Prudhoe Bay Oil and Gas Field (Alaska, United States)

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

Project Details

Main Data

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

1Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
Prudhoe Bay operating[1] Hilcorp North Slope[1][2] Exxon Mobil Corp [36%]; ConocoPhillips Corp [36%]; Hilcorp Alaska LLC [26%][3][4][5][3][4][5][3][4][5] 1968[6] 1977[7] conventional[1]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Prudhoe Bay Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
gas recoverable reserves 736242.0 million m³ 2005 [8][9][7]
oil original oil in place 25000.0 million bbl 1968 [10]
oil recoverable reserves 2500.0 million bbl 2019 [11]

Table 3: Production from Prudhoe Bay Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category Fuel description Quantity Units Data year Source
production gas 81888.63 million m³/y 2020 [2]
production NGL 17.74 million bbl/y 2020 [12]
production oil 78.55 million bbl/y 2020 [2]
production oil 78.51 million bbl/y 2022 [1]

Location

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

Concession/Block Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
North Slope Unit[4] Alaska, United States[13] onshore[14] 70.3091, -148.6707 (exact)[13]

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://aogweb.state.ak.us/Data_Extract/DataMinerZip/DataMinerAll.zip. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20211118212119/https://static.conocophillips.com/files/resources/21-0034-2021-conocophillips-fact-sheets-alaska.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20230519170412/https://www.akrdc.org/oil-and-gas. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  14. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-land/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)