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ANS crude production up 4.6% from October November average 549,263 bpd, compared to 525,033; Cook Inlet production averaged 15,000 bpd in October, down 2% from September KRISTEN NELSON Petroleum News
Alaska North Slope crude oil production averaged 549,263 barrels per day in November, up 4.6 percent from an October average of 525,033 bpd, an increase of 24,230 bpd.
The majority of the increase came from the BP Exploration (Alaska)-operated Prudhoe Bay field, the Slope’s largest, which averaged 308,632 bpd in November, up 7.4 percent, 21,149 bpd, from an October average of 287,483 bpd.
Production information for the most recent month comes from the Alaska Department of Revenue’s Tax Division which reports North Slope oil production consolidated by major production centers and provides daily production and monthly averages. More detailed data, including Cook Inlet and individual North Slope fields and pools, is reported by the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission on a month-delay basis.
Prudhoe volumes include satellite production from Aurora, Borealis, Midnight Sun, Orion, Polaris, Sag River, Schrader Bluff and Ugnu, as well as production from the Hilcorp-Alaska operated Milne Point and Northstar fields.
AOGCC data show Milne Point averaged 19,301 bpd in October, down 1.5 percent (292 bpd) from a September average of 19,593 bpd, while Northstar averaged 4,974 bpd in October, down 8.1 percent (436 bpd) from a September average of 5,409 bpd.
Kuparuk The second largest per-barrel increase was at the ConocoPhillips Alaska-operated Kuparuk River unit, which averaged 145,906 bpd in November, up 1.7 percent, 2,378 bpd, from an October average of 143,528 bpd.
Volumes for Kuparuk include satellite production from Meltwater, Tabasco, Tarn and West Sak, and from the Eni-operated Nikaitchuq field and the Caelus Alaska-operated Oooguruk field.
AOGCC data show Nikaitchuq averaged 22,344 bpd in October, down 1.1 percent, 248 bpd, from a September average of 22,593 bpd. Oooguruk averaged 15,275 bpd in October, up 21.6 percent, 2,716 bpd, from a September average of 12,558 bpd.
Endicott, Point Thomson The largest month-over-month percentage increase was at Hilcorp-operated Endicott, which averaged 11,736 bpd in November, up 10.8 percent, 1,144 bpd, from an October average of 10,592 bpd.
Endicott volumes include production from satellites at Eider and Minke, from the Glacier Oil and Gas-operated Badami field and from the ExxonMobil-operated Point Thomson field.
AOGCC data show Badami averaged 879 bpd in October, down 3.5 percent, 32 bpd, from a September average of 911 bpd.
Point Thomson averaged 1,688 bpd in October, up more than 5,000 percent, 1,657 bpd, from a September average of 32 bpd.
ExxonMobil has been commissioning facilities at Point Thomson since last spring and in the second half of November and the first few days of December Revenue’s daily volumes for Endicott appeared to indicate progressively steadier volumes from Point Thomson, which is expected to be producing some 5,000 bpd initially and some 10,000 bpd when the West Pad at the facility comes online.
Lisburne, Alpine Volumes for BP-operated Lisburne averaged 22,763 bpd in November, up 2.1 percent, 468 bpd, from an October average of 22,295 bpd. Lisburne includes volumes from Niakuk, Point McIntyre and Raven.
The ConocoPhillips-operated Alpine field was the only facility reported by Revenue to show a month-over-month decline from October to November, averaging 60,226 bpd in November, down 1.5 percent, 909 bpd, from an October average of 61,135 bpd. Alpine includes satellite production from Fiord, Nanuq and Qannik.
Cook Inlet down 2% AOGCC data show Cook Inlet production averaged 15,000 bpd in October, down 1.9 percent, 291 bpd, from a September average of 15,291 bpd.
Only one field in Cook Inlet, the Glacier Oil and Gas West McArthur River field, had a month-over-month production increase, averaging 842 bpd in October, up 23.6 percent, 161 bpd, from a September average of 682 bpd.
The largest month-over-month decrease, 10.6 percent, was at the BlueCrest Hansen field, the Cosmopolitan project, which averaged 152 bpd in October, down 18 bpd from a September average of 170 bpd.
The Glacier Oil and Gas Redoubt Shoal field averaged 684 bpd in October, down 9.1 percent, 68 bpd, from a September average of 752 bpd.
Hilcorp’s Trading Bay field averaged 1,983 bpd in October, down 7.4 percent, 159 bpd, from a September average of 2,142 bpd.
Hilcorp’s Beaver Creek field, the inlet’s smallest, averaged 198 bpd in October, down 3.5 percent, 7 bpd, from a September average of 205 bpd.
Hilcorp’s Middle Ground Shoal averaged 1,823 bpd in October, down 2.7 percent, 50 bpd, from a September average of 1,874 bpd.
Swanson River, also a Hilcorp field, averaged 1,867 bpd in October, down 1.8 percent, 35 bpd, from a September average of 1,902 bpd.
Hilcorp’s McArthur River field, the inlet’s largest, averaged 4,941 bpd in October, down 1.8 percent, 91 bpd, from a September average of 5,031 bpd.
Granite Point, another Hilcorp field, averaged 2,510 bpd in October, down 0.9 percent, 24 bpd, from a September average of 2,534 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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