Repsol busy with Qugruk prospect.

AuthorPatrick, Judy
PositionSPECIAL SECTION: Oil & Gas - Repsol Exploration and Production USA - Brief article

A total of 38 miles of ice road was constructed to access Repsol E&P USA's three drilling locations in the Colville River Delta area on the North Slope. Shown above is one of those locations at sunrise earlier this year.

The company built a 4,000 foot lighted runway on a frozen lake near the drilling locations and chartered with Era Aviation to make five flights per week direct from Anchorage for crew change outs.

Pulling the slips out, tripping in the hole. There are a total of approximately 350 people working on the project this season including construction, drilling, camps and other personnel.

The company...

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