| BMP ID: |
8584 |
| Title: |
Use pitless drilling methods to reduce environmental and health impacts |
| Text: |
Pitless Drilling: To further reduce drilling impacts, pitless drilling methods should become a mandated requirement for drilling operations. This method, involving closed-loop systems that recycle drilling mud rather than dumping it into open pits reduces truck traffic, water consumption and toxic waste on the surface, among other environmental benefits. |
| Source Publication Name: |
Drilling Smarter: Using Directional Drilling to Reduce Oil and Gas Impacts in the Intermountain West |
| Citation Section: |
Appendix A: Other Means to Reduce Impacts |
| Citation Page: |
19 |
| Supplemental Documents: |
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| Usage Type: |
Recommended |
| Timing: |
• Drilling
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| Oil / Gas Field: |
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| Surface Ownership: |
• Federal
• State
• Private
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| Mineral Ownership: |
• Federal
• State
• Private
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| Primary Contact: |
Biodiversity Conservation Alliance
P.O. Box 1512
Laramie, Wyoming 82073 United States |
| Phone: | (307) 742-7978 |
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| Fax: | (307) 742-7989 |
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| Categories: |
Water Quality and Pollution
Land Surface Disturbance
Human Health and Safety
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| Location: |
Western Region |
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| Vegetation Types: |
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| General Comments: |
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| Cost-Benefit Analysis: |
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| Date Entered: |
2011-04-25 11:20 UTC |
| Last Updated: |
2011-04-28 12:36 UTC |
