... Abstract The North Slope of Alaska is a prolific hydrocarbon producing area, currently estimated to be the largest oil field in the United States and contains one of the greatest reserve accumulations. The North Slope is a tundra covered region including the majority of the northern portion...

... Abstract A group of Alaskans formed a Workgroup in July 2022 to accelerate commercial carbon capture, use, and storage (CCUS) projects in the State of Alaska (State). The Workgroup’s mission is to attract new investments and create options that enable continued operation of carbon intensive...

... Abstract West Sak is a shallow viscous oil reservoir located partially within the Kuparuk River Unit on the North Slope of Alaska. The poorly consolidated reservoir is prone to sand production, leading to a significant risk for the development of void space conduits, locally known as matrix...

... united states government heavy oil play petroleum play type pvt measurement bitumen unconventional play complex reservoir contribution drilling measurement drilling data acquisition geochemical characterization mek reservoir characterization information wellbore extraction smith alaska...

... Abstract In June 2018 the team embarked on an ambitious project to address the slow development pace of Alaska's 20+ billion barrels heavy oil resource via the first ever polymer flood pilot. Following the successful commencement of the pilot in August 2018, the field demonstration, supporting...

... Abstract The development pace of Alaska's vast, 20-25 billion barrels, heavy oil resources has been very slow due to high development costs and low oil recovery using conventional waterflood, and the impracticality of deploying thermal methods due to the presence of continuous permafrost...

... Abstract An operation was conducted to resurrect a shut-in injector and producer pair located in the Kuparuk sandstone formation on the North Slope of Alaska. Both wells had been shut in for 5 to 6 years due to low injectivity and low productivity. An injection profile modification was also...

... Abstract As exploratory work in Alaska moves beyond the known petroleum basins, new remote areas will be explored, where little sub surface data is available. This paper examines the overburden of Alaska, and develops a general relationship for determining overburden pressures based...

... in several research test boreholes around the world, including the North Slope, Alaska. In 2007 the Mt Elbert-1 borehole was drilled to evaluate NGH potential. An extensive well logging program was performed on this well allowing robust interpretation including comparison of evaluation techniques...

... Abstract Nikaitchuq is the largest single-stakeholder development on the North Slope of Alaska. It is a multiyear, very shallow extended-reach drilling (ERD) project with more than 50 wells drilled from two sites, one of which is an artificial gravel island, targeting Schrader Bluff sands...

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... completion design is the product of targeting multiple formation layers from a single wellbore by use of open-hole horizontals with slotted liners. The rotatable, multi-lateral junction system has evolved since the first successful installation on Alaska's North Slope in 2007; it accommodates the increased...

... Abstract Situated on the central North Slope of Alaska along the Coleville River, Umiat is one of the most frigid places on Earth. The target reservoir, the Lower Grandstand, lies at an average depth of just 470 ft below ground level and is one of the largest untapped oil fields in Alaska...

... Abstract Umiat field is located in the North Slope, Alaska where most oil reserves are within the permafrost. The formation temperature is around 20°F and thus frozen filtrate is a crucial issue in formation damage. Frozen filtrate can form an impermeable barrier to oil flow and maximize...

... fluid phase behavior and accurately model the reservoir performance. This study involved both laboratory experiments and reservoir simulation to investigate the effect of the phase behavior of the oil-CO2 system on the recovery of the Alaska North Slope viscous oils. The laboratory experiments includes...

..., the component that fails most frequently. ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. (CPAI) developed TTCESP technology to replace failed pumps raidly and economically. In this system, a rig conventionally deploys the electric cable, motor, and seal sections, with a special latching device for the pump. The pump is pulled...

... at the PBU-L106 site in North Slope, Alaska. This deposit is stratigraphically bounded by impermeable shale top and bottom boundaries (Class 3), and is characterized by high intrinsic permeabilities, high porosity, high hydrate saturation, and a hydrostatic pressure distribution. The C-unit deposit...

... of California's imports are from Alaska, the rest from foreign sources including Saudi Arabia, Ecuador and Iraq. Before foreign sources became so important, California's refining industry processed California's own crudes and Alaska's North Slope crude. Like those crudes, oil from northern Saudi Arabia, southeast...

... corrosion cell. Abstract Recently, a number of external casing failures on a group of relatively new wells in the Kuparuk field of Alaska prompted an investigation into the cause. The investigation determined that external surface casing corrosion failures had occurred near the top of the casing...

... Abstract Alaska's North Slope and the United Kingdom North Sea were petroleum frontiers in the truest sense around 1960 when industry gained access to both areas. Exploration of these two petroleum provinces progressed almost simultaneously with both emerging as significant sources of oil...