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DAQC-PBR100262001-24
Site ID 100262 (B1)
MEMORANDUM
TO: FILE – WINDS EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, LLC – JENSEN
1-15-12-10
THROUGH: Rik Ombach, Minor Source Oil and Gas Section Manager
FROM: Kyle Greenberg, Environmental Scientist
DATE: December 3, 2024
SUBJECT: OIL AND GAS PERMIT-BY-RULE EVALUATION
INSPECTION DATE: May 13, 2024
SOURCE LOCATION: Lat: 39.78483 Long: -110.78429
Business Office:
Winds Exploration & Production, LLC
12818 Secret Forest Court
Cypress, TX 77095
SOURCE TYPE: Gas Well
Carbon
API: 4300731453
SOURCE CONTACTS: Franklin Ihekwoaba - Non-Responsive
OPERATING STATUS: Operating
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 of Crude
Oil.
Utah Statute R307-506 requires a source with throughput
greater than 8,000 BBLs to have controls.
REGISTERED EQUIPMENT: Engine - Pumpjack engine is an electric engine.
4 ' - ) - "
2
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] Status: Not Observed. This inspection was a review of records. VOC emissions are, at all times, minimized as reasonably practicable by equipment design, maintenance and operation practices. [R307-501-4(1)] Status: Not Observed. This inspection was a review of records. 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] Status: Not Observed. This inspection was a review of records. Pneumatic Controllers Emission Inventory: An emissions inventory has been submitted within the past three years. [R307-150-9(1)] Status: 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)] Status: Out of 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)] Status: Out of Compliance. Winds Exploration and Production bought the source from Liberty Pioneer Energy Sources; Winds Exploration did not update the registration information within 30 days of purchasing the asset.
PREVIOUS ENFORCEMENT
ACTIONS: Notice of Violation (DAQC-898-24)
COMPLIANCE STATUS &
RECOMMENDATIONS: In regards to the site, the overall status is: Out of Compliance.
This inspection was a review of records. Winds Exploration and
Production bought the source from Liberty Pioneer Energy
Sources; Winds Exploration did not update the registration
information within 30 days of purchasing the asset. A NOV was
issued to address this matter.
RECOMMENDATION FOR
NEXT INSPECTION: Winds Exploration and Production has abandoned the site.
DOGM is in the process of selling the asset or shutting in the
well.
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NSR: N/A
ATTACHMENTS: N/A