Alaska saw several new deals this year that will lead to exploration drilling starting as early as this winter on the Eastern North Slope from Badami on down through the Lagniappe and Balcony Natural Resources acreage.
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Alaska North Slope production averaged 424,619 barrels per day in August, down 7,149 bpd, 1.7%, from a July average of 431,768 bpd and down 6.1% from an August 2022 average of 452,270 bpd.
Crude oil accounted for 91.4% of the August total, 388,087 bpd, down 753 bpd, 0.2%, from a July average of 388.
Consistent with its Alaska strategy to focus on the Pikka development west of the central North Slope, Santos said Sept. 19 that it will farm-down half of its working interest in 148 state of Alaska exploration leases on the eastern North Slope in an agreement with APA Corp.
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