Winstar Petroleum applies for expansion of Kuparuk River unit

Exploration well on lease adjacent to unit, northeast of Oliktok Point, will be drilled for Winstar by unit operator ConocoPhillips

Kristen Nelson

PNA Editor-in-Chief

Winstar Petroleum LLC has applied to the state to have the Kuparuk River unit expanded to include Winstar’s 1,280-acre lease northeast of Oliktok Point. Winstar will drill an exploration well on the lease later this year from the Kuparuk River unit 3-R pad. That well will be operated by field operat....

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Lease acquired in 1997