Sidebar: Cook Inlet gas down 4.2%

Kristen Nelson

Petroleum News

Cook Inlet natural gas production averaged 187,247 thousand cubic feet per day in July, down 8,280 mcf per day, 4.23%, from a June average of 195,528 mcf per day and down 5.71% from a July 2023 average of 198,586 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.

July production was 80.48% from the inlet's six largest fields, those averaging 5% or more of inlet production during the month, accounting for an average of 150,692 mcf per day.

Hilcorp Alaska-operated Beluga River averaged 39,711 mcf per day in July, 21.21% of the inlet total, up 240 mcf per day, 0.61%, from a June average of 39,470 mcf per day and up 19.7% from a July 2023 average of 33,174 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's North Cook Inlet averaged 39,265 mcf per day, 20.97% of the total, up 1,800 mcf per day, 4.8%, from a June average of 37,464 mcf per day and up 8.35% from a July 2023 average of 36,240 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Ninilchik averaged 30,816 mcf per day in July, 16.46% of the total, down 2,060 mcf per day, 6.27%, from a June average of 32,876 mcf per day and down 31.56% from a July 2023 total of 45,027 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Kenai gas field averaged 19,796 mcf per day in July, 10.57% of the total, down 1,718 mcf per day, 7.99%, from a June average of 21,514 mcf per day but up 1.01% from a July 2023 average of 19,598 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's McArthur River averaged 11,283 mcf per day, 6.03% of the total, down 137 mcf per day, 1.2%, from a June average of 11,420 mcf per day and down 18.99% from a July 2023 average of 13,928 mcf per day.

Furie's Kitchen Lights averaged 9,823 mcf per day in July, 5.25% of the total, down 466 mcf per day, 4.53%, from a June average of 10,289 mcf per day, and down 5.33% from a July 2023 average of 10,376 mcf per day.

Fifteen fields combined accounted for 19.52% of inlet gas production in July.

Hilcorp's Beaver Creek averaged 8,024 mcf per day in July, up 389 mcf per day, 5.09%, from a June average of 7,635 mcf per day and up 45.69% from a July 2023 average of 5,508 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Cannery Loop averaged 5,095 mcf per day in July, up 767 mcf per day, 17.71%, from a June average of 4,328 mcf per day but down 2.27% from a July 2023 average of 5,213 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Swanson River averaged 4,829 mcf per day in July, down 5,711 mcf per day, 54.18%, from a June average of 10,540 mcf per day and down 47.49% from a July 2023 average of 9,196 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Lewis River averaged 3,996 mcf per day in July, down 797 mcf per day, 16.63%, from a June average of 4,793 mcf per day but up 884.61% from a July 2023 average of 406 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Deep Creek averaged 3,288 mcf per day in July, down 63 mcf per day, 1.88%, from a June average of 3,351 mcf per day and down 13.11% from a July 2023 average of 3,784 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Granite Point averaged 3,095 mcf per day in July, down 14 mcf per day, 0.44%, from a June average of 3,108 mcf per day and down 4.69% from a July 2023 average of 3,247 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Ivan River averaged 1,862 mcf per day in July, down 268 mcf per day, 12.58%, from a June average of 2,129 mcf per day and down 65.65% from a July 2023 average of 5,419 mcf per day.

AIX's Kenai Loop averaged 1,810 mcf per day in July, down 208 mcf per day, 10.29%, from a June average of 2,018 mcf per day and down 14.24% from a July 2023 average of 2,110 mcf per day.

Vision Operating's North Fork averaged 1,805 mcf per day in July, down 73 mcf per day, 3.86%, from a June average of 1,878 mcf per day and down 20.08% from a July 2023 average of 2,259 mcf per day.

BlueCrest's Hansen averaged 1,053 mcf per day in July, up 15 mcf per day, 1.42%, from a June average of 1,039 mcf per day but down 4.65% from a July 2023 average of 1,105 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Trading Bay averaged 773 mcf per day in July, up 114 mcf per day, 17.22%, from a June average of 660 mcf per day but down 37.8% from a July 2023 average of 1,243 mcf per day.

Amaroq's Nicolai Creek averaged 299 mcf per day in July, down 12 mcf per day, 3.74%, from a June average of 310 mcf per day and down 13.56% from a July 2023 average of 345 mcf per day.

Cook Inlet Energy's West McArthur River averaged 239 mcf per day in July, down 21 mcf per day, 8.03%, from a June average of 260 mcf per day but up 76.75% from a July 2023 average of 135 mcf per day. CIE is a Glacier Oil and Gas company.

Hilcorp's Nikolaevsk averaged 238 mcf per day in July, down 55 mcf per day, 18.85%, from a June average of 293 mcf per day, but up 1.22% from a July 2023 average of 235 mcf per day.

CIE's Redoubt Shoal averaged 150 mcf per day in July, down 2 mcf per day, 1.56%, from a June average of 153 mcf per day but up 283.07% from a July 2023 average of 39 mcf per day.

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

--KRISTEN NELSON