State to develop slope facilities map to help independents

Kay Cashman, PNA publisher

In keeping with his agenda to attract new independents to Alaska, Director of the Division of Oil and Gas Mark Myers told PNA Oct. 15 that his office is in the process of preparing a capital improvement project request to develop “a composite facilities map of the North Slope.

“What we have now, what’s available to the public, is a hodgepodge of maps,” which, he said, makes it difficult for companies new to the North Slope to figure out their options in regard to facilities.

On April 5, Myers told the House Special Committee on Oil and Gas April 5 that historically, as basins mature you see more independents coming in.

“The infrastructure on the North Slope needs to be open for all parties,” he said.

Pipelines and “facilities sharing agreements need to be efficient and work, so that new parties can come in and have excess capacities available in facilities,” Myers said.