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Northwest Colorado Oil and Gas Forum. BLM/USFS Update, Sept 4, 2008. Drilling Permits 2008. Drilling Permits in 2008. Drilling Permits in 2008. Glenwood Springs Energy Office. 260 APDs in FY 08 to date: Williams 144 Laramie 17 Antero 6 EnCana 55 Noble 30
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Northwest Colorado Oil and Gas Forum BLM/USFS Update, Sept 4, 2008
Glenwood Springs Energy Office 260 APDs in FY 08 to date: • Williams 144 • Laramie 17 • Antero 6 • EnCana 55 • Noble 30 • Orion 4 • Plains 4
Glenwood Springs Energy Office: Master Development Plans (GAPS) • Orchard II GAP (25 new well pads, 1 existing, 95 wells) Decision expected this month • Spruce Creek, 4 multi-well pads, Comment period closed in July
Master Plans of DevelopmentPre-planning stage • Gibson Gulch, 15-20 multi-well pads • Kokopelli, 15-20 multi-well pads, scoping this fall
Glenwood Springs: Roan Plateau Aug 14 lease sale generated $113.9 million Won’t issue leases until protests are resolved
Glenwood Springs/Kremmling RMP revisions • Drafts out in Fall 2009
Grand Junction: APDs • 33 APDs to dateFY 08 Delta 17 Black Hills 5 EnCana 1 Plains Exp 9 Walter S Fees Jr 1
Multiple-well EAs • Black Hills Horseshoe Canyon – Decision Sept or Oct Winter Flats – Approved in July Homer Deep – Decision expected this month • Aspen Operating (Whitewater) Scoping in June, working on EA
Multiple-well EAs • Oxy (Bowdish) Working on EA • Retamco (Roan Creek) Revised MDP • Delta (Vega II) Waiting on MDP • PXP Plateau Valley – Waiting on MDP Hightower – Decision from USFS expected this month (32 wells on GMUG)
Grand Junction • Whirlwind Uranium Mine: EA and Decision expected this month • CAM/Red Cliff Coal Mine Draft EIS expected this month • October Uranium Mine Plan/Reclamation decision expected this month
Collbran Pipeline • 22-mile, 30-inch pipeline • 5 miles west of Collbran to 6 miles NE of DeBeque (Orchard Unit compressor site) • Decision and EA expected later this month
Additional pipelines XCEL (Garmesa 16" pipeline) – Scoping through Sept. 5, decision projected for late October Enterprise (Logan Wash 16" pipeline) – Scoping through Sept 12, decision expected later this year
White River: 172 APDs • BOPCO 25 • ExxonMobil 72 • Williams Production 28 • Chevron 5 • Conoco Phillips 27 • Whiting 8 • C&J Field Services 1 • XTO Energy 1 • Genesis 1 • KJH 1 • Robert Bayless 1 • Samson Resources 1 • Eden Energy 1
White River: RMP Amendment • Addresses anticipated increase in oil and gas development • 90 day public review for Draft EIS in fall 2009
Oil Shale • Programmatic EIS Draft on Oil Shale and Tar Sands Final EIS should be released today • Final decision by end of year • Final decision on commericalregs by end of the year • http://ostseis.anl.gov/
Overland Pass Pipeline • 153-mile pipeline from southwest of Meeker, Colo., to east of Wamsutter, Wyo. • 14-inch pipeline to transport natural gas liquids • EA released this summer, comment period closed in August
Little Snake: 26 APDs in FY 08 • JW Operating Company 1 • Julander Energy 1 • Merrion Oil and Gas 2 • New Frontier Energy 6 • Pioneer Natural Resources 3 • Samson Resources Company 1 • Wexpro Company 10 • Yates Petroleum 2
Little Snake: RMP revision • Expect 45-day public comment period on add’l air analysis this month • Expect Record of Decision in 2009
Little Snake: Hiawatha • Questar and WexPro propose up to 4,207 new wells in existing fields in CO & WY • Expect Draft EIS in November, 90-day comment period with public meetings
Kremmling APDs • 2 APDs approved for EOG • About 15 pending total for multiple companies
Solar Energy PEIS Draft out in Spring 2009 Public meetings, 90-day comment period
Oil and Gas Lease Sale Next lease sale November 14 Public notice out next week
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