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Joe Balash

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"Pica, of course, we started up continuous production earlier this year. I have not seen today's numbers, but yesterday we had gotten up over 70,000 barrels."

“Pica, of course, we started up continuous production earlier this year. I have not seen today's numbers, but yesterday we had gotten up over 70,000 barrels.”
Speaker
Joe Balash
Community
Alaska News
Location
Alaska
Captured at
October 5, 2026

From the transcript

And, and finally it wound— the, the rocks wound up in the hands of Conoco and they took that project to final investment. It's now producing oil in, in on that's on the slope and coming down taps. Pica, of course, we started up continuous production earlier this year. I have not seen today's numbers, but yesterday we had gotten up over 70,000 barrels. So pretty excited about that.

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