THE LINK: JULY 2023 16 anticipated by early 2025. The expected peak oil production rate is 20,000 barrels per day. “The additional drilling opportunities we’ve identified at Nuna are a positive development that should increase oil production at Kuparuk,” said Erec Isaacson, President, ConocoPhillips Alaska. “Our investment in this project was approved due to Alaska’s stable fiscal regime which is clearly working to promote new and ongoing investment.” The Nuna project will add 29 development wells, on-pad infrastructure and pipelines that tie back to existing KRU processing facilities. Drill site 3T will be the 49th drill site developed within the KRU. In other activity in ConocoPhillips operated North Slope fields, Fiord West, a deposit in the Alpine field, is now producing through its first production well. An injection well to support production was drilled earlier. “We have a producer-injector well pair now on line,” said Boys, the company spokesperson. Fiord West is significant because the deposit is tapped with long extended-reach horizontal producing wells drilled from established drill sites several miles away. The horizontal wells allow Fjord West to be tapped without building stand-alone surface infrastructure and a bridge over the Colville River channel. Meanwhile, Doyon Drilling Rig 26, Doyon’s specialized extended-reach drill rig, is working on horizontal wells into Narwhal, a deposit south of Alpine, Boys said. The company is also drilling new wells at the West Sak viscous oil project in the Kuparuk River field with Doyon Drilling Rig 142. More West Sak wells are planned in 2024, she said. ConocoPhillips Alaska will continue to invest about $1 billion a year to grow our Alaska legacy business with projects such as Nuna. — Tim Bradner Photo Courtesy ConocoPhillips CONTINUED from PAGE 15
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