Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins
46:29 - 46:47
"Number one, making sure that we're getting the most out of the Cook Inlet Basin makes a tremendous amount of sense. Supporting producers like Hex with Kitchen Lights and Bluecrest with Cosmopolitan, and Hilcorp has an aggressive drilling program in Cook Inlet."
“Number one, making sure that we're getting the most out of the Cook Inlet Basin makes a tremendous amount of sense. Supporting producers like Hex with Kitchen Lights and Bluecrest with Cosmopolitan, and Hilcorp has an aggressive drilling program in Cook Inlet.”
- Speaker
- Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins
- Timestamp
- 46:29 – 46:47
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- September 23, 2026
From the transcript
Great question. Well, I think it's worth saying, so far as I understand from leaders of utilities and energy producers, that for the coming winter, between Hilcorp and Chugach and Enstar sort of making arrangements, that Southcentral should be in an okay place in terms of gas supply. But that is not to sort of take away from the broader problem, which is a huge problem in terms of the South Central sort of natural gas situation and shortfall. Number one, making sure that we're getting the most out of the Cook Inlet Basin makes a tremendous amount of sense. Supporting producers like Hex with Kitchen Lights and Bluecrest with Cosmopolitan, and Hilcorp has an aggressive drilling program in Cook Inlet.
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