ConocoPhillips to add wells at CD5 site in Alpine Field

Oil development is ramping up in the National Petroleum Reserve.
ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. says it’s adding wells and other infrastructure at its CD5 site in the Alpine Field.
The five mile road from Alpine Central Facility to the CD5 drill site crosses four bridges, including the Nigliq Channel bridge, the longest on the North Slope. Photo: Rachel Waldholz/APRNThe site is the first commercial oil development on Alaska Native lands within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. It began pr