Alaska North Slope crude oil and natural gas liquids averaged 503,128 barrels per day in December, up 1.2%, 5,213 bpd, from a November average of 497,281 bpd and down 0.8% from a December 2020 average of 507,185 bpd.
Crude was 87.8% of the total, 441,594 bpd, up 1.2%, 5,213 bpd, from a November ave.
Alaska North Slope production averaged 497,281 barrels per day in November, up 16,106 bpd, 3.4%, from an October average of 481,176 bpd, but down 1.8% from a November 2020 average of 506,323 bpd.
ANS crude averaged 436,381 bpd, 87.75% of the total, up 8,587 bpd, 2%, from an October average of 427,7.
The fates of the North Slope Nikaitchuq and Oooguruk units have been intertwined for two decades.
Bill Armstrong, who ran a small independent, entered Alaska in 2001 to pursue smaller oil prospects overlooked by ExxonMobil, BP and ConocoPhillips, the last two the only producer-operators on the North.
Alaska North Slope liquids production averaged 481,176 barrels per day in October, up 1.9%, 8,932 bpd, from a September average of 472,244 bpd, but down 4.1% from an October 2020 average of 501,688 bpd.
Crude accounted for 88.9% of ANS volume, an average of 427,794 bpd, up 1.7%, 7,001 bpd, from a S.
While northern Alaska operators are faced with increasing costs due to shortages of workers, vehicles and equipment on top of supply chain delays, 88 Energy and Great Bear Pantheon still appear to be moving forward with their off-road winter drilling plans for two North Slope winter exploration well.