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North Slope production down 9.5 percent in July
Kristen Nelson, PNA editor-in-chief
Alaska North Slope crude oil production averaged 934,479 barrels per day in July, down 9.46 percent from a June average of 1,032,085 bpd.
Alpine production held about level, with an increase averaging 134 bpd; all other North Slope fields had production declines from June to July.
The Department of Revenue said compressor problems at Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. in mid-July contributed to production decreases. Alyeska had the pipeline down for planned maintenance July 27-28 and the company said that flow into pump station 1 was approximately 30 percent of typical flow rate throughout the shutdown.
Prudhoe had steepest decline, Endicott next Prudhoe Bay (which includes production from Aurora, Borealis, Lisburne, Midnight Sun, Niakuk, Orion, Point McIntyre, Polaris and West Beach) saw the steepest decline in production, down 13.1 percent to an average of 444,938 bpd in July, a drop of more than 67,000 bpd from the field’s June average of 511,991 bpd.
Endicott (includes production from Sag Delta, Eider and Badami) had the second steepest decline, with July average production of 27,167 bpd down 12.4 percent from a June average of 30,999 bpd, a drop of an average 2,976 bpd.
Lisburne (including Point McIntyre, Niakuk, West Beach and North Prudhoe Bay State) averaged 64,855 bpd in July, down 9 percent from a June average of 71,288 bpd, a drop of some 6,433 bpd.
Production from Kuparuk River (including West Sak, Tabasco, Tarn and Meltwater) averaged 197,328 bpd in July, down 6.5 percent from June average production of 211,015 bpd, a drop of 13,687 bpd.
Northstar production averaged 57,221 bpd in July, down 6.2 percent from a June average of 60,980 bpd, a drop of 3,759 bpd.
Milne Point production (including Kuparuk River, Schrader Bluff and Sag River) averaged 47,874 bpd, down 5.9 percent from a June average of 50,850 bpd, a drop of 2,976 bpd.
Alpine production (which includes Nanuk) averaged 95,096 bpd in July, up 0.1 percent (134 bpd) from a June average of 94,962 bpd.
Cook Inlet up 1% Cook Inlet averaged 32,161 bpd in July, up 1 percent from a June average of 31,850 bpd. Oil production in Cook Inlet comes from Beaver Creek, Granite Point, McArthur River, Middle Ground Shoal, Swanson River, Trading Bay and West McArthur River.
Prudhoe Bay natural gas liquids production averaged 31,342 bpd in July, down 22.6 percent from an average of 40,506 bpd in June, a drop of 9,164 bpd.
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