Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Alaska and their onshore impacts. Gulf of Alaska summary report update, May 1984

Technical Report · Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6525898

Wiese, J D

The Gulf of Alaska Summary Report and its revisions and updates cover OCS-related development in the Gulf of Alaska Subregion. This subregion is composed of four OCS planning areas, specifically Gulf of Alaska, Cook Inlet, Kodiak, and Shumagin. Lease sales on the OCS have been scheduled by the Department of the Interior (DOI) for the Kodiak and Shumagin Planning Areas - in 1986 and 1987, respectively - and this update includes whatever information presently is available for these planning areas. However, the primary geographic focus of this update is the Gulf of Alaska and Cook Inlet Planning Areas where lease sales have already been held. Oil and gas have been produced from State waters of the Cook Inlet for many years. There has, however, never been a commercial discovery on any portion of the OCS of the Gulf of Alaska Subregion. Each of the 12 exploratory wells drilled on the OCS of the Gulf of Alaska and the 10 wells drilled in the Lower Cook Inlet have resulted in dry holes. These wells have since been plugged and abandoned, and the leases under which the drilling occurred have been relinquished. At present, there are not announced industry plans to explore further the active leases in the Gulf of Alaska. Chevron USA, Inc., received approval for two separate plans of exploration covering one block in the Lower Cook Inlet and two blocks in the Shelikof Strait. Chevron has tentative plans to drill under these POE's in the second half of 1984. This exploration will be carried out from onshore facilities that were used during previous drilling efforts, particularly the Kenai facilities. Unless Chevron's exploration plans are successful, the level of exploration activity in the Gulf of Alaska Subregion is not likely to change until after OCS Lease Sale 88, scheduled for December 1984, is held. 9 references, 4 figures, 5 tables.

• Research Organization: Rogers, Golden and Halpern, Inc., Reston, VA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6525898
• Report Number(s): OCS/MMS-84-0030; ON: TI84901875
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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