Sidebar: Cook Inlet gas up marginally

Kristen Nelson

Petroleum News

Cook Inlet natural gas production averaged 190,313 thousand cubic feet per day in November, up 856 mcf per day, 0.45%, from an October average of 189,457 mcf per day but down 2.65% from a November 2023 average of 195,484 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 accounted for 77.8% of November production.

Hilcorp's North Cook Inlet averaged 46,783 mcf per day, 24.58% of the total, up 2,067 mcf per day, 4.62%, from an October average of 44,716 mcf per day and up 34.93% from a November 2023 average of 34,672 mcf per day.

Hilcorp-operated Beluga River (Chugach Electric Association is the majority working interest owner at Beluga) averaged 46,014 mcf per day in November, 24.18% of the inlet total, up 2,573 mcf per day, 5.92%, from an October average of 43,441 mcf per day and up 17.21% from a November 2023 average of 39,258 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Ninilchik averaged 26,532 mcf per day in November, 13.94% of the total, down 425 mcf per day, 1.58%, from an October average of 26,957 mcf per day and down 31.63% from a November 2023 average of 38,805 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Kenai gas field averaged 17,934 mcf per day in November, 9.42% of the total, down 141 mcf per day, 0.78%, from an October average of 18,075 mcf per day and down 4.74% from a November 2023 average of 18,827 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's McArthur River averaged 10,807 mcf per day in November, 5.68% of the total, down 513 mcf per day, 4.53%, from an October average of 11,302 mcf per day and down 20.19% from a November 2023 average of 13,542 mcf per day.

The remaining 17 fields accounted for a combined 22.2% of inlet production, in percentages ranging from 4.62% to 0.07%.

Furie's Kitchen Lights averaged 8,792 mcf per day in November, down 312 mcf per day, 3.43%, from an October average of 9,104 mcf per day and down 14.46% from a November 2023 average of 10,278 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Swanson River averaged 7,407 mcf per day, down 1,324 mcf per day, 15.16%, from an October average of 8,731 mcf per day but up 82.26% from a November 2023 average of 4,064 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Cannery Loop averaged 4,798 mcf per day in November, down 4 mcf per day, 0.08%, from an October average of 4,802 mcf per day and down 5.81% from a November 2023 average of 5,094 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Beaver Creek averaged 4,446 mcf per day in November, down 556 mcf per day, 11.12%, from an October average of 5,002 mcf per day and down 59.55% from a November 2023 average of 10,991 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Granite Point averaged 2,947 mcf per day in November, down 72 mcf per day, 2.4%, from an October average of 3,020 mcf per day and down 11.72% from a November 2023 average of 3,339 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Lewis River averaged 2,922 mcf per day in November, up 459 mcf per day, 18.62%, from an October average of 2,464 mcf per day and up 53.54% from a November 2023 average of 1,903 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Deep Creek averaged 2,808 mcf per day in November, down 14 mcf per day, 0.5%, from an October average of 2,822 mcf per day and down 21.72% from a November 2023 average of 3,587 mcf per day.

AIX's Kenai Loop averaged 1,907 mcf per day in November, up 12 mcf per day, 0.64%, from an October average of 1,894 mcf per day but down 14.46% from a November 2023 average of 2,229 mcf per day.

Vision Operating's North Fork averaged 1,748 mcf per day in November, down 25 mcf per day, 1.38%, from an October average of 1,772 mcf per day and down 15.93% from a November 2023 average of 2,079 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Ivan River averaged 1,131 mcf per day in November, down 1,297 mcf per day, 53.41%, from an October average of 2,428 mcf per day and down 70.38% from a November 2023 average of 3,820 mcf per day.

BlueCrest's Hansen averaged 986 mcf per day in November, down 15 mcf per day, 1.46%, from an October average of 1,000 mcf per day and down 9.03% from a November 2023 average of 1,084 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Trading Bay averaged 840 mcf per day in November, down 3 mcf per day, 0.36%, from an October average of 843 mcf per day and down 26.25% from a November 2023 average of 1,139 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Pretty Creek averaged 483 mcf per day in November, after showing no production in October, and was up 2440.7% from a November 2023 average of 19 mcf per day.

Amaroq's Nicolai Creek averaged 444 mcf per day in November, down 54 mcf per day, 10.93%, from an October average of 498 mcf per day and up 195.91% from a November 2023 average of 150 mcf per day.

Cook Inlet Energy's West McArthur River averaged 244 mcf per day in November, up 21 mcf per day, 9.67% from an October average of 222 mcf per day but down 8.65% from a November 2023 average of 267 mcf per day. CIE is a Glacier Oil and Gas company.

Hilcorp's Nikolaevsk averaged 197 mcf per day in November, down 6 mcf per day, 3.06%, from an October average of 203 mcf per day and down 3.6% from a November 2023 average of 205 mcf per day.

CIE's Redoubt Shoal averaged 141 mcf per day in November, down 2 mcf per day, 0.99%, from an October average of 143 mcf per day but up 5.27% from a November 2023 average of 134 mcf per day.

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

--KRISTEN NELSON