Anadarko, Kuukpik/Fairweather plan seismic

Kristen Nelson

The state has received applications for North Slope winter seismic programs from Kuukpik/Fairweather Geophysical LLC and Western Geophysical Co.

The Kuukpik/Fairweather plan does not name the client. The company plans three programs from the Sag River to Harrison Bay, and describes the area as onshore and near shore between the trans-Alaska pipeline and Teshekpuk Lake in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Both 2-D and 3-D will be shot, as much as 1,800 square miles of 3-D, between Jan. 1 and May 31.

The Western Geophysical program, being shot for Anadarko Petroleum Corp., involves two crews, with an estimated 400 to 1,000 square miles per crew. The area to be covered is onshore between NPR-A and the trans-Alaska pipeline and extends south well beyond present production but within the area of the state’s North Slope areawide sale. The program is projected to run from Nov. 15 through May 31.