Chevron USA, Inc. - Thermally Enhanced Oil Recovery Well Operation

SCH Number: 2011031054
Lead Agency: San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
Document Title: Chevron USA, Inc. - Thermally Enhanced Oil Recovery Well Operation
Document Type: MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received: 3/18/2011

Document Description: Chevron USA, Inc. proposes to install 130 thermally enhanced oil production wells in its Lost Hills production field. The Lost Hills Oilfield boundary consists of 31.25 square miles. The wells will be a combination of subjecting existing wells to steam, which does not currently occur, and drilling of new wells that will also be completed in the thermally enhanced production zone. The eighty (80) new wells will be operated as free flowing cyclic steam enhanced oil wells. The fifty (50) existing wells will be operated as conventional steam enhanced oil wells, retaining their subsurface pumps and surface pumping jacks.

Contact Information: Mark Montelongo
San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
1990 E. Gettysburg Avenue
Fresno, CA 93726
(559) 230-6000

Review Period Start: 3/18/2011
Review Period End: 4/18/2011
Development Type: Other (Oilfield Project)
Local Action: Other Action Other Action: Air Permits
Project Issues: Other Issues Other Issues: All Env. Impacts
Reviewing Agencies: Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects California Department of Parks and Recreation California Department of Public Health California Energy Commission California Public Utilities Commission Caltrans, District 6 Department of Conservation Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 4 Department of Toxic Substances Control Department of Water Resources Native American Heritage Commission Office of Historic Preservation Regional Water Quality Control Bd., Region 5 (Fresno) Resources Agency