By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Jan. 3 -- ConocoPhillips and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. plan to develop two Alpine satellite oil fields on Alaska's North Slope on the border of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska after gaining favorable rulings from the US Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management and the Corps of Engineers.
The companies will drill CD 3 in Fiord field and CD 4 in Nanuq field, placing both sites within an 8-mile radius from ConocoPhillips-operated Alpine field.
Field development will be achieved by utilizing horizontal well technology exclusively and employing enhanced oil recovery.
About 40 wells are planned with first production scheduled for late 2006 and peak production expected in 2008 at about 35,000 b/d of gross oil.
Production from the two satellites and Alpine is expected to peak at 135,000 b/d in late 2007.
CD 3 is the first roadless drill site, accessible only by air most of the year. Construction equipment, facilities, drilling rigs, and supplies will be transported to the site via temporary ice roads.
