Wednesday, August 10, 2011

O&G Spill of the Day - 4,200 Gallons Produced Water Spilled on the Surface - NOBLE ENERGY PRODUCTION INC

Date Rec'd: 8/9/2011 Report taken by: BOB CHESSON
DocNum: 2215293 API number: 05-123 -22280 Facility ID: 272817

Operator Information

Operator: NOBLE ENERGY PRODUCTION INC Oper. No. 10120
Address: 1625 BROADWAY STE 2200 ATTN: TED BROWN DENVER , CO 80202
Phone: (303 )389-3600 Fax: (303 )595-7403
Operator Contact: OWEN WILLIAMS

Description of Spill:

Date of Incident: 8/1/2011
Type of Facility: TANK BATTERY
Well Name/No. GUTTERSEN STATE CC 20-3 Fac. Name/No.
County Name: WELD
qtrqtr: NENE section: 20 township: 4N range: 63W meridian: 6

Volumes spilled and recovered (bbls)
Oil spilled: Recvrd:
Water spilled: Recvrd:
Other spilled: 100  (listed as PRODUCED WATER) Recved:
GW Impact? N Surface water impact? N Contained within berm? N
Area and vertical extent of spill: - X -
Current land use: PASTURE
Weather conditions: CLEAR, HOT, WINDY
Soil/Geology description VALENT SAND, 3-9% SLOPES
Distance in feet to nearest surface water:
Depth to shallowest GW:
Wetlands: Buildings: 2800
Livestock: Water Wells:
Cause of spill:
EQUIPMENT FAILURE
Immediate Response:
CREW ONSITE SHUT IN WELL AND FLOWBACK TANK, THEN INSTALLED AN ADDITIONAL BERM TO CONTAIN THE WATER.
Emergency Pits:
N/A
How extent determined:
VISUAL INSPECTION IN ADDITION TO SAMPLES TAKEN.
Further Remediation
EXCAVATION OF THE SOIL IMPACTED BY THE FLOWBACK WATER.
Prevent Problem:
REPLACEMENT OF VALVE ON FLOWBACK TANK AS WELL AS FUTURE INSPECTION OF ALL VALVES FOR SERVICABILITY.
Detailed Description:
BUTTERFLY VALVE ON THE FLOWBACK TANK SPLIT RELEASING FLOWBACK WATER.


Other Notifications
Date Agency Contact Response
8/2/2011 COGCC BOB CHESSON LEFT MESSAGE


Field Visit/Follow Up
Name Phone Date
No Field Visit data found.



The citizens of Weld County, Colorado would like accountability on this issue and are interested in your collective response(s) to the emailed questions above.

If you, the public, would like to email the State officials with questions please do. The officia'ls contact information is below. Simply click on the name to email them individually





David Neslin - Director, COGCC 
Dick Wolfe - State Engineer, Colorado Division of Water Resources
Mark Wallace - Executive Director, Weld County Dept of Public Health & Environment
James Martin - Administrator, EPA Region 8

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