Editing Alpine, Alaska (section)

==Oil production==
Discovered in 1994 and declared commercial in 1996, the Alpine Oil Pool was the largest oil field discovered in the US in over a decade. Development drilling began in 1998, and nine facilities modules were delivered to the North Slope via [[sealift]] during July 1999. Regular production began in November 2000. 
The Alpine Oil Pool produced an average of 97,485 BOPD during 2003 and 98,895 BOPD in 2004. Major upgrades were undertaken in 2004 to the water handling capacity and in 2005 to the oil handling, seawater injection and gas handling capacity. These upgrades enabled the production to peak at {{convert|130687|oilbbl|m3}} in November 2005. Since that peak, production from the pool has declined, despite continued development drilling operations and stood at an average of {{convert|44126|oilbbl|m3}} during first six months of 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aogweb.state.ak.us/PoolStatistics/Pool/Overview?poolNo=120100|title = Pool Statistics - Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/404071573.shtml|title = Alpine clocks 20 years - December 06, 2020 - Petroleum News}}</ref>

In June 2023, Alaska regulators proposed that Conoco Philips receive a 914,000$ penalty for its handling of a “shallow underground blowout” of a well in 2022, as gas was released uncontrollably at the surface for days across various locations.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Alex |last=DeMarban |date=June 28, 2023 |title=Alaska regulators propose $914,000 fine against ConocoPhillips for North Slope gas blowout and leak |language=en |url=https://www.adn.com/business-economy/energy/2023/06/28/alaska-regulators-propose-914000-fine-against-conocophillips-for-north-slope-gas-leak/ |access-date=June 30, 2023}}</ref>

===CD-5===
In the fourth quarter of 2015, oil production from a new "CD-5" drill on-pad site began, located to access both the Nanuq [[Kuparuk River Oil Field|Kuparuk]] and the Alpine participating areas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=Resource Development |url=https://www.asrc.com/operations/resource-development/ |access-date=February 6, 2023 |website=www.asrc.com}}</ref> It is part of the Colville River Unit, operated by ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. (78%) and a subsidiary of [[Anadarko Petroleum Corporation]] (22%). The CD-5 site became the first commercial oil development on Alaska Native lands within the boundaries of the [[ National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska]] on land owned by "Kuukpik Corporation", the village corporation for [[Nuiqsut]], with subsurface rights owned by [[Arctic Slope Regional Corporation]]. The CD-5 project has 33 wells, includes a 6 mile road, four bridges, 32 miles of pipelines and electrical infrastructure and cost more than $1 billion. Oil from CD-5 is processed in Alpine, then flows through [[Kuparuk River Oil Field|Kuparuk]] to the [[Trans-Alaska Pipeline System]].<ref name="conoco">{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=ConocoPhillips Alaska to Add Wells to CD5 Drill Site |url=https://static.conocophillips.com/files/resources/nr-ak-cd5-expansion-apr-2016final.pdf |website=Conoco Phillips Alaska}}</ref> 
Alpine field production gradually increased,{{when|date=February 2023}} averaging 54,720 barrels per day in February, up from 53,007 barrels per day in January and 50,389 barrels per day year over year, from February 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.frontiersman.com/news/new-oil-projects-on-slope-begin-to-lift-production/article_11dfdeda-9ea5-11ec-8eb9-bb8f1d38945b.html|title = New oil projects on slope begin to lift production| date=March 7, 2022 }}</ref>{{better source|date=March 2023}}
In 2016, ConocoPhillips planned more wells.<ref>{{Cite news |title=More wells planned for CD5 drill site in NPR-A |work=Oil and Gas Journal |url=https://www.ogj.com/drilling-production/article/17251104/more-wells-planned-for-cd5-drill-site-in-npra |access-date=February 6, 2023}}</ref>

===Greater Mooses Tooth Unit 1 and 2===
In 2015, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) permitted this satellite project in Greater Mooses Tooth area, west of the [[Colville River (Alaska)|Colville River]] delta, also on lands owned by Kuukpik Corporation. In 2017, two bridges were constructed, one to carry a drilling ridge, the other to carry drill rig module. First oil was expected in late 2018.<ref name="GMT">{{Cite web |date=n.d. |title=Greater Mooses Tooth Unit Development Project, Alaska - Hydrocarbons Technology |url=https://www.hydrocarbons-technology.com/projects/greater-mooses-project-alaska/ |access-date=March 14, 2023 |website=www.hydrocarbons-technology.com}}</ref>

The Greater Mooses Tooth unit 2 was planned for 48 wells, cost to exceed $1 billion with first oil expected between late-2020 and 2021.<ref name="GMT"/>

The infrastructure of Greater Mooses Tooth unit is to be used by the much larger [[Willow project]] located further West in the Bear Tooth Unit.
<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 13, 2023 |title=Willow Master Development Plan Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement |url=https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/109410/510 |access-date=March 14, 2023 |website=eplanning.blm.gov}}</ref>