recovery (EOR) injection activities in the Nanushuk Oil Pool (NOP).

Conservation Order 807 (CO 807), issued on July 20, 2023, defined the extents of the NOP and prescribed rules for its development. OSA is now seeking authorization to conduct an EOR injection project in the NOP in anticipation of beginning production from the PU in the coming years.

The AOGCC approves injection orders for several purposes, including EOR, storage, and disposal either on an individual well or area wide basis in Alaska. EOR injection orders establish rules for conducting operations that are intended to increase the amount of oil or gas that could be recovered from a pool by one or more of the following mechanisms, maintain reservoir energy, sweeping oil through the reservoir to a production well, or modifying the properties of the oil to make it more mobile. This is consistent with the portion of the AOGCC's mission that seeks to promote greater ultimate recovery.

This notice does not contain all the information filed by OSA. To obtain more information, contact the AOGCC's Special Assistant, Samantha Coldiron, at (907) 793-1223 or [email protected].

A public hearing on the matter has been scheduled for June 4, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. The hearing, which may be changed to full virtual, if necessary, will be held in the AOGCC hearing room located at 333 West 7^th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501. The audio call-in information is (907) 202-7104 Conference ID: 204 118 862#. Anyone who wishes to participate remotely using MS Teams video conference should contact Ms. Coldiron at least two business days before the scheduled public hearing to request an invitation for the MS Teams.

In addition, written comments regarding this application may be submitted to the AOGCC, at 333 west 7th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501 or [email protected]. Comments must be received no later than the conclusion of the June 4, 2024, hearing.

If, because of a disability, special accommodations may be needed to comment or attend the hearing, contact Samantha Coldiron, at (907) 793-1223, no later than May 28, 2024.

Brett W. Huber, Sr.
Chair, Commissioner