WONDERS OF THE NATIONAL PARKS

JANUARY 20, 2017

DENALI TO GATES OF THE ARCTIC

PETROLEUM PRODUCTION IN ALASKA

• North Slope

– National Petroleum Reserve

– Prudhoe Bay

• Kenai Peninsula-Cook Inlet Basin

• Future Prospects

PETROLEUM RESERVE

NORTH SLOPE

NORTH SLOPE

PRUDHOE BAY

PRUDHOE BAY

TECTONIC SETTING

NORTH SLOPE OIL FIELDS

COOKING OIL AND GAS

A PETROLEUM FIELD

PRUDHOE BAY FIELD FORMATIONS

SADLEROCHIT (IVISHAK) RESERVOIR

COOK INLET

COOK INLET BASIN

FUTURE PROSPECTS?

USGS PLANNING AREAS