DNR releases North Slope O&G Activity Map

Kay Cashman

Petroleum News

The latest North Slope Oil and Gas Activity Map, dated January 2026, was released at the end of January by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas.

(See map in the online issue PDF)

The map includes wellhead locations for oil and gas exploration wells completed and separated by years completed -- 2023, 2024 and 2025.

Highways, current unit boundaries, the Trans Alaska Pipeline System, and the Alaska Seaward Boundary are noted on the map.

Map highlights illustrate the following and much more:

*ConocoPhillips Alaska proposes to construct new 15-acre drill-site CD8 that targets the Narwhal (Nanushuk) reservoir. Supporting infrastructure will be built and tied to the existing facilities at CD4 and the Alpine Central Facility. The U.S. Corps of Engineers is preparing an EIS for the project. Draft EIS is planned to be published in fall 2026 to seek public comment.

*Oil Search Alaska (Santos company) planning to drill the Quokka-1 appraisal well, completion by Q2 2026.

*ConocoPhillips Alaska continues development of the Torok and Coyote participating areas at Kuparuk from the 3S and 3T pads.

*Hilcorp Alaska plans to lay down gravel for O pad, a potential new drill site in the PBU Western Satellites Participating Area in 2026. Final investment decision for O pad is also targeted for 2026.

*Harvest Alaska LNG began plant operations on Oct. 9, 2025, producing LNG for delivery by road tanker to Fairbanks based Interior Gas Utility.

*Lagniappe Alaska plans to drill appraisal wells and wildcats around Sockeye-2 in early 2027.

*Great Bear Pantheon completed fracture stimulation operations at the Dubhe-1 exploration well horizontally through 5,200 feet of SMD-B target reservoir. Flow testing is paused and scheduled to resume in Spring 2026.

*Hilcorp Alaska planning to drill a gas and condensate production well at a new Point Thomson drill site in 2026. This well is expected to increase Point Thomson production to near 10,000 BPD.

*Santos/Oil Search has finished construction of 120 miles of pipeline, secured processing modules and the seawater treatment plant to the site and completed more than 20 wells as part of Pikka Phase 1. First oil is scheduled for Q1 2026.

--KAY CASHMAN