HomeMy WebLinkAbout3.1 SUP Amendment to Narrative 10-14-09Williams Production RMT Company PA 41-9 Special Use Permit Amendment to Narrative
Future Drilling Development
Williams will file with Garfield County an Amendment to the Special Use Permit detailing the
extraction processes associated with drilling and completion operations for the PA 41-9 wellsite
at the time additional development is planned. .
Well Production Operations
Production equipment typically includes piping from the well heads to the separators; three-
phase separators; dehydrators; above ground condensate and produced water tanks, meters
and cathodic protection equipment. Production facilities are designed and installed to
accomplish the following objectives:
1. Separate well stream fluids into manageable products (gas, condensate, and water)
from each well individually for production accountability.
2. Deliver each product to its ultimate destination. Natural gas would be delivered to the
gas gathering system via pipeline. Condensate would be pipelined or trucked to a point
at which it can be sold, and water would be transported via pipeline or truck to Williams'
Parachute Water Treatment Facility or to the site of a future fracture stimulation staging
areas.
3. Accurately meter the volume of gas and condensate produced from each well/lease to
assure mineral interest owners receive the correct value for these components. Each
well can be controlled (choked) separately and production rates can be determined for
each well every day. Natural gas would be metered prior to entering the gas gathering
system. Condensate would be tank gauged or metered prior to sales.
To the extent feasible, Williams would consolidate the use of production facilities. Facilities will
be painted to match the surrounding landscape in order to reduce the visual contrast of the
improvements over the life of the producing wells. Condensate and produced water tanks will be
provided with secondary containment structures to prevent discharges. See attached water
hauling map in Section 3.3.9 for reference to produced water hauled from the PA 41-9 pad
location to the Parachute Water Management Facility located in Sec 36.
Production Operations and Maintenance
Williams will operate all wells and ancillary production facilities in a safe manner, as set forth by
standard industry operating guidelines and procedures. Routine maintenance of producing
wells would be necessary to maximize performance and to recover all of the economic reserves
possible. Critical data for each well would be accessible via radio telemetry with the host
computer system in Williams' Parachute, Colorado office. Using this system, the parameters
can be viewed and controlled remotely. Each well location would be visited several times per
week to ensure that operations are proceeding in an efficient and safe manner. The visits would
include checking separators, meters, valves, fittings, and on-site storage of produced water and
condensates. In addition to these visits, water and condensate would be hauled off of pad to
existing centralized facilities.
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