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Oil & Gas Activities on Public Lands

Scott F. Archer USDI – BLM National Science & Technology Center April 3, 2007. Oil & Gas Activities on Public Lands. What is wrong with O&G?. There is a lot of it. There will be more of it. The process is fragmented. Many small sources, not subject to permitting. And it’s Ugly.

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Oil & Gas Activities on Public Lands

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  1. Scott F. Archer USDI – BLM National Science & Technology Center April 3, 2007 Oil & Gas Activities on Public Lands

  2. What is wrong with O&G? • There is a lot of it. • There will be more of it. • The process is fragmented. • Many small sources, not subject to permitting.

  3. And it’s Ugly.

  4. Where does it come from? • Oil • Gas • Coal • Coal Bed Methane • Oil Shale • Tar Sands

  5. Where is it located?

  6. Where is it located?

  7. Multiple Companies • Exploration • Drilling • Servicing • Trucking • Pipelines • Compressors • Refining • Sales

  8. Leasing

  9. Drilling • Very large diesel engines (500-1500 hp) • Going to year-round operation • Going to multiple wells off a single pad

  10. Testing • Post “Fracting” • Large quantities of water • “Free” flow to determine drawdown • CO, NOx, possible SO2 emissions

  11. Small well head engines Separator Dehydration Evap Pond Storage tanks Waste pit “Oil” Well

  12. Dehydrator

  13. Tanks • Water and/or crude • VOCs and HAPs • Sometimes H2S

  14. Regular servicing VOC emissions Truck Exhaust Road Dust Tanker Trucks

  15. Wide range of sizes and types Single cylinder Pop-pops Converted Auto Engines 500 hp + engines Electrification Use on-site fuels Gas Compression

  16. The “Good”…

  17. The “Typical”… (and not so typical)

  18. and the “Ugly”

  19. BLM’s Role • Leasing • Specific Project Approval • Royalties and PILT • NEPA analyses • Applications for Permit to Drill • Stipulations and Conditions of Approval • Inspection and Enforcement

  20. Leasing

  21. Royalties

  22. NEPA Documents

  23. Alaskan Inspection and Enforcement For more information Contact Scott F. Archer Senior Air Resource Specialist 303.236.6400 scott_archer@blm.gov

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