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May 2020

Vol. 25, No.19 Week of May 10, 2020

Sidebar: March Cook Inlet gas production drops 2.6%

Kristen Nelson

Petroleum News

Natural gas production from Southcentral Alaska’s Cook Inlet basin averaged 211,619 mcf per day in March, down 2.6%, 11,800 mcf per day, from a February average of 223,304 mcf and down 3% from a March 2019 average of 218,334 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.

Production is dominated by seven large fields, which account for 82% of Cook Inlet natural gas production.

The largest is Hilcorp Alaska’s Ninilchik field, which averaged 38,154 mcf in March, 18% of inlet gas production, down 11.4%, 4,930 mcf per day, from a February average of 43,083 mcf per day, but up 2.4% from a March 2019 average of 37,244 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s Kenai gas field averaged 36,060 mcf per day in March, 17% of inlet production, up 4.6%, 1,590 mcf per day, from a February average of 34,471 mcf and up 4.9% from a March 2019 average of 34,364 mcf per day.

Swanson River, another Hilcorp field, averaged 32,265 mcf per day in March, 15.3% of inlet production, down 5.8%, 1,989 mcf per day, from a February average of 34,254 mcf and down 9.7% from a March 2019 average of 35,715 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s McArthur River averaged 20,264 mcf per day in March, 9.6% of inlet production, down 2.2%, 454 mcf per day, from a February average of 20,718 mcf and down 15.1% from a March 2019 average of 23,879 mcf per day.

Beluga River, operated by Hilcorp, averaged 18,578 mcf per day in March, 8.8% of inlet production, down 0.7%, 139 mcf per day, from a February average of 18,717 mcf and down 32.1% from a March 2019 average of 27,360 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s North Cook Inlet field averaged 14,023 mcf per day in March, 6.6% of inlet production, down 26.5%, 5,049 mcf per day, from a February average of 19,071 mcf and down 4.9% from a March 2019 average of 14,738 mcf per day.

Furie’s Kitchen Lights averaged 13,927 mcf per day in March, 6.6% of inlet production, down 3%, 432 mcf per day, from a February average of 14,360 mcf but up 528.9% from a March 2019 average of 2,215 mcf per day, when the company was recovering from hydrate blockages in its lines.

Smaller gas fields

Hilcorp’s Beaver Creek averaged 7,246 mcf per day in March, up 2.8%, 195 mcf per day, from a February average of 7,051 mcf but down 11.2% from a March 2019 average of 8,163 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s Cannery Loop field averaged 4,829 mcf per day in March, up 1.1%, 51 mcf per day, from a February average of 4,779 mcf and up 14.9% from a March 2019 average of 4,200 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s Deep Creek averaged 4,092 mcf per day in March, down 0.5%, 22 mcf per day, from a February average of 4,113 mcf and down 17.5% from a March 2019 average of 4,962 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s Granite Point averaged 3,483 mcf per day in March, up 0.5%, 18 mcf per day, from a February average of 3,465 mcf and up 23% from a March 2019 average of 2,831 mcf per day.

BlueCrest’s Hansen field averaged 4,154 mcf per day in March, down 9%, 412 mcf per day, from a February average of 4,566 mcf and down 50.5% from a March 2019 average of 8,385 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s Ivan River averaged 362 mcf per day in March, down 3.8%, 14 mcf per day, from a February average of 376 mcf and down 7.1% from a March 2019 average of 390 mcf per day.

AIX’s Kenai Loop field averaged 5,241 mcf per day in March, up 0.4%, 21 mcf per day, from a February average of 5,219 mcf but down 3.9% from a March 2019 average of 5,454 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s Lewis River averaged 1,090 mcf per day in March, down 2.1%, 23 mcf per day, from a February average of 1,113 mcf, but up 380.3% from a March 2019 average of 227 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s Middle Ground Shoal averaged 265 mcf per day in March, down 4.7%, 13 mcf per day, from a February average of 278 mcf but up 10.6% from a March 2019 average of 240 mcf per day.

Amaroq’s Nicolai Creek averaged 282 mcf per day in March, up 6.2%, 16 mcf per day, from a February average of 265 mcf but down 34.9% from a March 2019 average of 432 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s Nikolaevsk averaged 421 mcf per day in March, down 2.9%, 12 mcf per day, from a February average of 434 mcf but up 2.2% from a March 2019 average of 412 mcf per day.

North Fork, operated by Glacier Oil and Gas’ Cook Inlet Energy, averaged 3,625 mcf per day in March, down 2.4%, 90 mcf per day, from a February average of 3,715 mcf, but up 2.1% from a March 2019 average of 3,551 mcf per day.

Redoubt Shoal, also operated by Glacier’s CIE, averaged 268 mcf per day in March, down 1.4%, 4 mcf per day, from a February average of 271 mcf but up 12.6% from a March 2019 average of 238 mcf per day.

Hilcorp’s Trading Bay averaged 2,920 mcf per day in March, the same volume as its February production, but down 1.2% from a March 2019 average of 2,955 mcf per day.

West McArthur River, operated by Glacier’s CIE, averaged 71 mcf per day in March, up 13%, 8 mcf per day, from a February average of 63 mcf, but down 29.4% from a March 2019 average of 100 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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