Prudhoe Bay Oil Field 🧶

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Prudhoe Bay Oil Field Prudhoe Bay Oil Field is a large oil field on Alaska's North Slope. It is the largest oil field in North America, covering 213,543 acres (86,418 ha) and originally containing approximately 25 billion barrels (4.0 × 109 m3) of oil.[1] The amount of recoverable oil in the field is more than double that of the next largest field in the United States by acreage (the East Texas oil field), while the largest by reserves is the Permian Basin (North America). The field was operated by BP; partners were ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips until August 2019; when BP sold all its Alaska assets to Hilcorp.[2]

Oilfield facilities at Prudhoe Bay. The Milne Point oil field is 35 miles (56 km) west of Prudhoe Bay and the leased area, called theMilne Point Unit by the State of Alaska, includes the Kuparuk River Oil Pool, [32] Sag River Oil Pool,[33] and the Schrader Bluff Oil Pool.[34] The source rock for the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field and neighboring reserves is a potential source for tight oil and shale gas. As of 2013 mineral rights to 500,000 acres overlying the North Slope oil shale had been leased by Great Bear Petroleum whose principal is the petroleum geologist Ed Duncan.[35]

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