Drilling in the fast lane

Alpine drilling passes million-foot drilling mark on 69th well

Kristen Nelson

Petroleum News Editor-in-Chief

In four years of continuous drilling, ConocoPhillips Alaska and partner Anadarko Petroleum have drilled more than a million feet of well bore at their Alpine field on the western North Slope of Alaska. That million-foot mark was passed in April on the field's 69th well, Chip Alvord, Alpine drilling....

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