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PrudhoeBay

Umiat

North Slope Oil and Gas Activity

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Wells Drilled 2013

Wells Drilled 2012

Wells Drilled 2011

Units

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Dalton Highway

Alaska Seaward Boundary

Map Location

National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Teshekpuk Lake

Beaufort SeaSmithBay

Badami

Dewline

LibertyDuckIsland

PrudhoeBay

Northstar

BeecheyPoint

MilnePoint

KuparukRiver

Nikaitchuq

Oooguruk

ColvilleRiver

Tofkat

PlacerKachemach

S.MiluveachGreaterMoosesTooth

BearTooth

KuparukRiver

Qugruk

Point Thomson

SIVULLIQ N

MERAK 1

RED WOLF 2

ALCOR 1

IGNIK SIKUMI 1

KACHEAMACH 1

SHARK TOOTH 1

CASSIN 6

QUGRUK 1

NUNA 1 & 2

SIKUMI 1

UMIAT 18

QUGRUK 4

NORTH TARN 1 & 1A

MUSTANG 1

QUGRUK 2 & 6

QUGRUK 3 & 3A

CASSIN 1

Great Bear Petroleum, LLCDrilled the first two vertical holes to

evaluate shale play, Alcor 1 and Merak 1; evaluating cores and logs

before drilling laterals; additional 3-D seismic acquired.

Division of Oil and GasAreawide lease sales scheduled for

November 2013, encompassing 14.7 million acres in North Slope, Beaufort Sea, and

North Slope Foothills sale areas.

Repsol Announced three discoveries after testing Qugruk 1 and 6 and encountering shows

in multiple intervals in Qugruk 3.

Mustang Road LLCCompleted a five mile gravel road and

19-acre gravel pad to support development activities at Mustang field in Southern

Miluveach Unit.

Brooks Range PetroleumPlans to start construction on facilities this

year and start drilling in 2014.

Roads to Resources ProgramEIS in progress to evaluate Foothills West transporta-

tion corridor to connect Umiat and Gubik to road system and promote exploration of foothills plays.

Pioneer Natural ResourcesNuna 2 appraisal well drilled in the Torok Formation at Oooguruk Unit; now estimates Nuna development

at 75 - 100 million barrels of oil.

Chukchi Sea OCS

ShellDrilled top hole for Burger well during fall, 2012. Plans

ice-gouge surveys but no further drilling in summer, 2013. Noble Discoverer drillship to undergo repair work in Asia.

StatoilPreparing exploration plan for 2015 drilling season, with initial

activity anticipated at Amundsen prospect.

ConocoPhillipsDrilling plans on hold for their Devil’s Paw prospect.

State of AlaskaGov. Parnell and Commissioner of Natural

Resources Dan Sullivan applied to the Interior Department for a special use permit to conduct

3-D seismic across the coastal plain from 2014-2017. No drilling would be involved.

Year-round development drilling and well work in

producing fields

Department of the InteriorFive-year oil and gas leasing program includes 2016 sale in Chukchi Sea and 2017 sale in Beaufort Sea.

ConocoPhillipsConstruction on CD-5 scheduled to

begin QTR 1 2014; drilling operations to commence in mid 2015 with startup

December 2015.

Announced a discovery at Cassin 1, but released no further details.

Linc EnergyUmiat flow test and drilling Umiat 23H well

postponed due to mechanical problems and end of Arctic Winter; Umiat planned to be online by

late 2017.

ConocoPhillipsApplied for permits for a 24-well pad and access road; expects to install infrastructure 2014 and

bring Shark Tooth satellite online by late 2015.

NordAq EnergyPlanning a multiyear oil and gas exploration

program in the Smith Bay area; includes as many as eight wells drilled winter seasons 2013-2015.

SAExplorationApplied for permits to conduct a 3-D seismic

survey in the nearshore waters of the Colville River Delta; plans to conduct 384

sq. mile survey in open water between July 1 and

October 15.

State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, July 2013