Prudhoe Bay Oil Field

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Summary Information

  • Operator: BP
  • Country: USA
  • Location: Alaska
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  • Type: Oil / Gas
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Description

  • The Greater Prudhoe Area is made up of the Prudhoe Bay Field, the Prudhoe Bay satellite fields and the Greater Point McIntyre Area fields.
  • It is the 3rd largest field in the USA as of 2013
  • The Prudhoe Bay Field has more than 800 active oil-producing wells, but many more actual wells have been drilled over time.
  • Prudhoe Bay also is the site of one of the largest waterflood and enhanced oil recovery projects in the world, as well as a large gas processing plant that processes more than 6 BCFD of natural gas that is reinjected into the reservoir.
  • Oil produced it transported on the Trans Alaska Pipeline System to Valdez

Contractors

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History

  • 1967 - Prudhoe Bay Oil Field discovered
  • 1977 - First oil produced
  • 1997 - The Miscible Injectant Expansion (MIX) project was approved

Geology

Links

  1. ConocoPhillips, Alaska’s Key Assets
  2. Top 100 U S Oil And Gas Fields
  3. Top 100 US Gas Fields
  4. 'MIX' Project Will Boost Prudhoe Bay Liquids Production

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