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Three more CRU wells
ConocoPhillips Alaska drilling additional Nanushuk wells this winter
Kay Cashman Petroleum News
On Sept. 17, ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc., or CPAI, told the Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas that it is going to drill three additional wells in the Colville River Unit, or CRU, this coming winter. The notification was sent to Division Director Derek Nottingham.
CPAI's amendment to the 26th annual plan of development was also sent to the president of Arctic Slope Regional Corp. and to the chief of energy and minerals of Interior's Bureau of Land Management.
The purpose of the amendment was to better describe the upcoming 2024-25 winter drilling season, the company said.
CPAI also asked that the CRU plan of operations be amended.
The only public information available on the three wells is as follows:
Word for word, CPAI said it plans to "drill one Narwhal well within the following time period: May 16, 2024 through May 15, 2025. This well, CD4-5XX, is part of the continued development of the Brookian Nanushuk Narwhal reservoir from CD4 pad. CPAI plans to drill two Minke wells within the same time period. These wells will be drilled from CD5 pad and will utilize existing available well slots on the CD5 pad. When drilled and completed the CD-5-6XX's horizontal wells will be tied into the CD5 facilities for extended flow testing of the reservoir and produce within the Minke participating area in the Colville River Unit. Production will be allocated to associated CRU tracts based on standard well allocation procedures currently used in the Colville River Unit. The application to form the Minke participating area was submitted to the State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, the Arctic Slope Regional Corp. and Bureau of Land Management on Sept. 13."
Unit history The CRU was formed in 1998 and included 37 leases consisting of state, Arctic Slope Regional Corp., joint state and ASRC lands. The CRU has been expanded nine times since 1998, and now covers more than 134,000 acres of state, ASRC, joint, and federal lands.
The CRU currently covers eight participating areas and eight distinct oil reservoirs.
The Alpine Central Facility also processes production from the Greater Moose's Tooth Unit, or GMTU, before passing combined production into the Alpine pipeline.
Production from the CRU averaged 34,177 barrels of oil per day during the 2023 calendar year.
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