Sidebar - Cook Inlet gas volumes hold steady
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Kristen Nelson Petroleum News+
Cook Inlet natural gas production for January averaged 209,542 thousand cubic feet per day, up 325 mcf per day, 0.15%, from a December average of 209,218 mcf per day and up 11.92% from a January 2025 average of 187,226 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.
The six largest producing fields accounted for 82.07% of inlet production in January, an average of 171,975 mcf per day, with 17 smaller producing fields making up the remainder.
Beluga River, operated by Hilcorp Alaska on behalf of itself and majority working interest owner Chugach Electric Association, averaged 53,676 mcf per day in January, 25.62% of the inlet total, down 1,807 mcf per day, 3.26%, from a December average of 55,483 mcf per day but up 22.28% from a January 2025 average of 43,897 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's North Cook Inlet averaged 40,576 mcf per day in January, 19.36% of inlet production, down 2,775 mcf per day, 6.4%, from a December average of 43,351 mcf per day and down 0.45% from a January 2025 average of 40,761 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's Ninilchik averaged 27,370 mcf per day in January, 13.06% of inlet production, down 118 mcf per day, 0.43%, from a December average of 27,489 mcf per day but up 10.39% from a January 2025 average of 24,794 mcf per day.
Furie/HEX's Kitchen Lights averaged 19,598 mcf per day in January, 9.35% of inlet production, up 35 mcf per day, 0.18%, from a December average of 19,563 mcf per day and up 44.35% from a January 2025 average of 13,577 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's Kenai averaged 18,106 mcf per day in January, 8.64% of inlet production, up 339 mcf per day, 1.91%, from a December average of 17,767 mcf per day but down 1.51% from a January 2025 average of 18,383 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's McArthur River averaged 12,648 mcf per day in January, 6.04% of inlet production, up 913 mcf per day, 7.78%, from a December average of 11,736 mcf per day and up 13.87% from a January 2025 average of 11,108 mcf per day.
Seventeen smaller producing fields collectively accounted for 17.93% of inlet production in January, including Sterling, which Hilcorp brought back into production in January after a hiatus of more than 10 years -- see story on page 1 of this issue.
Hilcorp's Swanson River averaged 9,207 mcf per day in January, up 2,856 mcf pr day, 44.96%, from a December average of 6,352 mcf per day, but down 5.48% from a January 2025 average of 9,742 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's Ivan River averaged 5,259 mcf per day in January, up 2,858 mcf per day, 119.05%, from a December average of 2,401 mcf per day and up 359.63% from a January 2025 average of 1,144 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's Cannery Loop averaged 3,807 mcf per day in January, down 38 mcf per day, 0.98%, from a December average of 3,845 mcf per day and down 20.33% from a January 2025 average of 4,778 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's Deep Creek averaged 3,332 mcf per day in January, down 125 mcf per day, 3.6%, from a December average of 3,457 mcf per day but up 24.15% from a January 2025 average of 2,684 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's Pretty Creek averaged 3,117 mcf per day in January, down 690 mcf per day, 18.11%, from a December average of 3,807 mcf per day but up 3,527.67% from a January 2025 average of 86 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's Whiskey Gulch averaged 2,696 mcf per day in January, down 274 mcf, 9.23%, from a December average of 2,970 mcf per day. The field was not online in January 2025.
Hilcorp's North Fork averaged 2,593 mcf per day in January, up 67 mcf pr day, 2.65%, from a December average of 2,526 mcf per day and up 51.28% from a January 2025 average of 1,714 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's Beaver Creek averaged 2,304 mcf per day in January, down 674 mcf per day, 22.62%, from a December average of 2,978 mcf per day and down 58.61% from a January 2025 average of 5,567 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's Granite Point averaged 2,281 mcf per day in January, up 26 mcf per day, 1.15%, from a December average of 2,255 mcf per day but down 19.97% from a January 2025 average of 2,851 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's Lewis River averaged 1,388 mcf per day in January, down 158 mcf per day, 10.23%, from a December average of 1,546 mcf per day and down 38.92% from a January 2025 average of 2,273 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's Trading Bay averaged 678 mcf per day in January, up 10 mcf per day, 1.52%, from a December average of 667 mcf per day but down 10.22% from a January 2025 average of 755 mcf per day.
BlueCrest's Hansen averaged 497 mcf per day in January, up 5 mcf per day, 1.08%, from a December average of 492 mcf per day but down 22.83% from a January 2025 average of 644 mcf per day.
Cook Inlet Energy's West McArthur River averaged 165 mcf per day in January, down 14 mcf per day, 7.89%, from a December average of 179 mcf per day and down 19.22% from a January 2025 average of 204 mcf per day. CIE is a Glacier Oil and Gas Corp. company.
Amaroq's Nicolai Creek averaged 116 mcf per day in January, down 105 mcf per day, 47.49%, from a December average of 221 mcf per day and down 70.47% from a January 2025 average of 393 mcf per day.
CIE's Redoubt Shoal averaged 102 mcf per day in January, down 4 mcf per day, 3.49%, from a December average of 105 mcf per day and down 24.98% from a January 2025 average of 136 mcf per day.
Hilcorp's Sterling, in a partial first month of production, averaged 24 mcf per day in January.
Cook Inlet natural gas production peaked in 1990 at more than 850,000 mcf per day.
--KRISTEN NELSON
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