| OGLA | Form: (02A)
400210339
10/27/2011 | PROJECT RULISON COAs:
Operator must implement best management practices to contain any unintentional release of fluids, including any fluids conveyed via temporary surface pipelines.
Comply with all DOE Office of Legacy Management requests for sampling and analysis of natural gas and other materials associated with drilling and production.
The nearby hillside must be monitored for any day-lighting of drilling fluids throughout the drilling of the surface casing interval.
Operator must ensure secondary containment for any volume of fluids contained at well site during drilling and completion operations; including, but not limited to, construction of a berm or diversion dike, diversion/collection trenches within and/or outside of berms/dikes, site grading, or other comparable measures (i.e., best management practices (BMPs) associated with stormwater management) sufficiently protective of nearby surface water. Any berm constructed at the well pad location will be stabilized, inspected at regular intervals (at least every 14 days), and maintained in good condition.
Flowback and stimulation fluids must be sent to tanks, separators, or other containment/filtering equipment before the fluids can be placed into any pipeline or pit located on the well pad or into tanker trucks for offsite disposal. The flowback and stimulation fluid tanks, separators, or other containment/filtering equipment must be placed on the well pad in an area with additional downgradient perimeter berming. The area where flowback fluids will be stored/reused must be constructed to be sufficiently impervious to contain any spilled or released material.
Berms or other containment devices shall be constructed to be sufficiently impervious to contain any spilled or released material around crude oil, condensate, and produced water storage tanks.
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 Sampling and Analysis Plan (SAP).
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 Sampling and Analysis Plan (SAP).
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.
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.
Operator shall comply with all provisions of the most recent COGCC approved revision of the Rulison Sampling and Analysis Plan (SAP). 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.
The moisture content of any drill cuttings in a cuttings pit, trench, or pile shall be as low as practicable to prevent accumulation of liquids greater than de minimis amounts.
Operator will conduct regular inspections of equipment for leaks and equipment problems with appropriate documentation retained in the operator’s office. All equipment deficiencies shall be corrected. Monitoring should end approximately 30 days after well completion and/or after production has been stabilized; however, timely inspections should continue during the production phase.
Operator will use adequately sized containment devices for all chemicals and/or hazardous materials stored or used on location.
Strategically apply fugitive dust control measures, including enforcing established speed limits on private roads, to reduce fugitive dust and coating of vegetation and deposition in water sources. |