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Thomson at full production
Eastern North Slope field averaged 9,949 bpd in November, highest production yet
Kristen Nelson Petroleum News
November production data from the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is available and shows that the Point Thomson field produced close to its rated 10,000 barrels per day, averaging 9,949 bpd, up 94 percent from an October average of 5,129 bpd and the highest level since the field, which came online in April 2016, averaged 9,575 bpd in November 2017.
ExxonMobil Production Co., the Point Thomson operator, has had technical challenges at the high-pressure field, and production has bounced around considerably, with the monthly average this year as low as 1,242 bpd, and the field down for maintenance July through August. In a development plan submitted in 2017, the company said that “production to date has been impacted by gas injection compressor availability and reliability,” referring to the compressors as “industry-first,” designed to handle reservoir pressures upwards of 10,000 pounds per square inch.
The AOGCC provides production volumes by well on a month-delay basis.
ANS up 3 percent Alaska North Slope production averaged 538,130 bpd in November (481,936 bpd of crude and 56,194 bpd of natural gas liquids), up 3.1 percent from an October average of 521,782, but down 1.4 percent from a November 2017 average of 545,474 bpd.
The BP Exploration (Alaska)-operated Prudhoe Bay field, the Slope’s largest, averaged 236,560 bpd of crude and 52,209 bpd of NGLs, a total of 288,769 bpd, up 7.5 percent from an October total of 268,623 bpd and down 0.4 percent from a November 2017 average of 289,959 bpd.
Prudhoe volumes include production from Aurora, Borealis, Lisburne, Midnight Sun, Niakuk, Polaris, Point McIntyre, Put River, Raven and Schrader Bluff.
The ConocoPhillips Alaska-operated Kuparuk River field averaged 110,280 bpd in November, down 0.3 percent from an October average of 110,648, and down 2.2 percent from a November 2017 average of 112,787 bpd.
Kuparuk volumes include Meltwater, Tabasco, Tarn and West Sak.
The Colville River unit, also operated by ConocoPhillips, averaged 60,684 bpd in November, down 2.5 percent from an October average of 62,266 bpd and down 4.5 percent from a November 2017 average of 63,540 bpd. Colville production includes Fiord, Nanuq and Qannik.
Smaller fields Milne Point, operated by Hilcorp Alaska, averaged 21,930 bpd in November, up 3.9 percent from an October average of 21,099 bpd and up 22.5 percent from a November 2017 average of 17,907 bpd.
The Eni-operated Nikaitchuq field averaged 6,553 bpd in November, down 59.3 percent from an October average of 16,091 bpd and down 65.5 percent from a November 2017 average of 19,018 bpd. There were 23 wells producing crude at Nikaitchuq in October, but only 10 online in November.
The Caelus Alaska-operated Oooguruk field averaged 10,081 bpd in November, up 0.6 percent from an October average of 10,025 bpd, but down 22.6 percent from a November 2017 average of 13,017 bpd.
The Hilcorp-operated Endicott field averaged 7,541 bpd in November (6,666 bpd of oil and 875 bpd of NGLs), up 4.8 percent from an October average of 7,198 bpd, but down 4.9 percent from a November average of 7,931 bpd.
Northstar, also operated by Hilcorp, averaged 12,062 bpd in November (8,953 bpd of oil and 3,110 bpd of NGLs), up 8.6 percent from an October average of 11,103 and up 10 percent from a November 2017 average of 10,962 bpd.
Badami, operated by Savant Alaska, a subsidiary of Glacier Oil & Gas, averaged 1,808 bpd in November, down 2.1 percent from an October average of 1,846 bpd, and up 132.3 percent from a November 2017 average of 778.
ConocoPhillips’ new National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska field, Greater Mooses Tooth, averaged 8,473 in November, up 9.3 percent from an October average of 7,754 (first production from the field occurred on Oct. 5).
Cook Inlet Cook Inlet production averaged 15,359 bpd in November, up 3.8 percent from an October average of 14,802 bpd but down 5.2 percent from a November 2017 average of 16,200 bpd.
The largest month-over-month production increase was at Hilcorp Alaska’s Beaver Creek field, where Hilcorp brought on the 5RD2, a re-drill, resulting in 904 bpd, up from 71 bpd in October.
Hilcorp’s Granite Point averaged 2,729 bpd in November, almost level with October production of 2,736 bpd.
BlueCrest’s Hansen field, the Cosmopolitan project, averaged 1,095 bpd in November, down 6.9 percent from an October average of 1,176 bpd.
Hilcorp’s McArthur River field, Cook Inlet’s largest, averaged 4,626 bpd in November, up 1.4 percent from an October average of 4,562 bpd.
Middle Ground Shoal, another Hilcorp field, averaged 1,479 bpd in November, about level with 1,478 bpd in October.
Redoubt Shoal, operated by Glacier Oil & Gas subsidiary Cook Inlet Energy, averaged 1,268 bpd in November, down 4.8 percent from an October average of 1,331 bpd.
Hilcorp’s Swanson River averaged 1,299 bpd in November, up 3 percent from an October average of 1,262 bpd.
Trading Bay, also operated by Hilcorp, averaged 1,314 bpd in November, down 6.8 percent from an October average of 1,409 bpd.
Cook Inlet Energy’s West McArthur River averaged 645 bpd in November, down 17 percent from an October average of 777 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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