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Joe Balash
24:34 - 25:01
"Milne Point, thanks to Hilcorp, has gone from 18,000 up to 50,000 barrels per day. That's a remarkable comeback for a very mature field."
“Milne Point, thanks to Hilcorp, has gone from 18,000 up to 50,000 barrels per day. That's a remarkable comeback for a very mature field.”
- Speaker
- Joe Balash
- Timestamp
- 24:34 – 25:01
- Source
- RDC_2026_10_01_1
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 5, 2026
From the transcript
Milne Point, thanks to Hilcorp, has gone from 18,000 up to 50,000 barrels per day. That's a remarkable comeback for a very mature field. And it can't go without comment, but the NPRA lease sale earlier this spring saw the reentry of our good friends at Shell. They have like a 10-year cycle. They leave Alaska, they come back to Alaska.
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