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DAQC-PBR020120001-24
Site ID 2012 (B1)
MEMORANDUM
TO: FILE – URBAN OIL AND GAS GROUP, LLC – RGC 25-460
THROUGH: Rik Ombach, Minor Source Oil and Gas Compliance Section Manager
FROM: Chris Jensen, Environmental Scientist
DATE: October 21, 2024
SUBJECT: OIL AND GAS PERMIT-BY-RULE EVALUATION
INSPECTION DATE: October 16, 2024
SOURCE LOCATION: Lat:39.496131, Long: -110.978205
Business Office:
Urban Oil and Gas Group, LLC
1000 East 14th Street, Suite 300
Plano, TX 75074
SOURCE TYPE: Shut in well
Carbon County
API: 4300730747
SOURCE CONTACTS: Jacob McFarland, Corporate Environmental Contact
Email: jmcfarland@urbanoilandgas.com
Kirt Rasmussen, Local Contact
Phone: (435) 636-2402,
Email: KRasmussen@urbanoilandgas.com
OPERATING STATUS: Shut in or on timer.
PROCESS DESCRIPTION: Gas products are brought to the surface. These products are sent
to an off-lease compressor station nearby by underground piping.
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.
SOURCE EVALUATION: Site Type: PBR – Uncontrolled
No Flare Controls, Site has Line Power.
DOGM current 12 month rolling production is: 0 BBLs.
Utah Statute R307-506 requires a source with throughput
greater than 8,000 BBLs to have controls.
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REGISTERED EQUIPMENT: Engine - No information provided, Pneumatic
Visible Emissions
Visible emissions are within the following opacity limits: VOC Control Devices and Gasoline engines
0%, Diesel engines 20%, Natural Gas Engines and Boilers, Treater burners & Tank burners 10%, Mobile
source dust 10%. [R307-201-3]
In Compliance. No visible emissions were detected by use of the USEPA Method 9.
VOC emissions are, at all times, minimized as reasonably practicable by equipment design, maintenance
and operation practices. [R307-501-4(1)]
Out of Compliance. Associated gas is routed to a sales gathering line. The DAQ found a leaking
stuffing box at the wellhead.
Pneumatic Controllers:
All natural gas-driven pneumatic controllers are in compliance with 40CFR 60.5390 or 60.5390a as
applicable. Tagging and record keeping requirements are not required. [R307-502-4]
In Compliance. This source does not use continuous bleed natural gas-driven pneumatic
controllers.
Emission Inventory:
An emissions inventory has been submitted within the past three years. [R307-150-9(1)]
In Compliance. The operator submitted for the 2020 emissions inventory. The results for the 2023
inventory have not yet been released.
Oil and Gas Industry Registration Requirement
The source is registered with the DAQ. [R307-505-3(3)]
In Compliance.
Registration has been updated within 30 days of a company name change, removal or addition of control
devices, or termination of operations. [R307-505-3(3)]
In Compliance.
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PREVIOUS ENFORCEMENT
ACTIONS: None in the past 5 years.
COMPLIANCE STATUS &
RECOMMENDATIONS: In regards to the site, the overall status is: Out of Compliance.
This source was found to be clean and well-kept with no visible
or fugitive emissions. The source was inspected by AVO and
with an OGI camera and found to be leaking from the stuffing
box at the wellhead. The operator's representatives were
pleasant and cooperative and will send someone out to address
the issue. The DAQ recommends no enforcement action. The
stuffing box has been tightened and leak fixed. The DAQ was
notified by email.
RECOMMENDATION FOR
NEXT INSPECTION: The DAQ has no recommendations for the next inspector other
than what are customary.
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NSR: None.
ATTACHMENTS: Email