Alaska's North Slope: developing the smaller fields
Oil development on Alaska's North Slope is entering a new phase. There is an increasing emphasis on reducing the high development cost of small, marginally-economic reservoirs near the large Prudhoe Bay oilfield. The exploration hunt for Arctic super-giants continues in the Beaufort Sea and in remote areas like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. But meanwhile, North Slope oil companies are paying more attention to smaller, undeveloped fields near Prudhoe. Kuparuk, west of Prudhoe, has been in production since 1981, for example, but next year Conoco will build facilities for the small Milne Point field, tying into infrastructure built for Kuparuk. Likewise, Lisburne and Endicott, two other fields now ready for development, will tie into the larger Prudhoe Bay pipeline system. 1 figure.
- OSTI ID:
- 6385360
- Journal Information:
- Energy Dly.; (United States), Journal Name: Energy Dly.; (United States) Vol. 12:156; ISSN ENDAD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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