Oil and Gas at Your Door? (2005 Edition) - Earthworks

A
abandoned well(s) I-28, I-30, I-31, II-15
abandonment II-25, II-26
access I-8, II-13, II-14, II-24, III-15, III-23,
III-35, IV-19
access roads I-10
accidents III-23
acidizing I-17, I-18, I-23
agreements III-4
air emissions I-11, I-25, I-51, I-67, I-71,
I-72, V-2
air emissions — see health
air pollution I-20, I-25, I-26, I-40, I-42, I-53,
I-71
air quality I-14, I-51, I-64
alternative technologies and practices
II-21, I-26, I-62, I-63, I-67
in drilling phase I-64
in production phase I-69
APD—see application for permit to drill
application for permit to drill II-24
aromatic hydrocarbons I-2
arsenic I-2, I-12, I-58
associated gas vs non associated natural
gas I-3
associated wastes I-27
asthma I-51, I-53, IV-4
B
beneficial use I-60, I-61
benefit of oil and gas development I-41
benefits III-7
benefits and costs of oil and gas
development to I-41
benzene I-2, I-18, I-21, I-25 to I-27, I-35,
I-50 to I-54, I-58, I-72
best management practices I-62, I-63
biocides I-11, I-13
birds I-55, I-60
blooie pit I-34
blowout preventer I-9
blowout(s) I-12, I-57
bond(s) II-20, II-22, II-25, II-26, III-22
brine I-56, I-61
burn pit I-34
burn pit (photo) I-34
C
cadmium I-12, I-58
cancer I-11, I-26, I-40, I-52, I-54, IV-7, IV-24
carbon dioxide I-22, I-23, I-37, I-40
carbon dioxide, as fraccing fluid I-68
carbon monoxide I-11, I-25, I-52, I-59, I-71
carcinogenic I-40
casing I-9, I-16, I-29
catalytic converters I-71
cattle III-35, IV-17, IV-18
cavitation I-17, I-20, I-25, I-33, I-34, I-36,
I-37, I-71
cavitation (photo) I-36, I-37
Christmas tree I-17
(photo) I-17
city ordinance II-22
closed containment systems I-54
closed-loop drilling I-13, I-64, II-23
CO 2 flooding I-16
coal I-35 to I-37, II-4
coal fires I-36, I-59
coalbed methane I-3, I-25, I-32, I-33, I-35,
I-37, I-43, I-53, I-59, I-63, I-71, II-4,
III-31
(photo) I-33
coalbed methane — basins in the US i-5, i-6
(photo) i-6
coalbed methane — reserves i-6
(photo) i-6
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation
Commission I-60, I-71, II-18, III-31, IV-23
compensation I-15, I-41, II-25, III-9 to
III-12, III-15, IV-12, IV-14, IV-25
compensation by state II-10, II-14 to II-16
complaints II-21, III-2
completion I-16, I-20, I-33, I-57, I-67
flareless I-67
green I-20, I-67
(photo) I-46, I-67
compressor station(s) I-22, I-45, IV-3
compressors I-22, I-26, I-46, I-71, IV-22
condensate tank (photo) I-63
conditioning of oil and gas I-20
conflicts IV-11
consultation II-13, III-14
consumption — natural gas in the US i-3
contaminants I-12, I-27, I-30, I-40, I-50,
I-58—see health
abandoned wells, spills and blowouts I-50
air emissions I-50
chart of I-50
drilling and completion I-50
maintenance I-50
production I-50
contamination I-28, I-30, I-36, I-56, I-61,
I-68, IV-5
conventional I-68
conventional drilling site (photo) I-64
conventional gas (photo) I-14
conventional oil and gas I-3, I-20, I-27,
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