STATE OF ALASKA ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION 333 West Seventh Avenue Anchorage Alaska 99501 Re: Review of well conditions and safety. ) ) ) ) Docket Number: OTH-17-036 Other Order 128 October 30, 2017 CORRECTED EMERGENCY ORDER Review of a well failure and uncontrolled release of fluids at Prudhoe Bay Unit DS02-03B revealed the root cause of the incident to be a combination of the well construction geometry – outer casing shoe set in the permafrost – and thawing permafrost and subsidence. As a result, AOGCC is undertaking a review of all wells on the North Slope. No later than December 31, 2017, Armstrong Energy, LLC shall shut in all North Slope wells it operates which have similar construction geometry and provide to AOGCC a list of those wells. Failure to comply with this order will result in AOGCC taking action pursuant to AS 31.05.150. Done at Anchorage, Alaska and Dated October 30, 2017. //signature on file// Hollis S. French Chair, Commissioner //signature on file// Cathy P. Foerster Commissioner //signature on file// Daniel T. Seamount, Jr. Commissioner RECONSIDERATION AND APPEAL NOTICE As provided in AS 31.05.080(a), within 20 days after written notice of the entry of this order or decision, or such further time as the AOGCC grants for good cause shown, a person affected by it may file with the AOGCC an application for reconsideration of the matter determined by it. If the notice was mailed, then the period of time shall be 23 days. An application for reconsideration must set out the respect in which the order or decision is believed to be erroneous. The AOGCC shall grant or refuse the application for reconsideration in whole or in part within 10 days after it is filed. Failure to act on it within 10-days is a denial of reconsideration. If the AOGCC denies reconsideration, upon denial, this order or decision and the denial of reconsideration are FINAL and may be appealed to superior court. The appeal MUST be filed within 33 days after the date on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision denying reconsideration, UNLESS the denial is by inaction, in which case the appeal MUST be filed within 40 days after the date on which the application for reconsideration was filed. If the AOGCC grants an application for reconsideration, this order or decision does not become final. Rather, the order or decision on reconsideration will be the FINAL order or decision of the AOGCC, and it may be appealed to superior court. That appeal MUST be filed within 33 days after the date on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision on reconsideration. In computing a period of time above, the date of the event or default after which the designated period begins to run is not included in the period; the last day of the period is included, unless it falls on a weekend or state holiday, in which event the period runs until 5:00 p.m. on the next day that does not fall on a weekend or state holiday. STATE OF ALASKA ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION 333 West Seventh Avenue Anchorage Alaska 99501 Re: Review of well conditions and safety. ) ) ) ) Docket Number: OTH-17-037 Other Order 129 October 30, 2017 CORRECTED EMERGENCY ORDER Review of a well failure and uncontrolled release of fluids at Prudhoe Bay Unit DS02-03B revealed the root cause of the incident to be a combination of the well construction geometry – outer casing shoe set in the permafrost – and thawing permafrost and subsidence. As a result, AOGCC is undertaking a review of all wells on the North Slope. No later than December 31, 2017, Brooks Range Petroleum Corporation shall shut in all North Slope wells it operates which have similar construction geometry and provide to AOGCC a list of those wells. Failure to comply with this order will result in AOGCC taking action pursuant to AS 31.05.150. Done at Anchorage, Alaska and Dated October 30, 2017. //signature on file// Hollis S. French Chair, Commissioner //signature on file// Cathy P. Foerster Commissioner //signature on file// Daniel T. Seamount, Jr. Commissioner RECONSIDERATION AND APPEAL NOTICE As provided in AS 31.05.080(a), within 20 days after written notice of the entry of this order or decision, or such further time as the AOGCC grants for good cause shown, a person affected by it may file with the AOGCC an application for reconsideration of the matter determined by it. If the notice was mailed, then the period of time shall be 23 days. An application for reconsideration must set out the respect in which the order or decision is believed to be erroneous. The AOGCC shall grant or refuse the application for reconsideration in whole or in part within 10 days after it is filed. Failure to act on it within 10-days is a denial of reconsideration. If the AOGCC denies reconsideration, upon denial, this order or decision and the denial of reconsideration are FINAL and may be appealed to superior court. The appeal MUST be filed within 33 days after the date on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision denying reconsideration, UNLESS the denial is by inaction, in which case the appeal MUST be filed within 40 days after the date on which the application for reconsideration was filed. If the AOGCC grants an application for reconsideration, this order or decision does not become final. Rather, the order or decision on reconsideration will be the FINAL order or decision of the AOGCC, and it may be appealed to superior court. That appeal MUST be filed within 33 days after the date on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision on reconsideration. In computing a period of time above, the date of the event or default after which the designated period begins to run is not included in the period; the last day of the period is included, unless it falls on a weekend or state holiday, in which event the period runs until 5:00 p.m. on the next day that does not fall on a weekend or state holiday. STATE OF ALASKA ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION 333 West Seventh Avenue Anchorage Alaska 99501 Re: Review of well conditions and safety. ) ) ) ) Docket Number: OTH-17-038 Other Order 130 October 30, 2017 CORRECTED EMERGENCY ORDER Review of a well failure and uncontrolled release of fluids at Prudhoe Bay Unit DS02-03B revealed the root cause of the incident to be a combination of the well construction geometry – outer casing shoe set in the permafrost – and thawing permafrost and subsidence. As a result, AOGCC is undertaking a review of all wells on the North Slope. No later than December 31, 2017, Caelus Natural Resources Alaska, LLC shall shut in all North Slope wells it operates which have similar construction geometry and provide to AOGCC a list of those wells. Failure to comply with this order will result in AOGCC taking action pursuant to AS 31.05.150. Done at Anchorage, Alaska and Dated October 30, 2017. //signature on file// Hollis S. French Chair, Commissioner //signature on file// Cathy P. Foerster Commissioner //signature on file// Daniel T. Seamount, Jr. Commissioner RECONSIDERATION AND APPEAL NOTICE As provided in AS 31.05.080(a), within 20 days after written notice of the entry of this order or decision, or such further time as the AOGCC grants for good cause shown, a person affected by it may file with the AOGCC an application for reconsideration of the matter determined by it. If the notice was mailed, then the period of time shall be 23 days. An application for reconsideration must set out the respect in which the order or decision is believed to be erroneous. The AOGCC shall grant or refuse the application for reconsideration in whole or in part within 10 days after it is filed. Failure to act on it within 10-days is a denial of reconsideration. If the AOGCC denies reconsideration, upon denial, this order or decision and the denial of reconsideration are FINAL and may be appealed to superior court. The appeal MUST be filed within 33 days after the date on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision denying reconsideration, UNLESS the denial is by inaction, in which case the appeal MUST be filed within 40 days after the date on which the application for reconsideration was filed. If the AOGCC grants an application for reconsideration, this order or decision does not become final. Rather, the order or decision on reconsideration will be the FINAL order or decision of the AOGCC, and it may be appealed to superior court. That appeal MUST be filed within 33 days after the date on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision on reconsideration. In computing a period of time above, the date of the event or default after which the designated period begins to run is not included in the period; the last day of the period is included, unless it falls on a weekend or state holiday, in which event the period runs until 5:00 p.m. on the next day that does not fall on a weekend or state holiday. STATE OF ALASKA ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION 333 West Seventh Avenue Anchorage Alaska 99501 Re: Review of well conditions and safety. ) ) ) ) Docket Number: OTH-17-039 Other Order 131 October 30, 2017 CORRECTED EMERGENCY ORDER Review of a well failure and uncontrolled release of fluids at Prudhoe Bay Unit DS02-03B revealed the root cause of the incident to be a combination of the well construction geometry – outer casing shoe set in the permafrost – and thawing permafrost and subsidence. As a result, AOGCC is undertaking a review of all wells on the North Slope. No later than December 31, 2017, ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. shall shut in all North Slope wells it operates which have similar construction geometry and provide to AOGCC a list of those wells. Failure to comply with this order will result in AOGCC taking action pursuant to AS 31.05.150. Done at Anchorage, Alaska and Dated October 30, 2017. //signature on file// Hollis S. French Chair, Commissioner //signature on file// Cathy P. Foerster Commissioner //signature on file// Daniel T. Seamount, Jr. Commissioner RECONSIDERATION AND APPEAL NOTICE As provided in AS 31.05.080(a), within 20 days after written notice of the entry of this order or decision, or such further time as the AOGCC grants for good cause shown, a person affected by it may file with the AOGCC an application for reconsideration of the matter determined by it. If the notice was mailed, then the period of time shall be 23 days. An application for reconsideration must set out the respect in which the order or decision is believed to be erroneous. The AOGCC shall grant or refuse the application for reconsideration in whole or in part within 10 days after it is filed. Failure to act on it within 10-days is a denial of reconsideration. If the AOGCC denies reconsideration, upon denial, this order or decision and the denial of reconsideration are FINAL and may be appealed to superior court. The appeal MUST be filed within 33 days after the date on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision denying reconsideration, UNLESS the denial is by inaction, in which case the appeal MUST be filed within 40 days after the date on which the application for reconsideration was filed. If the AOGCC grants an application for reconsideration, this order or decision does not become final. Rather, the order or decision on reconsideration will be the FINAL order or decision of the AOGCC, and it may be appealed to superior court. That appeal MUST be filed within 33 days after the date on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision on reconsideration. In computing a period of time above, the date of the event or default after which the designated period begins to run is not included in the period; the last day of the period is included, unless it falls on a weekend or state holiday, in which event the period runs until 5:00 p.m. on the next day that does not fall on a weekend or state holiday. STATE OF ALASKA ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION 333 West Seventh Avenue Anchorage Alaska 99501 Re: Review of well conditions and safety. ) ) ) ) Docket Number: OTH-17-040 Other Order 132 October 30, 2017 CORRECTED EMERGENCY ORDER Review of a well failure and uncontrolled release of fluids at Prudhoe Bay Unit DS02-03B revealed the root cause of the incident to be a combination of the well construction geometry – outer casing shoe set in the permafrost – and thawing permafrost and subsidence. As a result, AOGCC is undertaking a review of all wells on the North Slope. No later than December 31, 2017, Eni US Operating Co. Inc. shall shut in all North Slope wells it operates which have similar construction geometry and provide to AOGCC a list of those wells. Failure to comply with this order will result in AOGCC taking action pursuant to AS 31.05.150. Done at Anchorage, Alaska and Dated October 30, 2017. //signature on file// Hollis S. French Chair, Commissioner //signature on file// Cathy P. Foerster Commissioner //signature on file// Daniel T. Seamount, Jr. Commissioner RECONSIDERATION AND APPEAL NOTICE As provided in AS 31.05.080(a), within 20 days after written notice of the entry of this order or decision, or such further time as the AOGCC grants for good cause shown, a person affected by it may file with the AOGCC an application for reconsideration of the matter determined by it. If the notice was mailed, then the period of time shall be 23 days. An application for reconsideration must set out the respect in which the order or decision is believed to be erroneous. The AOGCC shall grant or refuse the application for reconsideration in whole or in part within 10 days after it is filed. Failure to act on it within 10-days is a denial of reconsideration. If the AOGCC denies reconsideration, upon denial, this order or decision and the denial of reconsideration are FINAL and may be appealed to superior court. The appeal MUST be filed within 33 days after the date on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision denying reconsideration, UNLESS the denial is by inaction, in which case the appeal MUST be filed within 40 days after the date on which the application for reconsideration was filed. If the AOGCC grants an application for reconsideration, this order or decision does not become final. Rather, the order or decision on reconsideration will be the FINAL order or decision of the AOGCC, and it may be appealed to superior court. That appeal MUST be filed within 33 days after the date on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision on reconsideration. In computing a period of time above, the date of the event or default after which the designated period begins to run is not included in the period; the last day of the period is included, unless it falls on a weekend or state holiday, in which event the period runs until 5:00 p.m. on the next day that does not fall on a weekend or state holiday. STATE OF ALASKA ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION 333 West Seventh Avenue Anchorage Alaska 99501 Re: Review of well conditions and safety. ) ) ) ) Docket Number: OTH-17-041 Other Order 133 October 30, 2017 CORRECTED EMERGENCY ORDER Review of a well failure and uncontrolled release of fluids at Prudhoe Bay Unit DS02-03B revealed the root cause of the incident to be a combination of the well construction geometry – outer casing shoe set in the permafrost – and thawing permafrost and subsidence. As a result, AOGCC is undertaking a review of all wells on the North Slope. No later than December 31, 2017, ExxonMobil Oil Corporation shall shut in all North Slope wells it operates which have similar construction geometry and provide to AOGCC a list of those wells. Failure to comply with this order will result in AOGCC taking action pursuant to AS 31.05.150. Done at Anchorage, Alaska and Dated October 30, 2017. //signature on file// Hollis S. French Chair, Commissioner //signature on file// Cathy P. Foerster Commissioner //signature on file// Daniel T. Seamount, Jr. Commissioner RECONSIDERATION AND APPEAL NOTICE As provided in AS 31.05.080(a), within 20 days after written notice of the entry of this order or decision, or such further time as the AOGCC grants for good cause shown, a person affected by it may file with the AOGCC an application for reconsideration of the matter determined by it. If the notice was mailed, then the period of time shall be 23 days. An application for reconsideration must set out the respect in which the order or decision is believed to be erroneous. The AOGCC shall grant or refuse the application for reconsideration in whole or in part within 10 days after it is filed. Failure to act on it within 10-days is a denial of reconsideration. If the AOGCC denies reconsideration, upon denial, this order or decision and the denial of reconsideration are FINAL and may be appealed to superior court. The appeal MUST be filed within 33 days after the date on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision denying reconsideration, UNLESS the denial is by inaction, in which case the appeal MUST be filed within 40 days after the date on which the application for reconsideration was filed. If the AOGCC grants an application for reconsideration, this order or decision does not become final. Rather, the order or decision on reconsideration will be the FINAL order or decision of the AOGCC, and it may be appealed to superior court. That appeal MUST be filed within 33 days after the date on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision on reconsideration. In computing a period of time above, the date of the event or default after which the designated period begins to run is not included in the period; the last day of the period is included, unless it falls on a weekend or state holiday, in which event the period runs until 5:00 p.m. on the next day that does not fall on a weekend or state holiday. STATE OF ALASKA ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION 333 West Seventh Avenue Anchorage Alaska 99501 Re: Review of well conditions and safety. ) ) ) ) Docket Number: OTH-17-042 Other Order 134 October 30, 2017 CORRECTED EMERGENCY ORDER Review of a well failure and uncontrolled release of fluids at Prudhoe Bay Unit DS02-03B revealed the root cause of the incident to be a combination of the well construction geometry – outer casing shoe set in the permafrost – and thawing permafrost and subsidence. As a result, AOGCC is undertaking a review of all wells on the North Slope. No later than December 31, 2017, Hilcorp Alaska, LLC shall shut in all North Slope wells it operates which have similar construction geometry and provide to AOGCC a list of those wells. Failure to comply with this order will result in AOGCC taking action pursuant to AS 31.05.150. Done at Anchorage, Alaska and Dated October 30, 2017. //signature on file// Hollis S. French Chair, Commissioner //signature on file// Cathy P. Foerster Commissioner //signature on file// Daniel T. Seamount, Jr. Commissioner RECONSIDERATION AND APPEAL NOTICE As provided in AS 31.05.080(a), within 20 days after written notice of the entry of this order or decision, or such further time as the AOGCC grants for good cause shown, a person affected by it may file with the AOGCC an application for reconsideration of the matter determined by it. If the notice was mailed, then the period of time shall be 23 days. An application for reconsideration must set out the respect in which the order or decision is believed to be erroneous. The AOGCC shall grant or refuse the application for reconsideration in whole or in part within 10 days after it is filed. Failure to act on it within 10-days is a denial of reconsideration. If the AOGCC denies reconsideration, upon denial, this order or decision and the denial of reconsideration are FINAL and may be appealed to superior court. The appeal MUST be filed within 33 days after the date on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision denying reconsideration, UNLESS the denial is by inaction, in which case the appeal MUST be filed within 40 days after the date on which the application for reconsideration was filed. If the AOGCC grants an application for reconsideration, this order or decision does not become final. Rather, the order or decision on reconsideration will be the FINAL order or decision of the AOGCC, and it may be appealed to superior court. That appeal MUST be filed within 33 days after the date on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision on reconsideration. In computing a period of time above, the date of the event or default after which the designated period begins to run is not included in the period; the last day of the period is included, unless it falls on a weekend or state holiday, in which event the period runs until 5:00 p.m. on the next day that does not fall on a weekend or state holiday. STATE OF ALASKA ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION 333 West Seventh Avenue Anchorage Alaska 99501 Re: Review of well conditions and safety. ) ) ) ) Docket Number: OTH-17-043 Other Order 135 October 30, 2017 CORRECTED EMERGENCY ORDER Review of a well failure and uncontrolled release of fluids at Prudhoe Bay Unit DS02-03B revealed the root cause of the incident to be a combination of the well construction geometry – outer casing shoe set in the permafrost – and thawing permafrost and subsidence. As a result, AOGCC is undertaking a review of all wells on the North Slope. No later than December 31, 2017, Savant Alaska, LLC shall shut in all North Slope wells it operates which have similar construction geometry and provide to AOGCC a list of those wells. Failure to comply with this order will result in AOGCC taking action pursuant to AS 31.05.150. Done at Anchorage, Alaska and Dated October 30, 2017. //signature on file// Hollis S. French Chair, Commissioner //signature on file// Cathy P. Foerster Commissioner //signature on file// Daniel T. Seamount, Jr. Commissioner RECONSIDERATION AND APPEAL NOTICE As provided in AS 31.05.080(a), within 20 days after written notice of the entry of this order or decision, or such further time as the AOGCC grants for good cause shown, a person affected by it may file with the AOGCC an application for reconsideration of the matter determined by it. If the notice was mailed, then the period of time shall be 23 days. An application for reconsideration must set out the respect in which the order or decision is believed to be erroneous. The AOGCC shall grant or refuse the application for reconsideration in whole or in part within 10 days after it is filed. Failure to act on it within 10-days is a denial of reconsideration. If the AOGCC denies reconsideration, upon denial, this order or decision and the denial of reconsideration are FINAL and may be appealed to superior court. The appeal MUST be filed within 33 days after the date on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision denying reconsideration, UNLESS the denial is by inaction, in which case the appeal MUST be filed within 40 days after the date on which the application for reconsideration was filed. If the AOGCC grants an application for reconsideration, this order or decision does not become final. Rather, the order or decision on reconsideration will be the FINAL order or decision of the AOGCC, and it may be appealed to superior court. That appeal MUST be filed within 33 days after the date on which the AOGCC mails, OR 30 days if the AOGCC otherwise distributes, the order or decision on reconsideration. In computing a period of time above, the date of the event or default after which the designated period begins to run is not included in the period; the last day of the period is included, unless it falls on a weekend or state holiday, in which event the period runs until 5:00 p.m. on the next day that does not fall on a weekend or state holiday.