Cook Inlet natural gas up 13% in August
Kristen Nelson
Cook Inlet natural gas production averaged 218,884 thousand cubic feet per day in August, up 16,683 mcf, 12.7%, from a July average of 198,905 mcf per day, and up 6.5% from an August 2019 average of 205,459 mcf per day.
There are 22 fields in the inlet producing gas, and the eight largest of those combined account for almost 85% of production.
With the exception of Kitchen Lights, operated by HEX, the other large fields are all operated by, and all but one are 100% owned by, Hilcorp Alaska.
With one exception, all of those fields had month-over-month production increases.
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.
Largest fields Hilcorp’s Kenai gas field averaged 38,079 mcf per day in August, up 17.5%, 5,666 mcf, from a July average of 32,414 mcf per day and up 25.5% from an August 2019 average of 30,340 mcf.
Hilcorp’s Ninilchik field averaged 31,879 mcf per day in August, up 0.2%, 46 mcf, from a July average of 31,833 mcf per day but down 14.9% from an August 2019 average of 37,466 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s McArthur River, the inlet’s largest oil producer, averaged 25,846 mcf per day of gas in August, up 6.1%, 1,493 mcf, from a July average of 24,353 mcf per day and up 18.6% from an August 2019 average of 21,801 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Swanson River was the only large field with a month-over-month production decline. It averaged 23,334 mcf per day in August, down 5.9%, 1,463 mcf, from a July average of 24,797 mcf per day and down 19.7% from an August 2019 average of 29,068 mcf per day.
Beluga River, operated by Hilcorp but primarily owned by Municipal Light & Power, averaged 21,940 mcf per day in August, up 34.9%, 5,677 mcf, from a July average of 16,262 mcf per day, and up 34.9% from an August 2019 average of 20,594 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s North Cook Inlet averaged 17,976 mcf per day in August, up 17.9%, 2,728 mcf, from a July average of 15,249 mcf per day and up 33.4% from an August 2019 average of 13,478 mcf per day.
HEX’s Kitchen Lights averaged 13,908 mcf per day in August, up 9.7%, 1,231 mcf, from a July average of 12,678 mcf, but down 13.1% from an August 2019 average of 16,006 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Beaver Creek averaged 12,413 mcf per day in August, up 36.2%, 3,296 mcf, from a July average of 9,118 mcf per day and up 89.9% from an August 2019 average of 6,538 mcf per day.
Smaller fields Hilcorp’s Cannery Loop averaged 5,230 mcf per day in August, down 1.8%, 98 mcf, from a July average of 5,328 mcf per day but up 75.9% from an August 2019 average of 2,973 mcf per day.
AIX’s Kenai Loop averaged 5,087 mcf per day in August, up 3.9%, 192 mcf, from a July average of 4,895 mcf per day, but down 6.4% from an August 2019 average of 5,437 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Ivan River averaged 3,950 mcf per day in August, up 61.3%, 1,502 mcf, from a July average of 2,449 mcf per day and up 907% from an August 2019 average of 392 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Deep Creek averaged 3,831 mcf per day in August, down 1.9%, 76 mcf, from a July average of 3,906 and down 15.1% from an August 2019 average of 4,513 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Granite Point averaged 3,605 mcf per day in August, down 3.6%, 136 mcf, from a July average of 3,741 mcf per day but up 31.2% from an August 2019 average of 2,749 mcf per day.
BlueCrest’s Hansen field, the Cosmopolitan project, averaged 3,423 mcf per day in August, up 1.7%, 57 mcf, from a July average of 3,366 mcf per day but down 35.2% from an August 2019 average of 5,279 mcf per day.
Cook Inlet Energy’s North Fork averaged 3,341 mcf per day in August, down 1.8%, 62 mcf, from a July average of 3,403 mcf per day and down 14.9% from an August 2019 average of 3,927 mcf per day. CIE is a Glacier Oil and Gas company.
Hilcorp’s Trading Bay averaged 2,981 mcf per day in August, down 0.5%, 15 mcf, from a July average of 2,995 mcf per day and down 6.4% from an August 2019 average of 3,185 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Lewis River averaged 1,069 mcf per day in August, up 0.2%, 2 mcf, from a July average of 1,067 mcf per day and up 382.5% from an August 2019 average of 222 mcf per day.
Amaroq’s Nicolai Creek averaged 397 mcf per day in August, up 8.8%, 32 mcf, from a July average of 365 mcf per day and up 15.4% from an August 2019 average of 344 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Nikolaevsk averaged 389 mcf per day in August, up 0.6%, 2 mcf, from a July average of 387 mcf per day but down 24.4% from an August 2019 average of 515 mcf per day.
Hilcorp’s Middle Ground Shoal averaged 205 mcf per day in August, down 31.8%, 96 mcf, from a July average of 300 mcf per day and down 35.9% from an August 2019 average of 320 mcf per day.
Cook Inlet natural gas production peaked in the mid-1990s at more than 850,000 mcf per day.
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