1 DR. AURAND: All I said was that if you should wish to make a 



2 recommendation about offsets or back from the head of the canyon, that 



3 the industry representative said he didn't see any problem with a 500 



4 meter offset. The existing stipulation says 200 meters. 



5 To me, it sounds like you could recommend that you not dump stuff 



6 in the heads of canyons. 



7 DR. VALENTINE: What I am saying is that if there are blocks that 



8 are totally within canyons-- 



9 DR. AURAND: Are there any like that? 



10 DR. VALENTINE: Well, we don't know that. I mean, we don't have a 



11 map here, I guess. But the thing I'm hearing is that MMS is saying, 



12 "Well, we wouldn't let them lease those, anyway," and industry is 



13 saying, "Well, we wouldn't want to drill right in the canyon, anyway." 



14 That's kind of hearsay. 



15 DR. AURAND: I'm not considering the option. Anything I said did 



16 not relate to the situation where the entire block was covered by the 



17 bounds of the canyonhead. In that case, I don't know what they would 



18 do. 



19 I have no authority nor information to speak for the leasing side 



20 of the house, in any case, okay? So, anything I said to you would be my 



21 own personal opinion. All I'm saying is that right now, there would be 



22 an offset back 200 meters if there were to be a lease in a block which 



23 contained a canyonhead. 



24 Bob said that he didn't see any problem with a 500 meter offset in 



25 terms of drilling the well. Now, what would happen in a situation where 



26 the entire block was inside the canyonhead, I have no idea. I just 



27 don't know. 



28 DR. VALENTINE: The situation I am trying to avoid is that after 



29 this document is completed and we've only considered the impacts on 



30 canyons from drilling at a minimum of 500 meters to the canyon rim, then 



31 somebody is going to say, "Well, why didn't they consider drilling in 



32 the canyon?" 



33 DR. AURAND: I think you can take care of that by just making the 



34 statement, if it were the consensus of-- 



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