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.
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Alaska North Slope production tipped up in October as cooler temperatures set in on the slope, but the numbers for both October and September were down significantly year-over-year compared with
Alaska North Slope production averaged 454,516 barrels per day in September, up 7%, 29,897 bpd, from an August average of 424,619 bpd but down 3.9% from a September 2022 average of 473,179 bpd, with the majority of Slope fields seeing month-over-month increases. ANS crude averaged 407,407 bpd in Sep.
Editors note: This story first appeared in the Nov. 2, 2003, issue of Petroleum News.
Dallas-based Pioneer Natural Resources came to Alaska a year ago when it acquired 70% interest in 10 Armstrong Resources Beaufort Sea leases and took over as operator at the Northwest Kuparuk prospect (now the Ooog.