Alaska

By acquiring Eni’s two producing shallow-water assets, Hilcorp will become the largest offshore oil producer on Alaska’s North Slope.

The Bureau of Land Management finalized the Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska rule aimed at more than 13 million acres in the western Arctic.

Located in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, the Willow project is estimated to produce 180,000 BOPD at its peak.

A federal judge has upheld the Biden administration’s approval of the massive project on Alaska’s remote North Slope.

The administration will cancel oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and set aside more than half of the National Petroleum Reserve.

The acreage comprises 10 leases covering approximately 25,430 contiguous acres.

A new study that analyzed 17 years of migratory bird-nesting data in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, revealed that nest survival decreased significantly near high-use oil and gas infrastructure and its related noise, dust, traffic, air pollution, and other disturbances.

The authors of this paper develop a robust history-matched reservoir simulation model capable of predicting polymerflooding performance in the first such pilot to enhance heavy oil recovery on Alaska’s North Slope.

The approval adds momentum to the Alaska North Slope’s production revival.

Environmental report recommends shrinking the Alaska project to three drilling sites from the five initially proposed by ConocoPhillips.