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PDC Suspends Wattenberg Field Wells as Flooding Continues
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PDC Energy, Inc. has suspended production from a limited number of wells in its Wattenberg Field operations beginning last Friday due to wide-spread flooding and extensive road closures in Weld County, Colorado.
The Company expects to return the majority of suspended wells to production this week.
James Trimble, CEO, commented: "As our first concern was for the safety of our employees in the field and to minimize any impact to the environment, we elected to shut-in production sites before they became inaccessible due to road closures and flood conditions. Beginning today we are assessing impacts to individual well sites and expect a full assessment as the flood waters recede this week. We plan to access the well sites using alternate routes around impacted roads and bridges and…
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