Sidebar: Cook Inlet gas down 1.6%

Kristen Nelson

Petroleum News

Cook Inlet natural gas volumes averaged 202,262 thousand cubic feet per day in April, down 3,382 mcf per day, 1.6%, from a March average of 205,643 bpd and down 3.5% from an April 2023 average of 209,499 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 Cook Inlet production, 84.9% in April, comes from the inlet's seven largest producers.

The Hilcorp Alaska-operated Beluga River field averaged 44,602 mcf per day in April, 22.1% of inlet production, down 422 mcf per day, 0.9%, from a March average of 45,023 mcf per day but up 25.8% from an April 2023 average of 35,447 mcf per day. Chugach Electric Association holds the majority working interest ownership at Beluga.

Hilcorp's North Cook Inlet averaged 40,711 mcf per day in April, 20.1% of the inlet total, down 2,301 mcf per day, 5.4%, from a March average of 43,013 mcf per day but up 5.6% from an April 2023 average of 38,539 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Ninilchik averaged 34,451 mcf per day in April, 17% of inlet production, down 1,756 mcf per day, 4.9%, from a March average of 36,207 mcf per day and down 20.3% from an April 2023 average of 43,214 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Kenai gas field averaged 18,592 mcf per day in April, 9.2% of inlet production, up 403 mcf per day, 2.2%, from a March average of 18,188 mcf per day but down 8.2% from an April 2023 average of 20,241 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's McArthur River averaged 11,992 mcf per day in April, 5.9% of inlet production, down 358 mcf per day, 2.9%, from a March average of 12,350 mcf per day and down 22.6% from an April 2023 average of 15,492 mcf per day.

Furie's Kitchen Lights averaged 11,116 mcf per day in April, 5.5% of inlet production, down 467 mcf per day, 4%, from a March average of 11,582 mcf per day but up 7% from an April 2023 average of 10,388 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Beaver Creek averaged 10,283 mcf per day in April, 5.1% of inlet production, down 1,628 mcf per day, 13.7%, from a March average of 11,911 mcf per day but up 43.5% from an April 2023 average of 7,168 mcf per day.

Fourteen smaller producing fields accounted for a combined 15.1% of inlet production in April.

Hilcorp's Swanson River averaged 8,406 mcf per day in April, up 3,215 mcf per day, 61.9%, from a March average of 5,191 mcf per day but down 10.8% from an April 2023 average of 9,428 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Cannery Loop averaged 4,894 mcf per day in April, down 58 mcf per day, 1.2%, from a March average of 4,952 mcf per day and down 13% from an April 2023 average of 5,626 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Deep Creek averaged 3,334 mcf per day in April, down 113 mcf per day, 3.3%, from a March average of 3,448 mcf per day and down 15.2% from an April 2023 average of 3,929 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Granite Point averaged 2,935 mcf per day in April, down 88 mcf per day, 2.9%, from a March average of 3,023 mcf per day and down 9.9% from an April 2023 average of 3,256 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Ivan River averaged 2,830 mcf per day in April, up 404 mcf per day, 16.7%, from a March average of 2,426 mcf pr day but down 68.1% from an April 2023 average of 8,882 mcf per day.

AIX's Kenai Loop averaged 2,073 mcf per day in April, up 16 mcf per day, 0.8%, from a March average of 2,057 mcf per day and up 11.8% from an April 2023 average of 1,854 mcf per day.

Vision Operating's North Fork averaged 1,918 mcf per day in April, down 28 mcf per day, 1.4%, from a March average of 1,946 mcf per day and down 22.6% from an April 2023 average of 2,479 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Lewis River averaged 1,664 mcf per day in April, up 126 mcf per day, 8.2%, from a March average of 1,538 mcf per day and up 678.5% from an April 2023 average of 214 mcf per day.

BlueCrest's Hansen averaged 1,066 mcf per day in April, down 32 mcf per day, 2.9%, from a March average of 1,098 mcf per day and down 24.9% from an April 2023 average of 1,420 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Trading Bay averaged 731 mcf per day in April, down 310 mcf per day, 29.8%, from a March average of 1,041 mcf per day and down 39.7% from an April 2023 average of 1,212 mcf per day.

Cook Inlet Energy's West McArthur River averaged 240 mcf per day in April, down 15 mcf per day, 6%, from a March average of 255 mcf per day but up 143.4% from an April 2023 average of 98 mcf per day. CIE is a Glacier Oil and Gas company.

Amaroq's Nicolai Creek averaged 198 mcf per day in April, up 174 mcf per day, 724.2%, from a March average of 24 mcf per day but down 23.3% from an April 2023 average of 258 mcf per day.

CIE's Redoubt Shoal averaged 165 mcf per day in April, down 10 mcf per day, 5.9%, from a March average of 175 mcf per day but up 5.6% from an April 2023 average of 156 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Nikolaevsk averaged 61 mcf per day in April, down 133 mcf per day, 68.4%, from a March average of 194 mcf per day and down 69.1% from an April 2023 average of 198 mcf per day.

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

--KRISTEN NELSON