| BMP ID: |
8586 |
| Title: |
Directional drilling should be considered in all oil and gas projects |
| Text: |
"[Directional driling has] great potential to reduce damages from exploration wells, infill projects, and new full-field development. As a result, directional drilling technology should be considered in all pending and future oil and gas projects, and if found to be more environmentally beneficial, it should be implemented." |
| Source Publication Name: |
Drilling Smarter: Using Directional Drilling to Reduce Oil and Gas Impacts in the Intermountain West |
| Citation Section: |
The Potential to Reduce Impacts through Directional Drilling |
| Citation Page: |
16 |
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| Usage Type: |
Recommended |
| Timing: |
• Drilling
• Production / Operation / Maintenance
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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 |
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| Categories: |
Land Surface Disturbance
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| Location: |
Western Region |
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| General Comments: |
While directional drilling is less invasive than vertical driling through less roads, wells, pipelines, and overall surface impacts, it should not be considered an "environmental panacea." Impacts such as noise, air pollution, chemical spills and, in the case of CBM, toxic wastewater. Therefore, additional measures will be necessary outside of the scope of directional drilling to ensure these impacts are controlled and reduced. pg 16 |
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| Date Entered: |
2011-04-25 20:14 UTC |
| Last Updated: |
2011-04-28 12:38 UTC |
