Well Pad Footprint
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| Pioneer works with regulators and landowners to minimize surface impacts from our operations.
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Pioneer works with regulators and landowners to minimize surface impacts from our operations. One of our key initiatives to reduce our surface footprint is drilling multiple wellbores from a single location. In 2015 we drilled from more than 109 locations utilizing multiple wellbores in our key operating areas.
Spill Prevention
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| We work diligently to prevent spills, respond quickly, remediate impacted areas and investigate all spills. | |
We believe that spills in our operations are preventable, and we train employees through Pioneer’s comprehensive environmental courses on how to prevent spills. Our engineers design and build facilities with spill prevention in mind, to protect the environment in those instances when spills occur. We invest in containment equipment, perform regular inspections and periodically update our spill response plans to comply with regulations. We work diligently to prevent spills, to respond quickly and to remediate impacted areas. We investigate all spills to determine cause and corrective actions. We track the number and volume of spills and disclose agency-reportable spills according to regulation. In 2015 we had 327 oil/condensate spills of more than 1 barrel (42 gallons), totaling 2,657 barrels. This represents 0.0225 barrels (0.94 gallons) of oil spilled per thousand barrels of oil equivalent produced, based on gross production.