State optimistic about new production 12/12/2010
Revenue forecast shows new production accounting for half of all production by 2020, including several year-over-year increases
The new production forecast released by the Alaska Department of Revenue on Dec. 3 includes an unusual feature: lines tilted upward. The state predicts daily North Slope oil production will rise year-...

Eni applies for injection at Nikaitchuq 12/12/2010
Tells AOGCC it expects to need to begin water injection by Jan. 10 to maintain reservoir pressure at North Slope offshore field
Eni US Operating Co. has applied to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission for an area injection order for its Nikaitchuq unit development project, and told the commission it anticipates needi...

Eni gets Schrader Bluff pool rules 11/28/2010
The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has issued pool rules for the Schrader Bluff oil pool at Nikaitchuq. While initial wells are being drilled from a drilling pad at Oliktok Point, the ent...

Nikaitchuq heavy, shallow, cold; multiple challenges at new field 11/28/2010
Eni Petroleum plans to bring its Nikaitchuq field on Alaska's North Slope online in December or January. This development includes the first North Slope processing facilities built by a company other...

The Explorers 2010: ENI Petroleum 11/14/2010
Italian major Eni Petroleum took its first stab at Alaska in the late 1960s as Agip Petroleum, but didn't begin exploring in earnest until it bought a portfolio of North Slope leases from Armstrong Al...

All North Slope fields up all month 10/10/2010
ANS September production up 15.8% over August as summer maintenance completed; all fields run every day, first time since May
Alaska North Slope crude oil production averaged 626,357 barrels per day in September, up 15.8 percent from an August average of 540,947 bpd, driven primarily by completion of summer maintenance at No...

Final Orion expansion OK granted by state 09/19/2010
The Alaska Division of Oil and Gas has issued a final approval of the first expansion of the Orion participating area in the Prudhoe Bay unit. In a Sept. 13 decision, division Director Kevin Banks sa...

Eni plans 52 wells for Nikaitchuq Schrader Bluff oil development 09/05/2010
In preparation for the upcoming startup of its offshore Nikaitchuq unit, Eni Petroleum filed pool rules with the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission on Aug. 18. The Italian major is planning a...

More leases dropped 08/15/2010
Eni, Anadarko and FEX relinquish a total of 470,348 acres in northern AK
According to the latest oil and gas lease report issued by Alaska's Division of Oil and Gas, Eni Petroleum, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and FEX, Talisman Energy's Alaska subsidiary, have all relinquished...

Eni modules reach site 08/08/2010
Sealift for Nikaitchuq production facilities has arrived off Oliktok Point
Two large modules for Eni Petroleum's Nikaitchuq oilfield production facilities have arrived off the central North Slope, the company told Petroleum News Aug. 2. "Both of the modules, the processing f...

Pipeline shutdown impacts ANS production 06/06/2010
Alaska North Slope crude oil production averaged 588,921 barrels per day in May, down 8.6 percent from an April average of 644,509 bpd, driven primarily by five days of prorated production while the t...

ANS crude production nudges up in March 04/11/2010
Alaska North Slope crude oil production nudged up in March, averaging 678,810 barrels per day, an increase of 1.29 percent (an average of 8,666 bpd) over a February average of 670,144 bpd. The larges...

February ANS down slightly from January 03/07/2010
North Slope crude oil production averages 670,144 bpd for month; Prudhoe Bay up 2.2%, Alpine down 4.5%, Kuparuk down just 0.3%
Alaska North Slope crude oil production averaged 670,144 barrels per day in February, down 0.27 percent from a January average of 671,989 bpd. The largest per-barrel change was at Prudhoe Bay, which...