Sidebar: Cook Inlet gas production down 1%
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Natural gas production in Cook Inlet averaged 210,730 thousand cubic feet per day in November, down 1.06%, 2,263 mcf per day, from an October average of 212,993 mcf per day but up 10.73% from a November 2024 average of 190,311 mcf per day.
Volumes are calculated from Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission data, reported on a month-delay basis. For natural gas AOGCC reports measurements in thousands of cubic feet, mcf.
In November 83.5% of inlet gas production was from six fields: Beluga River, Kenai, Kitchen Lights, McArthur River, Ninilchik and North Cook Inlet.
The Hilcorp Alaska-operated Beluga River field tops the list at 57,140 mcf per day in November, 27.12% of inlet production, up 2,935 mcf per day, 5.42%, from an October average of 54,204 mcf per day and up 24.18% from a November 2024 average of 46,014 mcf per day. Field operator Hilcorp holds a minority working interest ownership in the field; Chugach Electric Association is the majority WIO.
Hilcorp's North Cook Inlet averaged 40,819 mcf per day in November, 19.37% of inlet production, up 2,907 mcf per day, 7.67%, from an October average of 37,912 mcf per day but down 12.75% from a November 2024 average of 46,783 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's Ninilchik averaged 27,823 mcf per day in November, 13.2% of inlet production, down 1,272 mcf per day, 4.37%, from an October average of 29,095 mcf per day but up 4.87% from a November 2024 average of 26,532 mcf per day.
Furie's Kitchen Lights averaged 19,896 mcf per day in November, 9.44% of inlet production, down 4,403 mcf per day, 18.12%, from an October average of 24,299 mcf per day but up 126.3% from a November 2024 average of 8,792 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's Kenai gas field averaged 17,737 mcf per day in November, 8.42% of inlet production, down 18 mcf per day, 0.1%, from an October average of 17,755 mcf per day and down 1.1% from a November 2024 average of 17,934 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's McArthur River averaged 12,548 mcf per day in November, 5.95% of inlet production, down 214 mcf per day, 1.68%, from an October average of 12,762 mcf per day but up 16.11% from a November 2024 average of 10,807 mcf per day.
Sixteen fields accounted for the remaining 16.5% of November natural gas production.
Hilcorp's Swanson River averaged 7,508 mcf per day in November, down 2,577 mcf per day, 25.55%, from an October average of 10,085 mcf per day but up 1.36% from a November 2024 average of 7,407 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's Cannery Loop averaged 3,724 mcf per day in November, down 85 mcf per day, 2.24%, from an October average of 3,809 mcf per day and down 2.24% from a November 2024 average of 4,798 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's Deep Creek averaged 3,631 mcf per day in November, down 107 mcf per day, 2.86%, from an October average of 3,738 mcf per day but up 29.31% from a November 2024 average of 2,808 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's Beaver Creek averaged 3,460 mcf per day in November, down 119 mcf per day, 3.32%, from an October average of 3,579 mcf per day and down 22.17% from a November 2024 average of 4,446 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's Whiskey Gulch averaged 3,338 mcf per day in November, up 1,026 mcf per day from an October average of 2,312 mcf per day. Hilcorp brought the field, north of Seaview, online in October. Production is from a single well.
Hilcorp's Pretty Creek averaged 2,854 mcf per day in November, up 931 mcf per day, 48.43%, from an October average of 1,923 mcf per day and up 491.16% from a November average of 483 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's Ivan River averaged 2,422 mcf per day in November, down 973 mcf per day, 28.66%, from an October average of 3,395 mcf per day but up 114.03% from a November 2024 average of 1,131 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's North Fork averaged 2,314 mcf per day in November, up 109 mcf per day, 4.94%, from an October average of 2,205 mcf per day and up 32.39% from a November 2024 average of 1,748 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's Granite Point averaged 2,285 mcf per day in November, up 45 mcf per day, 2%, from an October average of 2,240 mcf per day but down 22.48% from a November 2024 average of 2,947 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's Lewis River averaged 1,811 mcf per day in November, up 39 mcf per day, 2.2%, from an October average of 1,772 mcf per day but down 38.01% from a November 2024 average of 2,922 mcf per day.
BlueCrest's Hansen averaged 560 mcf per day in November, down 23 mcf per day, 3.88%, from an October average of 582 mcf per day and down 43.22% from a November 2024 average of 986 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's Trading Bay averaged 359 mcf per day in November, down 255 mcf per day, 41.51%, from an October average of 613 mcf per day and down 57.31% from a November 2024 average of 840 mcf per day.
Cook Inlet Energy's West McArthur River averaged 185 mcf per day in November, down 15 mcf per day, 7.54%, from an October average of 200 mcf per day and down 24% from a November 2024 average of 244 mcf per day. CIE is a Glacier Oil and Gas company.
Amaroq's Nicolai Creek averaged 184 mcf per day in November, down 153 mcf per day, 45.42%, from an October average of 338 mcf per day and down 58.46% from a November 2024 average of 444 mcf per day.
CIE's Redoubt Shoal averaged 108 mcf per day in November, down 10 mcf per day, 8.46%, from an October average of 118 mcf per day and down 23.72% from a November 2024 average of 141 mcf per day. CIE is a Glacier Oil and Gas company.
AIX's Kenai Loop averaged 26 mcf per day in November, up 10 mcf, 62.5%, from an October average of 16 mcf per day but down 98.64% from a November 2024 average of 1,907 mcf per day.
There was no November production from Hilcorp's Nikolaevsk, which had been producing from a single well, Red 1, since 2012.
Cook Inlet natural gas production peaked in 1990 at more than 850,000 mcf per day.
'KRISTEN NELSON
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