Sidebar: Cook Inlet gas down 2.6%

Kristen Nelson

Petroleum News

Natural gas production from Cook Inlet averaged 209,499 thousand cubic feet per day in April, down 5,569 mcf per day, 2.6%, from a March average of 215,068 mcf per day but up 1.8% from an April 2022 average of 205,786 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.

Some 78% of inlet gas in April came from the six largest fields, those producing 10,000 mcf per day or more.

Hilcorp Alaska's Ninilchik averaged 43,214 mcf per day in April, 20.6% of the inlet total, down 2,943 mcf per day, 6.4%, from a March average of 46,157 mcf per day but up 32.9% from an April 2022 average of 32,528 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's North Cook Inlet averaged 38,539 mcf per day in April, 18.4% of inlet total, down 2,135 mcf per day, 5.3%, from a March average of 40,674 mcf per day but up 35.9% from an April 2022 average of 28,360 mcf per day.

Hilcorp-operated Beluga River averaged 35,447 mcf per day in April, 16.9% of inlet total, down 1,837 mcf per day, 4.9%, from a March average of 37,284 mcf per day but up 10% from an April 2022 average of 32,226 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Kenai gas field averaged 20,241 mcf per day in April, 9.7% of inlet total, down 1,401 mcf per day, 6.5%, from a March average of 21,642 mcf per day and down 21.8% from an April 2022 average of 25,887 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's McArthur River averaged 15,492 mcf per day in April, 7.4% of inlet total, down 280 mcf per day, 1.8%, from a March average of 15,773 mcf per day and down 16.6% from an April 2022 average of 18,577 mcf per day.

Furie's Kitchen Lights averaged 10,388 mcf per day in April, 5% of inlet production, up 26 mcf per day, 0.3%, from a March average of 10,362 mcf per day, but down 9.7% from an April 2022 average of 11,500 mcf per day.

The remaining 15 fields with gas production in April produced a combined 22% of inlet gas.

Hilcorp's Swanson River averaged 9,428 mcf per day in April, up 4,120 mcf per day, 77.6%, from a March average of 5,309 mcf per day, but down 18.5% from an April 2022 average of 11,561 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Ivan River averaged 8,882 mcf per day in April, up 1,255 mcf per day, 16.5%, from a March average of 7,626 mcf per day, but down 6.1% from an April 2022 average of 9,455 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Beaver Creek averaged 7,168 mcf per day in April, down 1,009 mcf per day, 12.3%, from a March average of 8,176 mcf per day and down 32.3% from an April 2022 average of 10,586 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Cannery Loop averaged 5,626 mcf per day in April, down 321 mcf per day, 5.4%, from a March average of 5,947 mcf per day and down 19.7% from an April 2022 average of 7,006 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Deep Creek averaged 3,929 mcf per day in April, down 60 mcf per day, 1.5%, from a March average of 3,989 mcf per day, but up 24.1% from an April 2022 average of 3,168 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Granite Point averaged 3,256 mcf per day in April, down 19 mcf per day, 0.6%, from a March average of 3,276 mcf per day and down 6.9% from an April 2022 average of 3,498 mcf per day.

Vision Operating's North Fork averaged 2,479 mcf per day in April, up 4 mcf per day, 0.2%, from a March average of 2,475 mcf per day but down 21.7% from an April 2022 average of 3,167 mcf per day.

AIX's Kenai Loop averaged 1,854 mcf per day in April, down 440 mcf per day, 19.2%, from a March average of 2,295 mcf per day and down 49.4% from an April 2022 average of 3,665 mcf per day.

BlueCrest's Hansen averaged 1,420 mcf per day in April, down 25 mcf per day, 1.8%, from a March average of 1,446 mcf per day and down 9.2% from an April 2022 average of 1,564 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Trading Bay averaged 1,212 mcf per day in April, down 89 mcf per day, 6.9%, from a March average of 1,301 mcf per day and down 1.1% from an April 2022 average of 1,224 mcf per day.

Amaroq's Nicolai Creek averaged 258 mcf per day in April, down 246 mcf per day, 48.8%, from a March average of 503 mcf per day and down 29.1% from an April 2022 average of 364 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Lewis River averaged 214 mcf per day in April, down 154 mcf per day, 41.8%, from a March average of 367 mcf per day and down 73.1% from an April 2022 average of 795 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Nikolaevsk averaged 198 mcf per day in April, down 45 mcf per day, 18.5%, from a March average of 243 mcf per day but up 68.9% from an April 2022 average of 117 mcf per day.

Cook Inlet Energy's Redoubt Shoal averaged 156 mcf per day in April, up 24 mcf per day, 18.3%, from a March average of 132 mcf per day but down 30.6% from an April 2022 average of 225 mcf per day. CIE is a Glacier Oil and Gas company.

CIE's West McArthur River averaged 98 mcf per day in April, up 6 mcf per day, 6.6%, from a March average of 92 mcf per day and up 168.1% from an April 2022 average of 37 mcf per day.

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

-KRISTEN NELSON