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November ANS production up from October North Slope crude averages 581,940 bpd, up 1.87% from previous month’s 571,269 bpd; increases from both Prudhoe Bay, Lisburne Kristen Nelson Petroleum News
Alaska North Slope crude oil production averaged 581,940 barrels per day in November, an increase of 1.87 percent from an October average of 571,269 bpd.
The majority of the increase came from the BP Exploration (Alaska)-operated Prudhoe Bay field, which averaged 338,738 bpd in November, up 3.1 percent (10,108 bpd) from an October average of 328,630 bpd. Prudhoe Bay production includes the satellite fields of Aurora, Borealis, Midnight Sun, Onion, Polaris, Schrader Bluff and Sag River, as well as the separate Northstar and Milne Point fields, also BP operated.
Except where noted, volumes are from the Alaska Department of Revenue’s Tax Division, which reports oil production only by major production centers and provides daily production and monthly averages for the most recent month.
The other field with a month-over-month increase was the BP-operated Lisburne field, also part of greater Prudhoe Bay. Lisburne includes production from Point McIntyre and Niakuk, and averaged 29,593 bpd in November, up 19.33 percent (4,793 bpd) from an October average of 24,800 bpd.
Other ANS production down Other North Slope fields saw a month-over-month decline in production.
The ConocoPhillips Alaska-operated Kuparuk River field averaged 131,444 bpd in November, down 1.57 percent (2,097 bpd) from an October average of 133,541 bpd. Kuparuk includes production from satellites at Tarn, Meltwater and West Sak, as well as production from the Eni-operated Nikaitchuq field and the Pioneer Natural Resources Alaska-operated Oooguruk field.
Field and pool data, available from the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission on a month delay basis, shows that in October Nikaitchuq averaged 9,251 bpd, up 1.67 percent (152 bpd) from a September average of 9,099 bpd, while at Oooguruk the average production for October, 6,979 bpd, was down 2.45 percent (176 bpd) from a September average of 7,155 bpd.
Production from the Endicott field averaged 10,616 bpd in November, down 6.45 percent (732 bpd) from an October average of 11,348 bpd. Endicott, operated by BP, includes production from the Savant Alaska-operated Badami field, the most easterly producing field on the North Slope. AOGCC data for October shows that Badami averaged 1,420 bpd, up 5.23 percent (71 bpd) from a September average of 1,349 bpd.
The ConocoPhillips-operated Alpine field averaged 71,549 bpd in November, down 1.92 percent (1,402 bpd) from an October average of 72,950 bpd. Alpine production includes satellites at Fiord, Nanuq and Qannik.
Cook Inlet production down AOGCC October data for crude oil production from Cook Inlet fields shows an average of 11,280 bpd, down 3.84 percent (451 bpd) from a September average of 11,731 bpd.
Production comes from seven fields: Beaver Creek, Granite Point, McArthur River, Middle Ground Shoal, Redoubt Shoal, Trading Bay and West McArthur River, of which only three — the Hilcorp Alaska-operated Granite Point and McArthur River fields and the XTO-operated Middle Ground Shoal field — average more than 1,000 bpd.
All three had small month-over-month production declines: Granite Point averaged 2,226 bpd in October, down 1.52 percent (34 bpd) from a September average of 2,261 bpd; McArthur River averaged 4,282 bpd in October, down 3.34 percent (148 bpd) from a September average of 4,430 bpd; and Middle Ground Shoal averaged 2,254 bpd in October, down 0.13 percent (3 bpd) from a September average of 2,257 bpd.
The Cook Inlet Energy-managed Redoubt Shoal and West McArthur River fields also saw month-over-month declines: Redoubt Shoal averaged 222 bpd in October, down 11.1 percent (28 bpd) from 250 bpd in September; West McArthur River averaged 542 bpd in October, down 37.33 percent from 864 bpd in September.
Remaining fields saw increases: the Marathon-operated Beaver Creek field averaged 137 bpd in October, up 25.57 percent (28 bpd) from a September average of 109 bpd; the Hilcorp-operated Swanson River field averaged 969 bpd in October, up 3.27 percent (31 bpd) from a September average of 938 bpd; and the Hilcorp-operated Trading Bay field averaged 648 bpd, up 4.23 percent (26 bpd) from a September average of 622 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.
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