Sidebar: Cook Inlet gas down 2%

Kristen Nelson

Petroleum News

Natural gas production in Cook Inlet averaged 186,431 thousand cubic feet per day in December, down 3,879 mcf per day, 2.04%, from a November average of 190,311 mcf per day and down 12.48% from a December 2023 average of 213,023 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.

There are six large producing fields in Cook Inlet which collectively accounted for 83.14% of December production, an average of 155,002 mcf per day, with the remaining 16 fields collectively accounting for 16.86% of December production.

The Hilcorp Alaska-operated Beluga River field (Chugach Electric Association is the majority working interest owner) averaged 45,665 mcf per day in December, 24.49% of the inlet total, down 349 mcf per day, 0.76%, from a November average of 46,014 mcf per day but up 8.68% from a December 2023 average of 42,017 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's North Cook Inlet averaged 43,147 mcf per day in December, 23.14% of the total, down 3,636 mcf per day, 7.77%, from a November average of 46,783 mcf per day but up 5.47% from a December 2023 average of 40,910 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Ninilchik averaged 26,285 mcf per day in December, 14.1% of the total, down 247 mcf per day, 0.93%, from a November average of 26,532 mcf per day and down 44.46% from a December 2023 average of 47,322 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Kenai field averaged 17,498 mcf per day in December, 9.39% of inlet volume, down 436 mcf per day, 2.43%, from a November average of 17,934 mcf per day and down 9.85% from a December 2023 average of 19,411 mcf per day.

Furie's Kitchen Lights averaged 11,928 mcf per day in December, 6.4% of inlet production, up 3,136 mcf per day, 35.67%, from a November average of 8,792 mcf per day and up 14.01% from a December 2023 average of 10,463 mcf per day. Furie brought a new well, KLU A-1A, online for 16 days in December, accounting for more than 10% of the field's December production.

Hilcorp's McArthur River averaged 10,480 mcf per day in December, 5.62% of inlet total, down 328 mcf per day, 3.03%, from a November average of 10,807 mcf per day and down 20.06% from a December 2023 average of 13,109 mcf per day.

The most productive of the smaller producing fields was Hilcorp's Swanson River, which averaged 7,173 mcf per day in December, down 234 mcf per day, 3.15%, from a November average of 7,407 mcf per day but up 27.18% from a December 2023 average of 5,641 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Beaver Creek averaged 4,467 mcf per day in December, up 21 mcf per day, 0.48%, from a November average of 4,446 mcf per day but down 55.31% from a December 2023 average of 9,995 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Cannery Loop averaged 4,249 mcf per day in December, down 549 mcf per day, 11.44%, from a November average of 4,798 mcf per day and down 17.19% from a December 2023 average of 5,131 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Granite Point averaged 2,920 mcf per day in December, down 27 mcf per day, 0.93%, from a November average of 2,947 mcf per day and down 6.07% from a December 2023 average of 3,109 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Deep Creek averaged 2,779 mcf per day in December, down 29 mcf per day, 1.05%, from a November average of 2,808 mcf per day and down 20.1% from a December 2023 average of 3,478 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Lewis River averaged 2,538 mcf per day in December, down 385 mcf per day, 13.16%, from a November average of 2,922 mcf per day but up 47.47% from a December 2023 average of 1,721 mcf per day.

AIX's Kenai Loop averaged 1,880 mcf per day in December, down 27 mcf per day, 1.41%, from a November average of 1,907 mcf per day and down 17.07% from a December 2023 average of 2,266 mcf per day.

Vision Operating's North Fork averaged 1,692 mcf per day in December, down 56 mcf per day, 3.23%, from a November average of 1,748 mcf per day and down 17.57% from a December 2023 average of 2,052 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Ivan River averaged 1,096 mcf per day in December, down 36 mcf per day, 3.17%, from a November average of 1,131 mcf per day and down 66.2% from a December 2023 average of 3,242 mcf per day.

BlueCrest's Hansen averaged 938 mcf per day in December, down 48 mcf per day, 4.87%, from a November average of 986 mcf per day and down 22.06% from a December 2023 average of 1,203 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Trading Bay averaged 830 mcf per day in December, down 10 mcf per day, 1.19%, from a November average of 840 mcf per day and down 20.74% from a December 2023 average of 1,047 mcf per day.

Amaroq's Nicolai Creek averaged 329 mcf per day in December, down 114 mcf per day, 25.76%, from a November average of 444 mcf per day but up 15.87% from a December 2023 average of 284 mcf per day.

Cook Inlet Energy's West McArthur River averaged 246 mcf per day in December, up 3 mcf per day, 1.06%, from a November average of 244 mcf per day but down 2.18% from a December 2023 average of 252 mcf per day. CIE is a Glacier Oil and Gas company.

Hilcorp's Nikolaevsk averaged 197 mcf per day in December, unchanged from November but down 15.98% from a December 2023 average of 235 mcf per day.

Hilcorp's Pretty Creek averaged 55 mcf per day in December, down 428 mcf per day from a November average of 483 mcf per day and up substantially from a December 2023 average of 2 mcf per day.

CIE's Redoubt Shoal averaged 40 mcf per day in December, down 101 mcf per day from a November average of 141 mcf per day and down 70.18% from a December 2023 average of 135 mcf per day. CIE is a Glacier Oil and Gas company.

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

--KRISTEN NELSON