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BMP ID: 11539
Title: Use of existing infrastructure
Text: "2.3 Use of Existing Infrastructure. BP agrees, except as provided in Article 2.2, to use existing infrastructure, including but not limited to the use of existing roads, pipeline routes and Well Pads within the existing drilling windows in the Infill Application Area. "
Source Publication Name: Memorandum of Understanding Between the Board of County Commissioners of La Plata County, Colorado and BP America Production Company (4th Infill), 2008
Citation Section: Article II: Density and Use of Existing Well Pads and Facilities
Citation Page: 6
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Required
Timing: • Production / Operation / Maintenance
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Primary Contact: Erick Aune
La Plata County
1060 E. 2nd Avenue
Durango, CO  81301
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Alternate Contact: Dave McKenna
BP America Production Company
380 Airport Road
Durango, CO  81303
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Categories: Land Surface Disturbance
Location: Colorado
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Vegetation Types:
• Suburban / urban
General Comments: Local Government - Operator MOU "2.1 Density. BP agrees that, except as provided in Article 2.2 herein or as may be otherwise permitted in the COGCC order approving BP's Infill Application, the density of Fruitland Coal Well Pads within the Infill Application Area shall not exceed four (4) within any single 640-acre governmental section of real property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Article II shall be construed so as to require the closure or abandonment of any existing gas well."
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Date Entered: 2016-06-03 11:01 UTC
Last Updated: 2016-06-08 12:22 UTC