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Alaska North Slope production averaged 481,347 barrels per day in March, down 557 bpd, 0.1%, from a February average of 481,904 bpd and down 0.7% from a March 2023 average of 484,939 bpd. Crude made up 88% of the March volume, averaging 423,728 bpd, up 269 bpd, 0.1%, from a February average of 423,...
The federal Bureau of Land Management has published a final version of its revised regulations for the management of the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska in the northwestern sector of the state. In particular, by establishing new regulations that apply to five special areas that are...
According to drilling data published by the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 46 development wells were completed on the North Slope in 2023. That compares with 71 completions in 2022 and 91 in 2019. There were few North Slope wells drilled in 2020 and 2021 because of COVID related restric...
In its 2023 10-K, ConocoPhillips reported on its Bear 1 wildcat, saying that "no commercial hydrocarbons were found and the well was deemed a dry hole and permanently plugged and abandoned." The well was "at a location 30 miles south of the Greater Kuparuk Area and east of the Colville River on stat...