Kuparuk River Oil and Gas Field (Alaska, United States)

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

Along with Nuna Oil Asset (Alaska, United States), Kuparuk River Oil and Gas Field is a part of the Kuparuk Satellites Oil and Gas Project (Alaska, United States).

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Kuparuk River Oil and Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Kuparuk River	operating	ConocoPhillips Alaska	Exxon Mobil Corp [0%]; ConocoPhillips Corp [98%]	1969	–	1981	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Kuparuk River Oil and Gas Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	remaining reserves	1542.0	million bbl	2004	​

Table 3: Production from Kuparuk River Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
million bbl = million barrels of oil

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
cumulative production	oil	2400.0	million bbl	2011	​
production	gas	1409.62	million m³/y	2020	​
production	oil	33.36	million bbl/y	2020	​
production	gas	1235.81	million m³/y	2022	​
production	oil	32.84	million bbl/y	2022	​

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Kuparuk River Oil and Gas Field

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
North Slope Unit	Alaska, United States	onshore	70.3248, -149.9455 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Kuparuk River Oil Project (Alaska, United States):

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