Hilcorp Looks Ahead after Inlet Incidents

摘要

Hilcorp Alaska leaders are ready to look ahead after a rocky start to 2017. The company has two drilling rigs working in Cook Inlet, on the Steelhead and King Salmon platforms, and just announced a $75 million plan to ultimately reduce oil tanker traffic in the Inlet. Hilcorp found itself making unwanted headlines starting in early February when it reported a natural gas leak from one of its subsea pipelines in the central Inlet Middle Ground Shoal oil field offshore from Nikiski. The company took significant heat from environmental groups for not having a plan to immediately fix the gas leak, particularly because Cook Inlet is home to its own distinct population of endangered Beluga whales.