Alaska Yields Largest Onshore Oil Discovery in 30 Years

[Tucker301]

https://repsol.com/es_en/corporacio...ultimos-30-anyos-en-suelo-estadounidense.aspx
[h=2]Repsol makes the largest U.S. onshore oil discovery in 30 years[/h]

• The contingent resources currently identified in the Nanushuk play in Alaska amount to approximately 1.2 billion barrels of recoverable light oil.
• The Horseshoe wells extend by 20 miles (32 kilometers) a play already uncovered in previous campaigns in an area known as Pikka.
• Preliminary development concepts for Pikka anticipate first production there from 2021, with a potential rate approaching 120,000 barrels of oil per day.
• The Horseshoe-1 and Horseshoe-1A wells drilled in the 2016-2017 winter campaign confirm Nanushuk as a significant emerging play in Alaska’s North Slope.

Press Release

9 March 2017 17:45 CET

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Repsol and partner Armstrong Energy have made in Alaska the largest U.S. onshore conventional hydrocarbons discovery in 30 years. The Horseshoe-1 and 1A wells drilled during the 2016-2017 winter campaign confirm the Nanushuk play as a significant emerging play in Alaska’s North Slope.

The contingent resources identified with the existing data in Repsol and Armstrong Energy’s blocks in the Nanushuk play in Alaska could amount to approximately 1.2 billion barrels of recoverable light oil.

Repsol has been actively exploring Alaska since 2008, and since 2011 the company has drilled multiple consecutive discoveries on the North Slope along with partner Armstrong.

The successive campaigns in the area have added significant new potential to what was previously viewed as a mature basin. Additionally Alaska has significant infrastructure which allows new resources to be developed more efficiently.

Repsol holds a 25% working interest in the Horseshoe discovery and a 49% working interest in the Pikka Unit. Armstrong holds the remaining working interest and is currently the operator.

Prior to drilling Horseshoe, Repsol as operator drilled 13 exploration and appraisal wells on the North Slope, which led to multiple reservoir discoveries currently included in the Pikka Unit.

The Horseshoe discovery extends the Nanushuk play more than 20 miles south of the existing discoveries achieved by Repsol and Armstrong in the same interval within the Pikka Unit during 2014 and 2015, where permitting for development activities are underway. A significant percentage of the above noted resources are expected to be reclassified as proven and probable reserves upon sanctioning of the Nanushuk Development Project.

Preliminary development concepts for Pikka anticipate first production there from 2021, with a potential rate approaching 120,000 barrels of oil per day.

The Horseshoe-1 discovery well was drilled to a total depth of 6,000 ft. (1,828 meters) and encountered more than 150 ft. of net oil pay in several reservoir zones in the Nanushuk section. The Horseshoe-1A sidetrack was drilled to a total depth of 8,215 ft. and encountered more than 100 ft. of net oil pay in the Nanushuk interval as well.

This document contains statements that Repsol believes constitute forward-looking statements which may include statements regarding the intent, belief, or current expectations of Repsol and its management, including statements with respect to trends affecting Repsol’s financial condition, financial ratios, results of operations, business, strategy, geographic concentration, production volume and reserves, capital expenditures, costs savings, investments and dividend payout policies. These forward-looking statements may also include assumptions regarding future economic and other conditions, such as future crude oil and other prices, refining and marketing margins and exchange rates and are generally identified by the words “expects”, “anticipates”, “forecasts”, “believes”, estimates”, “notices” and similar expressions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, prices, margins, exchange rates or other events and are subject to material risks, uncertainties, changes and other factors which may be beyond Repsol’s control or may be difficult to predict. Within those risks are those factors described in the filings made by Repsol and its affiliates with the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores in Spain and with any other supervisory authority of those markets where the securities issued by Repsol and/or its affiliates are listed. Repsol does not undertake to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements even if experience or future changes make it clear that the projected performance, conditions or events expressed or implied therein will not be realized. This document mentions resources which do not constitute proved reserves and will be recognized as such when they comply with the formal conditions required by the system “SPE/WPC/AAPG/SPEE Petroleum Resources Management System” (SPE-PRMS) (SPE – Society of Pretroleum Engineers). This document does not constitute an offer or invitation to purchase or subscribe shares, pursuant to the provisions of the Royal Legislative Decree 4/2015 of the 23rd of October approving the recast text of the Spanish Securities Market Law and its implementing regulations. In addition, this document does not constitute an offer to purchase, sell, or exchange, neither a request for an offer of purchase, sale or exchange of securities in any jurisdiction. The information contained in the document has not been verified or revised by the External Auditors of Repsol.Repsol.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Drill baby drill!!!!

Cheers,

Sirhr

 

[supercorndogs]

Not possible. "Peak oil."

 

[powdahound76]

Here is a question I have always had about our drilling. When they drilled AK the first time they promised to never ship the oil offshore. Then they did. Which leads to:
Can we limit permits to maintain our own countries oil independence?
I am a huge fan of capitalism, businesses thriving, and the Govt with it's nose out of private enterprise. At the same time I hate to see us buying any foreign oil when we have a whole bunch (between this and the recent find in TX, as well as others).
When it is a matter of national security is it ok for the govt to limit exports? They already do this with lots of other "stuff" (especially items most of us own) for security reasons.

I dont have a perfect answer and I welcome the discussion and you opinions.

If we keep it here, I am all in like Sirhr said, drill baby drill.

 

[Tucker301]

As I understand it, oil is traded as a global commodity, and often foreign oil is cheaper than domestic, so it's imported accordingly.
A big reserve like this coming online will help to drive market prices down and keep OPEC from exercising their price controls as much as they'd like to.
Yes, the government has the authority to restrict exports to other governments as they see fit, based on national security issues.
We also maintain a huge oil reserve locked away in a mountainside somewhere out west, in case all Hell breaks loose.