Kenai Peninsula Borough
144 North Binkley Street     Soldotna, AK 99669
Phone - (907) 262-4441 or (800) 478-4441   or on the web    www.borough.kenai.ak.us

 Hydrocarbon Industry
Cook Inlet GAS Production - FORECAST
Cook Inlet (Billion Cubic Feet per Year)
  Beluga River1 McArthur River (TBU)2 North Cook Inlet3 Swanson River Kenai/ Cannery Loop4 Ninilchik/
Deep Creek		 All Other5 Under
development6		 Total Net
2007 54.9 20.9 32.0 1.9 28.8 18.4 22.2 11.3 190.4
2008 54.9 17.7 26.1 1.3 23.5 13.2 14.3 39.3 190.3
2009 51.9 15.0 21.8 0.9 19.4 9.6 11.0 46.3 175.9
2010 45.7 12.7 18.4 0.7 16.2 7.1 8.6 39.0 148.4
2011 40.2 10.8 15.8 0.5 13.5 5.3 6.8 33.2 126.1
2012 35.4 9.1 13.7 0.4 11.4 4.0 5.5 28.4 107.9
2013 31.1 7.7 12.0 0.3 9.7 3.1 4.4 24.4 92.7
2014 27.4 6.6 10.6 0.2 8.2 2.4 3.6 21.0 80.0
2015 24.1 5.6 9.4 0.2 7.0 1.8 3.0 18.2 69.3
2016 21.2 4.7 8.4 0.1 6.0 1.4 2.4 15.8 60.0
2017 18.7 4.0 7.6 0.1 5.2 1.1 2.0 13.8 52.5
2018 16.4 3.4 6.9 0.1 4.5 0.9 1.7 12.1 46.0
2019 14.5 2.9 6.2 0.1 3.9 0.7 1.5 10.6 40.4
2020 12.7 2.5 5.7 0.1 3.4 0.5 1.2 9.3 35.4
2021 11.2 2.1 5.2 0.0 3.0 0.4 1.0 8.2 31.1
2022 9.9 1.8 4.8 0.0 2.6 0.3 0.9 7.2 27.5
2023 8.7 1.5 4.4 0.0 2.3 0.3 0.8 6.4 24.4
2024 7.6 1.3 4.1 0.0 2.0 0.2 0.7 5.7 21.6
2025 6.7 1.1 3.8 0.0 1.7 0.1 0.6 5.0 19.0
2026 5.9 0.9 3.5 0.0 1.5 0.1 0.5 4.5 16.9
1 - Production assumed to decline at 9.2% per year after 2009.
2 - Exponential decline after 2007, based on actual data 1998-2001 and DNR estimates for 2002-2007
3 - DNR estimate; decline rate of 11.6% after 2007.
4 - Kenai includes Sterling #3, 4, 5, 5.1, 5.2 and 6 Pools, Beluga Undefined, and Tyonek.
5 - All Other includes Beaver Creek, Cannery Loop, Granite Point, Ivan River, Lewis River, Lone Creek, MGS, Nicolai Creek, North Trading Bay, West Foreland, West Fork, West McArthur River and Wolf Lake.
6 - DNR estimates based primarily on gas prospectivity in the Ninilchik, Kasilof, Deep Creek, and Nikolaevsk exploration units and other exploration areas on the Kenai Peninsula.

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Gas Production History Page 1, Page 2, Page 3                 Oil Production History  Page 1, Page 2  
Gas Production Forecast             Oil Production Forecast              Reserves
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