Prudhoe Bay Oil Field

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:oil
gptkbp:adjacentTo gptkb:Kuparuk_River_Oil_Field
gptkb:Milne_Point_Oil_Field
gptkbp:area 213,543 acres
gptkbp:connects gptkb:Trans-Alaska_Pipeline_System
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Aurora_Field
gptkb:Borealis_Field
gptkb:Endicott_Field
gptkb:Lisburne_Field
gptkb:Midnight_Sun_Field
gptkb:Niakuk_Field
gptkb:Point_McIntyre_Field
gptkb:Prudhoe_Bay_Unit
gptkb:Sagun_Field
gptkb:West_Beach_Field
gptkb:Western_Niakuk_Field
gptkbp:discoveredBy 1968
gptkbp:distance_to_Anchorage about 650 miles north
gptkbp:distance_to_Arctic_Ocean about 400 miles north of Fairbanks
gptkbp:economicImportance major contributor to Alaska's economy
gptkbp:environmentalImpact oil spills, permafrost disturbance
gptkbp:estimatedReserves 25 billion barrels (original)
gptkbp:gas_injection used for enhanced oil recovery
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Prudhoe Bay Oil Field
gptkbp:infrastructure drilling pads, pipelines, processing facilities
gptkbp:largest_oil_field_in_North_America yes
gptkbp:latitude 70.3° N
gptkbp:location gptkb:North_Slope,_Alaska,_United_States
gptkbp:longitude -148.7° W
gptkbp:main_export_route gptkb:Trans-Alaska_Pipeline_System
gptkbp:main_gas_type natural gas
gptkbp:main_oil_type light crude
gptkbp:named_in_year 1826
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Prudhoe_Bay
gptkb:Algernon_Percy,_Baron_Prudhoe
gptkbp:namedFor gptkb:Sir_John_Franklin
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:2017_BP_sale_to_Hilcorp
2006 oil spill
gptkbp:oil_gravity API 27-29
gptkbp:oil_production_peak 1988
gptkbp:operator gptkb:ExxonMobil
gptkb:ConocoPhillips
BP
gptkbp:owner Hilcorp Energy Company (as of 2020)
gptkbp:produced_gas_cumulative over 25 trillion cubic feet
gptkbp:produced_natural_gas yes
gptkbp:produced_oil yes
gptkbp:produced_oil_cumulative over 12 billion barrels
gptkbp:produced_water yes
gptkbp:productionStartYear 1977
gptkbp:recoverable_oil_reserves 12 billion barrels
gptkbp:water_injection used for enhanced oil recovery
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Trans-Alaska_Pipeline
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5