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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Oil And Gas Advisory Committee - 03/22/2000 V MINUTES OIL AND GAS ADVISORY COMMITTEE • s;gs7'"'' "•r March 22, 2000 '' -' PRESENT: Jerry Dewbre, Industry Representative ':y P Claude D'Unger,Public Representative 0 Charles West, Public Representative ‘04 fr, ro i Don Kersting, Industry Representative \moi bi Harry Cofer, Alternate Public Representative bt \;.-- > j Charles Jacobs, Alternate Industry Representative OTHERS PRESENT: Jay Heidecker,Petroleum Superintendent; Juan J. Adame, Fire Chief; and Joseph Harney, City Attorney I. The meeting was called to order by Industry Representative Jerry Dewbre and he asked for nominations for the election of a Chairman and Vice Chairman. On a motion by Mr. D'Unger, seconded by Mr. West,Mr.Dewbre was unanimously elected to serve as Chairman and Mr. Kersting was unanimously elected to serve as Vice Chairman. Chairman Dewbre asked if there were any corrections to the minutes of the meeting on June 16, 1999. On a motion Mr. D'Unger, seconded by Mr. Jacobs, the minutes were unanimously approved. Discussion of a proposed amendment to Chapter 35 Oil and Gas Ordinance Section 35-130 began. Copies of this section of the Ordinance were provided for review. Mr. Heidecker stated the present bonding requirements and voiced his concerns of bay operators with more than four(4)wells having insufficient bonding. He stated the General Land Office estimated cost to plug the Mid Continent Resources well in the bay at $60,000. Mr. Dewbre asked if the limit of$200,000 was increased to $500,000 would be sufficient and Mr. Kersting said he would research the cost of additional bonding. On a motion by Mr. Cofer, seconded by Mr. Kersting, and unanimously agreed, the item was tabled for research by the committee. The next item on the agenda was to review the Mid Continent Resources Corpus Christi Bay State Tract 52 Well No. 2 plugging by the Railroad Commission and General Land Office using the operator's cashed letter of credit money being held by the City of Corpus Christi. Mr. Heidecker estimated the plugging to begin in May and stated upon an invoice being submitted by the Railroad Commission/General Land Office,the procedures would begin to draw the funds which will have to be approved by Council. Mr. Hamey, with Legal, stated that he did not anticipate any problems. Mr.Dewbre asked ifthere was any other business. Chief Adame informed the Committee that Mr.Heidecker was appointed to a committee that is in the process of digitizing all pipelines on a GIS mapping system. Mr. Heidecker stated that he was also going to include the location of all wells within the city limits on the mapping system. The Committee set the next meeting date to be on May 17th, at 10:30 a.m., at the Fire Department Conference Room. There being no further business,the meeting adjourned at 11:10 a.m. SCANNED S OIL AND GAS ADVISORY COMMITTEE 2000 Chairman: Jerry C. Dewbre, Industry Member Dewbre Petroleum Corporation 1012 The Six Hundred Bldg. Corpus Christi, TX 78473 Office- 888-7978,home- 991-3368 Term expires December 31, 2000. Vice-Chairman: Don Kersting, Industry Member Royal Oil and Gas Corporation CCNB, 500 N. Water Street, Suite 807 Corpus Christi, TX 78471 Office- 888-4792, home- 883-2754 Term expires December 31, 2002. Public Members: Claude D'Unger 201 Del Mar Corpus Christi, TX 78404 Home- 882-6973 Term expires December 31, 2001. Howard Fels Central Power&Light Company P. O. Box 2121 Corpus Christi, TX 78403 Office - 881-5516,home- 242-9877 Term expires December 31, 2000. Charles West P. O. Box 1263 Corpus Christi, TX 78403 Office- 884-9321, home- 851-4867 Term expires December 31, 2002. Harry H. Cofer, Alternate 6106 Hidden Oaks Street Corpus Christi, TX 78412 Home- 992-3362 Term expires December 31, 2001. Industry Members: Sharon Johnson Oil Patch Tools and Supplies, Inc. P. O. Box 10209 Corpus Christi, TX 78410 Office- 241-9575 Term expires December 31, 2001. Charles E. Jacobs,Alternate Jacobs Petroleum Engineering 926 Herndon Corpus Christi, TX 78411-2399 Office- 882-7667, home- 855-1259 Term expires December 31, 2001.