Hilcorp Alaska’s application for an operating permit for the Point Thomson Production Facility has received preliminary approval.
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) has made a preliminary decision to approve Hilcorp Alaska, LLC’s application for Air Quality Control Operating Permit No. AQ1201TVP02 for the Point Thomson Production Facility, under Alaska Statutes 46.14 and regulation 18 AAC 50.
The Point Thomson reservoir holds an estimated 8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 200 million barrels of natural gas condensate, a high-quality hydrocarbon similar to kerosene or diesel. Point Thomson gas represents about 25 percent of known gas resources on the North Slope.
ExxonMobil brought Point Thomson online in April 2016 with production facilities designed to produce and reinject (cycle) 200 million cubic feet per day of gas and produce up to 10,000 barrels per day of natural gas condensate. The condensate is transported by a 22-mile pipeline which connects into the Trans Alaska Pipeline System.
Equipment permitted at the Point Thomson Production Facility includes one hot oil unit heater, one used oil-fired heater, two fuel gas-fired combustion turbines, two dual fuel-fired combustion turbines, one waste incinerator, two flares, 14 heaters, two stationary fire water pump engines, six stationary generator engines, and 38 nonroad engines.
