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Volume 43 Number 6 February 2013 Page 1 Heavy Oil Production on Alaska’s North Slope Josef Chmielowski BP Exploration Alaska Inc. [email protected] AGS Luncheon Date & Time: Feb. 21 st , 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Program: Heavy Oil Production on Alaska’s North Slope Speaker(s): Josef Chmielowski, BP Exploration Alaska Inc. Place: BP Energy Center Reservations: Make your reservation before noon Tuesday, Feb. 19 th , 2013. Cost: Seminar only, no meal: Free Reserve a box lunch: $15 Reserve a hot lunch: $20 Lunch with no reservation: On an “as-available” basis only E-mail reservations: [email protected] or phone (907) 564-4028 For more information: visit the AGS website: www.alaskageology.org The Alaska North Slope is a prolific hydrocarbon basin that has produced billions of barrels of light oil. As the basin matures and production declines, it is necessary to investigate other means by which to extend field life. As a result, BP Alaska has appraised the fluvial-deltaic Ugnu reser- voir and associated heavy oil fluids in order to demonstrate the technical viability of producing heavy oil on the North Slope. In 2011 & 2012, the large heavy oil resource (approximately 18Bn bbls.) has been tested via a four well production pilot. Due to limited surface locations and perma- frost issues, two horizontal wells with surface drive progressive cavity pumps were selected for ap- praisal of the Ugnu Formation. Acquisition of quality data and a proactive approach to well man- agement allowed up to 20% sand production to be sustained over the test period. Data will be shown to demonstrate the improvement in performance relative to conventional horizontal predic- tions and how the sand production is enhancing oil rates through wormhole extension. An update on continued production results will be shared in the presentation. Note: the heavy oil resources face significant technological and investment challenges in the current Alaska fiscal system. As such, in late 2012, BP announced it is scaling back its heavy oil efforts and will stop the pilot pro- gram in 2013. Foamy Oil

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Heavy Oil Production on Alaska’s North Slope

Josef Chmielowski BP Exploration Alaska Inc.

[email protected]

AGS Luncheon Date & Time: Feb. 21st, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Program: Heavy Oil Production on Alaska’s North Slope

Speaker(s): Josef Chmielowski, BP Exploration Alaska Inc.

Place: BP Energy Center

Reservations: Make your reservation before noon Tuesday, Feb. 19th, 2013.

Cost: Seminar only, no meal: Free

Reserve a box lunch: $15

Reserve a hot lunch: $20

Lunch with no reservation:

On an “as-available” basis only

E-mail reservations: [email protected] or phone (907) 564-4028

For more information: visit the AGS website: www.alaskageology.org

The Alaska North Slope is a prolific hydrocarbon basin that has produced billions of barrels of light oil. As the basin matures and production declines, it is necessary to investigate other means by which to extend field life. As a result, BP Alaska has appraised the fluvial-deltaic Ugnu reser-voir and associated heavy oil fluids in order to demonstrate the technical viability of producing heavy oil on the North Slope. In 2011 & 2012, the large heavy oil resource (approximately 18Bn bbls.) has been tested via a four well production pilot. Due to limited surface locations and perma-frost issues, two horizontal wells with surface drive progressive cavity pumps were selected for ap-praisal of the Ugnu Formation. Acquisition of quality data and a proactive approach to well man-agement allowed up to 20% sand production to be sustained over the test period. Data will be shown to demonstrate the improvement in performance relative to conventional horizontal predic-tions and how the sand production is enhancing oil rates through wormhole extension. An update on continued production results will be shared in the presentation. Note: the heavy oil resources face significant technological and investment challenges in the current Alaska fiscal system. As such, in late 2012, BP announced it is scaling back its heavy oil efforts and will stop the pilot pro-gram in 2013.

Foamy Oil

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About the Speaker: Josef Chmielowski was born and raised in Sourdough, Alaska (about 40 miles north of Glen-

nallen). He received a BA in physics and a BS in geology from Rutgers College in New Jersey. He received an MS in geophysics from the University of Arizona, Tucson for his work utilizing earthquakes to image a large active magma body beneath the Andean Alti-Plano.

He returned to Alaska in 1999 as an interpretation geophysicist for BP. Since then, he has worked in a variety of BP roles including: slope-wide exploration, Prudhoe Bay light oil produc-tion, Milne Point viscous oil appraisal & development, business strategy & planning, projects ap-praise, Egypt gas exploration (cut short due to revolution) and most recently – Alaska heavy oil appraisal team lead. As such, Josef and his incredibly awesome subsurface team are responsi-ble for characterizing the Ugnu reservoir/fluids and determining the technical viability of produc-ing heavy oil on the North Slope.

BP Alaska Milne Point Heavy Oil Pilot

Sand Cut

Cross section of Ugnu reservoir

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From the President’s Desk:

Greetings all, I have been out of State for a few weeks. But I am trying to keep in touch. Appar-ently, I can do a lot of things from my phone with a lot of squinting, etc.

In December, our Speaker was able to address us in Anchorage and the DGGS members from Houston Texas. This was a technological first for us. Last month and with Dr. Cathy Hanks support at UAF, we thought we would be able to offer the AGS members at the University to participate too. Unfortunately, that did not work as we had hoped even after AGS “took to the Cloud” for sharing large files, such as PowerPoint presentations. However, we are working around that. As always, any suggestions or expertise are greatly welcome.

All of this is part of running AGS and keeping it as useful to its members as is possible. All of the Board and Officers are volunteers and we each have varying talents and expertise. Although it ap-pears that we’re not extraordinarily gifted in communication skills or other than basic IT technolo-gies. So we blunder along at times trying to make these things happen. I must say that things are quite different when you don’t have an IT staff to assist you. Yes, this is a plea for help to keep AGS as current as it can be.

With research, energy, environmental, mining, government and other assorted employers, our AGS membership is likely more diverse than any other local geological society. We try to cater to most everyone’s myriad interests. This is where being a Board Member or Officer or Committee partici-pant steers where AGS goes. The benefits are fantastic… you have additional opportunities to spend time with other geoscientists. And from what I hear, there’s a serious lack of winter weather conducive to recreation as of late. From the beach….

THE ALASKA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Luncheon Schedule 2012 - 2013

Updates on the web at: http://www.alaskageology.org

September 2012 Thursday, Sept. 20th – James R. Markello, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co, Houston, TX; A New Depositional & Sequence Stratigraphic Architecture for the Lisburne Wahoo Reservoir, North Slope Alaska

October 2012 Thursday, Oct. 18th – Dr. John C. Eichelberger, USGS; A 100 Year Perspective of the Katmai Volcano and Eruption

November 2012 Thursday, Nov. 15th – Dr. Mark Myers, Vice Chancellor for Research, UAF; Geology Research and the Geophysical Institute at University of Alaska Fairbanks

December 2012 Thursday, Dec. 13th – Ed Duncan, President – Great Bear Petroleum; Unconventional Oil Reservoirs on the North Slope of Alaska

January 2013 Thursday, Jan 17th – Kristine Crossen, UAA; Tsui Lake Jokulhlaup and the 15 year surge of Bering Glacier, Alaska

*January 2013 Tuesday, Jan. 22nd – Dr. Bernard Coakley, UAF; MCS Data Across the Chukchi Borderland and Chukchi Shelf

February 2013 Thursday, Feb. 21st – Josef Chmielowski, BP Exploration Alaska, Heavy Oil Team Leader; Heavy Oil Development and Technologies, North Slope, Alaska

March 2013 March 21st – David Allard, Apache New Ventures Manager; Cook Inlet Exploration

April 2013 Thursday, April 18th – Jana DaSilva Lage, Aeromatric, Manager and Geologist; The Mighty Matanuska: An Aerial Mapping Study

May 2013 Thursday, May 16th – Dr. Wesley Wallace, UAF; Neotectonics of a Complex Plate Boundary Zone: Indentation, Rotation, and Escape in Alaska

If you would like to give a presentation or suggest a speaker, please contact Monte Mabry at 564-4028.

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ALASKA FOSSIL OF THE MONTH

MYRIOSPIRIFER BREASEI (GARCIA-ALCALDE & BLODGETT), IMMIGRANT FROM SIBERIA

Robert B. Blodgett (Consulting Geologist, Anchorage)

The selection for this month’s Alaska Fossil of the Month column is the Late Early Devonian (Emsian) brachiopod Myriospirifer breasei (Garcia-Alcalde & Blodgett, 2001), the first Paleozoic age fossil to ever be formally established based on specimens from Denali National Park & Preserve. This fossil species, along with its other associated brachiopods, provide strong evidence strongly supporting the origin of the Farewell terrane of southwest and west-central Alaska being derived by rifting from Siberia (Blodgett & Brease, 1997; Blodgett, 1998; Blodgett & Boucot, 1999, and Garcia-Alcalde & Blodgett, 2001). This brachiopod belongs to the Eospiriferinae, a distinctive subfamily of the spiriferid brachiopods characterized by a highly unusual micro-ornament of fine radial capillae (Figure 1). Members of this subfamily are characteristic of Eurasian faunas during Early Devonian time, but have never been observed along the stable cratonic margin of western or Arctic North America. This paleobiogeographic feature is also supported by the general character of the associ-ated brachiopod fauna (including another eospiriferinid brachiopod, Janius; Figure 2) which have their closest counterparts in Siberia (Angarida), especially in the regions of Kolyma and Sette-Daban. This distinctive new species of Myriospirifer was first illustrated by Blodgett & Boucot (1999), but at the time recognized only as a new species (Myriospirifer n. sp. aff. M. myriofila), and was left in open nomenclature without being formally named. The next year I had the good fortune to meet Jenaro L. Garcia-Alcalde, a visiting Devonian brachiopod specialist from Oviedo, Spain, who just happened to be describing another new species of the genus Myriospirifer from Spain. We decided to join forces and include the Alaskan species as newly named species in a joint paper on the genus (Figure 3). Deciding upon a species name was easy, as an obvious choice would be to honor Phil Brease, park geologist at Denali National Park & Preserve, who paved the way for my entry into Shellabarger Pass.

The field work that allowed collecting the rich fauna from Shellabarger Pass came from the gra-cious support of the National Geographic Society, who funded this work in 1996. I had long been intrigued to visit Shellabarger Pass, based on earlier observations of collections of fossils made there by Bruce (Biff) Reed, Steve Nelson and other members of the USGS during the Talkeetna quadrangle AMRAP program, which resulted in the 1:250,000 scale geologic map of the Talkeetna quadrangle (Reed & Nelson, 1980). With the assistance of Phil Brease, who arranged the requisite park permits, he, another NPS staff member (Pam Sousanes), and myself flew to Shellabarger (in the extreme SW corner of the Preserve) from Park Headquarters. We spent about one week in the field collecting (Figure 4), and flew in on a beautiful sunny day which within a few hours after our arrival turned into monsoon-like rains for much of our remaining field time (Figures 5, 6). Despite the bad weather, many boxes of samples were collected, which have resulted in a series of publica-tions, the most recent one being on sponges (Rigby and others, 2009). Other elements of the fauna are in various stages of being published, these include the remaining brachiopods (by myself and my Russian colleague Valeryi Baranov of Yakutsk), trilobites, and rugose corals (Figure 7).

REFERENCES

Blodgett, R. B., 1998, Emsian (Late Early Devonian) fossils indicate a Siberian origin for the Farewell terrane. Short Notes on Alas-kan Geology 1997: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 118, p. 27-34.

Blodgett, R. B., and Boucot, A. J., 1999, Late Early Devonian (late Emsian) eospiriferinid brachiopods from Shellabarger Pass, Talkeetna C-6 quadrangle, south-central Alaska and their biogeographic importance; further evidence for a Siberian origin of the Farewell and allied Alaskan accreted terranes: Senckenbergiana lethaea, v. 72, no. 1, p. 209-221.

Blodgett, R. B., and Brease, P. F., 1997, Emsian (late Early Devonian) brachiopods from Shellabarger Pass, Talkeetna C-6 quadran-gle, Denali National Park, Alaska indicate Siberian origin for Farewell terrane: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Pro-grams, v. 29, no. 5, p. 5.

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Garcia-Alcalde, J., and Blodgett, R. B., 2001, New Lower Devonian (Upper Emsian) Myriospirifer (Brachiopoda, Eospiriferinae) spe-cies from Alaska and northern Spain and the paleogeographic distribution of the genus Myriospirifer: In: Frýda, J., Blodgett, R.B., and Mergl, M., eds., Havlíček Volume, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, v. 46(3/4), p. 145-154.

Reed, B.L., and S. W. Nelson, 1980, Geologic map of the Talkeetna quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous In-vestigations Series Map I-1174, p. 1-15, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Rigby, J.K., Blodgett, R.B., and Anderson, N.K., 2009, Emsian (Late Early Devonian) sponges from west-central and south-central Alaska: Journal of Paleontology, v. 83(2), p. 293-298.

Figure 1. Differing views of Myriospirifer breasei Garcia-Alcalde & Blodgett, 2001. Note the unusual capillate ornament (view 7) that is characteristic of the eospiriferinid brachiopods.

Figure 2. Differing views of Janius cf. J. vetulus (Eichwald) from Shellabarger Pass. Again, note the charac-teristic fine radial capil-late micro-ornament of the eospiriferinids in view “d”.

Figure 3. Title page for the paper in which Myriospirifer breasei was established (from Garcia-Alcalde & Blodgett, 2001).

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Figure 6. View from tent looking west. Figure 4. Pam Sousanes (NPS) and myself collecting fossils in Emsian (Late Early Devonian) limestones in Shellabarger Pass.

Figure 7. Other Late Early Devonian (Emsian) fossils associated with Myriospirifer Breasei in Shellabarger Pass.

Figure 5. Helicopter which brought us to Shellabarger Pass before storm.

Variatrypa sp. 

Clorindina sp. (lateral view) Clorindina sp. (dorsal view)

Atrypa sp. Cheirurid trilobite

Spinatrypina sp.

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My Pet Rock Kenneth P. Helmold

Alaska Division of Oil & Gas

Photomicrograph of Hemlock sandstone with good reservoir quality (15% ϕ; 90 md K). Rock consists largely of quartz (qtz), K-feldspar (ksp), chert (ch), plagio-clase (plg), argillaceous sedimen-tary rock fragments (srf), and inter-granular porosity (ϕ). Pore-filling kaolinite (ka) is a by-product of feldspar alteration. The Hemlock Formation is the most productive oil reservoir in Cook Inlet basin and promises to be the target of future exploration. Middle Ground Shoal A43-11 well.

Send me a photo of your pet rock!

qtz

ksp

plg

ch ka

srf ϕ 

200 μm

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Scholarship Update:

Layered Gabbros and Mafic Cumulates of Nelchina, and Kasatochi, Alaska

Adrienne Kentner, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

In 2012, I spent two weeks in the Aleutians, on Adak and Kasatochi islands, and at the terminus of the Nelchina glacier in the Chugach mountains. The goal of this work was to determine the pos-sibility of comparing the layered gabbro exposed at Nelchina with the layered gabbroic xenoliths from the 2008 Kasatochi eruption as a proxy for the compositional variation and structure of the mid- to lower- crust. I visited Kasatochi volcano with the help of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service aboard the M/V Tiglax. The volcano was fascinating and I am currently analyzing the geochemistry and mineralogy of the xenoliths collected. The work in Nelchina was funded by a grant from the Alaska Geologic Society and helped supply food and fuel while in the field. The large, polished out-crops show the macro-scale of the layered textures found in the xenoliths from Kasatochi. Our hope is to use this research is to complete a full petrologic and geochemical characterization of the xenoliths that can be used to investigate the similarities and differences in the plumbing systems below Aleutian volcanoes and the formation of melt in subduction zones.

Paleoseismic and Structural Characterization of the Hines Creek fault at Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Sara Federschmidt, University of Kentucky

The funding I received from the AGS Don Richter Memorial Scholarship allowed me to conduct fieldwork on the Hines Creek fault in the central Alaska Range for my master’s thesis in the sum-mer of 2012. To investigate the late Quaternary activity associated with this fault, I conducted local geomorphic mapping and excavated four paleoseismic trenches across portions of the surface trace near the entrance to Denali National Park and Preserve. The deformed stratigraphy in the trenches contains information regarding the timing of prehistoric earthquakes and provides con-straints on the late Pleistocene and Holocene slip rate. To illustrate the importance of this fault to regional seismic hazard, after beginning my research on this fault, my efforts were brought to the attention of the Alaska Department of Transportation. They had started on plans to replace a Parks Highway bridge that spans the fault trace, but were unaware of the existence of the Hines Creek fault because it is not included in the USGS National Seismic Hazard Map. We are currently work-ing with them to improve the engineering of the new bridge based on the active fault parameters I establish. Currently, I am developing final interpretations of my trench logs, awaiting results from additional radiocarbon and OSL samples, and completing a high-resolution, LiDAR-based geo-morphic map for my field area. I plan to submit and defend my thesis in the late spring of 2013. Thank you, AGS!

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Dennis Southworth – Alaskan Geologist, 1951 – 2012

An appreciation by Joe Kurtak

Alaskan geologist Dennis Southworth passed away on Nov. 27, 2012 after a long struggle with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Dennis was born on Sept. 5, 1951 in Bakersfield, CA and spent most of his early years in Los Angeles. His father died when Dennis was in his teens and his mother passed away when he was in his 30s.

After high school Dennis attended San Francisco State University where he earned his Bachelor’s De-gree in Geology. Following the urge to experience adventure in far off places, he migrated to Alaska in 1976 which according to Dennis was a “serendipitous” move. Here he attended graduate school at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF). During graduate school Dennis spent his summers as a field assistant with the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM). The USBM supported his graduate school fieldwork which focused on the geology and mineral potential of the Goodnews Bay Ultramafic Complex. The results of his study were pub-lished as a USBM Open-file Report 51-86. After earning a Master’s Degree in Geology from UAF, Dennis spent the following 9 years with the USBM conducting mineral assessments for that Federal Agency. When budgets were tight at the USBM, he did a short stint with the U.S. Geological Survey in Anchorage.

As a USBM employee Dennis spent many field seasons conducting mineral resource assessments across the varied geologic terranes of Alaska. This included the Goodnews Bay, Juneau, Valdez Creek, and Hot Springs Mining Districts. He was lead or co-author of seven BOM publications and was based out of both the Anchorage and Fairbanks USBM field offices.

Dennis was a pleasure to work with in the field as he always kept a positive attitude no matter what the working conditions and weather. His dry wit and humor were a welcome relief during a long day of slogging through the rain forests of South-east, AK or suffering hoards of mosquitos in the interior. He was a story teller and could capture any audience within earshot. Many of the tales were about himself, always entertaining, and it pleased Dennis to bring laughter to others. It was a pleasure to have him along on long drives and those times waiting for a flight home after a long stint in the field. His knowledge of Alaskan geology was exceptional and he was able to hold his own during sometimes heated discussions on the origin of a certain sequence of rocks or mineral deposit.

Dennis was diagnosed with MS in 1988. Due to his strong constitution, he continued to do field work after many of us would have given in to the debilitating disease. When it became too difficult even for him, he spent his time in the office com-pleting reports related to many previous field pro-jects. The disease left him a quadriplegic for sev-eral years, but through it all he never lost his sense of humor or will to live.

Throughout his adult life Dennis had a fascina-tion with baseball. One of the highlights of his last few years was through the assistance of many friends, an airplane ticket to Seattle in 2009 to at-tend a Mariners baseball game. His dry sense of humor and witty laugh will be missed by many in the Alaskan geologic community.

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Meeting Information

The American Geological Institute provides a comprehensive list of national and international geoscience meetings at: http://calendar.agiweb.org

Local Meetings:Local Meetings:

American Water Resources Association—Alaska Sectionhttp://www.awra.org/state/alaska/index.html

Alaska Geological Society http://www.alaskageology.org Lunch meetings are held monthly September through May in Anchorage. For more information, contact Jim Clough, 451-5030.

Alaska Miners Association http://www.alaskaminers.org/ The Anchorage branch of the AMA holds weekly meetings at 7 AM every Friday at the Denny’s on Northern Lights and Denali. They hold regular luncheon meetings in association with SME. For more information, contact the AMA office at 563-9229.

American Institute of Professional Geologists http://www.aipg.org AIPG holds regular quarterly evening Section meet-ings in Anchorage and Fairbanks. For more infor-mation contact Mark Lockwood, President, at Shan-non & Wilson, Inc., in Fairbanks, 907-458-3142.

Chugach Gem & Mineral Society http://www.chugachgms.org CG&MS holds all meetings at the First United Methodist Church on 9th Avenue. Contact their hotline at 566-3403 for information on regular monthly business meetings, monthly potlucks, and guidebook sales, including the new Alaska Rockhound Guidebook.

Geophysical Society of Alaska http://gsa.seg.org/ Luncheon meetings are held monthly Septem-ber through May at the ConocoPhillips Tower. For more information, contact Daniel Yancey, [email protected]

Society of Petroleum Engineers http://alaska.spe.org/

UAS Environmental Science Program http://www.uas.alaska.edu/envs

National Association of Geology Teachers (NAGT) http://w

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2012 ‐ 2013 Alaska Geological Society Board 

Commi ees and Delegates 

Phone e-mail Workplace President Art Banet banetak at gci.net BLM emeritus Past-President Ken Helmold 269-8673 Ken.helmold at alaska.gov AK DOG President-Elect Matt Frankforter 777-8376 Mfrankforter at hilcorp.com Hilcorp Alaska, LLC Vice-President Monte Mabry 564-4028 Monte.mabry at bp.com BP Treasurer Al Hunter 777-8324 Paleoman at mac.com Secretary Eric Cannon 344-6001 Eccannon at gmail.com Golder Associate Inc. Director 12-2014 Chad Hults 786-7417 Chults at usgs.gov USGS Director 12-2014 Trystan Herriot 451-5011 trystan.herriott at alaska.gov DGGS Director 12-2014 Kirk Sherwood 334-5337 Kirk.Sherwood at boem.gov BOEM Director 11-2013 Tom Homza 770-3701 Thomas.Homza at shell.com Shell Director 11-2013 Dave Schoderbek 265-6010 David.A.Schoderbek at ConocoPhillips.com ConocoPhillips Director 11-2013 Jim Brown 276-2675 Jbrown at alaskapacific.edu Alaska Pacific University

AAPG Delegate & David Hite 258-9059 Hitelamb at alaska.net Geological Consultant Advertising Keith Torrance 264-4506 Kwtorrance at uaa.alaska.edu Univ. of Alaska Anchorage Com. Ed./Science Fair Jana DaSilva Lage 677-7883 Jldasilva5 at hotmail.com AeroMetric Field Trips Chad Hults 788-7417 Chults at usgs.gov USGS Bylaws Sue Karl 786-7428 Skarl at usgs.gov USGS Memberships Ken Helmold 269-8673 Ken.helmold at alaska.gov AK DOG Newsletter Editor Ken Helmold 269-8673 Ken.helmold at alaska.gov AK DOG Publications Peter Johnson 334-5329 Peter.Johnson at boem.gov BOEM Scholarship Sue Karl 786-7428 Skarl at usgs.gov USGS Website Jan Hazen Jan at homestead-graphics.com Consultant Fundraising Sunny Foster 269-8707 Sunny.Remmy at Alaska.gov DNR / DOG

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