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DAQC-PBR146630001-24
Site ID 14663 (B1)
MEMORANDUM
TO: FILE – UINTA WAX OPERATING, LLC - Betts 16-5-3-1E-WS
THROUGH: Rik Ombach, Minor Source Oil and Gas Compliance Section Manager
FROM: Chris Jensen, Environmental Scientist
DATE: January 22, 2024
SUBJECT: OIL AND GAS PERMIT-BY-RULE EVALUATION
INSPECTION DATE: January 17, 2024
SOURCE LOCATION: Betts 16-5-3-1E-WS
Lat:40.244551 Long: -109.897987
Business Office:
5128 Apache Plume Road, Suite 300
Fort Worth, TX 76109
SOURCE TYPE: Plugged and Abandoned well
Uintah County
API: 4304754434
SOURCE CONTACTS: Aimee Cole, Local Contact
Phone: 720-384-7365, Email: acole@finleyresources.com
Kaylene Bridwell, Corporate Environmental Contact
Phone: 405-496-7308, Email: kaylene.bridwell@uintawax.com
OPERATING STATUS: Permanently down
PROCESS DESCRIPTION: Oil and gas products are brought to the surface. These products
go through a separator where the oil and any water products are
sent to storage tanks and the gas is used to power equipment on
site (pump jack engine, tank heater, separator, flare, combustor,
etc.). Any remaining gas is sent to a pipeline that feeds a local
gas plant. The oil and process water in the storage tanks is
loaded into tanker trucks and hauled off site for processing and
disposal.
APPLICABLE REGULATIONS: Utah Administrative Code (UAC) R307-500 Series for the Oil
and Gas Industry, and UAC R307-201: Emission Standards:
General Emission Standards; and UAC R307-150: Emission
Inventories.
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SOURCE EVALUATION: Site Type: PBR- Uncontrolled
No Flare Controls
DOGM current 12 month rolling production is: None.
Utah Statute R307-506 requires a source with throughput
greater than 8,000 BBLs to have controls.
REGISTERED EQUIPMENT: All production equipment is missing or has been removed.
PREVIOUS ENFORCEMENT
ACTIONS: No enforcement actions within the past five years.
COMPLIANCE STATUS &
RECOMMENDATIONS: In regards to: Betts 16-5-3-1E-WS:
In Compliance - This source was a dry hole and was plugged.
The DAQ recommends updating the status in TEMPO to
“Inactive.”
RECOMMENDATION FOR
NEXT INSPECTION: None
ATTACHMENTS: None