Asset Report
US Alaska North Slope exploration basin
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Report summary
The North Slope is an established petroleum producing province where exploration began in the 1960s. Over 34 bnboe has been discovered in the basin, notably in the super-giant Prudhoe Bay and Kuparuk oil fields. The basin is located in harsh Arctic environment, presenting unique challenges for explorers, such as seasonal operations, environmental issues, and high costs. Recent exceptional onshore exploration success in the emerging Nanushuk play, and offshore in the Beaufort Sea, have made Alaska a top global exploration target, particularly onshore. The substantial prospective resources and relatively favourable access to acreage (compared to other onshore basins) make it attractive. Materiality also exists in the offshore plays. However, except in the Beaufort Sea's shallow water, offshore environment is remote and hostile. Companies have relinquished most of their leases in the federal Chukchi Sea and the play is therefore excluded from the outlook of this analysis.
Table of contents
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Summary of commercial outlook
- Challenges:
- Wells drilled
- Company activity
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Prospective resources by play
- Beaufort sea
- Colville river
- NPRA
- Nanushuk
- Prospective resource costs and underlying assumptions
- Prospect economics -Beaufort Sea
- Prospect economics - Colville River
- Prospect economics - NPRA Area
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Prospect economics - Nanushuk
- Full-cycle basin economics
- Licensing
- Fiscal terms
- Oil and gas prices
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
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Exploration history mapDrilling activity by well typeDiscoveries and success rates
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Top 10 discoveriesCurrent acreage holdersBeaufort SeaColville RiverNPRA AreaNanushukSummary of discovery and development costsUnit value of potential discoveriesBreakeven price of exploration
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What's included
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