The #1 Prudhoe Bay Unit Ignik Sikumi is in Section 34-12n-11e, Umiat Meridian and the drilling target is Tertiary Sagavanirktok.

Although gas hydrates are thought to occur in large quantities on the North Slope, there hasn’t been any commercial exploration success.

A 2008 U.S. Geological Survey assessment estimated that the total undiscovered natural gas resources that are technically recoverable in the Northern Alaska gas hydrate total petroleum system (TPS) is between 25.2 and 157.8 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), with a mean estimate of 85.4 Tcf. Of the mean estimate, about ...