Table 3. Summary of Basic Assumptions on Oil and Gas Production in 

 the Gulf of Alaska (Source: BLM Northern Gulf Final EIS 13 ) 



Activity 



This Proposed Sale 



Sale acreage offering 



Anticipated sale 



Oil and gas fields 



Average distance of oil fields 



from shore 

 Recoverable oil (5% probabilities) 

 Recoverable gas (5% probabilities) 

 Peak production oil 



Peak production gas 



Platforms 



Wells 



Pipelines 



Total miles of pipeline 



Pipeline burial excavation 



volume 

 Offshore terminal facilities 

 Onshore pipeline acreage required 

 Onshore terminal facilities 

 Support/supply facilities 

 12X3 plant 



Onshore land requirements 

 Offshore land requirements 



Petroleum refineries/ 



platform fabrication 

 Servicing fleet (boats & ships) 

 Annual crude shipped by tanker 



2/ 



cu. 



t.& 



1.8 million acres 

 1.4 million acres 

 7 



22 miles^ 



2.8 billion bbls (b.bbls) 



9 trillion cubic feet (t. 



550,000 bbls/da ?/ 



2C0 million bbls (rn.bbD/yr-' 



1.0 billion cu.ft/da-, 



365 billion cu.ft/yr— 



22— 



2/ 

 900-' (100 exploratory, 800 development) 



7 to 14 



300 (50 onshore; 250 offshore) 



.9 to 2.4 million cu.ft 



2/ 



315 acres 



3 (360 acres) 



3 (240 acres) 



1 (120 acres) i,0 if combined 



with terminal— 



1,035 acres 



800 to 7700 acres (4 to 350 acres 



per platform)* 



u 2/ 

 20 to 60=-' 



200 million bbls/yr 



Based on four acres for a jack-up rig and 35C acres for each 

 serai-submersible rig and offshore terminal, and their attendant 

 guy lines. 



1/ - USDI 1974d 

 2/ - USDI 1975b 



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