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July inlet gas production up marginally
Cook Inlet natural gas averaged 198,905 mcf per day, up 0.2% from June, but down 7.5% from a July 2019 average of 214,954 mcf Kristen Nelson Petroleum News
Cook Inlet natural gas production averaged 198,905 thousand cubic feet per day in July, up 0.2%, 5,697 mcf, from a June average of 193,942 mcf, but down 7.5% from a July 2019 average of 214,965 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.
Seven major fields accounted for 79% of Cook Inlet natural gas production in July, 157,585 mcf per day.
Six of the fields are operated by Hilcorp Alaska, which owns five and has a one-third interest in the sixth, Beluga River. HEX LLC owns and operates Kitchen Lights.
Largest gas fields Hilcorp’s Kenai field averaged 32,414 mcf per day in July, down 2.4%, 811 mcf, from a June average of 33,225 mcf but up 10.2% from a July 2019 average of 29,408 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Ninilchik field averaged 31,833 mcf per day in July, up 4.8%, 1,469 mcf, from a June average of 30,364 mcf, but down 18.1% from a July 2019 average of 38,857 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Swanson River averaged 24,797 mcf per day in July, up 11.2%, 2,491 mcf, from a June average of 22,306 mcf, but down 20.8% from a July 2019 average of 31,304 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s McArthur River field, the inlet’s largest oil producer, averaged 24,353 mcf per day in July, up 4.2%, 973 mcf, from a June average of 23,380 mcf and up 8.3% from a July 2019 average of 22,497 mcf per day.
The Beluga River field, which Hilcorp operates and in which it has a one-third interest, averaged 16,262 mcf per day in July, down 4.6%, 790 mcf, from a June average of 17,053 mcf and down 35.9% from a July 2019 average of 25,385 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s North Cook Inlet field averaged 15,249 mcf per day in July, up 8.4%, 1,180 mcf, from a June average of 14,069 mcf and up 44% from a July 2019 average of 10,589 mcf per day.
HEX LLC’s Kitchen Lights averaged 12,678 mcf per day in July, down 4.8%, 638 mcf, from a June average of 13,316 mcf and down 32% from a July 2019 average of 18,646 mcf per day.
Smaller fields There are 15 smaller fields producing gas in Cook Inlet, two of which, Redoubt Shoal and West McArthur River, both operated by Cook Inlet Energy, a Glacier Oil and Gas Corp. company, went offline in June, with the company requesting suspensions of operations from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Oil and Gas based on global low oil prices and lack of demand.
Hilcorp’s Beaver Creek averaged 9,118 mcf per day in July, down 7.4%, 734 mcf, from a June average of 9,851 mcf, but up 42.7% from a July 2019 average of 6,389 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Cannery Loop averaged 5,328 mcf per day in July, down 9.9%, 583 mcf, from a June average of 5,911 mcf but up 65.2% from a July 2019 average of 3,224 mcf per day.
AIX’s Kenai Loop field averaged 4,895 mcf per day, up 1.7%, 83 mcf, from a June average of 4,813 mcf, but down 8.9% from a July 2019 average of 5,376 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Deep Creek averaged 3,906 mcf per day in July, down 2%, 79 mcf, from a June average of 3,986 mcf, and down 16.8% from a July 2019 average of 4,694 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Granite Point averaged 3,741 mcf per day in July, up 1.7%, 63 mcf, from a June average of 3,678 mcf, and up 34.1% from a July 2019 average of 2,790 mcf per day.
North Fork, operated by Glacier’s Cook Inlet Energy, averaged 3,403 mcf per day in July, down 1%, 34 mcf, from a June average of 3,437 mcf and down 17.5% from a July 2019 average of 4,127 mcf per day.
BlueCrest’s Hansen field, the Cosmopolitan project, averaged 3,366 mcf per day in July, down 3.6%, 125 mcf, from a June average of 3,491 mcf, and down 51.4% from a July 2019 average of 6,918 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Trading Bay averaged 2,995 mcf per day in July, up 11.1%, 300 mcf, from a June average of 2,695 mcf, and up 16.8% from a July 2019 average of 2,565 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Ivan River averaged 2,449 mcf per day in July, up 808.8%, 2,179 mcf, from a June average of 269 mcf, and up 451.8% from a July 2019 average of 444 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Lewis River averaged 1,067 mcf per day in July, up 0.5%, 5 mcf, from a June average of 1,062 mcf, and up 322.1% from a July 2019 average of 253 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Nikolaevsk averaged 387 mcf per day in July, down 16.6%, 77 mcf, from a June average of 464 mcf, and down 26.4% from a July 2019 average of 526 mcf per day.
Amaroq’s Nicolai Creek averaged 365 mcf per day in July, up 8.5%, 28 mcf, from a June average of 336 mcf, but down 0.7% from a July 2019 average of 367 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Middle Ground Shoal averaged 300 mcf per day in July, up 26.5%, 63 mcf, from a June average of 238 mcf, and up 0.9% from a July 2019 average of 298 mcf per day.
Cook Inlet natural gas production peaked in the mid-1990s at more than 850,000 mcf per day.
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