ConocoPhillips Wildcat Hits Hydrocarbons at Harpoon Prospect in NPR-Alaska
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AK
United States
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ConocoPhillips has encountered hydrocarbons at the first wildcat on its Harpoon prospect in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. IHS Markit reported that #2 Harpoon was drilled to 5,611 ft and is in Section 30-7n-3e, Umiat Meridian. It was expected to evaluate Nanushuk oil zones. Determining the viability of Harpoon will likely require additional drilling. Two more tests were originally scheduled but drilling on the North Slope was shut down due to COVID-19 concerns. The Harpoon prospect still includes three undrilled locations: #1 Harpoon in Section 33-8n-4w, #3 Harpoon in Section 7-6n-4w and #4 Harpoon in Section 29-7n-4w. More than 20 miles northeast of #2 Harpoon is the Houston-based company’s Willow Field discovery, #2 Tinmiaq. It was completed in 2016 with a sustained 12-hour test rate of 3,200 bbl of oil, 1.263 MMcf of gas and 443 bbl of water per day from Nanushuk at 3,688-3,708 ft.
ConocoPhillips has encountered hydrocarbons at the first wildcat on its Harpoon prospect in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. IHS Markit reported that #2 Harpoon was drilled to 5,611 ft and is in Section 30-7n-3e, Umiat Meridian. It was expected to evaluate Nanushuk oil zones. Determining the viability of Harpoon will likely require additional drilling. Two more tests were originally scheduled but drilling on the North Slope was shut down due to COVID-19 concerns. The Harpoon prospect still includes three undrilled locations: #1 Harpoon in Section 33-8n-4w, #3 Harpoon in Section 7-6n-4w and #4 Harpoon in Section 29-7n-4w. More than 20 miles northeast of #2 Harpoon is the Houston-based company’s Willow Field discovery, #2 Tinmiaq. It was completed in 2016 with a sustained 12-hour test rate of 3,200 bbl of oil, 1.263 MMcf of gas and 443 bbl of water per day from Nanushuk at 3,688-3,708 ft.