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March 2009

Vol. 14, No. 10 Week of March 08, 2009

ANS February production up 4.9%

Kristen Nelson

Petroleum News

Alaska North Slope production averaged 738,318 barrels per day in February, up 4.91 percent from a January average of 703,745 bpd. There were weather-related delays in Valdez tanker loadings in the early part of January which dropped average production in that month almost 4 percent from December, as production was cut back when storage at Valdez neared capacity.

Unlike January, with the steep decline early in the month due to the tanker loading delay, February ANS production held fairly level all month.

Prudhoe Bay had the largest month-to-month increase, averaging 366,406 bpd in February, up 6.39 percent from a January average of 344,392 bpd. Prudhoe Bay, operated by BP Exploration (Alaska), includes satellite production from Aurora, Borealis, Midnight Sun, Orion and Polaris.

The BP-operated Lisburne field, part of greater Prudhoe Bay, averaged 37,211 bpd in February, up from 35,140 bpd in January, an increase of 5.89 percent. Lisburne production includes Point McIntyre and Niakuk.

Kuparuk includes Oooguruk

The ConocoPhillips Alaska-operated Kuparuk River field averaged 156,415 bpd in February, up 4.69 percent from a January average of 149,411 bpd. Kuparuk includes production from Tabasco, Tarn, Meltwater and West Sak, as well as from the Pioneer Natural Resources-operated Oooguruk field. Oooguruk production is only available on a month-delay basis from the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission which showed January production of 183,983 barrels, an average of 5,935 bpd.

Alpine, also operated by ConocoPhillips, averaged 110,428 bpd in February, up 3.11 percent from 107,098 bpd in January; Alpine includes satellite production from Fiord, Nanuq and Qannik,

BP’s Milne Point field averaged 30,509 bpd in February, up 0.97 percent from a January average of 30,217 bpd. Milne Point includes Sag River and Schrader Bluff production.

The BP-operated Endicott field averaged 13,866 bpd in February, up 0.59 percent from a January average of 13,784 bpd.

The BP-operated Northstar field averaged 23,483 bpd in February, down 0.9 percent from a January average of 23,704 bpd.

The temperature at Pump Station 1 on the North Slope averaged minus 12.8 degrees Fahrenheit in February, compared to minus 14.9 degrees F in February.

Cook Inlet production averaged 11,712 bpd in February, down 4 percent from a January average of 12,200 bpd.

Note: The Alaska Department of Revenue corrected January production figures March 3, so there are differences between some of the numbers reported above and those reported by Petroleum News in a March 2 news bulletin and in the paper in February.






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