Sidebar: Cook Inlet gas up 0.43%

Kristen Nelson

Petroleum News

Cook Inlet natural gas production averaged 187,226 thousand cubic feet per day in January, up 795 mcf per day, 0.43%, from a December average of 186,431 mcf per day but down 13.59% from a January 2024 average of 216,684 mcf per day.

Volumes are calculated from Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission data, reported on a month-delay basis. For natural gas AOGCC reports measurements in thousands of cubic feet, mcf.

The Hilcorp Alaska-operated Beluga River field -- Chugach Electric Association is the majority working interest owner -- averaged 43,897 mcf per day in January, 23.45% of inlet production for the month, down 1,768 mcf per day, 3.87%, from a December average of 45,665 mcf per day but up 6.12% from a January 2024 average of 41,364 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's North Cook Inlet averaged 40,761 mcf per day in January, 21.77% of inlet production, down 2,386 mcf per day, 5.53%, from a December average of 43,147 mcf per day and down 12.24% from a January 2024 average of 46,443 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Ninilchik averaged 24,794 mcf per day in January, 13.24% of inlet production, down 1,490 mcf per day, 5.67%, from a December average of 26,285 mcf per day and down 41.89% from a January 2024 average of 42,067 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Kenai gas field averaged 18,383 mcf per day in January, 9.82% of inlet production, up 885 mcf per day, 5.06%, from a December average of 17,498 mcf per day, but down 3.18% from a January 2024 average of 18,986 mcf per day.

Furie's Kitchen Lights averaged 13,577 mcf per day in January, 7.25% of inlet production, up 1,649 mcf per day, 13.82%, from a December average of 11,928 mcf per day and up 8.29% from a January 2024 average of 12,537 mcf per day. Production at the field has been increasing since Furie brought a sidetrack online in late November.

Hilcorp's McArthur River averaged 11,108 mcf per day in January, 5.93% of inlet production, up 628 mcf per day, 5.99%, from a December average of 10,480 mcf per day but down 14.4% from a January 2024 average of 12,976 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Swanson River averaged 9,742 mcf per day in January, 5.2% of inlet production, up 2,568 mcf per day, 35.8%, from a December average of 7,173 mcf per day and up 42.02% from a January 2024 average of 6,869 mcf per day.

Those seven largest fields, each producing more than 5% of the month's total, accounted for 86.67% of Cook Inlet gas production in January, an average of 162,261 bpd. Fifteen smaller fields collectively accounted for the remaining production.

Hilcorp's Beaver Creek averaged 5,567 mcf per day in January, up 1,100 mcf per day, 24.63%, from a December average of 4,467mcf per day, but down 49.86% from a January 2024 average of 11,103 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Cannery Loop averaged 4,778 mcf per day in January, up 529 mcf per day, 12.45%, from a December average of 4,249 mcf per day but down 9.36% from a January 2024 average of 5,272 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Granite Point averaged 2,851 mcf per day in January, down 70 mcf per day, 2.38%, from a December average of 2,920 mcf per day and down 7.8% from a January 2024 average of 3,092 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Deep Creek averaged 2,684 mcf per day in January, down 95 mcf per day, 3.42%, from a December average of 2,779 mcf per day and down 24.13% from a January 2024 average of 3,537 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Lewis River averaged 2,273 mcf per day in January, down 265 mcf per day, 10.45%, from a December average of 2,538 mcf per day but up 26.07% from a January 2024 average of 1,803 mcf per day.

Vision Operating's North Fork averaged 1,714 mcf per day in January, up 23 mcf per day, 1.35%, from a December average of 1,692 mcf per day, but down 14.64% from a January 2024 average of 2,008 mcf per day. Hilcorp is in the process of acquiring North Fork with a closing expected in May.

AIX's Kenai Loop averaged 1,581 mcf per day in January, down 299 mcf per day, 15.89%, from a December average of 1,880 mcf pr day and down 28.83% from a January 2024 average of 2,221 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Ivan River averaged 1,144 mcf per day in January, up 49 mcf per day, 4.45%, from a December average of 1,096 mcf per day but down 57.93% from a January 2024 average of 2,720 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Trading Bay averaged 755 mcf per day in January, down 76 mcf per day, 9.1%, from a December average of 830 mcf per day and down 27.51% from a January 2024 average of 1,041 mcf per day.

BlueCrest's Hansen averaged 644 mcf per day in January, down 293 mcf per day, 31.3%, from a December average of 938 mcf per day and down 50.46% from a January 2024 average of 1,301 mcf per day.

Amaroq's Nicolai Creek averaged 393 mcf per day in January, up 64 mcf per day, 19.41%, from a December average of 329 mcf per day and up 173.48% from a January 2024 average of 144 mcf per day.

Cook Inlet Energy's West McArthur River averaged 204 mcf per day in January, down 42 mcf per day, 17.1%, from a December average of 246 mcf per day and down 14.17% from a January 2024 average of 238 mcf per day. CIE is a Glacier Oil and Gas company.

Hilcorp's Nikolaevsk averaged 156 mcf per day in January, down 41 mcf per day, 21.01%, from a December average of 197 mcf per day and down 22.73% from a January 2024 average of 201 mcf per day.

CIE's Redoubt Shoal averaged 136 mcf per day in January, up 95 mcf per day, 235.97%, from a December average of 40 mcf per day but down 20.7% from a January 2024 average of 171 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Pretty Creek averaged 86 mcf per day in January, up 31 mcf per day, 56.15%, from a December average of 55 mcf per day. The field had no production in January 2024.

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

--KRISTEN NELSON