?PUBLIC NOTICE
Department of Energy and Natural Resources
Office of Conservation
Injection & Mining Division
ConocoPhillips Company
Class V Stratigraphic
Test Well
Cameron Parish
Docket No. IMD 2024-05
Pursuant to provisions of the laws of the State of Louisiana and particularly Title 30 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 as amended, and provisions of Statewide Order No. 29-N-1, notice is hereby given that the Injection & Mining Division has prepared a Draft Permit for the application referenced below and that the Commissioner of Conservation will conduct a public hearing to solicit comments on the Draft Permit. The hearing will be held in the Cameron Parish Police Jury meeting room, 148 Smith Circle, Cameron, Louisiana 70631 at 6:00 pm on July 11, 2024.
At such hearing, the commissioner or his designated representative will give any interested person the opportunity to present testimony, facts, or oral or written comments relative to the Draft Permit prepared in response to an application by:
ConocoPhillips Company
925 N Eldridge Pkwy
Houston, TX 77079
ConocoPhillips Company has applied to the Office of Conservation, Injection and Mining Division for a permit to drill and complete a Class V Subsurface Stratigraphic Test Well in Section 14, Township 15 South, Range 15 West, of Cameron Parish to acquire geotechnical information. The proposed well will be identified as Gumbo North Test No. 1 and will be plugged and abandoned upon completion. The well will be drilled to a depth of approximately 8,600 feet below ground level (BGL) with geotechnical cores, fluid samples, pressure measurements, formation injectivity testing and other applicable information collected. The base of the lowermost underground source of drinking water (USDW) at this location occurs at an approximate depth of 1,200 feet BGL.
A copy of the Draft Permit, fact sheet, or other information concerning the application may be obtained by writing to Patrick Ragan, Office of Conservation, Injection & Mining Division, 617 North 3rd Street, 9th Floor, Baton Rouge, LA 70802 or by calling (225) 342-6486. The Draft Permit and fact sheet are also available for inspection between 8:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday in the Injection & Mining Division Office, Rm. 817, of the LaSalle Building, 617 North 3rd Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802. In addition, the application package is available at the Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resources, Class VI Carbon Sequestration website.
Interested parties may also submit written comments at any time prior to or during the public hearing. Written comments concerning the application must be received by the Office of Conservation no later than 4:30 P.M., July 12, 2024. Submit all comments to: Patrick Ragan, Office of Conservation, Injection & Mining Division, 617 North 3rd Street, Ninth Floor, Baton Rouge, LA 70802. Comments may also be e-mailed to info@la.gov. Please reference: ConocoPhillips Company Class V, Application Number 44853, Docket No. IMD 2024-05.
All persons having interest in the aforesaid shall take notice thereof.
By order of:
Benjamin C. Bienvenu
Commissioner of Conservation
RUN: June 6 (Ju 3)