2018-041 Gas Well Inspection Program and Map UpdateDate: April 13, 2018 Report No. 2018-041
INFORMAL STAFF REPORT
TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT:
Provide information about the gas well inspection program and updates to the gas well locator
map.
DISCUSSION:
There have been a number of initiatives completed within Gas Well Inspections over the last
several months. Council approved the contract for inspections services with Modern
Geosciences on October 24, 2017. City of Denton Gas Well Inspections staff completed the
2017 semiannual inspections during the remaining months of 2017 while Modern Geosciences
completed initial mapping and database work. Scheduling for Modern Geosciences inspections
began in early 2018, and continues to date.
Once the first round of inspections was completed by Modern Geosciences, staff worked with
the consultant to finalize the reporting format and then began to work with the City of Denton’s
Public Communication and Technology Services departments to revise Denton’s gas well locator
map so that both City of Denton and Modern Geosciences inspection reports could be viewed on
a per well and per operator basis. The revisions are finished, and the inspection reports from the
City of Denton and Modern Geosciences continue to be uploaded as they are completed. Due to
inspection schedules and timing, all wells will not have an inspection report currently. However,
as time goes on, inspection reports for the entire well inventory will be completed. Please keep
in mind that on-site inspections only occur for wells that are within the City limits.
Inspection reports can now be viewed on an individual well basis directly from the map, or can
be viewed by using the “search for wells” tool on the right of the main Gas Well Inspections web
page: http://gis.cityofdenton.com/CODPublic/gaswell.html. As an example, highlight
“endeavor” under operator and click the search button. All endeavor wells will be shown in a
list, and the ones that have a “notepad” icon are the wells that have been inspected. Click on the
notepad for a particular well, and all inspection reports can be downloaded for viewing. As new
inspections occur in the future, they will be added to the list in chronological order, allowing the
user to see current and any historical reports. Staff would like to acknowledge and thank Rod
Weatherby in Gas Well Inspections, Kevin Babcock in Technology Services, and Kevin
McGinnis in the Communications Office for all their efforts in revising the web page. Staff
members are currently working on a list of completed inspections by date that will be added to
the web page so users can quickly see the dates that inspections have been completed.
As a quick summary of activities, there were 497 inspections completed by Denton staff for the
second semiannual inspection event that was completed in December 2017. The first
semiannual inspection event for 2018 is underway, and 203 inspections have been completed to
date. Denton staff has also completed 581 “spot inspections” (quick onsite inspection events)
since January 1, 2018. Modern Geosciences has completed 162 inspections, with 22 high
priority (less than 300 feet from sensitive uses), 89 moderate priority (300 to 1000 feet from
sensitive uses), and 51 low priority (greater than 1000 feet from sensitive uses).
Date: April 13, 2018 Report No. 2018-041
Denton gas well inspection staff will continue to complete the first semiannual inspection, and
Modern Geosciences is currently conducting inspections for the remainder of their list. Staff will
be glad to provide any additional information if needed.
STAFF CONTACT:
Kenneth Banks, General Manager of Utilities
(940) 349-7165
Kenneth.Banks@cityofdenton.com