Tranquillion Ridge Oil and Gas Development Project

County EIR#: 06EIR-00000-00005
State Clearinghouse #: 2006021055

Prepared For   County of Santa Barbara Planning & Development

Prepared By   Agoura Hills, CA

Volume I - Main Document

Environmental Impact Report

    • ES.1 Introduction
    • ES.2 Proposed Project
    • ES.3 Description of Project Alternatives
    • ES.4 Environmental Setting (i.e., Baseline) Determination
    • ES.5 Impacts of the Proposed Project and Alternatives
    • ES.6 Environmentally Superior Alternative
    • Figure ES-1 Proposed Project Location
    • 1.1 Overview of the Proposed Project
    • 1.2 Objectives of the Project
    • 1.3 Agency Use of the EIR
    • 1.4 EIR Contents
    • Figure 1-1 Proposed Project Location
    • 2.1 General Background
    • 2.2 Proposed Project Description
    • 2.3 Current Point Pedernales Project Operations
    • 2.4 References
    • Figure 2-1 Proposed Project Location
    • Figure 2-2 Proposed Tranquillon Ridge Drilling Map
    • Figure 2-3 Estimated Oil Production for the Tranquillion Ridge Field
    • Figure 2-4 ConocoPhillips Pipeline System
    • Figure 2-5 Proposed Tranquillion Ridge Field Drilling Schedule
    • Figure 2-6 Point Pedernales Total Production Fluids (1987-2006)
    • Figure 2-7 LOGP Block Flow Diagram
    • Figure 2-8 Platform Irene to LOGP 20-inch Oil Emulsion Pipeline Elevation Profile
    • 3.1 CEQA Alternative Analysis Overview
    • 3.2 No Project Alternative
    • 3.3 Alternative Drilling/Production Locations
    • 3.4 Alternative Processing Locations
    • 3.5 Alternative Oil Emulsion Transportation
    • 3.6 Alternative Power Line Routes to Valve Site #2
    • 3.7 Alternative Drill Muds and Cuttings Disposal
    • 3.8 Summary of Alternatives Selected for Further Analysis
    • Figure 3-1 T-R Alternatives Locations
    • Figure 3-2 VAFB Onshore Alternative
    • Figure 3-3 Pipeline Scenario 1
    • Figure 3-4 Pipeline Scenario 2
    • Figure 3-5 Pipeline Scenario 3
    • Figure 3-6 Pipeline Scenario 4
    • Figure 3-7 Pipeline Scenario 5
    • Figure 3-8 Pipeline Scenario 6
    • Figure 3-9 Vandenberg Onshore Alternative, Power Line Scenario 1
    • Figure 3-10 Alternate Power Line Routes
    • 4.1 CEQA Cumulative Analysis Overview
    • 4.2 Federal Offshore Energy Projects – Reasonably Foreseeable Projects
    • 4.3 State Offshore Energy Projects – Reasonably Foreseeable Projects
    • 4.4 Onshore Development Projects
    • 4.5 References
    • Figure 4-1 Potential Energy Development Projects Located in Federal OCS Waters
    • Figure 4-2 Potential State Offshore Oil and Gas Development Projects
    • Figure 4-3 Location of Cumulative Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Projects -Northern Lompoc Area
    • Figure 4-4 Incorporated City of Lompoc Cumulative
    • Figure 4-5 Orcutt/Santa Maria Cumulative
    • Figure 5.4-1 Photograph of Pipeline Route Crossing Small Drainage Feature Near Basin 4
    • Figure 5.4-2 Example of a Catchment Basin (Basin 1) Adjacent to Onshore Portion of the Pipeline Route
    • Figure 5.5-1 Seasonal Abundance of Pinnipeds in Waters of Central and Northern California
    • Figure 5.5-2 Intertidal Zonation of a Rocky Shore in Southern California
    • Figure 5.6-1 Location of Oceanographic Studies Conducted Near Platform Irene
    • Figure 5.6-2 Time-lagged Correlation of Velocity from Near-Surface Moored Current Meters and from Surface Drifters along the Central Coast
    • Figure 5.6-3 Wind Stress Recorded at Buoy 46023 near Platform Irene
    • Figure 5.6-4 Distribution of Trace Metal Concentrations in Mussels Collected in the Study Region Compared to Statewide Levels
    • Figure 5.7-1 Location and Yield from Kelp Beds in Southern California (CDFG, 2000)
    • Figure 5.16-1 California 50 m Wind Resources Map (NREL, DOE)
    • Figure 5.16-2 Power Curve for the GE 1.5 MW Series of Wind Turbines
    • Figure 5.16-3 Flow Diagram for Heat Recovery from Exhaust Gases for use in Heater
    • 6.1 Comparison Methodology
    • 6.2 Comparison of the Proposed Project to the No Project Alternative
    • 6.3 Comparison of Proposed Project to Other Alternatives
    • 6.4 Environmentally Superior Alternative
    • 7.1 Removal of an Impediment to Growth
    • 7.2 Economic Growth
    • 7.3 Precedent Setting Action
    • 7.4 Development of Open Space
    • 7.5 Conclusion

Volume II - Appendices

April 2008