| BMP ID: |
6288 |
| Title: |
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by utilizing "green completions" |
| Text: |
2008 BLM BMP Award to Devon Energy Corporation: "Use specialized completion techniques to defer initial gas production to treatment facilities rather than flaring it into the atmosphere to reduce of harmful greenhouse gases like methane and nitrous oxide." |
| 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: |
• Production / Operation / Maintenance
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| Oil / Gas Field: |
SAN JUAN BASIN |
| Surface Ownership: |
• Federal
• State
• Private
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| Mineral Ownership: |
• Federal
• State
• Private
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| Primary Contact: |
Ruth McCoard
Bureau of Land Management |
| Phone: | 202-452-5068 |
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| Categories: |
Air Quality and Emissions
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| 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 08:34 UTC |
| Last Updated: |
2010-02-21 12:07 UTC |
