Sidebar: Cook Inlet gas down 2.34% in April

Kristen Nelson

Petroleum News

Cook Inlet natural gas averaged 194,107 thousand cubic feet per day in April, down 4,648 mcf per day, 2.34%, from a March average of 198,755 mcf per day and down 4.03% from an April 2024 average of 202,262 mcf per day. The six most prolific Cook Inlet fields accounted for 81.63% of April production, averaging 158,440 mcf per day, with the three most prolific accounting for 60.35%.

Volumes are calculated from Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission data, reported on a month-delay basis. For natural gas AOGCC reports measurements in thousands of cubic feet, mcf.

The Hilcorp Alaska-operated Beluga River field, majority owned by Chugach Electric Association, averaged 42,281 mcf per day, 21.78% of inlet production, up 176 mcf per day, 0.42%, from a March average of 42,105 mcf per day but down 5.2% from an April 2024 average of 44,602 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's North Cook Inlet averaged 40,238 mcf per day in April, 20.73% of the inlet total, down 929 mcf per day, 2.26%, from a March average of 41,167 mcf per day and down 1.16% from an April 2024 average of 40,711 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Ninilchik averaged 34,249 mcf per day in April, 17.64% of the total, down 4,172 mcf per day, 10.86%, from a March average of 38,421 mcf per day and down 0.59% from an April 2024 average of 34,451 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Kenai averaged 17,719 mcf per day in April, 9.13% of the inlet total, up 938 mcf per day, 5.59%, from a March average of 16,781 mcf per day but down 4.69% from an April 2024 average of 18,592 mcf per day.

Furie's Kitchen Lights averaged 12,539 mcf per day in April, 6.46% of the inlet total, down 599 mcf per day, 4.56%, from a March average of 13,137 mcf per day but up 12.8% from an April 2024 average of 11,116 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's McArthur River averaged 11,414 mcf per day in April, 5.88% of the total, up 223 mcf per day, 1.99%, from a March average of 11,191 mcf per day but down 4.82% from an April 2024 average of 11,992 mcf per day.

Sixteen fields cumulatively accounted for 18.37% of inlet production in April.

Hilcorp's Swanson River averaged 8,259 mcf per day in April, down 2,226 mcf per day, 21.23%, from a March average of 10,486 mcf per day and down 1.75% from an April 2024 average of 8,406 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Beaver Creek averaged 5,331 mcf per day in April, up 252 mcf per day, 4.95%, from a March average of 5,080 mcf per day but down 48.15% from an April 2024 average of 10,283 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Cannery Loop averaged 4,322 mcf per day in April, down 48 mcf per day, 1.09%, from a March average of 4,370 mcf per day and down 11.68% from an April 2024 average of 4,894 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Deep Creek averaged 3,591 mcf per day in April, up 962 mcf per day, 36.59%, from a March average of 2,629 mcf per day and up 7.71% from an April 2024 average of 3,334 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Granite Point averaged 2,689 mcf per day in April, up 3 mcf per day, 0.13%, from a March average of 2,686 mcf per day but down 8.38% from an April 2024 average of 2,935 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Lewis River averaged 2,294 mcf per day in April, down 176 mcf per day, 7.14%, from a March average of 2,470 mcf per day but up 37.85% from an April 2024 average of 1,664 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Ivan River averaged 1,913 mcf per day in April, up 734 mcf per day, 62.33%, from a March average of 1,178 mcf per day but down 32.42% from an April 2024 average of 2,830 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Pretty Creek averaged 1,744 mcf per day in April, up 319 mcf per day, 22.42%, from a March average of 1,424 mcf per day; the field had no production in April 2024. In recent years the field has produced sporadically, with recent sustained production beginning last November.

AIX's Kenai Loop averaged 1,766 mcf per day in April, up 55 mcf per day, 3.21%, from a March average of 1,711 mcf per day but down 14.8% from an April 2024 average of 2,073 mcf per day.

North Fork, which Hilcorp recently took over from Vision Operating, averaged 1,675 mcf per day in April, up 4 mcf per day, 0.21%, from a March average of 1,671 mcf per day but down 12.67% from an April 2024 average of 1,918 mcf per day. April is the first month for which AOGCC shows Hilcorp as operator of the field.

Hilcorp's Trading Bay averaged 755 mcf per day in April, down 52 mcf per day, 6.43%, from a March average of 807 mcf per day but up 3.29% from an April 2024 average of 731 mcf per day.

BlueCrest's Hansen averaged 592 mcf per day in April, up 2 mcf per day, 0.27%, from a March average of 590 mcf per day but down 44.52% from an April 2024 average of 1,066 mcf per day.

Amaroq's Nicolai Creek averaged 316 mcf per day in April, down 138 mcf per day, 30.4%, from a March average of 454 mcf per day but up 59.62% from an April 2024 average of 198 mcf per day.

Cook Inlet Energy's West McArthur River averaged 244 mcf per day in April, up 8 mcf per day, 3.33%, from a March average of 236 mcf per day and up 1.74% from an April 2024 average of 240 mcf per day. CIE is a Glacier Oil and Gas Corp. company.

CIE's Redoubt Shoal averaged 133 mcf per day in April, up 26 mcf per day, 24.37%, from a March average of 107 mcf per day but down 19.3% from an April 2024 average of 165 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Nikolaevsk averaged 43 mcf per day in April, down 11 mcf per day, 19.89%, from a March average of 54 mcf pr day and down 29.9% from an April 2024 average of 61 mcf per day.

Cook Inlet natural gas production peaked in 1990 at more than 850,000 mcf per day.

--KRISTEN NELSON