Prudhoe Bay Satellite Oil and Gas Complex (Alaska, United States)

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Prudhoe Bay Satellite Oil and Gas Complex is an operating oil and gas complex in Alaska, United States.

The project consists of the following units:

• Aurora Oil Field (Alaska, United States)
• Borealis Oil Field (Alaska, United States)
• Midnight Sun Oil Field (Alaska, United States)
• Polaris Oil Field (Alaska, United States)
• Orion Oil Field (Alaska, United States)

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Prudhoe Bay Satellite	Operating	Hilcorp North Slope, LLC	ConocoPhillips (36.1%); Hilcorp Alaska LLC (26.4%); Chevron (1.1%); ExxonMobil (36.4%)	–	–	–	–

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Prudhoe Bay Satellite Oil and Gas Complex

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	recoverable reserves	426	million bbl	2019	​

Table 3: Production from Prudhoe Bay Satellite Oil and Gas Complex

million boe/y = million barrels of oil equivalent per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	hydrocarbons	2.56	million boe/y	2020

Location

Table 4: Complex-level location details for Prudhoe Bay Satellite Oil and Gas Complex

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Alaska, United States	Onshore	70.2222, -148.4529 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the complex:

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Additional Data

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