Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Notice of Public HearingSTATE OF ALASKAALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSIONRE: Docket Number: OTH-24-016Hilcorp Alaska, LLC[...]

Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

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

RE: Docket Number: OTH-24-016

Hilcorp Alaska, LLC (Hilcorp), by letter dated April 11, 2024, filed an application to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) for a waiver of certain provisions of 20 AAC 25.228(a), the AOGCC's regulations that pertain to sales metering of oil and gas for compressed natural gas (CNG) fueled vehicles at the Milne Point Unit (MPU).

AOGCC regulations allow produced gas to be used on a property for development-related purposes but require that gas that is severed from a property be measured through a sales quality meter before being severed. Utilizing CNG produced in the MPU as a fuel source for vehicles used on the unit for field operations is an allowable use of the gas produced from the unit. However, when a vehicle fueled with CNG physically leaves the unit boundaries, that gas is severed from the unit and by regulations is required to be metered through a sales meter. Hilcorp has applied for a waiver of part of this regulation to allow for vehicles fueled with propane to leave the unit for unit operations-related purposes (such as to pick up a part from a different field and take it back for use in the MPU) without metering the propane. Since this would constitute a waiver of the AOGCC's regulations, scheduling hearing in accordance with 20 AAC 25.540 is required.

This notice does not contain all the information filed by Hilcorp. 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 tentatively scheduled for June 13, 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: 666 298 638#. Anyone who wishes to participate remotely using MS Teams video conference should contact Ms. Carlisle at least two business days before the scheduled public hearing to request an invitation for the MS Teams. To request that the tentatively scheduled hearing be held, a written request must be filed with the AOGCC no later than 4:30 p.m. on May 20, 2024.

If a request for a hearing is not timely filed, the AOGCC may issue an order without a hearing. To learn if the AOGCC will hold the hearing, call (907) 793-1223 after May 22, 2024.

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 4:30 p.m. on June 4, 2024, except that, if a hearing is held, comments must be received no later than the conclusion of the June 13, 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 June 6, 2024.

Brett W. Huber, Sr.
Chair, Commissioner