ConocoPhillips Alaska will tie back the Nuna project from the 3T drillsite to the operator's existing Kuparuk River Unit (KRU) processing infrastructure in Alaska.
Nuna, on the western Alaska North Slope, will add 29 development wells, on-pad infrastructure, and pipelines. Drillsite 3T will be the 49th drillsite developed within the KRU.
Funding for the project has been approved, and construction will begin this year and continue in 2024 with pipeline and on-pad construction. Drilling is expected to begin in late 2024. First oil is anticipated by early 2025, with an expected peak oil rate of 20,000 b/d.
ConocoPhillips acquired Nuna acreage in 2019 from Caelus Natural Resources Alaska, who had already constructed the gravel road and pad for drillsite 3T (OGJ Online, June 19, 2019).