Two Cook Inlet platforms, Baker and Dillon, to be shut in
Unocal Alaska Resources will be shutting in the Dillon and Baker platforms in Cook Inlet, company spokeswoman Roxanne Sinz told PNA Oct. 29. Baker began production in 1965, Dillon in 1966.
The platforms have been under production for more than 35 years, Sinz said.
"It has been determined that they have reached their economic limit, and because they are no longer profitable we will shut them in," she said.
Unocal expects to shut in Dillon near the end of this year, and Baker by the end of the first quarter of next year. Sinz said the company is working with the state to address all issues concerning the shut ins.
Both platforms are in the Middle Ground Shoal field and were originally operated by Amoco. There are four platforms in the Middle Ground Shoal field: XTO Energy operates platforms A and C.
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Commission approves regulatory cost charges for fiscal year 2003
The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission approved regulatory cost charges for fiscal year 2003 at an Oct. 30 public hearing.
The charges are based on oil and gas production and are assessed against field operators: Aurora Gas LLC $79.23; BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. $3,240,263.92; ExxonMobil Production Co. $11.06; Forest Oil Corp. $3,971.36; Marathon Oil Co. $9,749.30; North Slope Borough $420.83; Phillips Alaska Inc. $781,461.80; Phillips Petroleum Co. $15,838.61; Union Oil Co. of California $135,749.19; XTO Energy Inc. $7,453.70.
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