Stripping the liquids from the gas

Decades of gas cycling have made North Slope gas less rich, but the fields should still have enough liquids to compete favorably

By Bill White

Researcher/writer for the Office of the Federal Coordinator

Editor’s note: This is a reprint from the Office of the Federal Coordinator, Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects, online at www.arcticgas.gov/alaska-lng-could-have-right-heat-content-asia-buyers

Alaska gas is getting drier The Alaska North Slope’s roughly 33 trillion cubic feet of proven gas reserves are wet. But not as wet as when they were discovered 45 years ago. The main field is Prudhoe Bay, the nation’s largest oil producer and one of its largest gas reservoirs. Prudhoe would be th....

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