Nikaitchuq oil output reaches 25,000 b/d

June 19, 2014
Oil production has reached 25,000 b/d at Nikaitchuq field offshore Alaska’s North Slope, reports Eni SPA.

Oil production has reached 25,000 b/d at Nikaitchuq field offshore Alaska’s North Slope, reports Eni SPA.

The field, in 3 m of water, began producing in 2011 through facilities onshore and on an artificial island in the Beaufort Sea (OGJ Online, Feb. 9, 2011).

Eni calls Nikaitchuq horizontal wells, with lateral displacements up to 22,000 ft, “the most complex wells drilled by the industry to date in Alaska.”

The company plans to raise production to 30,000 b/d in the next 12 months.

Nikaitchuq holds reserves of 200 million bbl of crude oil. The field treatment plant can handle 40,000 b/d of oil and 120,000 b/d of water.

Produced crude moves through the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline.

Eni is operator with 100% interest.