The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) has prepared this model sampling and analysis plan for parties who engage in sampling and analysis activities for Rule 609 - Statewide Groundwater Sampling and Monitoring and Rule 318A.e(4) - Groundwater Baseline Sampling and Monitoring in the Greater Wattenberg Area (GWA). This document will be modified as necessary based on new procedures, protocols, and other information that need to...

A summary of the methane seep survey activities recently completed at the Bondad Explosion Site (Site), located in Bondad, Colorado. The purpose of the survey was to identify the horizontal extent of methane seep activity at the Site. The survey also included observations of site geology as a means to understand the potential source areas and migration pathways.

A baseline study of natural gas wells and Laramie/Fox Hills (Klf) water wells in the Greater Wattenberg Area (GWA). The purpose of this study is to document the general composition of natural gas from 77 production wells and water quality of 9 Klf water wells in the GWA. The overriding goal of the project is to use these data to address concerns about potential impacts to groundwater resources from existing or future development of oil and gas production...