Sidebar: Inlet gas down slightly

Kristen Nelson

Petroleum News

Cook Inlet natural gas averaged 193,855 thousand cubic feet per day in May, down 252 mcf per day, 0.13%, from an April average of 194,107 mcf per day and down 4.97% from a May 2024 average of 203,995 mcf per day.

The six most productive fields, each producing 5% or more of the total volume, accounted for 80.76% of inlet production in May, 156,561 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 Hilcorp Alaska-operated Beluga River field averaged 42,435 mcf per day in May, 21.89% of the total, up 153 mcf per day, 0.36%, from an April average of 42,281 mcf per day but down 3.92% from a May 2024 average of 44,168 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's North Cook Inlet averaged 38,440 mcf per day in May, 19.83% of the total, down 1,798 mcf per day, 4.47%, from an April average of 40,238 mcf per day and down 4% from a May 2024 average of 40,039 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Ninilchik averaged 33,135 mcf per day in May, 17.09% of the total, down 1,114 mcf per day, 3.25%, from an April average of 34,249 mcf per day and down 0.35% from a May 2024 total of 33,252 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Kenai field averaged 17,849 mcf per day in May, 9.21% of the total, up 130 mcf per day, 0.73%, from an April average of 17,719 mcf per day but down 14.97% from a May 2024 average of 20,991 mcf per day.

Furie's Kitchen Lights averaged 13,448 mcf per day in May, 6.94% of the total, up 909 mcf per day, 7.25%, from an April average of 12,539 mcf per day and up 27.34% from a May 2024 average of 10,560 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's McArthur River averaged 11,255 mcf per day in May, 5.81% of the total, down 159 mcf per day, 1.39%, from an April average of 11,414 mcf per day and down 4.37% from a May 2024 average of 11,769 mcf per day.

Sixteen smaller fields made up 19.24% of inlet gas production.

Hilcorp's Swanson River averaged 7,594 mcf per day in May, down 665 mcf per day, 8.05%, from an April average of 8,259 mcf per day and down 31.23% from a May 2024 average of 11,042 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Beaver Creek averaged 5,466 mcf per day in May, up 135 mcf per day, 2.53%, from an April average of 5,331 mcf per day, but down 35.73% from a May 2024 average of 8,505 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Deep Creek averaged 4,265 mcf per day in May, up 674 mcf per day, 18.77%, from an April average of 3,591 mcf per day and up 26.11% from a May 2024 average of 3,382 mcf per day. Hilcorp has been drilling at Deep Creek, going from eight producing wells in March to 10 in April and May.

Hilcorp's Cannery Loop averaged 4,237 bpd in May, down 85 mcf per day, 1.98%, from an April average of 4,322 mcf per day and down 11.7% from a May 2024 average of 4,798 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Ivan River averaged 3,719 mcf per day in May, up 1,806 mcf per day, 94.44%, from an April average of 1,913 mcf per day and up 66.37% from a May 2024 average of 2,235 mcf per day. Hilcorp had three wells online at the field in May, up from two in April.

Hilcorp's Lewis River averaged 2,417 mcf per day in May, up 123 mcf per day, 5.37%, from an April average of 2,294 mcf per day but down 34.16% from a May 2024 average of 3,672 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Granite Point averaged 2,176 mcf per day in May, down 514 mcf per day, 19.11%, from an April average of 2,689 mcf per day and down 30.04% from a May 2024 average of 3,110 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's North Fork averaged 1,804 mcf per day in May, up 129 mcf per day, 7.72%, from an April average of 1,675 mcf per day, but down 5.23% from a May 2024 average of 1,903 mcf per day.

AIX's Kenai Loop averaged 1,753 mcf per day in May, down 14 mcf per day, 0.77%, from an April average of 1,766 mcf per day and down 10.83% from a May 2024 average of 1,965 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Pretty Creek averaged 1,639 mcf per day in May, down 105 mcf per day, 6%, from an April average of 1,744 mcf per day. The field was not online in May 2024.

Hilcorp's Trading Bay averaged 631 mcf per day in May, down 124 mcf per day, 16.47%, from an April average of 755 mcf per day and down 5.67% from a May 2024 average of 669 mcf per day.

BlueCrest's Hansen averaged 609 mcf per day in May, up 18 mcf per day, 2.96%, from an April average of 592 mcf per day but down 49.99% from a May 2024 average of 1,218 mcf per day.

Amaroq's Nicolai Creek averaged 418 mcf per day in May, up 103 mcf per day, 32.53%, from an April average of 316 mcf per day and up 51.45% from a May 2024 average of 276 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Nikolaevsk averaged 222 mcf per day in May, up 179 mcf per day, 416.73%, from an April average of 43 mcf per day, and up 224.76% from a May 2024 average of 68 mcf per day.

Cook Inlet Energy's West McArthur River averaged 212 mcf per day in May, down 32 mcf per day, 13.09%, from an April average of 244 mcf per day, but flat from a May 2024 average of 212 mcf per day. CIE is a Glacier Oil and Gas company.

CIE's Redoubt Shoal averaged 132 mcf per day in May, down 1 mcf per day, 0.51%, from an April average of 133 mcf per day and down 17.42% from a May 2024 average of 160 mcf per day.

Cook Inlet natural gas production peaked in 1990 at more than 850,000 mcf per day.

--KRISTEN NELSON