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April ANS production 542,154 bpd, up 0.9% Kuparuk up 2.3% month-over-month, Prudhoe up 0.6%; March Cook Inlet output averages 18,292 bpd, up just 0.3% from February Kristen Nelson Petroleum News
Alaska North Slope crude oil production averaged 542,154 barrels per day in April, up 0.89 percent from a March average of 537,367 bpd.
The largest month-over-month increase was at Kuparuk River, operated by ConocoPhillips Alaska, where production averaged 143,145 bpd in April, up 2.34 percent from a March average of 139,878 bpd.
Information for April is from the Alaska Department of Revenue’s Tax Division which reports North Slope oil production consolidated by major production centers and provides daily production and monthly averages. More detailed data, including Cook Inlet and individual North Slope fields and pools, is reported by the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission on a month-delay basis.
Kuparuk production includes volumes from the Eni-operated Nikaitchuq field and the Caelus Alaska-operated Oooguruk field. Nikaitchuq production, as reported by AOGCC, averaged 25,336 bpd in March, up 2.87 percent from a February average of 24,629 bpd. In March, Nikaitchuq accounted for 18.11 percent of the volumes reported for Kuparuk. Oooguruk production averaged 10,677 bpd in March, up 8.97 percent from a February average of 9,798 bpd, accounting for 7.63 percent of the March production reported for Kuparuk.
Prudhoe, Alpine also up The BP Exploration (Alaska)-operated Prudhoe Bay field averaged 316,463 bpd in April, up 0.62 percent from a March average of 314,499 bpd.
Volumes from Prudhoe, the North Slope’s largest oil field, include satellite production from Aurora, Borealis, Midnight Sun, Orion, Polaris, Sag River, Schrader Bluff and Ugnu, as well as from the Hilcorp Alaska-operated Milne Point and Northstar fields.
AOGCC data show that Milne Point averaged 18,491 bpd in March, down 4.37 percent from a February average of 19,336 bpd, accounting for 5.88 percent of Prudhoe production volumes in March, while Northstar averaged 11,588 bpd in March, up 9.51 percent from a February average of 10,581 bpd, accounting for 3.68 percent of Prudhoe volumes in March.
The ConocoPhillips-operated Alpine field on the western edge of the Slope averaged 48,582 bpd in April, up 1.33 percent from a March average of 47,942 bpd. Alpine includes satellite production from Fiord, Nanuq and Qannik, with the main Alpine field accounting for 65 percent of the field’s production in March, followed by 28 percent at Fiord and some 3 percent each at Nanuq and Qannik.
Endicott, Lisburne down The Hilcorp-operated Endicott field averaged 9,634 bpd in April, down 0.06 percent from a March average of 9,640 bpd. Endicott includes volumes from the Savant Alaska-operated Badami field, the farthest east production on the Slope, which averaged 954 bpd in March, down 3.55 percent from a February average of 989 bpd. Savant Alaska is a subsidiary of Miller Energy Resources.
The BP-operated Lisburne field, part of greater Prudhoe Bay, averaged 24,330 bpd in April, down 4.24 percent from a March average of 25,408 bpd. Lisburne includes production from Niakuk and Point McIntyre.
Cook Inlet holds level Cook Inlet crude oil production averaged 18,292 bpd in March, up 0.33 percent from a February average of 18,231 bpd.
The largest month-over-month increase was at the Hilcorp-operated Trading Bay field, which averaged 2,940 bpd in March, up 10.72 percent from a February average of 2,656 bpd.
The Cook Inlet Energy-operated Redoubt Shoal field averaged 1,057 bpd in March, up 4.36 percent from a February average of 1,013 bpd. Cook Inlet Energy is a subsidiary of Miller Energy Resources.
Hilcorp’s Beaver Creek field, Cook Inlet’s smallest, averaged 119 bpd in March, up 0.96 percent from a February average of 118 bpd.
The Hilcorp-operated Granite Point field averaged 2,682 bpd in March, up 0.33 percent from a February average of 2,673 bpd.
The steepest month-over-month Cook Inlet production drop was at the Cook Inlet Energy-operated West McArthur River field, which averaged 1,314 bpd in March, down 7.55 percent from a February average of 1,421 bpd.
The Hilcorp-operated Swanson River field averaged 2,688 bpd in March, down 2.89 percent from a February average of 2,768 bpd.
The Hilcorp-operated McArthur River field, Cook Inlet’s largest, averaged 5,518 bpd in March, down 1.58 percent from a February average of 5,606 bpd.
Middle Ground Shoal, operated by ExxonMobil subsidiary XTO, averaged 1,975 bpd in March, down 0.11 percent from a February average of 1,977 bpd.
ANS crude oil production peaked in 1988 at 2.1 million bpd; Cook Inlet crude oil production peaked in 1970 at more than 227,000 bpd.
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