Energy Project Experience
Drilling and P&A Projects
Methane Hydrates Project
The Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), along with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) are implementing a long-term methane gas hydrate production test program on Alaska’s North Slope to determine the role gas hydrates may play as a future energy resource for the U.S. and Japan. Methane hydrate is a potential next-generation energy resource. The aim of the project is to acquire long-term data on gas production from the methane hydrate-bearing formation, expecting those data could become valuable information for future commercial development of methane hydrate. As prime contractor, the ACES team provides turn-key planning, drilling, engineering, procurement, construction, operation, and site restoration services. This is the longest-running methane hydrates well in the world.
NPR-A Exploration Drilling Program Technical Services
Another client is proposing to conduct drilling programs on Federal lands in the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska (NPR-A) and on State of Alaska oil and gas leases on the North Slope. AES is providing technical services to support the exploration drilling program including summer field studies of freshwater lakes and cultural resources; obtaining environmental and regulatory permitting and authorizations for the drilling operations (except AOGCC permits to drill); assistance with route selection for winter snow and ice trails; community outreach and stakeholder engagement; and development and deployment of a thermistor program for early winter access for snow and ice route construction.
Plug and Abandon Northern Dancer #1 Well
The Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Office (MHTLO) became default owner of an orphan well, Northern Dancer #1, in the Big Lake, Alaska area during a land transfer. ACES (fka AES-Alaska) was awarded the fixed price project after competitively bidding the work. As prime contractor, ACES researched and assessed the available well data and planned, engineered, and executed the turnkey plug and abandonment of Northern Dancer #1 in accordance with all applicable Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) statutes and regulations, including gaining sundry approvals.
AOGCC Orphan Well Program
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) was awarded a grant from the Federal Department of the Interior (DOI) to identify, evaluate, plug and abandon (P&A), and remediate orphan wells on state and private land within Alaska. The AOGCC Orphan Well Plugging and Remediation Program (Project) involves the coordination among several state agencies, namely AOGCC who will administer the project and interface with the DOI, Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) who will administer the construction manager/general contractor (CMGC) contract, and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Office of Project Management and Permitting (OPMP) who will serve as the point of contact for permitting requirements. The objectives of the Project are to P&A orphaned wells and remediate the area including methane monitoring and reduction through source control, and identification and remediation of any contamination occurring to surface and groundwater.
US BLM Oumalik Plug and Abandonment
ASRC Consulting and Environmental Services, LLC (ACES), is a prime contractor on a 5-year, $50MM Bureau of Land Management (BLM) contract for plugging, abandonment, and remediation of orphaned and legacy wells in Alaska.
Operations & Maintenance Projects
O&M Since 1995 at Kuparuk and Alpine
At Kuparuk and Alpine, our teams have provided maintenance and minor construction, equipment maintenance, road and pad maintenance, production services, warehousing/materials support services, and safety personnel.
Methane Hydrates Project
The Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), along with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) are implementing a long-term methane gas hydrate production test program on Alaska’s North Slope to determine the role gas hydrates may play as a future energy resource for the U.S. and Japan. Methane hydrate is a potential next-generation energy resource. The aim of the project is to acquire long-term data on gas production from the methane hydrate-bearing formation, expecting those data could become valuable information for future commercial development of methane hydrate. As prime contractor, the ACES team provides turn-key planning, drilling, engineering, procurement, construction, operation, and site restoration services.
Roads and Pads Maintenance
Operations and maintenance to ensure the integrity of and access to roads, pads and docks including gravel mine operation and maintenance, and miscellaneous civil work for other operating groups.
TAPS O&M
Today, the ASRC Energy subsidiary, Houston Contracting Company, is one of the top three union shops in Alaska. The team working on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) puts in approximately 1,000,000 man-hours per year providing maintenance, operations and construction services in support of baseline activities.
Conducted repairs to the crude oil tanks and oil loading berths, repairs to and replacement of corroded large bore mainline pipe and valve components, and upgrades to complex electrical, communications, and mechanical systems along 800-mile TAPS
Yearly civil repairs on TAPS ROW including fish streams, revetments, spur dikes, water bars, and drive lane repair
Automation of TAPS pump stations at PS 1, 3, 4, and 9
Below-ground cleaning of TAPS pipe facilities at PS 1, 4, 5, and 9
Ramp down of TAPS pump stations at PS 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, and 12
Isolate, clean, repair, and return to service the TAPS crude storage tanks
Kuparuk Drilling Tool House Support Services
Drilling support consists of dealing with a lot of urgent needs that if not managed in a timely manner can lead to very costly impacts. Having personnel who know where to find needed items quickly, who to call for added support or coordination, and the experience to be asking all the right questions to make sure nothing has been overlooked is a hard competitive advantage to quantify. Our current leadership team and support crews have supported multiple combinations of rotary, work-over, CTD, and exploration activity