Tarn Oil Field

Tarn oil field

Location of Tarn oil field

Country Alaska
Coordinates 70°20′14.06″N 149°50′50.24″W / 70.3372389°N 149.8472889°W / 70.3372389; -149.8472889Coordinates: 70°20′14.06″N 149°50′50.24″W / 70.3372389°N 149.8472889°W / 70.3372389; -149.8472889

The Tarn oil field is an oil field in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. It is adjacent to the Kuparuk Oil Field, Alaska's second largest oil field.

B.P America and ARCO Alaska,INC first announced the Tarn discovery on 10 March after testing of the Tarn #2 well yielded a steady, stimulated flow rate in excess of 2,000 barrels per day of 38-degree API gravity oil from a sandstone reservoir discovered at a depth of 5,200 feet.

History

1997 - Oil Found in Tarn Prospect and Plans for Tarn Oil Field Development Announced

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