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 Oil and Gas Industry

 Petroleum Unit Specific Detail - Operator, Discovery, Production Status
FIELD NAME TYPE OF
FIELD
LOCATION in
COOK INLET
UNIT OPERATOR PRODUCTION
STATUS
FM OR GP RESERVOIR DATE
DISCOVERED
OPERATOR
DISCOVERY
ALBERT KALOA GAS west side, onshore.   CIRI shut-in 1971 Tertiary Tyonek Formation 1/4/1968 PAN AM
BEAVER CREEK OIL & GAS east side, onshore. Beaver Creek UNOCAL prod. began 1973 Tertiary Hemlock, Lower Tyonek
and Beluga Formations
12/17/1972 MARATHON
BELUGA RIVER GAS west side, onshore. Beluga River Phillips prod. began 1968 Tertiary Beluga Formation 12/1/1962 CHEVRON
BIRCH HILL GAS east side, onshore. Birch Hill Phillips shut-in 1965 Tertiary Tyonek Formation 6/9/1965 CHEVRON
CANNERY LOOP GAS east side, onshore. Cannery Loop Marathon prod. began 1988 Tertiary Tyonek Formation 6/24/1979 UNOCAL
CANNERY LOOP BELUGA GAS east side, onshore. Cannery Loop Marathon prod. began 1988 Tertiary Beluga Formation. 6/24/1979 UNOCAL
CANNERY LOOP STERLING GAS east side, onshore. Cannery Loop Marathon prod. began 2000 Tertiary Sterling Formation 10/23/2000 Marathon
FALLS CREEK GAS east side, onshore. Falls Creek Marathon shut-in 1961 Tertiary Tyonek Formation 4/10/1961 CHEVRON
GRANITE POINT OIL & GAS west side, offshore.   UNOCAL prod. began 1967 Tertiary Hemlock Conglomerate 5/16/1965 MOBIL
GRANITE POINT TYONEK GAS west side, offshore.   UNOCAL prod. began 1995 Tertiary Tyonek Formation 8/5/1965  
IVAN RIVER GAS west side, onshore. Ivan River UNOCAL prod. began 1990 Tertiary Tyonek Formation 10/8/1966 CHEVRON
KENAI GAS east side, onshore. Kenai Marathon prod. began 1961 Tertiary Beluga Formation 10/11/1959 UNOCAL
KENAI STERLING GAS east side, onshore. Kenai Marathon   Tertiary Sterling Formation    
LEWIS RIVER GAS west side, onshore. Lewis River UNOCAL prod. began 1984 Tertiary Tyonek and Beluga formations 10/1/1975 CITIES
LONE CREEK GAS west side, onshore. Moquawkie Anadarko undeveloped Tertiary Tyonek Fm. 10/12/1998 ANADARKO
MCARTHUR RIVER OIL & GAS west side, offshore. Trading Bay UNOCAL prod. began 1967 Tertiary W Foreland, Hemlock, Tyonek Formations. 9/29/1965 UNOCAL
MCARTHUR RIVER TYONEK GAS west side, offshore. Trading Bay UNOCAL   Tertiary Tyonek Formation    
MIDDLE GROUND SHOAL OIL mid channel, offshore. N & S MGS UNOCAL/
Cross Timbers
prod. began 1967 Tertiary Hemlock Conglomerate 6/10/1962 PAN AM
MOQUAWKIE GAS west side, onshore. Moquawkie CIRI shut-in 1979 Tertiary Tyonek Formation 11/28/1965 MOBIL
N MID GROUND SH (MGS) GAS mid channel, offshore. N Mid Ground Shoals UNOCAL prod. began 1982 Tertiary Tyonek Formation 6/10/1962 PAN AM
N MIDDLE GROUND SHOAL GAS mid channel, offshore.   UNOCAL/
Cross Timbers
undeveloped Tertiary Tyonek Formation 11/15/1964 PAN AM
NICOLAI CREEK GAS west side, onshore. Nicolai Creek UNOCAL shut-in 1977 Tertiary Tyonek and Beluga formations 4/28/1966 TEXACO
NORTH COOK INLET GAS mid channel, offshore. N Cook Inlet Phillips prod. began 1970 Tertiary Tyonek, Beluga and
Sterling Formations.
8/21/1962 PAN AM
NORTH FORK GAS east side, onshore. North Fork UNOCAL shut-in 1965 Tertiary Tyonek Formation 12/20/1965 CHEVRON
PRETTY CREEK GAS west side, onshore. Pretty Creek UNOCAL prod. began 1986 Tertiary Beluga Formation 2/20/1979 CHEVRON
REDOUBT SHOAL OIL west side, offshore. Redoubt Shoal Forest prod. begins in 2001 Tertiary Hemlock Conglomerate 9/21/1968 PAN AM
STARICHKOF OIL east side, offshore. Cosmopolitan Forest undeveloped Tertiary Hemlock Conglomerate 4/1/1967 PENZOIL
STERLING GAS east side, onshore. Sterling Marathon prod. began 1962 Tertiary Sterling Formation 7/11/1961 UNOCAL
STERLING BELUGA GAS east side, onshore. Sterling Marathon prod. began 1999 Tertiary Beluga Formation 1/19/1999 UNOCAL
STERLING TYONEK GAS east side, onshore. Sterling Marathon   Tertiary Tyonek Formation    
STUMP LAKE GAS west side, onshore. Stump Lake UNOCAL Shut-in 2000, start-up 1990, shut-in 1978 Tertiary Beluga Formation 5/14/1978 CHEVRON
SWANSON RIVER OIL & GAS east side, onshore. Swanson River UNOCAL prod. began 1960 Tertiary Hemlock, Tyonek, Beluga, Sterling Formations. 7/19/1957 RICHFIELD
TRADING BAY OIL west side, offshore. N Trading Bay UNOCAL prod. began 1967 Tertiary Hemlock Conglomerate 6/17/1965 CHEVRON
TRADING BAY TYONEK GAS west side, offshore. N Trading Bay UNOCAL   Tertiary Tyonek Formation    
TYONEK DEEP OIL mid channel, offshore. N Cook Inlet Phillips undeveloped Tertiary Tyonek Fm., Sunfish sand 11/5/1991 ARCO
WEST FORELAND GAS west side, onshore.   Phillips shut-in 1962 Tertiary Tyonek Formation 3/29/1962 AMOCO
WEST FORK GAS east side, onshore.   CIRI prod. began 1978 Tertiary Sterling Formation 9/26/1960 HALBOUTY
WEST MCARTHUR RIVER OIL & GAS west side, onshore. W Mcarthur River Forest prod. began 1994 Tertiary Hemlock Conglomerate 12/2/1991 STEWART
WOLF LAKE GAS west side, onshore.   Marathon prod. began 2001, Nov. CONFIDENTIAL 11/12/1983 ARCO/CIRI

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