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ANS production up 5 percent in October
Kristen Nelson Petroleum News
Alaska North Slope crude oil production averaged 743,112 barrels per day in October, up 5.4 percent from a September average of 705,360 bpd.
The largest month-to-month change was at the BP Exploration (Alaska)-operated Endicott field, which averaged 15,644 bpd in October, down 52.5 percent from a September average of 32,930 bpd. This decrease reflects a return to normal volumes on the Endicott pipeline, which had been playing host to some 33,000 bpd of oil from Prudhoe Bay Flow Station 2. Volumes on the line dropped in mid-September and then leveled off at about 15,000 bpd as BP put its new transit line in service for FS-2 oil. BP spokesman Steve Rinehart told Petroleum News in September that the 3-mile 12-inch line is part of the 16 miles of transit lines BP is replacing as a result of corrosion the company found in a transit line in August 2006. A 3-mile section on the western side of Prudhoe came online last spring, he said, and the other two sections of new transit line are expected to be in service before the end of the year.
The BP-operated Northstar field averaged 28,732 bpd in October, down 10.5 percent from a September average of 32,088 bpd.
The ConocoPhillips Alaska-operated Alpine field (including satellite production from Fiord, Nanuq and Qannik) averaged 116,640 bpd in October, down 5 percent from a September average of 122,844 bpd.
BP’s Milne Point field (including Sag River and Schrader Bluff production) averaged 31,354 bpd in October, down 1 percent from a September average of 31,644 bpd.
Lisburne back up The BP-operated Lisburne field (including Point McIntyre and Niakuk production) averaged 38,168 bpd in October, up 51 percent from a September average of 25,279 bpd. Lisburne, part of Greater Prudhoe Bay, was down at the end of September and the beginning of October for a series of repairs. Rinehart said in September that none of the repairs were particularly significant, but they were in locations that required the Lisburne plant to be taken offline. At the end of September and the beginning of October, Lisburne was completely offline or had minimal production for 11 days.
The Kuparuk River field, operated by ConocoPhillips, averaged 152,588 bpd in October, up 13.1 percent from a September average of 134,886 bpd. Kuparuk production includes Tabasco, Tarn, Meltwater, West Sak and Pioneer Natural Resources Alaska’s Oooguruk field.
Production from the BP-operated Prudhoe Bay field (including satellite production from Aurora, Borealis, Midnight Sun, Orion and Polaris) averaged 359,986 bpd in October, up 10.5 percent from September production averaging 325,689 bpd.
The October temperature at Pump Station 1 on the North Slope averaged 18.9 degrees Fahrenheit in October, compared to a September average of 36.3 F.
Cook Inlet production averaged 13,438 bpd in October, up 1.5 percent from a September average of 13,242 bpd.
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