Sidebar - Cook Inlet natural gas down just 0.11%

Natural gas production from Cook Inlet averaged 187,048 thousand cubic feet per day in August, down 199 mcf per day, 0.11%, from a July average of 187,247 mcf per day and down 1.34% from a July 2023 average of 189,592 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.

Six large fields accounted for 80.67% of Cook Inlet natural gas production in August.

Beluga River, operated by Hilcorp Alaska on behalf of itself and Chugach Electric Association, which holds a two-thirds working interest ownership in the field, averaged 42,771 mcf per day in August, 22.87% of inlet production, up 3,060 mcf per day, 7.71%, from a July average of 39,711 mcf per day, and up 25.17% from an August 2023 average of 34,171 mcf per day.

Hilcorp Alaska's North Cook Inlet averaged 38,510 mcf per day in August, 20.59% of inlet production, down 754 mcf per day, 1.92%, from a July average of 39,264 mcf per day but up 11.6% from an August 2023 average of 34,508 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Ninilchik averaged 29,134 mcf per day in August, 15.58% of inlet production, down 1,682 mcf per day, 5.46%, from a July average of 30,816 mcf per day and down 25.64% from an August 2023 average of 39,181 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Kenai gas field averaged 19,292 mcf per day in August, 10.31% of inlet production, down 504 mcf per day, 2.55%, from a July average of 19,796 mcf pr day and down 0.59% from an August 2023 average of 19,406 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's McArthur River averaged 11,438 mcf per day in August, 6.12% of inlet production, up 156 mcf per day, 1.38%, from a July average of 11,283 mcf per day but down 13.57% from an August 2023 average of 13,234 mcf per day.

Furie's Kitchen Lights averaged 9,745 mcf per day in August, 5.21% of inlet production, down 78 mcf per day, 0.79%, from a July average of 9,823 mcf per day and down 3.41% from an August 2023 average of 10,089 mcf per day.

Volumes from the 15 smaller fields accounted for a total of 19.33% of inlet production in August.

Hilcorp's Swanson River averaged 7,530 mcf per day in August, up 2,700 mcf per day, 55.92%, from a July average of 4,829 mcf per day but down 15.51% from an August 2023 average of 8,912 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Cannery Loop averaged 4,941 mcf per day in August, down 154 mcf per day, 3.02%, from a July average of 5,095 mcf per day and down 4.81% from an August 2023 average of 5,191 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Beaver Creek averaged 4,525 mcf per day in August, down 3,500 mcf per day, 43.61%, from a July average of 8,024 mcf per day and down 14.87% from an August 2023 average of 5,315 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Lewis River averaged 3,450 mcf per day in August, down 545 mcf per day, 13.65%, from a July average of 3,996 mcf per day but up 893.65% from an August 2023 average of 347 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Ivan River averaged 3,320 mcf per day in August, up 1,459 mcf per day, 78.36%, from a July average of 1,862 mcf per day, but down 41.9% from an August 2023 average of 5,715 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Deep Creek averaged 3,215 mcf per day in August, down 73 mcf per day, 2.22%, from a July average of 3,288 mcf per day, and down 10.26% from an August 2023 average of 3,582 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Granite Point averaged 3,043 mcf per day in August, down 52 mcf per day, 1.67%, from a July average of 3,095 mcf per day and down 7.91% from an August 2023 average of 3,304 mcf per day.

AIX's Kenai Loop averaged 1,823 mcf per day in August, up 14 mcf per day, 0.75%, from a July average of 1,810 mcf per day and up 31.39% from an August 2023 average of 1,388 mcf per day.

Vision Operating's North Fork averaged 1,814 mcf per day in August, up 9 mcf per day, 0.51%, from a July average of 1,805 mcf per day but down 13.3% from an August 2023 average of 2,093 mcf per day.

BlueCrest's Hansen averaged 978 mcf per day in August, down 75 mcf per day, 7.11%, from a July average of 1,053 mcf per day and down 2.68% from an August 2023 average of 1,005 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Trading Bay averaged 705 mcf per day in August, down 68 mcf per day, 8.8%, from a July average of 773 mcf per day and down 46.48% from an August 2023 average of 1,318 mcf per day.

Amaroq's Nicolai Creek averaged 260 mcf per day in August, down 39 mcf per day, 12.96% from a July average of 299 mcf per day and down 26.32% from an August 2023 average of 353 mcf per day.

Cook Inlet Energy's West McArthur River averaged 214 mcf per day in August, down 25 mcf per day, 10.65%, from a July average of 239 mcf per day but up 24.12% from an August 2023 average of 172 mcf per day. CIE is a Glacier Oil and Gas company.

Hilcorp's Nikolaevsk averaged 210 mcf per day in August, down 28 mcf per day, 11.91%, from a July average of 238 mcf per day and down 10.04% from an August 2023 average of 233 mcf per day.

CIE's Redoubt Shoal averaged 130 mcf per day in August, down 20 mcf per day, 13.56%, from a July average of 150 mcf per day, but up 91.18% from an August 2023 average of 68 mcf per day.

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

--KRISTEN NELSON