Sidebar: Cook Inlet gas down 2.5%

Kristen Nelson

Petroleum News

Natural gas production in Cook Inlet averaged 189,098 thousand cubic feet per day in June, down 4,757 mcf per day, 2.45%, from a May average of 193,855 mcf per day and down 3.29% from a June 2024 average of 195,518 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 majority of inlet gas production, 81.72% in June, 154,538 mcf per day, was from six large fields.

Beluga River, operated by Hilcorp Alaska on behalf of itself and majority working interest owner Chugach Electric Association, averaged 43,463 mcf per day in June, 22.98% of inlet production, up 1,028 mcf per day, 2.42%, from a May average of 42,435 mcf per day and up 10.12% from a June 2024 average of 39,470 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's North Cook Inlet averaged 37,735 mcf per day in June, 19.96% of inlet production, down 704 mcf per day, 1.83%, from a May average of 38,440 mcf per day but up 0.72% from a June 2024 average of 37,464 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Ninilchik averaged 35,064 mcf per day in June, 18.54% of inlet production, up 1,930 mcf per day, 5.82%, from a May average of 33,135 mcf per day and up 6.66% from a June 2024 average of 32,876 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Kenai gas field averaged 17,135 mcf per day in June, 9.06% of inlet production, down 715 mcf per day, 4%, from a May average of 17,849 mcf per day and down 20.36% from a June 2024 average of 21,514 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's McArthur River averaged 10,821 mcf per day in June, 5.72% of inlet production, down 434 mcf per day, 3.86%, from a May average of 11,255 mcf per day and down 5.24% from a June 2024 average of 11,420 mcf per day.

Furie's Kitchen Lights averaged 10,320 mcf per day in June, 5.46% of inlet production, down 3,128 mcf per day, 23.26%, from a May average of 13,448 mcf per day but up 0.3% from a June 2024 average of 10,289 mcf per day.

Sixteen smaller producing fields account for the remaining 18.28% of inlet production.

Hilcorp's Swanson River averaged 6,491 mcf per day in June, down 1,103 mcf per day, 14.52%, from a May average of 7,594 mcf per day and down 38.41% from a June 2024 average of 10,540 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Beaver Creek averaged 4,622 mcf per day in June, down 845 mcf per day, 15.45%, from a May average of 5,466 mcf per day and down 39.47% from a June 2024 average of 7,635 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Ivan River averaged 4,270 mcf per day in June, up 551 mcf per day, 14.82%, from a May average of 3,719 mcf per day and up 100.52% from a June 2024 average of 2,129 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Cannery Loop averaged 4,170 mcf per day in June, down 67 mcf per day, 1.58%, from a May average of 4,237 mcf per day and down 3.65% from a June 2024 average of 4,328 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Deep Creek averaged 4,115 mcf per day in June, down 150 mcf per day, 3.52%, from a May average of 4,265 mcf per day but up 22.81% from a June 2024 average if 3,351 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Granite Point averaged 2,440 mcf per day in June, up 265 mcf per day, 12.17%, from a May average of 2,176 mcf per day but down 21.49% from a June 2024 average of 3,108 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Lewis River averaged 2,314 mcf per day in June, down 104 mcf per day, 4.29%, from a May average of 2,417 mcf per day and down 51.72% from a June 2024 average of 4,793 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's North Fork, acquired from Vision Operating in April, averaged 1,860 mcf per day in June, up 56 mcf per day, 3.13%, from a May average of 1,804 mcf per day, but down 0.92% from a June 2024 average of 1,878 mcf per day.

AIX's Kenai Loop averaged 1,689 mcf per day in June, down 64 mcf per day, 3.65%, from a May average 1,753 mcf per day and down 16.3% from a June 2024 average of 2,018 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Trading Bay averaged 809 mcf per day in June, up 178 mcf per day, 28.22%, from a May average of 631 mcf per day and up 22.6% from a June 2024 average of 660 mcf per day.

BlueCrest's Hansen averaged 598 mcf per day in June, down 12 mcf per day, 1.89%, from a May average of 609 mcf per day and down 42.47% from a June 2024 average of 1,039 mcf per day.

Amaroq's Nicolai Creek averaged 402 mcf per day in June, down 17 mcf per day, 3.97%, from a May average of 418 mcf per day but up 29.54% from a June 2024 average of 310 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Pretty Creek averaged 242 mcf per day in June, down 1,397 mcf per day, 85.24%, from a May average of 1,639 mcf per day; the field was not on production in June of 2024.

Hilcorp's Nikolaevsk averaged 219 mcf per day in June, down 3 mcf per day, 1.34%, from a May average of 222 mcf per day and down 25.47% from a June 2024 average of 293 mcf per day.

Cook Inlet Energy's West McArthur River averaged 196 mcf per day in June, down 16 mcf per day, 7.52%, from a May average of 212 mcf per day and down 24.6% from a June 2024 average of 260 mcf per day. CIE is a Glacier Oil and Gas company.

CIE's Redoubt Shoal averaged 125 mcf per day in June, down 7 mcf per day, 5.52%, from a May average of 132 mcf per day and down 18.28% from a June 2024 average of 153 mcf per day.

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

--KRISTEN NELSON