Hilcorp’s Alaska headquarters in Midtown Anchorage is seen on Feb. 7. Oil regulators on Thursday issued an decision and order fining the company for missing a well-testing deadline at a Cook Inlet field. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
Alaska regulators on Thursday ordered Hilcorp to pay $50,000 for missing a deadline for testing the integrity of a well in one of its Cook Inlet fields.
The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission assessed the fine for overdue temperature checks at a well in the Trading Bay Unit on the west side of the inlet. The temperature surveys are part of the procedure for checking the integrity of wells, looking for any leaks of injected water.
Hilcorp notified the commission that it had missed the two-year deadline for the temperature survey at the well, called D-41, the AOGCC order said. The company performed the necessary temperature measurements almost exactly a month after the two-year anniversary of the test conducted on Jan. 21, 2022, and results indicated no leakage of injected water, according to AOGCC documents.