Midnight Sun Oil Field (Alaska, United States)

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Midnight Sun Oil Field is an operating oil field in Alaska, United States.

Along with Aurora Oil Field (Alaska, United States), Borealis Oil Field (Alaska, United States), Polaris Oil Field (Alaska, United States), and Orion Oil Field (Alaska, United States), Midnight Sun is a part of the Prudhoe Bay Satellite Oil and Gas Complex (Alaska, United States).

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Midnight Sun Oil Field

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Midnight Sun	Operating	Hilcorp North Slope, LLC	–	–	–	1998

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Production from Midnight Sun Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel Description	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
production	oil	2.01	million bbl/y	2006

Location

Table 3: field-level location details for Midnight Sun Oil Field

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

The map below shows the approximate location of the field(s) within the Prudhoe Bay Satellite Fields complex:

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