Environmental Management
Environmental Management

Environmental Management

Environmental compliance issues are a top concern for the oil and gas industry worldwide. In Canada, the upstream sector is the number one industrial sector for environmental spending, at $1.1 billion annually. Canadian environmental consulting companies provide many tools for assisting the industry in meeting compliance. For example:

  • Environmental Management Systems: Canada is a world leader in the development and implementation of environmental management systems for the oil and gas industry. These systems provide a framework for environmental compliance through the documentation of all related tasks and assigned responsibilities for corporate personnel. The systems coordinate the management of gaseous emissions, aqueous waste, solid waste and regulatory reporting.
  • Environmental Auditing: Canadian Environmental Auditors are trained to assess all environmental hazards and regulatory non-compliance issues at all types of oil and gas facilities including wellsites, pipelines, compressor stations, oil batteries, gas plants, refineries, oil sands mines, LNG plants, offshore platforms and shipping terminals.
  • Due Diligence Auditing: This type of auditing helps companies assign a monetary value to all non-compliance and remediation issues. This oil and gas audit information can then be used for future planning and for price negotiations during sales transactions of oil and gas companies.
  • Environmental Awareness Training: Canada is a leader in providing environmental awareness training to the oil and gas industry worldwide. This training is essential in environmental management systems, including ISO 14001, and ensures employees are involved in corporate environmental management.

Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA)

Worldwide, regulators require oil and gas companies to prepare Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) or Cumulative Effects Assessments (CEA) for all new major developments and facility expansions. Canadian standards are among the most stringent in the world. With both international and domestic projects, Project Managers coordinate local environmental specialists.in the preparation of EIAs and CEAs, and then interact with the Design Engineering Teams to ensure that all environmental concerns are incorporated directly into the engineering design, whenever economically and technically feasible.