Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Notice of Public HearingSTATE OF ALASKAALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSIONRE: Docket Number: OTH 24 028Harvest 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-24-028

Harvest Alaska, LLC (Harvest), by letter dated August 7, 2024, filed an application to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) requesting approval to use a truck scale as the custody transfer meter for liquified natural gas (LNG) leaving the Harvest North Slope LNG Facility located within the Prudhoe Bay Unit.

AOGCC regulations require hydrocarbon production be measured before severance from the property or unit where produced. Hydrocarbon measurement equipment must be fabricated, installed and maintained in conformance with relevant parts of the API Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards. Hilcorp has applied for approval to use a truck scale as the custody transfer measurement method for determining the volume of LNG severed from the Prudhoe Bay Unit. The API Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards does not address measurement of hydrocarbons with a truck scale. Since this would constitute a waiver of the AOGCC's regulations at 20 AAC 25.228, scheduling a hearing in accordance with 20 AAC 25.540 is required.

This notice does not contain all the information filed by Harvest. 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 September 24, 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: 830 532 071#. 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 September 24, 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 September 17, 2024.

Jessie L. Chmielowski
Commissioner