Arctic summary report. [Contains glossary]

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5293265

Lynch, C; Slitor, D L; Rudolph, R W

Resource estimates for the Diapir Field Planning Area indicate that some 890 million barrels of oil and 3.93 trillion cubic feet of gas are extractable from areas within 200-foot water depths using current technology. Although commercially developable finds have been reported in the region, their estimated production levels are not projected to balance even the normal decline in flow from the Prudhoe Bay field. North Slope Borough and State revenues generated by hydrocarbon production are likely to decrease until other significant discoveries are made. The Seal Island discovery, underlying State, Federal, and disputed offshore lands, was the first potentially commercial find that may include resources in the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf. The discovery, reported in June 1984, has estimated reserves of 300 million barrels of oil. The determination that the industry's principal offshore prospect, Mukluk, was a dry hole has not significantly affected industry's commitment to work in Arctic waters, as was evident by the subsequent success of Diapir Field Lease Sale 87 held in August 1984. In State waters of the Beaufort Sea, exploratory work from manmade gravel islands continues; the first plans for offshore development and production work, the Endicott and Lisburne projects, are progressing toward approval with construction probably starting in 1985. The trans-Alaska pipeline remains the only established means for transporting North Slope oil to markets; the Federal Government continues to require that all North Slope oil be shipped to US refineries. No transportation system is currently available for natural gas. Onshore enhanced recovery production systems, including waterflood projects, are in use at the Kuparuk and Prudhoe Bay fields. 32 refs., 14 figs., 5 tabs.

• Research Organization: Rogers, Golden and Halpern, Inc., Reston, VA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5293265
• Report Number(s): OCS/MMS-85-0022; ON: TI85901863
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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