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Cook Inlet gas update: Whiskey Gulch, Kitchen Lights, North Fork
Kristen Nelson Petroleum News
The latest Cook Inlet natural gas production volumes available from the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, for October, show that Hilcorp Alaska has brought its southern Kenai Peninsula Whiskey Gulch field online, Furie continues to grow Kitchen Lights gas volumes following drilling this summer, Hilcorp increased production from the Beluga River field it operates on behalf of itself and Chugach Electric Association and has increased production from existing wells at the North Fork field it acquired in May.
Natural gas production from Cook Inlet averaged 212,993 thousand cubic feet per day in October, up 12.42% from October 2024 volumes.
Whiskey Gulch Hilcorp's Whiskey Gulch field is on the southern Kenai Peninsula north of Anchor Point and north of the company's Seaview unit.
In its first month of production in October the field averaged 2,312 thousand cubic feet per day.
Hilcorp drilled Whiskey Gulch 1 in 2021, reaching a measured depth of 10,277 feet. While deeper oil targets were wet, the company said the Tyonek looked to be gas charged, with four zones perforated, although only one zone had producible quantities of gas. Two additional wells, Whiskey Gulch 14 and 15, have been drilled at the field.
The company's 2025 plans included installing facilities at the Whiskey Gulch pad and tying Whiskey Gulch 1 into a sales pipeline.
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas approved the company's plans for the Whiskey Gulch Pad Gas Production Pipeline in early September, authorizing installation of a 6-inch diameter, 4,000-foot buried natural gas pipeline connecting the Whiskey Gulch Pad to the Enstar gas transmission line.
Kitchen Lights Furie's Kitchen Lights, where two new wells, Kitchen Lights Unit A-5 and A-6, started to produce a substantial increase in production in August, continues to see growth in natural gas volumes.
Production averaged 20,995 mcf per day in August, up 80% from July, growing to an average of 23,750 mcf per day in September and continuing to increase in October, when production averaged 24,299 mcf per day, accounting for 11.4% of Cook Inlet gas production in that month.
October Kitchen Lights production was up 167% from October 2024.
Drilling on the two wells was completed in May and June, according to AOGCC drilling data. Kitchen Lights produces from the offshore Allegra Leigh Platform. The wells were drilled using the Spartan 151 jack-up rig.
Since HEX acquired the field in 2020, the company has increased the drilling capacity at the platform from six to 12 wells.
Beluga River, North Fork The Hilcorp-operated Beluga River averaged 54,204 mcf per day in October, up 2.4% from September and up 24.8% from October 2024. Beluga is currently the largest volume gas producer in Cook Inlet, accounting for 25.5% of inlet gas production in October.
AOGCC drilling data show five wells completed at the field over the last year.
At North Fork, which Hilcorp acquired in May, the company has not drilled any new wells but has increased production. October volumes averaged 2,205 mcf per day, up from 1,804 mcf in May.
--KRISTEN NELSON
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