Alpine, Alaska
Alpine is an unincorporated community and former census-designated place in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The population was 0 at the 2000 United States Census, but it was not included in the 2010 census. Alpine is the site of a major oil drilling and production operation operated by ConocoPhillips. Most employees, staffed primarily by commuter residents of Nuiqsut, work a two-week on and two week off work schedule. Geography. Alpine is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land  and , or 2.40%, is water. It is located 8 miles north of Nuiqsut, Alaska. Demographics. Alpine first appeared as a census-designated place (CDP) in 2000, but did not report any residents. Its status as a CDP was abolished as of the 2010 census. As of the census of 2000, there were no permanent people living in the CDP, but approximately 250 workers in the work camp. Production History. 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 in November 2005. Since that peak, production from the pool has declined, despite continued development drilling operations and stood at an average of during first six months of 2019. 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.