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COGCC
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| Date Rec'd: | 3/11/2013 | Report taken by: | BOB CHESSON |
| DocNum: | 2232413 | API number: | 05-069 -06076 | Facility ID: | 216889 |
| Operator: | PROSPECT ENERGY LLC | Oper. No. | 10312 |
| Address: | 1600 STOUT ST STE 1710 ATTN: WARD GILTNER DENVER , CO 80202 |
| Phone: | (303 )973-3228 | Fax: | (303 )346-4893 |
| Operator Contact: | MARY GRIGGS |
| Date of Incident: | 3/1/2013 |
| Type of Facility: | WELL |
| Well Name/No. | FT. COLLINS MUDDY UNIT 30-2 | Fac. Name/No. | |
| County Name: | LARIMER |
| qtrqtr: NWSW | section: 30 | township: 8N | range: 68W | meridian: 6 |
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| Volumes spilled and recovered (bbls) |
| Oil spilled: 1 | Recvrd: 1 | |
| Water spilled: 19 | Recvrd: 19 | |
| Other spilled: | Recved: | |
| GW Impact? N | Surface water impact? N | Contained within berm? Y |
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| Area and vertical extent of spill: 15-FT X 50 -FT |
| Current land use: WELL PAD |
| Weather conditions: CLOUDY, ABOUT 40 DEG F |
| Soil/Geology description FORT COLLINS LOAM. SOIL UNIT 35 (SANDY LOAM). |
| Distance in feet to nearest surface water: 385 |
| Depth to shallowest GW: 10 |
| Wetlands: | Buildings: 160 |
| Livestock: | Water Wells: 1500 |
| Cause of spill: |
| EQUIPMENT FAILURE |
| Immediate Response: |
| SHUT CONNECTED WILL IN (MSSU 30-2), ISOLATED LINE, USED A VACUUM TRUCK TO RECOVER FLUIDS, THEN EXCAVATED IMPACTED SOIL, TO VISIBLY CLEAN SOIL BENEATH. SOIL WAS CONTAINED ON-SITE, AND WAS DISPOSED ON 3/7/13 AT WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC., IN AULT, CO. |
| Emergency Pits: |
| NONE. |
| How extent determined: |
| VISUAL. |
| Further Remediation |
| NONE NEEDED. |
| Prevent Problem: |
| WE ARE CURRENTLY INSTALLING HIGH/LOW PRESSURE SHUT-OFF SWITCHES (MURPHY SWITCHES) AT OUR PUMPING UNITS. |
| Detailed Description: |
| A TOTAL OF 20 BBLS OF FLUID WAS RELEASED, WHICH WAS COMPRISED OF 19 BBLS OF WATER AND 1 BBL OF OIL. A BREAK HAD OCCURRED IN THE FLOWLINE DUE TO A BLOCKAGE IN THE LINE. THIS WAS THOUGHT TO BE CAUSED BY A HEAVY EMULSION FROM OUR WATER FLOOD TREATMENT CHEMICALS COMBINED WIHT ADDITIONAL WATER PUT ON-LINE FROM NEWLY CONVERTED INJECTION WELLS. FLUID WAS RECOVERED USING A VACUUM TRUCK. STAINED SOIL WAS REMOVED AND DISPOSED OF AT WASTE MANAGEMENT INC., IN AULT, CO. NO IMPACT TO GROUNDWATER. |
| Other Notifications |
| Date | Agency | Contact | Response |
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| 3/1/2013 | COGCC | BOB CHESSON | ACKNOWLEDGED NOTIFICATION |
| 3/1/2013 | FORT COLLINS LGD | DAN WEINHEIMER | ACKNOWLEDGED NOTIFICATION |
| Field Visit/Follow Up |
| Name | Phone | Date |
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No Field Visit data found.
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