Sidebar: Cook Inlet gas down 4.7%

Kristen Nelson

Petroleum News

Natural gas production from Cook Inlet averaged 198,599 thousand cubic feet in July, down 9,846 mcf per day, 4.7%, from a June average of 208,445 mcf per day and down 0.2% from a July 2020 average of 198,905 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.

The inlet’s nine largest fields account for the majority of natural gas production, 86.5% in July compared to 79% in July 2020.

Hilcorp Alaska’s Kenai field averaged 33,131 mcf per day in July, down 3,899 mcf per day, 10.5%, from a June average of 37,030 mcf per day and up 2.2% from a July 2020 average of 32,414 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s Ninilchik field averaged 30,483 mcf per day in July, up 350 mcf per day, 1.2%, from a June average of 30,133 mcf per day and down 4.2% from a July 2020 average of 31,833 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s McArthur River averaged 21,481 mcf per day in July, down 1,723 mcf per day, 7.4%, from a June average of 23,204 mcf per day and down 11.8% from a July 2020 average of 24,353 mcf per day.

The Hilcorp-operated Beluga River field averaged 19,724 mcf per day in July, down 861 mcf per day, 4.2%, from a June average of 20,584 mcf per day and up 21.3% from a July 2020 average of 16,262 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s Swanson River averaged 19,231 mcf per day in July, up 129 mcf per day, 0.7%, from a June average of 19,102 mcf per day and down 22.5% from a July 2020 average of 24,797 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s North Cook Inlet averaged 19,071 mcf per day, up 4,242 mcf per day, 28.6%, from a June average of 14,828 mcf per day and up 25.1% from a July 2020 average of 15,249 mcf per day.

Furie’s Kitchen Lights averaged 11,488 mcf per day in July, down 3,144 mcf per day, 21.5%, from a June average of 14,631 mcf per day and down 9.4% from a July 2020 average of 12,678 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s Beaver Creek averaged 8,711 mcf per day in July, down 1,547 mcf per day, 15.1%, from a June average of 10,258 mcf per day and down 4.5% from a July 2020 average of 9,118 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s Ivan River averaged 8,517 mcf per day in July, down 2,841 mcf per day, 25%, from a June average of 11,358 mcf per day, and up 247.8% from a July 2020 average of 2,449 mcf per day.

AIX’s Kenai Loop averaged 4,646 mcf per day in July, up 541 mcf per day, 13.2%, from a June average of 4,105 mcf per day and down 5.1% from a July 2020 average of 4,895 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s Cannery Loop averaged 4,138 mcf per day in July, down 1,117 mcf per day, 21.3%, from a June average of 5,255 mcf per day and down 22.3% from a July 2020 average of 5,328 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s Deep Creek averaged 3,734 mcf per day in July, down 227 mcf per day, 5.7%, from a June average of 3,961 mcf per day and down 4.4% from a July 2020 average of 3,906 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s Granite Point averaged 3,707 mcf per day in July, up 101 mcf per day, 2.8%, from a June average of 3,605 mcf per day and down 0.9% from a July 2020 average of 3,741 mcf per day.

Vision Operating’s North Fork averaged 3,119 mcf per day, up 92 mcf per day, 3%, from a June average of 3,028 mcf per day and down 8.3% from a July 2020 average of 3,403 mcf per day.

BlueCrest’s Hansen averaged 2,723 mcf per day in July, down 248 mcf per day, 8.4%, from a June average of 2,972 mcf per day and down 19.1% from a July 2020 average of 3,366 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s Trading Bay averaged 1,976 mcf per day in July, up 224 mcf per day, 12.8%, from a June average of 1,752 mcf per day and down 34% from a July 2020 average of 2,995 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s Seaview, which came online in June, averaged 1,085 mcf per day in July, up 373 mcf per day, 52.5%, from a June average of 712 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s Lewis River averaged 912 mcf per day in July, down 199 mcf per day, 17.9%, from a June average of 1,111 mcf per day and down 14.5% from a July 2020 average of 1,067 mcf per day.

Amaroq’s Nicolai Creek averaged 383 mcf per day in July, down 28 mcf per day, 6.8%, from a June average of 411 mcf per day and up 4.9% from a July 2020 average of 365 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s Nikolaevsk averaged 340 mcf per day in July, down 64 mcf per day, 15.9%, from a June average of 404 mcf per day and down 12.2% from a July 2020 average of 387 mcf per day.

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

- KRISTEN NELSON