Lagniappe is a Cajun word that loosely translates into little something extra or a good unexpected surprise apropos for the Nanushuk play on the North Slope, which Armstrong and a partner first drilled and identified as a huge oil reservoir in 2013 (Qugruk 3 well). The discovery led to the Pi.
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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.