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Kuparuk River Oil Field
Kuparuk River oil field is located in Alaska
Kuparuk River oil field
Kuparuk River Unit's location in Alaska
CountryUnited States
RegionAlaska North Slope
Offshore/onshoreonshore
Coordinates70°20′14″N 149°51′01″W / 70.3372°N 149.8504°W / 70.3372; -149.8504
OperatorConocoPhillips
Field history
DiscoveryApril 1969, Sinclair's Ugnu 1 well
Start of development1979
Start of productionDecember 13, 1981
Peak of production322,000 barrels per day (~1.60×10^7 t/a)
Peak year1992
Production
Current production of oil71,021 barrels per day (~3.539×10^6 t/a)
Year of current production of oil2019
Estimated oil in place6,000 million barrels (~8.2×10^8 t)
Producing formationsKuparuk sandstone on the Colville structure

The Kuparuk River Oil Field, or Kuparuk, located in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States, is the second largest oil field in North America by area. It started production in 1982, peaking in 1992. As of 2019, it produced approximately 71,021 barrels per day (~3.539×10^6 t/a) of oil for ConocoPhillips and has been estimated to have 2 billion barrels (320×10^6 m3) of recoverable oil reserves.[1] It is named for the Kuparuk River.

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