Cook Inlet Oil and Gas Activity – Alaska

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Cook Inlet Oil and Gas Activity

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State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, as of November 2015

Susitna V
Expl License

Division of Oil and Gas
Nancy Lake State
Issued a call for new information for Cook Inlet Areawide
and Alaska Peninsula Areawide oil and gas lease sale
Recreation Area
areas. Lease sale tentatively scheduled for Spring 2016.

Houston

Wasilla

An email list is now available for leasing announcements,
for more information and to join the list visit
Susitna
http://list.state.ak.us/soalists/DOG.Leasing/jl.htm

Big Lake

Knik

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Aurora Exploration LLC
Permitting two gas exploration wells in Susitna
Flats State Refuge in area previously known as
the Hanna prospect. Plan to drill Theodore River
#2 Fall 2015 and drill Chedatna Lakes #1 Winter
2016.

Aurora Gas
Planning to explore six other prospects in Cook
Inlet with nine potential drilling locations and up
to 11 potential exploration wells.

AIDEA
Completed purchase of Pentex Alaska Natural
Gas Co. and now owns Fairbanks Natural Gas.

ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc.
Marketing its producing assets in Cook Inlet including
North Cook Inlet Unit and interest in Beluga River
Unit. Also considering 2017 workover campaign.

Anchorage

Otter

Susitna Flats State
Game Refuge

Lewis
River

OLSEN CREEK 1 & 2

Pretty
Creek

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Beluga
River

Lone
Creek

Stump
Lake

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Ivan
River

North
Cook Inlet

Trading Bay
State Game Refuge

Moquawkie

Tyonek

Nicolai Creek

Granite
Point

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KITCHEN LIGHTS 4

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KITCHEN LIGHTS 3

Cook Inlet Energy
DNR approved formation of Sword PA
and certified Sword 1 in West McArthur
River Unit as capable of producing
hydrocarbons in paying quantities.

Trading Bay

Redoubt Bay
Critical Habitat Area
Tiger Eye

West McArthur
River
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SWORD 1

KITCHEN LIGHTS 5

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Birch Hill

Kitchen Lights

Swanson
River

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Hope

Furie Operating Alaska
Completed installation of monopod platform, onshore gas
facilities and pipeline. Gas production anticipated January
2016 with initial production rate of 85 mcf/day. KLU #3
certfied as discovery well. Royalty reduced from 12.5% to 5%
for first 10 years from discovery for three zones.

Redoubt

Alaska LNG Project
Received conditional authorization from
U.S. Department of Energy to export up
to 20 million metric tons of LNG per year
for 30 years to non-Free Trade
Agreement countries.

Purchased ~600 acres in Nikiski for LNG
plant and marine terminal. Working on
marine facility design and operations.
Continuing geotechnical assessments.
Design and testing of pipeline materials
in progress.

SAExploration
Permitted lower and upper Cook Inlet
3-D marine seismic surveys; application
for OCS waters approved by BOEM.

BlueCrest Energy
Formation of Cosmopolitan Unit partially
approved. Includes leases overlying Hemlock
and Starichkof reservoirs. Constructing
onshore facilities at Cosmopolitan Unit. Rig
expected to arrive in November with first oil
April 2016.

AIDEA
Approved BlueCrest Energy Inc.’s loan for an
onshore drilling rig for Cosmopolitan Unit.

Beaver
Creek

Hilcorp Alaska
Acquiring Middle Ground Shoal field from XTO, formerly
Cross Timbers, now a subsidiary of ExxonMobil.

KENAI LOOP 1-4

Chugach National Forest

Sterling

Soldotna

Cooper Landing

Division of Oil and Gas
Released year-end 2014 Cook Inlet gas
reserves update, estimating 1,183 bcf
proved and probable reserves remaining
in existing producing oil and gas pools.

South
Middle Ground
Shoal

Nikiski

Salamatof

Kenai

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Cannery
Loop

Kenai

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Kasilof

Kasilof

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge

Clam Gulch

Ninilchik

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FRANCES 1

Tustumena
Lake

Cook Inlet Energy
Relinquished 14 leases in Cook Inlet.
Most leases were set to expire in 2023.

SUSAN DIONNE 8

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PAXTON 5

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Ninilchik

Hilcorp
Planning to construct gravel
pad and pipeline to support
development at Ninilchik Unit.

Kenai National
Moose Range

Hilcorp Alaska LLC
Permitting new drilling pad and gravel
road to support two exploratory gas
wells. Plan to construct pad late 2015
and drill first well Winter 2016.
Possibly drill 2nd well Spring 2015.

Deep
Creek

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COSMOPOLITAN 1

Nikolaevsk

Anchor Point

North Fork

Nikolaevsk

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WEST EAGLE 1

Wells Spud

2015 No Activity

Units

2014

2013

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Existing Wells
Approved for Gas
Storage

Exploration
License

Alaska Seaward
Boundary

Cook Inlet Energy
Signed agreement with Enstar
to continue supply of natural
gas from North Fork field.

Cook Inlet

Homer

Kachemak

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4.5

9 Miles

Homer Electric Association
Signed natural gas sale and purchase agreement
with Furie Operating Alaska starting April 2016.

The accuracy of this map is subject to pending decisions
currently on appeal and other administrative actions.
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