Very exciting Nanushuk and Torok19 Feb 2019 11:44
http://midnightsunak.com/2019/02/14/resource-development-update-whats-going-on-with-willow-pikka-and-winx/
With and exploration project like Winx, there’s less certainty about what might be found so there isn’t public discussion of first oil, facilities, or rates per day yet. The Winx-1 well will help to answer many of those questions and companies can then determine how much oil is recoverable, how many wells and what design would work best to drain the reservoir, and of course, how to transport and process the liquids once they’re produced. It’s great for Alaska to have projects at various stages, and great to see exploration happening again. It’s worth noting that the nearly $11 billion in capital projected to be spent over the next five to seven years is being done so without the benefit of traditional cash credits.
All of these fields intend to produce from the Nanushuk formation. It’s this rock formation, and the Torok, that have been driving much of the excitement over the past few years. In 2017, the USGS released an assessment of the Nanshuk and Torok formations and found that, at mean estimates, the Nanushuk and Torok formations could contain up to 8.7 billion barrels of recoverable oil.