Hilcorp Alaska is continuing natural gas exploration at its southern Kenai Peninsula Cottonfield and Whiskey Gulch prospects, with one well planned at each for early 2024.
In both cases, if the wells are successful, Hilcorp said it will apply to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources
On Nov. 2 Santos subsidiary Oil Search (Alaska), as operator of the North Slope Pikka unit, filed a 2024 plan of development with the Alas-ka Department of Natural Resources. The POD was also submitted to Arctic Slope Regional Corp., since part of the Pikka acreage is on Native land; none is on fede.
After a lull of a couple of years as a consequence of the COVID pandemic, oilfield development drilling on the North Slope and in the Cook Inlet region picked up significantly in 2022, according to data available on the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission website.
On the North Slope the numbe.