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Prudhoe Bay Oil Field is a large oil field on Alaska's North Slope.It is the largest oil field in North America, covering 213,543 acres (86,418 ha) and originally contained approximately 25 billion barrels (4.0 × 10 9 m 3) of oil. [1]
Associated infrastructure includes access and infield roads, airstrips, pipelines, a gravel mine and a temporary island to facilitate module delivery via sealift barges on permafrost and between waters managed by the state of Alaska. Oil was discovered in the Willow prospect area west of Alpine, Alaska, in 2016, and in October 2020, the Bureau ...
The site consists of the ruined remnants of Alaska's first petroleum refinery, which operated from roughly 1911 until 1933, when it was partially destroyed by fire and abandoned. Oil had been discovered in Katalla Bay as early as 1902, and the company was formed to exploit the resource, reportedly producing more than 50,000 gallons of gasoline ...
In April 1969 Sinclair Oil discovered oil at the Ugnu Number 1 well, named for the nearby Ugnuravik River. [2] Oil was found in the Kuparuk sandstone on the Colville structure. [3] In 1979 ARCO announced first production, and planned to start in 1982. Production actually began December 13, 1981, on five small gravel drilling pads.
Prudhoe Bay Oil Field on Alaska's North Slope is the largest oil field in North America, [16] The field was discovered on March 12, 1968, by Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) and is operated by Hilcorp; [17] partners are ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips.
The Badami oil field is an oil field in the Alaska North Slope. The field is about 35 miles (56 km) east of Prudhoe Bay and about 30 miles (48 km) west of the western border of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 1002 Area. Badami was discovered by Conoco in 1990 at the Badami Number 1 well.
In 2013, Repsol and Armstrong Energy discovered the Pikka oil field by drilling a discovery well they called Qugruk 3. [4] In 2015, they announced the Pikka oil pool to the public. In 2017, an extension of the same oil pool at "Horseshoe", 21 miles south of the Pikka discovery was confirmed. [5]
Annual Alaska South Field production of crude Oil Cook Inlet Oil Fields. The Cook Inlet Basin is a major hydrocarbon bearing province that was first discovered in the 1950s. The discovery of oil and gas extends from the Kachemak Bay area north to the mouth of the Susitna River, covering an area of nearly 5,000 square miles. [11]