Mick Thomas

Division Administrator – Minerals, Navigable Waters, and Oil & Gas

Secretary to the Oil & Gas Conservation Commission

This update was sent to the Commission on Saturday, December 3, 2022.

December 2022 Secretary Update

Current Items:

Monthly Production and Sales for September 2022
Third Quarter Report 2022
Docket No. CC-2022-OGR-01-002, Application for Integration
Injection Well Update
Field Status
News Article(s) of Interest
Current Prices

Monthly Production and Sales for September 2022
The September 2022 monthly report is now available. Please see the Monthly and Annual Reports page for more information.

Third Quarter Report 2022
The Third Quarter 2022 report to the Commission is included here. (this is a corrected version sent out on Tuesday, December 6, 2022)

Docket No. CC-2022-OGR-01-002, Application for Integration
An order on determining “just and reasonable” factors was sent out on November 10, 2022. The Evidentiary Hearing will be held on Thursday, January 12, 2023. More information for this application and hearing can be found on the Docket No. CC-2022-OGR-01-002 hearing webpage.

Injection Well Update
On November 3, 2022, EPA Region 10 issued a Class II Disposal Well Permit to Snake River Oil and Gas, LLC and approved an associated Aquifer Exemption for the Willow Sand in Willow Field. The permit takes effect December 19, 2022, at 12:01 AM. The documents can be viewed on the EPA Region 10 web page here.

Field Status
Drilling operations are complete for the Irvin 1-19 and Barlow 3-14 wells in Harmon Field. Testing and completion operations are scheduled to commence the week of November 28th. Both wells have been designated as confidential under Idaho Code § 47-327.

News Article(s) of Interest
USFS starts pilot project to transition to an electric fleet of field vehicles
The Forest Service Is Leaning into Electric Vehicles – Outside Online

NASA cancels greenhouse gas monitoring satellite due to cost
https://apnews.com/article/space-exploration-science-south-america-business-pollution-c3b6ea27eed442bbf9b57d310f7255c2

Current Prices

Natural Gas (HH)	$6.80 MMBtu.	11/30/22	(50.7% / $2.29 increase since last month)
NGL (EIA)	$8.30 MMBtu.	11/30/22	(6.5% / $0.58 decrease since last month)
Utah Sweet Crude	$68.40 bbl.	12/01/22	(12.7% / $9.97 decrease since last month)
WTI	$81.22 bbl.	12/01/22	(17.1% / $16.81 decrease since last month)