...have moved into the area with hopes of reviving production from inlet fields and tapping smaller, undiscovered oil and gas pockets through exploratory drilling. Cook Inlet oil production peaked at just over 200,000 barrels of oil per day in the...

...would drive it away. He said most exploration companies are looking for oil in the Inlet and if they discover large gas pockets "there is nowhere for them to sell their gas." "If you have a pipeline from Prudhoe to here, that means you have...

...encounter a gas "kick" or a surge of unexpected high pressure if they encounter a pocket of high-pressure gas. Shallow gas pockets are the cause of all of Alaska's blowouts, except one. Instruments in the well typically detect a rapid gas and...

...commission will investigate. The incident began when Repsol's contractor, Nabors Drilling, penetrated a shallow gas pocket at 2,535 feet. The release of pressure resulted in a gas kick that sent drilling mud spewing out of the hole. Drilling...

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