Tulsa-based Williams received four awards from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) for its efforts in the Piceance Basin to apply new drilling technology, establish cooperative relationships with communities and reduce emissions and truck traffic associated with new developments. Williams, which employs 400 in Colorado, received a best management practice award from BLM for integrating a new technology that can drill and complete up to 22 natural gas wells from a single drilling location. Outstanding operations awards were given by the COGCC for a hydrogeology survey to study water quality, road and tunnel construction to shorten the driven distance to a new area, and centralizing the hydraulic fracturing process to eliminate trucking water from the North Rulison field.

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