Sidebar: Cook Inlet gas production up 5%
Kristen Nelson Petroleum News
Natural gas production from Cook Inlet averaged 225,440 thousand cubic feet per day in December, up 10,854 mcf, 5.1%, from a November average of 214,586 mcf per day, and up 10.3% from a December 2021 average of 204,414 mcf per day.
This data is from the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which reports production on a month-delay basis. For natural gas AOGCC reports measurements in thousands of cubic feet, mcf.
In December, 79.5% of Cook Inlet gas was produced from six large fields (each accounting for 5% or more of current-month production) - Ninilchik, Beluga, North Cook Inlet, McArthur River, Kenai and Kitchen Lights - with 15 smaller fields accounting for the other 20.5%.
Hilcorp’s Ninilchik averaged 48,149 mcf per day in December, 21.4% of inlet production, up 10,943 mcf per day, 29.4%, from a November average of 37,206 mcf per day and up 56.2% from a December 2021 average of 30,830 mcf per day.
The Hilcorp-operated Beluga field (majority owner Chugach Electric Association) averaged 40,023 mcf per day in December, 17.8% of inlet production, up 7,062 mcf per day, 21.4%, from a November average of 32,961 mcf per day and up 39.7% from a December 2021 average of 28,645 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s North Cook Inlet averaged 39,977 mcf per day in December, 17.7% of inlet production, down 1,494 mcf per day, 3.6%, from a November average of 41,471 mcf per day and up 23.3% from a December 2021 average of 32,414 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Kenai field averaged 23,411 mcf per day in December, 10.4% of inlet production, down 181 mcf per day, 0.8%, from a November average of 23,592 mcf per day and down 18.8% from a December 2021 average of 28,819 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s McArthur River averaged 16,296 mcf per day, 7.2% of inlet production, down 131 mcf per day, 0.8%, from a November average of 16,427 mcf per day and down 19.6% from a December 2021 average of 20,277 mcf per day.
Furie’s Kitchen Lights averaged 11,431 mcf per day in December, 5.1% of inlet production, up 84 mcf per day, 0.7%, from a November average of 11,347 mcf per day and down 3.9% from a December 2021 average of 11,900 mcf per day.
Smaller fields range from those producing as much as 4.5% of inlet gas in December to those producing less than 1%.
Hilcorp’s Beaver creek averaged 10,193 mcf per day in December, up 377 mcf, 3.8%, from a November average of 9,815 mcf per day and up 20.3% from a December 2021 average of 8,475 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Ivan River averaged 7,351 mcf per day in December, down 2,379 mcf, 24.5%, from a November average of 9,730 mcf per day but up 2.3% from a December 2021 average of 7,183 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Cannery Loop averaged 6,505 mcf per day in December, down 255 mcf, 3.8%, from a November average of 6,761 mcf per day and up 63% from a December 2021 average of 3,990 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Swanson River averaged 5,735 mcf per day in December, down 2,174 mcf, 27.5%, from a November average of 7,909 mcf per day and down 52.9% from a December 2021 average of 12,172 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Deep Creek averaged 4,256 mcf per day in December, down 96 mcf, 2.2%, from a November average of 4,352 mcf per day but up 34.8% from a December 2021 average of 3,157 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Granite Point averaged 3,326 mcf per day in December, down 38 mcf, 1.1%, from a November average of 3,364 mcf per day and down 5.8% from a December 2021 average of 3,532 mcf per day.
Vision Operating’s North Fork averaged 3,068 mcf per day, down 65 mcf, 2.1%, from a November average of 3,133 mcf per day and down 6.9% from a December 2021 average of 3,296 mcf per day.
AIX’s Kenai Loop averaged 2,089 mcf per day in December, down 930 mcf, 30.8%, from a November average of 3,019 mcf per day and down 49.3% from a December 2021 average of 4,118 mcf per day.
BlueCrest’s Hansen field at Cosmopolitan averaged 1,751 mcf per day in December, up 277 mcf, 18.8%, from a November average of 1,474 mcf per day but down 6.9% from a December 2021 average of 1,881 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Trading Bay averaged 771 mcf per day in December, up 96 mcf, 14.3%, from a November average of 675 mcf per day but down 50.4% from a December 2021 average of 1,556 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Lewis River averaged 492 mcf per day in December, down 58 mcf, 10.5%, from a November average of 550 mcf per day and down 51.8% from a December 2021 average of 1,022 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Nikolaevsk averaged 239 mcf per day in December, down 8 mcf, 3.3%, from a November average of 247 mcf per day and down 15.6% from a December 2021 average of 283 mcf per day.
Amaroq’s Nicolai Creek averaged 167 mcf per day in December, down 182 mcf, 52.3%, from a November average of 349 mcf per day and down 37.6% from a December 2021 average of 267 mcf per day.
Cook Inlet Energy’s Redoubt Shoal averaged 125 mcf per day in December, down 10 mcf, 7.1%, from a November average of 136 mcf per day and down 43.6% from a December 2021 average of 222 mcf per day. CIE is a Glacier Oil and Gas company.
CIE’s West McArthur River averaged 86 mcf per day in December, up 16 mcf, 23.4%, from a November average of 70 mcf per day and up 50.9% from a December 2021 average of 57 mcf per day.
Cook Inlet natural gas production peaked in the mid-1990s at more than 850,000 mcf per day.
- KRISTEN NELSON
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