Three new wells approved for Hilcorp’s Beluga River K Pad

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Oil and Gas approved a unit plan of operations amendment for Hilcorp Alaska on 18 August 2026, clearing the company to drill three grassroots wells on K Pad in the Beluga River unit. Hilcorp filed the amendment application on 4 August, proposing the wells to increase gas production from the unit.

Temporary equipment staged on the pad to support drilling and well testing will include a drill rig and pipe, a completion rig, mud tanks and pumps, boilers, generators and cement silos, along with a line heater, a liquids/gas separator, a flare and a 400-barrel water tank. The wells will be drilled into state subsurface lease ADL 21128, located within the Beluga River unit on the west side of Cook Inlet, about two miles west of the mouth of the Beluga River.