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Seaview producing gas
Kristen Nelson
Hilcorp has a new field in production.
June oil and gas production data, released in late July by the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, show the companys Seaview gas field on the southern Kenai Peninsula came online in June, with production totaling 21,352 thousand cubic feet over the 30 days of the month, an average of 712 mcf per day.
Seaview is the first new field Hilcorp has brought online since it began operating in Alaska some 10 years ago, acquiring assets in Cook Inlet from Union Oil Company of California and, later, from Marathon. The companys forte is acquisition of mature fields and development of remaining reserves, but it has been exploring in Cook Inlet, looking at prospects offshore and on the west side, as well as on the Kenai Peninsula. It plans to begin exploratory drilling at Whiskey Gulch, north of Seaview, this summer.
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US rotary rig count grows again, up by 7
Kristen Nelson
Petroleum News
The Baker Hughes U.S. rotary drilling rig count was at 491 the week ending July 23, a gain of seven from the previous weeks count of 484 and up by 240 from 251 a year ago. The count has increased every week in July.
When the count bottomed out at 244 in mid-August last year, it was not just the lo..
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Alaska rig count unchanged
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Hilcorp files PODs for small inlet fields
Beaver Creek, Birch Hill, in BLM-managed Kenai National Wildlife Refuge; North Trading Bay a unit produced from Monopod Platform
Kristen Nelson
Petroleum News
Hilcorp Alaska has described varied plans to regulators for three small Cook Inlet units it operates Beaver Creek, Birch Hill and North Trading Bay.
The onshore Beaver Creek and Birch Hill units are on federal leases in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, and those units are managed by the U.S. D..
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Beaver Creek
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Alyeska completes maintenance shutdown
Petroleum News
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. has completed a July 17-18 30-hour maintenance shutdown of the trans-Alaska pipeline system, the first major maintenance shutdown of the line since August 2019.
Alyeska said this was the only long-duration shutdown scheduled for this year, with two short-duration shutdo..
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Planned shutdowns
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Eni fined $440,000 for failure to test
AOGCC requiring corrective actions; 19 wells not tested for mechanical integrity within required 4-years; Eni also fined previously
Kristen Nelson
Petroleum News
The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is fining Eni US Operating Co. $440,000 for late mechanical integrity tests on 19 wells.
In a July 21 order, the commission said Eni failed to test the injection wells at Nikaitchuq within the required four-year cycle. AOGCC said this violation is a re..
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Testing results