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Facility Type	Facility ID/ API	Facility Name/ Number	Operator Name/ Number	Status	Field Name/ Number	Location	Location ID	Related Facilities
WELL	05-045-18748	Rulison Federal 13B-17	QB ENERGY OPERATING LLC 10844	PR 5/20/2017	RULISON 75400	GARFIELD 045 NWSW 17 7S94W 6	413221

COGIS - Conditions of Approval Results

Type	Source Document	Conditions of Approval
Agency	Form: (02) 1710745 09/09/2009	<style type="text/css"> p {margin:0px 0px 0px 2px;} ul {margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;} ol {margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;} H1 {font-family:Arial;font-size:28px;text-align:Left;vertical-align:Middle;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;} H2 {font-family:Arial;font-size:24px;text-align:Left;vertical-align:Middle;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;} H3 {font-family:Arial;font-size:18px;text-align:Left;vertical-align:Middle;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;} .Normal {font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;text-align:Left;vertical-align:Middle;color:#000000;} .TableDefault {border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid #000000;} .TableDefault th {padding:2px;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border:1px solid #000000;} .TableDefault td {padding:2px;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border:1px solid #000000;} </style> <p><span class="Normal">PROJECT RULISON - DAVE NESLIN TO APPROVE.</span></p>
Agency	Form: (02) 1710745 09/13/2009	<style type="text/css"> p {margin:0px 0px 0px 2px;} ul {margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;} ol {margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;} H1 {font-family:Arial;font-size:28px;text-align:Left;vertical-align:Middle;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;} H2 {font-family:Arial;font-size:24px;text-align:Left;vertical-align:Middle;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;} H3 {font-family:Arial;font-size:18px;text-align:Left;vertical-align:Middle;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;} .Normal {font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;text-align:Left;vertical-align:Middle;color:#000000;} .TableDefault {border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid #000000;} .TableDefault th {padding:2px;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border:1px solid #000000;} .TableDefault td {padding:2px;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border:1px solid #000000;} </style> <p><span class="Normal">PROJECT RULISON - DAVE NESLIN TO APPROVE.</span></p>
Agency	Form: (02) 1710745 09/14/2009	<style type="text/css"> p {margin:0px 0px 0px 2px;} ul {margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;} ol {margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;} H1 {font-family:Arial;font-size:28px;text-align:Left;vertical-align:Middle;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;} H2 {font-family:Arial;font-size:24px;text-align:Left;vertical-align:Middle;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;} H3 {font-family:Arial;font-size:18px;text-align:Left;vertical-align:Middle;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;} .Normal {font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;text-align:Left;vertical-align:Middle;color:#000000;} .TableDefault {border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid #000000;} .TableDefault th {padding:2px;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border:1px solid #000000;} .TableDefault td {padding:2px;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border:1px solid #000000;} </style> <p> </> <p><span class="Normal">24-HOUR SPUD NOTICE REQUIRED. E-MAIL david.Andrews@state.co.us</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span class="Normal">GARFIELD COUNTY RULISON-FIELD NOTICE TO OPERATORS. NOTE: ALL NOTICES SHALL BE </span><span class="Normal">GIVEN VIA E-MAIL. SEE ATTACHED NOTICE.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span class="Normal">RESERVE PIT MUST BE LINED.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span class="Normal">COMPLY WITH ALL DOE OFFICE OF LEGACY MANAGEMENT REQUESTS FOR SAMPLING AND </span><span class="Normal">ANALYSIS OF NATURAL GAS AND OTHER MATERIALS ASSOCIATED WITH DRILLING AND </span><span class="Normal">PRODUCTION.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span class="Normal">CEMENT-TOP VERIFICATION BY CBL REQUIRED.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span class="Normal">OPERATOR MUST ENSURE 110 PERCENT SECONDARY CONTAINMENT FOR ANY VOLUME OF </span><span class="Normal">FLUIDS CONTAINED AT WELL-SITE DURING DRILLING AND COMPLETION OPERATIONS. IF FLUIDS </span><span class="Normal">ARE CONVEYED VIA PIPELINE, OPERATOR MUST IMPLEMENT BEST-MANAGEMENT-PRACTICES </span><span class="Normal">TO CONTAIN ANY UNINTENTIONAL RELEASE OF FLUIDS.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span class="Normal">FLOWBACK TO TANKS ONLY. SUBMIT A SECONDARY AND TERTIARY CONTAINMENT PLAN VIA </span><span class="Normal">SUNDRY NOTICE FORM 4 FOR THE TANKS. ATTN: CHRIS CANFIELD. OBTAIN APPROVAL OF THE </span><span class="Normal">PLAN PRIOR TO FLOWBACK.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span class="Normal">SPUD NOTICE MUST IDENTIFY IF THE WELL IS LOCATED IN TIER I OR TIER II OF THE APPROVED </span><span class="Normal">RULISON SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS PLAN.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span class="Normal">OPERATOR SHALL PROVIDE COMPLETE WELL-SPECIFIC EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION </span><span class="Normal">TO THE COGCC AREA ENGINEER IN THE SPUD NOTICE PRIOR TO SPUDDING THE WELL.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span class="Normal">PRODUCED WATER FROM THIS LOCATION MAY NOT BE TRANSPORTED TO OR RE-USED AT </span><span class="Normal">ANOTHER LOCATION WITHOUT SPECIFIC WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM COGCC AND ONLY AFTER </span><span class="Normal">ANALYSIS CONFIRMS COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULISON SAP.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span class="Normal">DRILL SOLIDS AND CUTTINGS FROM THIS LOCATION MAY NOT BE TRANSPORTED TO, DISPOSED </span><span class="Normal">OF, OR RE-USED AT ANOTHER LOCATION WITHOUT SPECIFIC WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM </span><span class="Normal">COGCC AND ONLY AFTER ANALYSIS CONFIRMS COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULISON SAP.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span class="Normal">A CLOSED-LOOP MUD SYSTEM SHALL BE UTILIZED TO ENSURE CONTAINMENT OF ALL </span><span class="Normal">MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DOWNHOLE STRATA AND FLUIDS. ALL </span><span class="Normal">CUTTINGS AND FRESH MAKE-UP WATER STORAGE PITS SHALL BE LINED TO ENSURE </span><span class="Normal">CONTAINMENT. CONTOUR FEATURES, FRENCH DRAINS, AND OTHER STORMWATER BMPS AS </span><span class="Normal">NECESSARY SHALL BE EMPLOYED TO ENSURE SITE INTEGRITY.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span class="Normal">NO INDIVIDUAL OPERATOR SHALL UTILIZE MORE THAN ONE RIG WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE </span><span class="Normal">PROJECT RULISON BLAST SITE AT ANY GIVEN TIME AND NO INDIVIDUAL OPERATOR SHALL </span><span class="Normal">UTILIZE MORE THAN TWO RIGS WITHIN A THREE MILE RADIUS OF THE SITE AT ANY GIVEN TIME. </span><span class="Normal">THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RIGS ALLOWED BY ALL OPERATORS WITHIN THREE MILES OF THE SITE </span><span class="Normal">SHALL BE LIMITED TO FIVE AT ANY GIVEN TIME.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span class="Normal">OPERATOR SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL PROVISIONS OF THE MOST RECENT COGCC-APPROVED </span><span class="Normal">REVISION OF THE RULISON SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS PLAN. IN ADDITION TO THE PRODUCED-</span><span class="Normal">WATER SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS OUTLINED IN SECTION 5.8 OF THE PLAN, THE OPERATOR </span><span class="Normal">SHALL ALSO OBTAIN AND ANALYZE PRODUCED-WATER SAMPLES ON WELLS DESCRIBED IN THE </span><span class="Normal">PLAN FOR CONSTITUENTS LISTED IN THE PLAN USING THE SPECIFIC METHOD WHERE </span><span class="Normal">APPLICABLE. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span class="Normal"> THE MOISTURE CONTENT OF ANY DRILL CUTTINGS IN A CUTTINGS PIT, TRENCH, OR PILE SHALL </span><span class="Normal">BE AS LOW AS PRACTICABLE TO PREVENT ACCUMULATION OF LIQUIDS GREATER THAN DE-</span><span class="Normal">MINIMIS AMOUNTS. AT THE TIME OF CLOSURE, THE DRILL CUTTINGS MUST ALSO MEET THE </span><span class="Normal">APPLICABLE STANDARDS OF TABLE 910-1.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span class="Normal">THE PROPOSED SURFACE CASING IS MORE THAN 50’ BELOW THE DEPTH OF THE DEEPEST </span><span class="Normal">WATER WELL WITHIN 1-MILE OF THE SURFACE LOCATION WHEN CORRECTED FOR ELEVATION </span><span class="Normal">DIFFERENCES. THE DEEPEST WATER WELL WITHIN 1-MILE IS 150 FEET DEEP.</span></p>
Engineer	Form: (02) 400238109 02/17/2012	1)COMPLIANCE WITH THE MOST CURRENT REVISION OF THE NORTHWEST COLORADO NOTIFICATION POLICY IS REQUIRED. 2)GARFIELD COUNTY RULISON FIELD NOTICE TO OPERATORS. NOTE: ALL NOTICES SHALL BE GIVEN VIA E-MAIL. SEE ATTACHED NOTICE 3)CEMENT ON PRODUCTION CASING MUST BE A MINIMUM OF 200' ABOVE THE TOP OF THE MESA VERDE FORMATION (OR 200' ABOVE THE OHIO CREEK FORMATION IF PRESENT). CEMENT TOP VERIFY BY CBL IS REQUIRED.THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL SUPERSEDE THE TOP OF CEMENT REQUIREMENTS IN THE NEW MAMM CREEK FIELD NOTICE TO OPERATORS. 4)COMPLY WITH ALL DOE OFFICE OF LEGACY MANAGEMENT REQUESTS FOR SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS OF NATURAL GAS AND OTHER MATERIALS ASSOCIATED WITH DRILLING AND PRODUCTION. 5)FLOWBACK TO TANKS ONLY. SUBMIT A SECONDARY AND TERTIARY CONTAINMENT PLAN VIA SUNDRY NOTICE FORM 4 FOR THE TANKS. SUBMIT VIA EMAIL TO RULISON.SUBMITTAL@STATE.CO.US OBTAIN APPROVAL OF THE PLAN PRIOR TO FLOWBACK. 6)SPUD NOTICE MUST IDENTIFY IF THE WELL IS LOCATED IN TIER I OR TIER II OF THE APPROVED RULISON SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS PLAN. 7)OPERATOR SHALL PROVIDE COMPLETE WELL-SPECIFIC EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION TO THE COGCC AREA INSPECTOR IN THE SPUD NOTICE PRIOR TO SPUDDING THE WELL. 8)PRODUCED WATER FROM THIS LOCATION MAY NOT BE TRANSPORTED TO OR RE-USED AT ANOTHER LOCATION WITHOUT SPECIFIC WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM COGCC AND ONLY AFTER ANALYSIS CONFIRMS COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULISON SAP. 9)DRILL SOLIDS AND CUTTINGS FROM THIS LOCATION MAY NOT BE TRANSPORTED TO, DISPOSED OF OR RE-USED AT ANOTHER LOCATION WITHOUT SPECIFIC WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM COGCC AND ONLY AFTER ANALYSIS CONFIRMS COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULISON SAP. 10)A CLOSED LOOP MUD SYSTEM SHALL BE UTILIZED TO ENSURE CONTAINMENT OF ALL MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DOWNHOLE STRATA AND FLUIDS. ALL CUTTINGS AND FRESH MAKE UP WATER STORAGE PITS SHALL BE LINED TO ENSURE CONTAINMENT. CONTOUR FEATURES, FRENCH DRAINS AND OTHER STORMWATER BMPS AS NECESSARY SHALL BE EMPLOYED TO ENSURE SITE INTEGRITY. 11)NO INDIVIDUAL OPERATOR SHALL UTILIZE MORE THAN ONE RIG WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE PROJECT RULISON BLAST SITE AT ANY GIVEN TIME AND NO INDIVIDUAL OPERATOR SHALL UTILIZE MORE THAN TWO RIGS WITHIN A THREE MILE RADIUS OF THE SITE AT ANY GIVEN TIME. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RIGS ALLOWED BY ALL OPERATORS WITHIN THREE MILES OF THE SITE SHALL BE LIMITED TO FIVE AT ANY GIVEN TIME. 12)OPERATOR SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL PROVISIONS OF THE MOST RECENT COGCC APPROVED REVISION OF THE RULISON SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS PLAN. IN ADDITION TO THE PRODUCED WATER SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS OUTLINED IN SECTION 5.8 OF THE PLAN THE OPERATORS SHALL ALSO OBTAIN AND ANALYZE PRODUCED WATER SAMPLES ON WELLS DESCRIBED IN THE PLAN FOR CONSTITUENTS LISTED IN THE PLAN USING THE SPECIFIED METHOD WHERE APPLICABLE. 13)THE PROPOSED SURFACE CASING IS MORE THAN 50' BELOW THE DEPTH OF THE DEEPEST WATER WELL WITHIN 1MILE OF THE SURFACE LOCATION WHEN CORRECTED FOR ELEVATION DIFFERENCES. THE DEEPEST WATER WELL WITHIN 1 MILE IS 150 FEET DEEP.
Permit	Form: (02) 400238109 02/29/2012	Operator agrees to accomodate all future DOE sampling requests. Operator's letter of notification to DOE and DOE's approval of BHL in Tier II, Rulison, in well file.
Engineer	Form: (02) 400854243 08/11/2015	(1) Operator shall comply with the most current revision of the Northwest Notification Policy. See attached notice. (2) Operator shall comply with the most current revision of the Garfield County Rulison Field Notice to Operators, with the following exception: All field notice requirements specified in that Notice to Operators are superseded by the requirements of the most current revision of the Northwest Colorado Notification Policy (see Condition of Approval #1). See attached notice. (3) In lieu of the standard Form 42 spud notice required by the Northwest Notification Policy, submit Form 42 Rulison SAP / Rio Blanco SAP - Spud Notice, specifying the bottom hole location sector and tier. (4) Operator shall provide complete well-specific emergency contact information to COGCC via email prior to spudding this well. Rulison.Submittal@state.co.us (5) Operator shall comply with all provisions of the most recent COGCC-approved revision of the Rulison Sampling and Analysis Plan. (6) Operator shall provide cement coverage from the production casing shoe to a minimum of 200' above all Mesa Verde Group (and Ohio Creek Formation, if present) oil, gas, and water-bearing sandstone and coalbed formations. Verify production casing cement coverage with a cement bond log.
Agency	Form: (02) 400854243 11/09/2015	Within 14 days of receipt of this approved form, Operator shall contact COGCC Reclamation Specialist (Lou Colby) with a summary of the site reclamation status.

COGIS - Best Management Practice Results

BMP Type	Source Document	Best Management Practices
Interim Reclamation	Form: (02 ) 400238109 3/6/2012	Use of portable toilets whenever long-term activities are occurring onsite.
Material Handling and Spill Prevention	Form: (02 ) 400238109 3/6/2012	• Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans in accordance with 40 CFR, Part 112. • Secondary containment for oil and produced water vessels in accordance with COGCC rules.
General Housekeeping	Form: (02 ) 400238109 3/6/2012	• Waste minimization practices including re-use and recycling when practicable. • Waste management (handling and disposal) practices in accordance with COGCC rules and RCRA guidelines as applicable. • Good housekeeping practices relative to overall site condition.
Wildlife	Form: (02 ) 400238109 3/6/2012	Bird protection practices in accordance with the Migratory Bird Act.
Storm Water/Erosion Control	Form: (02 ) 400238109 3/6/2012	• Stormwater management practices during construction and interim reclamations phases in accordance with CDPHE regulations. • Stormwater management practices in accordance with COGCC rules throughout the operating life of the locations.
Planning	Form: (02 ) 400238109 3/6/2012	• Traffic minimization practices whenever possible in order to reduce dust, noise, congestion, road maintenance. • Noise minimization. • Use of multi-well pad sites for the purpose of minimizing areas of disturbance, traffic, and environmental impact. • Proper reclamation and reseeding practices in accordance with COGCC rules, landowner requirements and BLM stipulations as applicable.
Drilling/Completion Operations	Form: (02 ) 400238109 3/6/2012	• Spill reporting and cleanup per COGCC guidelines, EPA regulations, CDPEH regulations, and Noble Energy Inc. policies.
Planning	Form: (02 ) 400854243 11/9/2015	In compliance with Rule 317.p the first well that is operationally feasible on the 17L pad will be logged with an open-hole Resistivity Log and Gamma Ray Log from TD into the surface casing. All wells on the pad will have a Cement Bond Log with cased-hole Gamma Ray run on the production casing. The Form 5 Completion Report will list all the logs run in the subject well and identify the well that was logged with the open-hole Resistivity Log.
Drilling/Completion Operations	Form: (02 ) 400854243 11/9/2015	Caerus Operating LLC will adhere to the COGCC Policy for Bradenhead Monitoring effective May 29, 2012.