Cook Inlet Basin Overview and Characterization
Alaska's Cook Inlet Basin
Large northern fields
discovered/developed in
1950's through 1970's
Ninilchik developed in 2000
Cosmopolitan first oil
production in 2016
Cosmopolitan Tyonek gas field
is Proved Undeveloped
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Gas fields.
Oil fields
Oil pipelines
Gas pipelines
Mean Winter Ice
Southern Limit
H
Beluga River
1,402 bcf
North Cook Inlet
Tyonek 1,945 bcf
Granite Point
158 mmbo+143 bcf
Kitchen Lights
Anchorage
Swanson River
236 mmbo
McArthur River
666 mmbo+1,550 bef
Redoubt
Middle Ground
Shoal
Nikiśki
Marathon Refinery
Marathon LNG
Kenai
Kenai Loop
Kenai, Cannery Loop
2,796 bcf
Cook Inlet
Ninilchick
262 bef
Cosmopolitan
Anchor
20 mi. Point
Deep Creek
Best Cosmopolitan
BlueCrest
Energy
Nikolaevsk
North Fork
Homer
Energy Balance
No connection to outside gas or electric power
Gas production meets current local demand.
But, through natural decline, gas production
will eventually fall below demand without new
Sources:
• Infill development possibilities
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Typically smaller new volumes
Alaska Gas Line future uncertain
Importation of gas (LNG) is expensive
Renewable sources cannot provide
sufficient volumes of low-cost energy
New gas discoveries will require years to find
and then bring to production
Substantial Cosmopolitan gas could be
available before a shortage occurs
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Large Proved reserves
Conventional development
New investment is required
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