Runway Extension, Taxi Repair
Bids Asked for King Salmon Airport
Competitive bids are asked
for two schedules of work at
King Salmon Airport. Alaska.
Value of the work under Sch
edule A. extension of runway
overrun, is estimated at $400,
000 with value of Schedule B
work, taxiway repair, estimat
ed at $200,000.
Sealed bids will be opened
for the project by the U. S.
Army Engineer District, Alas
ka on Jan. 22. The work will
consist of construction of an
extension to the existing run
way, including bituminous
prime coat, asphaltic concrete
pavement, double bituminous
surface treatment, earthwork
for airfield, utilities, airfield
lighting system and electrical
work, installation of Govern
ment- furnished overrun bar
riers, removal work and paint
ing tSchedule A); basic bid
items for Schedule B cover re
pairs to taxiway, earthwork,
asphaltic concrete pavement,
bituminous tack coat and prime
oat. culvert and taxiwav mark
ing. Additive items will cover
earthwork, 10 inch PCC pave
ment, removal work and other
related items.
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HERE IT IS —
A BRAND NEW YEAR!
WE HOPE IT IS
A GRAND ONE FOR YOU!
TEELAND’S COUNTRY STORE
WASILLA
ViV AND WALT TEELAND
Ice Conditions Forced
Suspension of Oil Drilling
Frank C. Osment, Vice Presi
dent and Division Manager of
Pan American Petroleum Cor
poration has reported that ice
conditions in Cook Inlet, Alas
ka. have forced a suspension of
the Cook Inlet No. 1A Relief
Well. This well was being dril
led to kill the Cook Inlet No. 1
blowout. Both Cook Inlet No. 1
and the relief well were drilled
in about 100 feet of water from
a floating vessel, the WODECO
II. owned by Western Offshore
Drilling. Drilling of the relief
well and the killing of the Cook
Inlet No. 1 Well blowout are
to be completed as early as pos
sible next spring. The drilling
vessel will be kept at Seldovia,
Alaska, until that time. The re
lief well was drilled to 11,549
feet measured depth in 95 days
when operations were suspend
ed. Side tracking started at 5,
755 feet to intersect the No. 1
Well at 12,230 feet. Intermedi
| ate casing was set at 5,489 feet.
It had been hoped that the
| relief well could be completed
and the blowout killed before
winter. Cold weather caused
formation of ice in the inlet by
November 27, 1962 and the de
cision was made to set 7 inch
casing to total depth and sus
pend operations until next
spring. This casing was being
run November 30, 1962 when a
large mass of ice moving down
the inlet hit the drilling vessel,
breaking two anchor lines. The
casing was, therefore, landed at
5,413 feet without cementing
ad the well secured.
All materials and equipment
needed to perform the killing
of the blowout had been ship
ped to Anchorage. This equip
ment and material will be stor
ed in Anchorage for the winter.
Both wells are located in the
Cook Inlet approximately 36
miles southwest of Anchorage,
Alaska. The Cook Inlet No. 1
Well was spudded May 30,
1962—one of a 5-well drilling
program undertaken on a joint
ly owned undivided 25 per cent
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WE SINCERELY HOPE
THAT THE COMING YEAR WILL
BE FILLED WITH EVERY MATERIAL AND
SPIRITUAL BLESSING FOR YOU, YOUR
LOVED ONES, AND FRIENDS.
wtmwski electric assocutni
basis by Pan American Petro
leum Corporation, Sinclair Oil
and Gas Company, Phillips Pe
troleum Company and Skelly
Oil Company. Cook Inlet No. 1
was drilling below 12,000 feet
when the blowout took place
and was flowing an indetermin
ate volume of gas and liquid
hydrocarbons. When the blow
out occurred, the Hydril was
closed on the drill pipe, but a
failure of the automatic con
necting device between the
blowout preventor and the
subsea well-head caused the j
blow to be directed out into
the ■waters of the Cook Inlet.
The gas blow moved the drill- j
ing vessel off location, break
ing both the drill pipe and the
riser pipe at the ocean floor,
with a resultant loss of all con- j
trol methods. The vessel was j
moved 1,700 feet northeast of
the blowout and the relief well;
was spudded from approxi- '■
mately this position on August |
27, 1962.
The other wells in the 5-well j
program are Stedatna Creek i
No. 1, Tyonek No. 1. West Fore
land No. 1 and Middle Ground
Shoal No. 1. All are located in
the Cook Inlet area. Stedatna
Creek was spudded on Novem
ber 20, 1961 and abandoned at
7,459 feet as a dry hole on Feb
ruary 9, 1962.
Tyonek No. 1, was spudded
in April 4, 1962 and is still dril
ling as a tight hole.
West Foreland No. I, located
70 miles southwest of Anchor
age began drilling on October
27, 1961 and has been complet
ed as a shut in gas well.
Middle Ground Shoal No. 1,
was planned as a deep test to be
drilled to a depth of approxi
mately 14,000 feet. A gas blow
out from the shallow sands pre
vented this objective being
reached. The well, an offshore,
operation, was spudded May 13,
1962 following the arrival in
Cook Inlet of a tender platform
which had been towed from the
Gulf Coast through the Pan
ama Canal to Alaska. The der
rick and other materials and
supplies for this operation were
also towed to Cook Inlet by
barge from the ports of Seat
tle, Washington and Vancouver,
B.C.
The blowout at Middle
Ground Shoal No. 1 occurred
on June 11, 1962 and was brou
ght under control after 43 days
of remedial operations. Large
volumes of materials were
pumped into the well before re
gaining control including over
1,000,000 gallons of weighted
drilling mud and 18,000 sacks of
cement.
The Middle Ground Shoal
No. 1 Well was filled to the top
with cement when it became
apparent that deteriorated well
conditions would not allow'
deepr drilling. The companies
have satisfied all Federal and
State regulatory bodies con
cerned that the well has been
properly plugged.
The platform which had been
erected in shallow water near
Middle Ground Shoal to drill
the well, will be left in place as
a base for possible future oper
ations and to experiment with
the type of structure needed to
withstand the ice conditions.
Stay on Level
A man can attain great
heights just by staying on the
level.
MATANUSKA VALLEY
FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
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A Happy
Year to All
Wishing Ail Our Good Friends
a«id Customers the Best in 1963
We look back with gratitude on your
kind patronage throughout the past
year, and look forward with pleasure
to serving you again in the future,
SINCEREST GREETINGS ON EEHAIF
OF PVR MANAGEMENT AND STAFF
BERT’S DRUB STORE
WRIGHT TRAVEL AGEM6Y
NCAL AND MARK WMQMT
MS-4500 - MS-4515 PAM**
CARE “Partnership” Programs
Hone To Feed 26,000,000 People
Despite orbits in space and
prospects of trips to the moon,
down on earth the fact is that
half the people still do not have
enough to eat.
Most of us in the United
States can wait in comfort
while scientists probe the way
to future marvels. As Christ
mas nears, our greatest prob
lem may seem to be what to
buy as gifts.
But not our neighbors across
the world who are never sure
of their next meal. Unless
someone helps, they may not
live to see another holiday sea
son. let alone the Lunar Age.
It is on their behalf CARE cur
rently seeks funds for its Food
Crusade.
The aim is to deliver 7,500,
000 packages to the needy of
20 countries, in the names of
Americans who give $1 per
package. The foods are mainly
U. S. agricultural abundance.
Linked with CARE “partner
ship” programs whereby local
governments pay distribution
costs, the packages will com
plete a year-long plan to help
feed 26,000,000 people in 32
countries.
Our response determines their
fate — undernourished school
children, refugees, disaster vic
tims, destitute families in Afri
ca, Asia, Europe, Latin Amer
ica, the Middle East. While we
look to the moon, they hunger
for the food we store from our
farms. Help for those in need,
regardles of faith or country, is
the essence of Christmas.
WISHES
FOR '63
May all your
fondest wishes
come true in
the New Year! A
PALMER
BOWLING CENTER
PI 5-3891
BRUSHING UP ON OLD
SAY ENGS: WE WISH
YOU A GAY HOLIDAY!
KETCHIKAN SPRUCE MILLS
Gayest .Wishes
FOR THE CHEERIEST HOLIDAY!
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