Hilcorp North Slope, the Prudhoe Bay operator, has applied to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission for an expansion of the map extent of the Schrader Bluff oil pool in the Prudhoe Bay unit. AOGCC has tentatively scheduled a hearing on the request for June 13 at 10 a.m. in its Anchorage off.
As previously reported, Lagniappe Alaska LLC, a Bill Armstrong company, has applied for an Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plan for its proposed South Badami Area Exploration Program with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. The independent is looking to drill between three.
ConocoPhillips Alaska shut in production from its Kuparuk River unit drill site 2P, Meltwater, south of the main Kuparuk field, in September 2021, citing high water cut, greater than 98%, and estimated backout from pipeline hydraulics as among the factors making the Meltwater pool uneconomic to prod.