Phillips selects Tyonek pipeline route, but project not yet approved

Right-of-way application for dual crude, gas lines to west side; processing will be done at Unocal's Granite Point facility

Kristen Nelson

PNA News Editor

Phillips Petroleum Co. won't decide until fall whether to go ahead with crude oil production from its Tyonek platform in northern Cook Inlet.

But the company has picked the route a pipeline would take, if there is development of the Tyonek Deep crude oil accumulation. In late June, Phillips submitted a right-of-way application to the Joint Pipeline Office for both crude oil and natural gas pipelines to the west side where the crude oil and natural gas would be processed at Unocal's Granite Point facility.

Ed Cowling, Phillips' Tyonek Deep project manager, told PNA July 17 that a go-no go decision was still expected this fall. He also said that if the development receives a go ahead, it is expected to be completed next year.

The rest of this story is available from Petroleum News • Alaska by calling the circulation manager Dan Wilcox at 522-9469 for back issue copies. (July 1998)