June North Slope production down 5 percent from May

Kristen Nelson

Alaska North Slope liquids production averaged 948,672 barrels a day in June, down 5 percent from an average 998,943 barrels a day in May.

The steepest decline was at Prudhoe Bay, which averaged 533,498 barrels a day in June, down 6.22 percent (35,368 barrels a day) from a May average of 568,866 barrels a day. Kuparuk River (including Tarn and Tabasco), which averaged 223,789 barrels a day in June, was down 4.45 percent (10,434 barrels a day) from a May average of 234,223 barrels a day.

June production also declined at the Lisburne production center (which processes crude oil from Lisburne, Point McIntyre and Niakuk), with a June average production of 99,344 barrels a day, down 3.02 percent (3,090 barrels a day) from a May average of 102,434 barrels a day, and at Milne Point, which averaged 52,486 barrels a day in June, down 3.43 percent (1,864 barrels a day) from a May average of 54,350 barrels a day.

The only increase in June production was at Endicott (including Eider and Badami), where an average of 39,555 barrels a day was a 1.24 percent (485 barrels a day) increase over a May average of 39,070 barrels a day.

Cook Inlet production for June averaged 28,640 barrels, down 2.26 percent from a May average of 29,302 barrels a day.

Prudhoe Bay natural gas liquids (included in the Prudhoe Bay total above) averaged 45,090 barrels a day, down 15.92 percent from a May average of 29,302 barrels a day.