ANS August production up 2.7 percent from July

Kristen Nelson

Alaska North Slope crude production averaged 975,365 barrels a day in August, up 2.7 percent from an average 949,685 bpd in July.

Most of the increase came from Prudhoe, which averaged 507,937 bpd in August, up 6.6 percent from an average 476,555 bpd in July.

Production at Alpine, which started up last November, dropped to an average of 87,951 bpd in August, down 9.5 percent from an average of 97,176 bpd in July. The Department of Revenue said there was planned maintenance at Alpine Aug. 24-26, with three days of zero production.

Single-day production at Alpine hit a new high of 102,511 bpd on Aug. 16.

Lisburne production increased 2.6 percent, averaging 79,890 bpd in August up from a 77,896 bpd average for July.

Endicott production averaged 34,306 bpd in August, up 1.7 percent from a July average of 33,728 bpd and Kuparuk production averaged 212,417 bpd in August, up 0.8 percent from a July average of 210,781 bpd.

Milne Point production dropped 1.3 percent, averaging 52,864 bpd in August, down from a July average of 53,549 bpd.

Prudhoe Bay natural gas liquids production averaged 42,832 bpd in August, up 6.8 percent from a July average of 40,110 bpd.

The August temperature at Pump Station No. 1 averaged 44.1 degrees F, down from an average of 50.1 degrees F in July.

Cook Inlet production was down 1 percent from July, averaging 34,787 bpd in August and 35,151 bpd in July.

Total Alaska production averaged 1,010,152 bpd, up 2.6 percent from a July average of 984,836 bpd.