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BMP ID: 6287
Title: Minimize surface and noise impacts by drilling multiple wells on single pads
Text: 2008 BLM BMP Award to Devon Energy Corporation: "Surface and noise impacts from site construction, truck traffic and road construction can be minimized by drilling and completing multiple wells from a single pad"
Source Publication Name: BLM 2008 Best Management Practices Awards
Citation Section: Reducing Energy "Footprint" on Public Lands, BP America Production Company, Devon Energy Corporation, Questar Exploration and Production
Citation Page: 1
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Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Drilling
Oil / Gas Field: SAN JUAN BASIN
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Primary Contact: Ruth McCoard
Bureau of Land Management
Phone:202-452-5068     Alt. Phone:
Fax:     E-mail: 
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Categories: Land Surface Disturbance
Noise
Community
Wildlife
Location: New Mexico
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BMP Efficacy: Devon Energy Corporation won the Bureau of Land Management's 2008 award for Best Management Practices for their holistic oil and gas development in the New Mexico portions of the San Juan and Permian Basins: "habitat for the lesser prairie chicken and sand dune lizard has been restored on old, abandoned operations in the Permian Basin, while monetary contributions have supported trout habitat restoration in the San Juan Basin. Devon also drills multiple wells from single pads while conducting intensive interim reclamation. Air quality impacts in the San Juan Basin are reduced by using “green” completions during drilling and low-emission compressors and solar-powered pumps on various production equipment."
Date Entered: 2009-11-05 08:21 UTC
Last Updated: 2011-02-02 18:10 UTC