Alpine, Alaska

Alpine is located at 70°14′18″N 150°59′40″W.[1] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 39.2 sq mi (102 km²), of which 38.3 sq mi (99 km²) is land and 0.9 sq mi (2.3 km²), or 2.40%, is water.[1] It is located 8 miles north of Nuiqsut, Alaska.

Alpine first appeared as a census-designated place (CDP) in 2000, but did not report any residents.[6] Its status as a CDP was abolished as of the 2010 census.[7]

As of the census[8] of 2000, there were no permanent people living in the CDP, but approximately 250 workers in the work camp.

Discovered in 1994 and declared commercial in 1996, the Alpine Oil Pool was the largest oil field discovered in the US in over a decade. Development drilling began in 1998, and nine facilities modules were delivered to the North Slope via sealift during July 1999. Regular production began in November 2000. The Alpine Oil Pool produced an average of 97,485 BOPD during 2003 and 98,895 BOPD in 2004. Major upgrades were undertaken in 2004 to the water handling capacity and in 2005 to the oil handling, seawater injection and gas handling capacity. These upgrades enabled the production to peak at 130,687 barrels (20,777.6 m³) in November 2005. Since that peak, production from the pool has declined, despite continued development drilling operations and stood at an average of 44,126 barrels (7,015.5 m³) during first six months of 2019.[9][10]

Alpine field production is seeing a gradual increase, averaging 54,720 barrels per day in February, up from 53,007 barrels per day in January and 50,389 barrels per day year over year, from February 2021.[11]

• Alpine at the Community Database Online from the Alaska Division of Community and Regional Affairs
• Maps from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development: 2000
• National Geographic visits Alaska's North Slope