Sidebar: Cook Inlet natural gas down 1.07%

Kristen Nelson

Petroleum News

Cook Inlet natural gas production averaged 189,457 thousand cubic feet per day in October, down 2,051 mcf per day, 1.07%, from a September average of 191,508 mcf per day and down 6.58% from an October 2023 average of 202,795 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 five largest Cook Inlet gas fields, those accounting for 5% or more of the monthly total, accounted for 76.27% of inlet production in October.

Hilcorp's North Cook Inlet averaged 44,716 mcf per day in October, 23.6% of the inlet total, up 2,370 mcf per day, 5.6%, from a September average of 42,346 mcf per day and up 24.16% from an October 2023 average of 36,013 mcf per day.

The Hilcorp-operated Beluga River field (Chugach Electric Association holds the majority working interest ownership) averaged 43,441 mcf per day in October, 22.93% of the inlet total, up 1,484 mcf per day, 3.54%, from a September average of 41,956 mcf per day and up 10.21% from an October 2023 average of 39,415 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Ninilchik averaged 26,957 mcf per day in October, 14.23% of the inlet total, down 912 mcf per day, 3.27%, from a September average of 27,869 mcf per day and down 30.66% from an October 2023 average of 38,874 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Kenai gas field averaged 18,075 mcf per day in October, 9.54% of the inlet total, up 583 mcf per day, 3.34%, from a September average of 17,492 mcf per day and down 6.63% from an October 2023 average of 19,358 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's McArthur River averaged 11,320 mcf per day in October, 5.97% of the inlet total, down 288 mcf per day, 2.48%, from a September average of 11,607 mcf per day and down 16.59% from an October 2023 average of 13,572 mcf per day.

Next in scale are fields collectively providing less than 24% of inlet gas.

Furie's Kitchen Lights averaged 9,104 mcf per day in October, 4.81% of the inlet total, down 297 mcf per day, 3.15%, from a September average of 9,400 mcf per day and down 16.99% from an October 2023 average of 10,968 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Swanson River averaged 8,731 mcf per day in October, 4.61% of the total, down 1,685 mcf per day, 16.17%, from a September average of 10,416 mcf per day but up 54.34% from an October 2023 average of 5,657 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Beaver Creek averaged 5,002 mcf per day, 2.64% of the total, up 324 mcf per day, 6.92%, from a September average of 4,678 mcf per day but down 59.86% from an October 2023 average of 12,461 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Cannery Loop averaged 4,802 mcf per day in October, 2.53% of the total, down 188 mcf per day, 3.77%, from a September average of 4,990 mcf per day and down 2.27% from an October 2023 average of 4,913 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Granite Point averaged 3,020 mcf per day in October, 1.59% of the total, up 42 mcf per day, 1.41%, from a September average of 2,978 mcf per day but down 6.4% from an October 2023 average of 3,226 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Deep Creek averaged 2,822 mcf per day in October, 1.49% of the total, down 256 mcf per day, 8.31%, from a September average of 3,078 mcf per day and down 21.23% from an October 2023 average of 3,583 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Lewis River averaged 2,464 mcf per day in October, 1.3% of the total, down 544 mcf per day, 18.08%, from a September average of 3,007 mcf per day but up 8% from an October 2023 average of 2,281 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Ivan River averaged 2,428 mcf per day in October, 1.28% of the total, down 2,953 mcf per day, 54.88%, from a September average of 5,381 mcf per day and down 54.11% from an October 2023 average of 5,291 mcf per day.

AIX's Kenai Loop averaged 1,894 mcf per day in October, 1% of the total, down 101 mcf per day, 5.05%, from a September average of 1,995 mcf per day and down 14.99% from an October 2023 average of 2,228 mcf per day.

Vision Operating's North Fork averaged 1,772 mcf per day in October, 0.94% of the total, up 8 mcf per day, 0.45%, from a September average of 1,765 mcf per day, but down 17.54% from an October 2023 average of 2,149 mcf per day.

BlueCrest's Hansen averaged 1,000 mcf per day in October, 0.53% of the total, up 4 mcf per day, 0.4%, from a September average of 997 mcf per day and up 6.65% from an October 2023 average of 938 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Trading Bay averaged 843 mcf per day in October, 0.45% of the total, up 192 mcf per day, 29.45%, from a September average of 651 mcf per day but down 24.98% from an October 2023 average of 1,124 mcf per day.

Amaroq's Nicolai Creek averaged 498 mcf per day in October, 0.26% of the total, up 110 mcf per day, 28.23%, from a September average of 388 mcf per day and up 212.32% from an October 2023 average of 159 mcf per day.

Cook Inlet Energy's West McArthur River averaged 222 mcf per day in October, 0.12% of the total, up 8 mcf per day, 3.62%, from a September average of 214 mcf per day and unchanged from an October 2023 average of 222 mcf per day. CIE is a Glacier Oil and Gas company.

Hilcorp's Nikolaevsk averaged 203 mcf per day in October, 0.11% of the total, up 34 mcf per day, 20.13%, from a September average of 169 mcf per day but down 12.37% from an October 2023 average of 232 mcf per day.

Cook Inlet Energy's Redoubt Shoal averaged 143 mcf per day in October, 0.08% of the total, up 12 mcf per day, 9.6%, from a September average of 130 mcf per day and up 23.89% from an October 2023 average of 115 mcf per day.

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

--KRISTEN NELSON