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November 2010

Vol. 15, No. 45 Week of November 07, 2010

October ANS production up 2.8%

Alaska North Slope crude oil production averaged 644,022 barrels per day in October, up 2.8 percent from an average of 626,357 bpd in September.

The main per-barrel increase is from the BP Exploration (Alaska)-operated Prudhoe Bay field, the North Slope’s largest, which averaged 330,582 bpd in October, up 6.9 percent (21,409 bpd) from a September average of 309,173 bpd. Prudhoe Bay includes production from satellite fields Aurora, Borealis, Midnight Sun, Orion and Polaris.

The largest percentage increase was from the BP-operated Lisburne field, which averaged 29,993 bpd in October, up 12.86 percent from a September average of 26,575 bpd (a 3,418-bpd increase). Lisburne includes production from Point McIntyre and Niakuk.

Despite the overall month-to-month production increase, Alaska Department of Revenue figures show all other North Slope fields had lower production in October than in September.

The largest per-barrel decline was at the ConocoPhillips Alaska-operated Kuparuk River field, the North Slope’s second largest field, which averaged 138,989 bpd in October, down 3,800 bpd (2.66 percent) from a September average of 142,789 bpd. Kuparuk includes satellite production from Tabasco, Tarn, Meltwater and West Sak, as well as production from the Pioneer Natural Resources Alaska-operated Oooguruk field. Revenue does not report Oooguruk figures separately and the most recent figures available from the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission are for September, when Oooguruk production averaged 12,692 bpd.

Milne Point down 6.28%

BP’s Milne Point field had the largest percentage decline, averaging 25,735 bpd in October, down 6.28 percent from a September average of 27,459 bpd.

The BP-operated Endicott field averaged 10,965 bpd in October, down 4.75 percent from a September average of 11,512 bpd.

The ConocoPhillips-operated Alpine field averaged 90,762 bpd in October, down 1 percent from a September average of 91,712 bpd. Alpine includes satellite production from Fiord, Nanuq and Qannik.

The BP-operated Northstar field averaged 16,996 bpd, down 0.8 percent from a September average of 17,137 bpd.

The temperature at Pump Station 1 on the North Slope averaged 24.8 degrees F in October compared to 38.9 degrees in September.

Cook Inlet production averaged 10,397 bpd in October, up 14.1 percent from a September average of 9,110 bpd.

ANS crude oil production peaked in 1988 at 2.1 million bpd; Cook Inlet crude oil production peaked in 1970 at more than 227,000 bpd.

—Kristen Nelson






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