Prudhoe Bay Oil and Gas Field (Alaska, United States)

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Prudhoe Bay Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Alaska, United States.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Prudhoe Bay Oil and Gas Field

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
Prudhoe Bay Operating[1] Hilcorp North Slope, LLC[2][1] ConocoPhillips (36.1%); Hilcorp Alaska LLC (26.4%); ExxonMobil (36.4%); Chevron (1.1%)[3][4] 1968[5] 1977[6]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Prudhoe Bay Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel Description Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
gas recoverable reserves 736231.06 million m³ 2005 [7][6][8]
oil recoverable reserves 2500 million bbl 2019 [9]
oil original oil in place 25000 million bbl 1968 [10]

Table 3: Production from Prudhoe Bay Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category Fuel Description Quantity Units Data Year Source
production gas 81887.41 million m³/y 2020 [2]
production NGL 17.74 million bbl/y 2020 [11]
production oil 78.55 million bbl/y 2020 [2]
production oil 78.51 million bbl/y 2022 [1]
production gas 83663.5 million m³/y 2022 [1]

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Prudhoe Bay Oil and Gas Field

Concession/Block Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
North Slope Unit[4] Alaska, United States[12] 70.3091, -148.6707 (exact)[12]

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "AOGCC DATA MINER". Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development: ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION. 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023. {{cite web}}: |archive-url= is malformed: save command (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Aogcc Data Miner: Production". Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. 2020. Archived from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  3. (2021) ConocoPhillips Fact Sheet—March 2021 . Report.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Working Interest Ownership of North Slope Units" (PDF). Department of Natural Resource Division of Oil & Gas. 44896. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20230420220418/https://alaska.conocophillips.com/who-we-are/our-history/. Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230324152547/https://dec.alaska.gov/spar/ppr/response/sum_fy06/060302301/factsheets/060302301_factsheet_pb.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20230524235915/https://alaska.conocophillips.com/who-we-are/alaska-operations/greater-prudhoe-bay/. Archived from the original on 24 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20230216101737/https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projects/prudhoe-bay-oil-field/. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20230519170412/https://www.akrdc.org/oil-and-gas. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20090326112358/http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/us/bp_us_english/STAGING/local_assets/downloads/a/A03_prudhoe_bay_fact_sheet.pdf (PDF). {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. "Aogcc Data Miner: Natural Gas Liquid". Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. 2020. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  12. 12.0 12.1 "Spational Data - Unit Tracts". Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Oil and Gas. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.