Following years of legal wrangling, ExxonMobil Corp. has resumed drilling in the high-pressure Point Thomson gas-condensate field on Alaska’s North Slope near the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Development of Point Thomson, considered a technical challenge, was finally greenlighted in 2012 following a 7-year legal battle between the state of Alaska and ExxonMobil over the company’s lack of activity on the leasehold (OGJ Online, Mar. 30, 2012). Construction continues toward bringing online the initial production system, which is designed to produce as much as 10,000 b/d of gas-condensate and is scheduled for startup in 2016. Two injection wells will work in tandem with a production well, cycling as much as 200 MMcfd of gas through an onsite central processing facility. The condensate will then be transported by an elevated, 22-mile, 12-in. pipeline to the Trans-Alaska pipeline system (TAPS) (OGJ Online, Sept. 17, 2013). “The Point Thomson field is a vital part of unlocking Alaska’s North Slope gas resources,” said Jim Flood, ExxonMobil Development Co.’s Arctic vice-president. The Point Thomson reservoir holds an estimated 8 tcf of gas and associated condensate, a high quality hydrocarbon similar to kerosene or diesel. ExxonMobil says the gas represents 25% of known gas resources on the ANS and could be used to partially underpin the proposed Alaska LNG project (OGJ Online, Feb. 12, 2015).