Addressing the changing CI gas situation 12/19/2010
ConocoPhillips has drilled some new wells, is putting new compressors in at Beluga, considering future of Nikiski LNG plant
ConocoPhillips, a major natural gas producer in Alaska's Cook Inlet basin, is continuing to tease more gas from its aging fields, while also looking to the future of the Kenai Peninsula LNG plant that...

Buccaneer sees NW Cook Inlet potential 11/21/2010
Resource estimates pegs oil and gas potential of offshore field at 46.7 million boe; also prepping onshore drilling near Kenai
As Buccaneer Alaska tries to bring a jack-up rig to Cook Inlet, the company is releasing its first resource report on one of the offshore plays it wants to drill. The Northwest Cook Inlet play could c...

Buccaneer applies for 2 Cook Inlet units 08/01/2010
Company which first acquired acreage earlier this year is now working two projects, both adjacent to existing inlet production
Buccaneer Alaska LLC has applied to form two units in Cook Inlet, the Southern Cross unit and the Northwest Cook Inlet unit. The company said in a July 27 release that it is working on permitting and...

Arctic Directory: American Marine Services Group: Excellence in operations in the most challenging environments 09/20/2009
American Marine Services Group includes American Marine Corporation , American Hyperbaric Centers, and Pacific Environmental Corporation. AMSG has been in business for 36 years, has approximately 200...

Kitchen Lights on 07/05/2009
State approves Cook Inlet unit combining Kitchen, Northern Lights, Corsair
The state has approved formation of the Kitchen Lights unit in Cook Inlet, combining the Kitchen, Northern Lights and Corsair prospects. The 83,394-acre unit includes 40,733 acres from the Escopeta O...

Savant to plug and abandon Kupcake 05/04/2008
Partner in Beaufort exploration well near Liberty says intervals in Kemik formation are 'thinner than anticipated' and 'water wet'
Savant Alaska LLC plans to plug and abandon the Kupcake No. 1 exploration well offshore Alaska's North Slope, according to a partner on the project. Savant, an independent oil company and new to Alask...

PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Tyonek platform, Peak's Nikiski field office earn OSHA star 02/10/2008
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has recognized ConocoPhillips' Tyonek platform in Kenai, Alaska, and Peak Oilfield Service Co.'s Tyonek Oil Platform Operat...

Tyonek platform scores 01/20/2008
In late 2007, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, recognized ConocoPhillips' Tyonek platform in Cook Inlet for excellence in employee safety and heal...

State, LNG owners look long term 01/13/2008
After January agreement state backs 2-year LNG export license extension; state, plant owners looking at further extensions
The issue used to be what to do with surplus natural gas in Cook Inlet. In recent years the issue has been whether there will be enough gas to meet local needs. That concern prompted the State of Alas...

THE EXPLORERS 2007: ConocoPhillips drops 300,000 acres 11/18/2007
Major and its independent partners focused on appraising previously announced NPR-A discoveries
ConocoPhillips Alaska's exploration program reached into far western NPR-A last winter, 2006-07. In 2007-08 the company plans to drill closer in, with proposed exploration wells - the program had not...

Cook Inlet sale draws bids over wide area 06/03/2007
Donkel-Cade bids widespread; Marathon, Renaissance, Aurora fill in around existing properties; newcomer Nordik takes four tracts
Seven bidders, six successful, participated in the $3.3 million Cook Inlet areawide oil and gas lease sale held by the Alaska Division of Oil and Gas May 23: Aurora Gas LLC; Daniel K. Donkel (25 perce...

Export extension filed 01/28/2007
Nikiski plant partners Conoco, Marathon apply to extend LNG license 2 years
John Barnes, manager of Alaska production operations for Marathon Oil, broke the news at The Alliance Meet Alaska conference Jan. 19: Nikiski LNG plant co-owners Marathon and ConocoPhillips had filed...

ConocoPhillips fined $485,000 08/22/2004
Tyonek platform violations occurred from 1999-2004; company, EPA, say problems have been corrected
ConocoPhillips will pay $485,000 in penalties for violations of the Clean Water Act at its Tyonek natural gas platform in upper Cook Inlet, two federal agencies said Aug. 12. The Department of Justic...

State gets mixed reviews on proposed royalty gas sale 06/27/2004
Views of producers of natural gas, and utilities and other industrial users range from expressions of concern to outright rejection
Part 1 of this story, in the June 20 issue of Petroleum News, contained an overview of the state of Alaska's request for expressions of interest in a royalty in kind sale of its Cook Inlet natural gas...

XTO plans only offshore Cook Inlet well this year 04/11/2004
Permian, Cook Inlet basin oil stabilize XTO Energy's production decline curve; Fort Worth-based independent buys existing fields with complex geology, adds to production, balances quick declining gas wells with longer-lived oil wells
The Cook Inlet basin in Southcentral Alaska saw the state's first modern oil and gas production, with discoveries onshore in the late 1950s and offshore in the 1960s. Platforms were installed in the 1...

Focus on exploration 03/14/2004
Three Conoco wells under way in NPR-A; second Placer well possible
ConocoPhillips Alaska has three exploration wells under way on Alaska's North Slope, two in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and one on the western edge of the Kuparuk River unit. Rick Mott, Con...

Conoco still evaluating Cosmopolitan well 01/25/2004
Company completing work at Cook Inlet's Tyonek platform, considering additional compression, new wells, at Beluga
ConocoPhillips Alaska is still evaluating results from its exploration drilling at the Cosmopolitan prospect in the Cook Inlet basin near Anchor Point on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. Darren Jones, the c...

Oil Patch Insider 02/09/2003
If the third time is charmed, then Kuukpik Drilling LLC's deal to lease drilling rigs from Drillers Technology Corp. will be a long-term association. Calgary-based Drillers Technology said Jan. 31 th...

NPR-A planning moves ahead 02/02/2003
ConocoPhillips signs memorandum of understanding with Bureau of Land Management for environmental impact statement for Alpine satellite pads, including NPR-A
Development plans are under way for two discoveries in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. President Kevin Meyers reviewed the company's 2003 plans at the Anchorage Chamb...