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Sidebar: Cook Inlet gas down 4.3%
Kristen Nelson Petroleum News
Natural gas production from Cook Inlet averaged 220,959 thousand cubic feet per day in April, down 9,897 mcf per day, 4.3%, from a March average of 230,855 mcf per day but up 8% from an April 2020 average of 204,584 mcf per day.
The inlet production drop was driven by lower production from seven of the largest nine fields, which averaged a combined 193,908 mcf per day in April, down 5.2% from a March total of 204,589 mcf per day. Those fields accounted for 87.8% of inlet gas production in April, compared to 88.6% in March.
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 largest month-over-month drop was at Hilcorp’s Kenai gas field, accounting for 21.7% of production, which averaged 47,954 mcf per day in April, down 8.6%, 4,510 mcf per day, from a March average of 52,465 mcf per day but up 43.7% from an April 2020 average of 33,368 mcf per day.
The Hilcorp-operated Beluga River field averaged 20,980 mcf per day in April, 9.5% of inlet production, down 2,787 mcf per day, 11.7%, from a March average of 23,767 mcf per day but up 15.3% from an April 2020 average of 18,204 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Ninilchik field averaged 28,658 mcf per day in April, 13% of inlet production, down 1,690 mcf per day, 5.6%, from a March average of 30,348 mcf per day, and down 16.5% from an April 2020 average of 34,313 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Swanson River averaged 18,963 mcf per day in April, 8.6% of inlet production, down 1,055 mcf per day, 5.3%, from a March average of 20,019 mcf per day and down 40.9% from an April 2020 average of 32,067 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s North Cook Inlet averaged 13,933 mcf per day in April, 6.3% of inlet production, down 6.8%, 1,016 mcf per day, from a March average of 14,949 mcf per day but up 8.5% from an April 2020 average of 12,839 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s McArthur River averaged 26,380 mcf per day in April, 11.9% of inlet production, down 437 mcf per day, 1.6%, from a March average of 26,817 mcf per day but up 26.7% from an April 2020 average of 20,819 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Ivan River averaged 10,466 mcf per day in April, 4.7% of inlet production, down 377 mcf per day, 3.5%, from a March average of 10,832 mcf per day, but up 2,919.2% from an April 2020 average of 346 mcf per day.
Two of the nine largest producers had month-over-month increases.
Furie’s Kitchen Lights averaged 15,421 mcf per day in April, 7% of inlet production, up 759 mcf per day, 5.2%, from a March average of 14,662 mcf per day and up 11.8% from an April 2020 average of 13,790 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Beaver Creek averaged 11,164 mcf per day in April, 5% of inlet production, up 432 mcf per day, 4%, from a March average of 10,732 mcf per day and up 22.1% from an April 2020 average of 9,145 mcf per day.
Inlet’s smaller gas producers Of the inlet’s 10 smaller producers, excluding Hilcorp’s Middle Ground Shoal, which had no production following an April 1 fuel line leak, half had month-over-month increases and half had decreases.
In descending order by April production, Hilcorp’s Cannery Loop averaged 4,923 mcf per day in April, 2.2% of inlet production, down 203 mcf per day, 4%, from a March average of 5,126 mcf per day but up 10.2% from an April 2020 average of 4,460 mcf per day.
AIX’s Kenai Loop averaged 4,834 mcf per day, 2.2% of inlet production, up 20 mcf per day, 0.4%, from a March average of 4,814 mcf per day and down 7.6% from an April 2020 average of 5,230 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Deep Creek averaged 4,322 mcf per day in April, 2% of inlet production, up 1,310 mcf per day, 43.5%, from a March average of 3,012 mcf per day and up 6.1% from an April 2020 average of 4,074 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Granite Point averaged 3,644 mcf per day in April, 1.7% of inlet production, down 29 mcf per day, 0.8%, from a March average of 3,673 mcf per day and up 3.4% from an April 2020 average of 3,524 mcf per day.
BlueCrest’s Hansen averaged 2,554 mcf per day in April, 1.2% of inlet production, up 183 mcf per day, 7.7%, from a March average of 2,371 mcf per day but down 26% from an April 2020 average of 3,453 mcf per day.
The North Fork field, operated by Vision Operating (formerly Gardes Holdings), averaged 3,077 mcf per day in April, 1.4% of inlet production, up 32 mcf per day, 1.1%, from a March average of 3,045 mcf per day, but down 14.4% from an April 2020 average of 3,593 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Trading Bay averaged 2,088 mcf per day in April, 0.9% of inlet production, down 92 mcf per day, 4.2%, from a March average of 2,180 mcf per day and down 33.1% from an April 2020 average of 3,121 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Lewis River averaged 1,111 mcf per day in April, 0.5% of inlet production, up 15 mcf per day, 1.3%, from a March average of 1,096 mcf per day and up 0.5% from an April 2020 average of 1,105 mcf per day.
Amaroq’s Nicolai Creek averaged 355 mcf per day, 0.2% of inlet production, down 41 mcf per day, 10.3%, from a March average of 395 mcf per day but up 36.4% from an April 2020 average of 260 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Nikolaevsk averaged 145 mcf per day in April, 0.1% of inlet production, down 190 mcf per day, 56.8%, from a March average of 335 mcf per day and down 22.8% from an April 2020 average of 187 mcf per day.
Cook Inlet natural gas production peaked in the mid-1990s at more than 850,000 mcf per day.
- KRISTEN NELSON
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