Joe Balash
20:29 - 20:46
"here we are today seeing production creep up over 500,000 barrels per day, first time since February of 2022. That, that we're seeing that rate of production and throughput in TAPS."
“here we are today seeing production creep up over 500,000 barrels per day, first time since February of 2022. That, that we're seeing that rate of production and throughput in TAPS.”
- Speaker
- Joe Balash
- Timestamp
- 20:29 – 20:46
- Source
- RDC_2026_10_01_1
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 5, 2026
From the transcript
They were able to turn around some significant production rates in specific fields like Milne Point and really make a big difference in the contribution. But as we got to the end of the 2010s, we saw both the Pika and Willow fields move through the regulatory process and get to a point where they could be investable. And, and both of those projects ran into slight delays, either as a consequence of a change in policy at the federal level or through the consequences of the price crash associated with COVID Nevertheless, companies overcame those hurdles. And here we are today seeing production creep up over 500,000 barrels per day, first time since February of 2022. That, that we're seeing that rate of production and throughput in TAPS.
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