Project Profile
Location: Southeast of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Gas reserves: 6 trillion cubic feet of natural gas
Project approval: May 2012
On May 8, 2012 the major natural gas drilling project in Utah was approved by Obama administration. Anadarko Petroleum Corp. would be allowed to develop up to 3,675 new gas wells over the next decade in eastern Utah. Natural gas production in the U.S. grew by more than 7 percent in 2011. Anadarko is set to work in an area about 170 miles southeast of Salt Lake City near the Colorado border that has thousands of other wells. It\'s taking over some existing drill pads, with plans to use directional drilling to reach farther for gas pockets. Anadarko agreed not to drill along the high cliffs of the White River, the last major free-flowing river on the Colorado Plateau. It also agreed to buy 640 acres of private land along the river for conservation. Anadarko development will produce more than 6 trillion cubic feet of natural gas from about 163,000 acres, but it will disturb only about 5 percent – or roughly 8,100 acres – of the surface area.
Operators:
Anadarko: Operator with 100% interest