Case Study: Apache's Approach to Societal Responsibility thru the Environmental Media Monitoring Program for the Alpine High Play

Abstract

A baseline environmental media monitoring program is presented. Analytical data sets collected by third party contractors at the request of Apache Corporation are presented. The analytical data presented documents the environmental condition of groundwater, surface water, soil, and ambient air, within an area with sensitive environments supporting multiple endangered and threaten species, recently being developed as oil and natural gas exploration and early development. The area of the study is a previously undeveloped portion of the prolific oil and gas development area of the Permian Basin. The baseline environmental media monitoring program occurred over an area of approximately 78 square miles in southern Reeves County, Texas. The analytical data provides interested stakeholders a starting data set for comparison to future environmental conditions, allowing parties to assess if there are changes in the environmental media and if those changes vary from natural seasonal variations.