1. Jeff Byler (AECOM) Shane Winner Wayne Swinehart
Shell Appalachia Project Safety Considerations Design & Planning Phases
Jeff Byler (AECOM)
Shane Winner
Wayne Swinehart
Projects and Technology
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2. Overview Safety Perspectives Front End – Planning/Engineering Efforts
Integrated Schedule
Appalachia Web Site & Assessing Safe Route
Proactive vs. Reactive Road Projects
Partnering with PENNDOT/Townships/Competitors
Engineering/Technical Contributions to Safe Projects
Road Project Examples – Fuller 826 Road Upgrade
Well Pad Examples – Pad sizing, Lease Roads
Questions and Feedback?
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3. Safety Perspectives Shell Internal Staff and Operations
Contractors/Vendors Working for Shell
General Public – Motorists and Landowners
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4. Appalachia Integrated Project Schedule
Snapshot of Fuller 826 Well Site activities:
All groups working from same plan
Avoid SIMOPS - concurrent work
Provide reasonable time to complete
De-clutter for safer work site
Avoid/minimize Winter work
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5. Route Selection – Appalachia Road Users Site
Assess each site for safe/cost effective route – (rarely the shortest route)
Avoid – posted bridges, school zones, urban areas, steep grades, and poor sight distance.
Execute Permits and Bonding with PENNDOT/Townships
Share and maintain site for all functional groups use
Goal: Safety/Logistics and minimizing impacts to the community
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6. Benefits of Upgrade Vs. Repair – SR 2022
Typical Deterioration
Typical Deterioration
Larger investment but safer project
Once and done strategy
Avoid rework and high risk emergency repairs
Full Reconstruction
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7. Partnering Project - Example
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8. Partnering project - Example
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 17, 2015
Route 144 to Re-open Today as Potter County Improvement Job Winds down for 2015
Galeton, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is advising area drivers that a section of Route 144 between Pigeon Hill and Galeton will re-open today. This section of Route 144 has been closed since late September, as work continued to rehabilitate more than 50 miles of weight restricted roadway on Routes 44 and 144 in Potter County. With the re-opening of this section, PennDOT will lift the detour that made use of Routes 44 and 6.
This two-year project was made possible through a partnership between PennDOT and industry partners Shell, Tenaska, and Dominion Transmission.  
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9. Partnering projects yield safety Benefits
Combine Resources to build long term upgrade projects
Share work zone traffic control – signage, message boards
Public Awareness – Standard radio and press releases
Add safety features otherwise not included – guiderail, reflectors/delineators, signage upgrades.
Eliminates interim repairs during Drilling/Completions
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10. Engineering/Technical Contributions
Road Project Examples
Fuller 826 Road Upgrade
Existing Intersection
Drainage/Stormwater
Utilities
Roadway Upgrade
Sight Distance
Turning Radius Design
Well Pad Safety Examples
Lease Roads
Pad Size and layout
Pad Surface
Water Pad
BMP Controls
Road Projects – Road safety standards also apply to Well Pad lease roads
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11. Fuller 826 – Mistletoe Hill Road Upgrade
Existing Intersection
Complex intersection
Increase turning radius
Steep grade (12-14%)
Land acquisition
Utility Lines
Existing drives and side roads
DOT/Township partnering
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12. Fuller 826 – Mistletoe Hill Road Upgrade
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13. Fuller 826 – Mistletoe Hill Road Upgrade
Drainage/Stormwater
Eliminate drainage hazards
Increase runoff capacity
Extend pipes for widening
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14. Fuller 826 – Mistletoe Hill Road Upgrade
Relocation of aerial utility lines
Utility Coordination Time
Existing Gas Line
Potholing
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15. Fuller 826 – Mistletoe Hill Road Upgrade
Roadway Upgrade
Pavement vs Gravel
HOP Coordination
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16. Fuller 826 – Mistletoe Hill Road Upgrade
Intersection Sight Distance
Design Speed
Drivers Eye Height (3.5 feet)
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17. Fuller 826 – Mistletoe Hill Road Upgrade
Intersection Sight Distance
PennDot Table
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18. Fuller 826 – Mistletoe Hill Road Upgrade
Turning Radius Design
WB-67 Truck
Software Used
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19. Fuller 826 – Mistletoe Hill Road Upgrade
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20. WELL PAD safety examples
Lease Roads
Sight Distance
Grades 12% or less
Turnouts every 500’
Road Widths
Guide Rail
Recoverable Slope
PennDot Standards
Road Projects – Road safety standards also apply to Well Pad lease roads
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21. WELL PAD safety examples
Pad Size and layout
Road Projects – Road safety standards also apply to Well Pad lease roads
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22. WELL PAD safety examples
Pad Surface
Soil Cement
Cross Slope
Safety Berm
Water Pad
Locate close to township/state road
BMP Environmental Controls
Are designed with a factor of safety
Will aid in controlling/containing any leaks or spills on the well pad
Road Projects – Road safety standards also apply to Well Pad lease roads
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